Family Car
01-26-2013, 04:23 AM
#31
Originally Posted by arsie' timestamp='1359121541' post='22291854
Phil for that money you could be driving about in a reliable pre-FREDs* car like that Subaru I showed. Parts can be expensive but they are extremely reliable and can be fixed without you having to cut off limbs or be plugged into computers and charged silly money for ridiculous software reloads. Our family/dog wagon is the 2-litre exact same age/model as that one I showed but on an 08 plate. My E92 M3 BMW has been fun occasionally but it feels too much like a ticking time bomb should anything serious go wrong. Monthly cost before consumables and service (i.e. tax, insurance and extended warranty) is £150. The M3, not the Subaru, is the reason I have named driver AA cover (don't trust BMW's own service). It is going to a new home in spring once it can be safely driven on our roads again 
* Fcking Ridiculous Electronic Devices
* Fcking Ridiculous Electronic Devices
Quite a range of choice out here. The Volvo sounds good but it's £15-30k will depreciate and CANBUS/FREDs.
Your W8 at that age will possibly need some work in the next 5 years/30,000 miles.
The Subaru will run reliably and not depreciate much either.
Anyway we all have our own 'team' to support
01-26-2013, 04:46 AM
#32
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Originally Posted by gaddafi' timestamp='1359204829' post='22294355
[quote name='arsie' timestamp='1359121541' post='22291854']
Phil for that money you could be driving about in a reliable pre-FREDs* car like that Subaru I showed. Parts can be expensive but they are extremely reliable and can be fixed without you having to cut off limbs or be plugged into computers and charged silly money for ridiculous software reloads. Our family/dog wagon is the 2-litre exact same age/model as that one I showed but on an 08 plate. My E92 M3 BMW has been fun occasionally but it feels too much like a ticking time bomb should anything serious go wrong. Monthly cost before consumables and service (i.e. tax, insurance and extended warranty) is £150. The M3, not the Subaru, is the reason I have named driver AA cover (don't trust BMW's own service). It is going to a new home in spring once it can be safely driven on our roads again
* Fcking Ridiculous Electronic Devices
Phil for that money you could be driving about in a reliable pre-FREDs* car like that Subaru I showed. Parts can be expensive but they are extremely reliable and can be fixed without you having to cut off limbs or be plugged into computers and charged silly money for ridiculous software reloads. Our family/dog wagon is the 2-litre exact same age/model as that one I showed but on an 08 plate. My E92 M3 BMW has been fun occasionally but it feels too much like a ticking time bomb should anything serious go wrong. Monthly cost before consumables and service (i.e. tax, insurance and extended warranty) is £150. The M3, not the Subaru, is the reason I have named driver AA cover (don't trust BMW's own service). It is going to a new home in spring once it can be safely driven on our roads again
* Fcking Ridiculous Electronic Devices
Quite a range of choice out here. The Volvo sounds good but it's £15-30k will depreciate and CANBUS/FREDs.
Your W8 at that age will possibly need some work in the next 5 years/30,000 miles.
The Subaru will run reliably and not depreciate much either.
Anyway we all have our own 'team' to support
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My W8 is AWD
you wouldn't spend money on the W8 if it broke - you'd break it and get most of your money back
eg headlights £200 each, interior £500, brakes £400, etc
the W8 will appreciate not depreciate - it's one of the rarest cars on the road
the economics are indisputable and unbeatable
plus those Subarus are common as muck and loved by pikeys on housing estates (any estate is pikey as you know)
and since when have Norwich deserved the description 'team?'
01-26-2013, 06:10 AM
#33
The latest work recommended for ours leaves very little change from £9k... needless to say, without a significant dealer or BM contribution that wont be happening and the car will be scrapped. What a waste of a beautiful car, but if repairing such things costs so much, beyond life with a warranty they are not viable ownership propositions and I refuse to be held to ransom (warranty) for a car that 'should' be better. Our is a good, low mileage, one owner example, full history and has developed a fault that costs more than a Dacia Duster costs new. Not good enough.
You do seem to have rotten luck with these "Prestigious"
cars! Precipitous cars, more like...
01-26-2013, 10:50 AM
#36
Yup; I'd get a bit excited if they told be it'd be 9 large to put it right.
IIRC, Phil's last mishap was with a crappy A3; if that's meant to be exciting, pass the mogadon...
IIRC, Phil's last mishap was with a crappy A3; if that's meant to be exciting, pass the mogadon...
01-26-2013, 01:10 PM
#39
Whats your plan with the M6?
01-26-2013, 02:56 PM
#40
Evoque is big. Still, that doesn't stop any Range Rovers parking in 1.1 spaces at the supermercado 
edit: my mate has kept his Impreza WRX estate as his small nippy runaround.
F355, 997 turb and big merc convertible for special occasions.
The evoque goes on walking hols to the Lake District.
edit: my mate has kept his Impreza WRX estate as his small nippy runaround.
F355, 997 turb and big merc convertible for special occasions.
The evoque goes on walking hols to the Lake District.