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Cars you've been sorely tempted to buy?
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Diesel is fuel of the devil lad!
I know..:D
This is only over the road and could be purchased much cheaper. Its some motor to drive...
http://www.etarrant.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=2011292035216340 -
einheisserschre wrote: »Certainly not a puny haha
Each of my cars has been a increment in power over the last - rover 400 to an MG ZR to a BMW 318i to the RX8 to the 6MPS.
Future - E46 M3/E39 M5
Sorry again!
Bar the RX7/8 when people mention Mazda I have a bad habit of tuning out. I know the 3 and 6 MPs are fine cars but my mind blanks them out for some reason. Same with the Focus RS - I just can't help thinking 'it's just a Focus'. I know I'm wrong but for me a fast car has to look like a fast car not be a performance model of a slow car.
No disrespect to your own car, probably beat the sh1t outta mine, but I like a car with presence!0 -
Ok, you're gonna cry!
One of those Ford based kit car things.
2 Volvo 480 Turbos
BMW E24 635
BMW E31 AC Schnitzer
BMW E38 750
68 Ford Galaxie
69 Mustang 302
The only vehicle that's running at the moment is a clapped out Transit.
I think we, as car enthusiasts, need to assemble a mob and beat him until he sees sense. And gives me the kit car. I'm sure there'll be takers for the rest.0 -
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Sorry again!
Bar the RX7/8 when people mention Mazda I have a bad habit of tuning out. I know the 3 and 6 MPs are fine cars but my mind blanks them out for some reason. Same with the Focus RS - I just can't help thinking 'it's just a Focus'. I know I'm wrong but for me a fast car has to look like a fast car not be a performance model of a slow car.
No disrespect to your own car, probably beat the sh1t outta mine, but I like a car with presence!
To be honest, I couldn't care less who's car could beat the **** out of whos. I've always had a soft spot for Mazdas and the 6MPS suited what I was looking for.
The 6MPS does have presence
The 3 not so much because it's even more of a sleeper. Still a great car though! 0 -
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einheisserschre wrote: »To be honest, I couldn't care less who's car could beat the **** out of whos. I've always had a soft spot for Mazdas and the 6MPS suited what I was looking for.
The 6MPS does have presence The 3 not so much because it's even more of a sleeper. Still a great car though!
My Quattro had that look about it. It also came in 2L 5 pot form which wasn't that exciting and it looked like a 'nice' car but didn't look all that fast but by god could it go! :eek:
Had a 323 M-Tech coupe prior to that and it would p1ss all over it.
I like this thread!
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Another couple of cars I had were two MkIII Toyota Supras, the 'square' models. One was a 3L straight and the other a 3L Turbo. drove the **** out of both and they could doughnut forever but never as good as the Trans Am! 0
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astonaidan wrote: »Really tempted to buy a Subaru Impreza STI for years but they ruined it
Same. I loved the 04 - 05 model:
I took one of these for a test drive too around the same time, and was close to buying it:
I don't regret not buying either one, but still look enviously at them in the street.0 -
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Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!Join Date:Posts: 64608
einheisserschre wrote: »I'm 25 now and in a 2.3T
That's 10.4BHP/year
That's better than most of us will ever get
Best I ever did is about 8...My ads on adverts.ie
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stealthyspeeder wrote: »bhp/age lol!
my last 3 cars 11.3, 13.2 and now 17!
I'm on 1.7... and I'm 32!0 -
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SouperComputer wrote: »850i
Pretty much decided on one, found out the wifey was pregnant and put it on hold.
You made the right choice, you can have a baby at any stage. Good man. 0 -
Voodoomelon wrote: »You made the right choice, you can have a baby at any stage. Good man.
Might need to trade the wife in if you leave it too long though....0 -
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I know..:D
This is only over the road and could be purchased much cheaper. Its some motor to drive...
http://www.etarrant.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=201129203521634
Whats the tax brigade? wont pay or insists upon the necessity? I just couldnt stomach handing over big money for motor tax? nice looking car thoughCame very close to buying a 350z and bought the 182 instead..
Thinking of swapping for one now
Not that either would cause trouble but I thought the tax would be an issue on the 350z, turns it wouldn't have been!
It isn't? it falls into the highest category?? 2100 now or pre 08 1566?0 -
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the people using low tax as a key criteria in buying a car
or in other words...
you
Haha I could reach a certain point paying tax, but not 2 grand, I'd need to come into money to not care. I wouldnt buy soley on the basis of tax, there are loads of other factors even excluding desirability, anyway I think certain low tax vehicles are a false economy unless utilised in a certain way anyway.
Now where was I? ahh back to my pipe dreams of a Mitsubishi Eclipse or not caring about driving a GS300 0 -
Haha I could reach a certain point paying tax, but not 2 grand, I'd need to come into money to not care. I wouldnt buy soley on the basis of tax, there are loads of other factors even excluding desirability, anyway I think certain low tax vehicles are a false economy unless utilised in a certain way anyway.
Now where was I? ahh back to my pipe dreams of a Mitsubishi Eclipse or not caring about driving a GS300 i was being flippant really
the issue arises where people are spending thousands extra to buy an 08 or later version of a car in order to save a couple of hundred euro a year in tax
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i was being flippant really
the issue arises where people are spending thousands extra to buy an 08 or later version of a car in order to save a couple of hundred euro a year in tax
it makes little sense
ok, didn't realise they had that name as a group i was wondering was it some group of people that advocated paying high motor tax to keep gas guzzlers off the road, while I consider myself fairly green, I guess the counter argument to that policy, is that the manufacture of a whole new car because it is more fuel efficient, itself consumes fuel in a way a performance car is unlikely to consume in the remainder of its lifetime. (probably)
now back to me driving that FTO (like the shape, just dont see as many on the roads) ahhhhhh thats better0 -
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I too came close to pulling the trigger on a Corrado VR6. Beautiful car...there's a guy in Slane with an awesome collection of modern classics, he had one for sale a few years go. I came close but couldn't live with the tax. Plus the one he had had a dodgy gear lever which I heard was common on those cars.
Then I moved to the US and almost bought a Porsche 944 Turbo...then I actually did buy one:
And it's every bit as good as it looks. In fact it's almost as good as it looked when you were 8
But my need for a Corrado VR6 hasn't gone away. And now to make matters worse I want an Alfa Romeo GTV V6 too, but they don't have Alfas over here. How batsh!t crazy would I be if I imported one?0 -
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Very nice. Missing tv's in the rear but still looks ace for the cash - wonder what embassy owned it.0 -
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