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  • SporkySporky Frets: 28185
    I'm not sure how to respond to the idea of the X6 being "quite the looker" without causing huge offence. 

    ;)
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 7418
    For any sort of crisis/fun car I'd go convertible. 

    SLK
    MX-5
    Alfa Spyder 
    Z3
    TT
    or for the ultimate in combination of crisis and ownership woes an old high mileage 911 
    Red ones are better. 
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  • dbphotodbphoto Frets: 716
    edited October 2018
    Sporky said:
    I have been looking at Evoras.

    Why do they all have black wheels? Black wheels look awfully cheap to me.
    A Lotus dealership would probably be happy to either swap wheels or have them painted for you?

    I had Murray Lotus in Edinburgh paint the wheels on my first Elise black after a few months of ownership as I thought the silver wheels looked cheap!
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 28185
    I did wonder if they'd swap wheels. The local place does Morgan and Subaru as well and they're lovely. 
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 15488
    late to the party here, but if I ever had the funds and need for a silly car, then I'd go for something really out there, like an old rolls silver cloud, or mebbe something silly like a Morrris Traveller. 

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 12365
    Sporky said:
    I did wonder if they'd swap wheels. The local place does Morgan and Subaru as well and they're lovely. 
    Now I can imagine you in a Morgan Sporks. Course you’d need a deerstalker, a cable knit jumper and a pipe but actually I imagine you’ve already got those. :)  
    My trading feedback  http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57616/
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  • grungebobgrungebob Frets: 3322
    Sporky said:
    I'm not sure how to respond to the idea of the X6 being "quite the looker" without causing huge offence. 

    ;)
    Oh well each to their own ;)

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  • SporkySporky Frets: 28185
    boogieman said:
    Sporky said:
    I did wonder if they'd swap wheels. The local place does Morgan and Subaru as well and they're lovely. 
    Now I can imagine you in a Morgan Sporks. Course you’d need a deerstalker, a cable knit jumper and a pipe but actually I imagine you’ve already got those. :)  
    Two out of three isn't bad. If Morgan did heated seats and air con then a Roadster would do nicely. 
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 28185
    Oh. Apparently you can have both.

    https://www.bellandcolvill.co.uk/images/autoimg/used/P1420862.JPG
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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 12365
    Sporky said:
    Oh. Apparently you can have both.

    https://www.bellandcolvill.co.uk/images/autoimg/used/P1420862.JPG
    Yes.

    This.

    Get it! 
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  • GarthyGarthy Frets: 2268
    That’s awesome sauce.

    was a AMV8 ruled out?
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 28185
    edited October 2018
    Not totally, but I think the risk profile may exceed my limits.

    Current short list is A110, Signature XK, Evora or (probably not) Morgan Roadster. 
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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 12365
    I’m now imagining Sprocket sitting in the passenger seat of a Morgan, wearing a flying helmet, goggles and a scarf. C’mon, you know you want to.  ;)


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  • Moe_ZambeekMoe_Zambeek Frets: 3422
    edited October 2018
    With a 50k budget I’d be tempted with this:
    https://www.mcgrathmaserati.co.uk/cars-for-sale/maserati-quattroporte-seicilindri/

    And 40k for when it breaks...

    I do have a soft spot for that particularly ugly era of Maserati though.

    How about a three wheeler? Fresh-air conditioned and not really appropriate for leaving at a train station of course...

    https://www.bellandcolvill.co.uk/usedcars/cardetail/100004584/Morgan/3-Wheeler
    Feedback thread here: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60727/
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 28185
    edited October 2018
    But there's this saucy minx...

    https://www.bellandcolvill.co.uk/images/autoimg/used/P1430899.JPG

    Lady BMcH wasn't foursquare against the Morgan though... 
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  • dbphotodbphoto Frets: 716
    Apart from being a firm believer that 2 seaters must be convertible, that Evora is rather stunning.

    Buy it! :-)
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 28185
    It's OK on that count - it's a 2+2.
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  • strtdvstrtdv Frets: 2438
    50k mid life crisis car would be either a Cayman S, a C63S, a Bullitt Mustang (possibly with an aftermarket Rousch supercharger) or a new M2 Competition. Left field option would be an RS4

    40k would be spent on a C63, Standard Cayman, or standard Mustang GT. Outgoing M2 is good but a bit bouncy and not as special with the N55 engine rather than the S55 on the new one
    Robot Lords of Tokyo, SMILE TASTE KITTENS!
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  • TheMarlinTheMarlin Frets: 7862
    I’m constantly window shopping for Porsche Cayman S. Won’t be buying one for a year though. 

    Tempted by a 996 Turbo. I think they”ll shoot up a lot in value in the next few years. 
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  • olafgartenolafgarten Frets: 1648
    You could wait for the new Supra, that will probably be around your budget. 
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