Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:44 am
Should this thread be merged with the Mid Life Crisis thread?
Just sayin'...
Just sayin'...
Ahem, it's a De Tomaso Pantera.
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Car thread - which one?
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Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:16 pm
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:16 pm
I was kidding
but
it's still an MR2
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:27 pm
ok, they're both red....weeksy wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:16 pmI was kidding
but
it's still an MR2
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:36 pm
Same pic with different lighting/backgroundRockburner wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:27 pmok, they're both red....
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:48 pm
I think I like them because my first Scalextric cars were a pair of Martini 934sPotter wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:57 pmI think anything that is focussed in one direction is going to be less generally versatile that an all-rounder, ITMS.Taipan wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:13 pm
It's undoubtedly a nicer thing to drive than any 70/80s sports car!
My new 911 was very usable, I think I said before that I could take my mum shopping in the morning and then do a trackday in the afternoon, but it's not even a shadow of how comfortable and plush your Range Rover will be in 99% of most road use applications.
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:53 pm
That's a Detomaso Pantera. It's an Italian supercar with an American v8 engine. Always wanted one but now completely out of reach... Ah, you knew this, didn't see you other posts.
Elvis Presley famously shot his when it didn't start..
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:51 pm
Well, if it's appreciating, then it's not money tied up, it's money invested ?
Using that logic, the money that's in the bank/savings for it is also 'tied up'
Unless it's under the mattress ?
Using that logic, the money that's in the bank/savings for it is also 'tied up'
Unless it's under the mattress ?
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:04 pm
Speaking of 308's (quite a while back in the thread!) I saw a "spotted" on Pistonheads yesterday with one of the original fibreglass bodied ones which is 150kg lighter than the later steel ones...but it's gone now 
However they also mentioned this lovely -pretty rare - green one, which is cheaper than that porker too!
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/16118739
However they also mentioned this lovely -pretty rare - green one, which is cheaper than that porker too!
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/16118739
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:58 pm
Just keep the money for when you're too old to appreciate it then 
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:11 pm
If you can consider a £125,000 car I think the chances of being homeless and on the streets are pretty damn low
When you say socialist, you mean boring fucker
When you say socialist, you mean boring fucker
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:08 pm
The crash is never permanent and classics always recover. Just keep sitting on it and enjoying it! Get it bought!Potter wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:43 pmIt might appreciate, but then again it might crash spectacularly, they do that from time to time, like the economy, IIRC there have been a couple of 'classic' car crashes. I'm sure I read about a huge one in the late 80's, I wouldn't have been interested back then but I remember reading that some stuff lost massive amounts.weeksy wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:51 pm Well, if it's appreciating, then it's not money tied up, it's money invested ?
Using that logic, the money that's in the bank/savings for it is also 'tied up'
Unless it's under the mattress ?
I made money on my last 911, bought it, drove it around for free and sold it for more than I paid, but it wouldn't be sensible to bank on it.
It's not unthinkable that there is another economic crash around the corner, although I don't know how many people would need to offload their £100k+ motorcars if a crash happened, surely you'd be crackers to put that amount of money into a car if you couldn't afford to take a big hit on it - although people do, plenty have been caught out with negative equity on all sorts of things, from houses to Rolex watches that they financed.
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:02 pm
There needs to be more context. Sure you can be completely daft with investments, business deals, etc but you're not that, explain one possible scenario where you reckon you could lose all your house, savings, investments.Potter wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:53 pmA good friend of mine from NC was a multimillionaire and went broke, ended up homeless, then built himself back up and he’s now a multimillionaire again.weeksy wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:11 pm If you can consider a £125,000 car I think the chances of being homeless and on the streets are pretty damn low
When you say socialist, you mean boring fucker
Its easy to go broke.
Not a massive stock market crash because that affects everyone
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:51 pm
Somebody once said 'We're all just 2 mistakes away from living on the street'. Most of us don't make them or get away with just one I suppose. Easier to do if you do stuff like raise capital for your business against your house because of a cash flow problem. (Which is probably mistake number 2).weeksy wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:02 pmThere needs to be more context. Sure you can be completely daft with investments, business deals, etc but you're not that, explain one possible scenario where you reckon you could lose all your house, savings, investments.Potter wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:53 pmA good friend of mine from NC was a multimillionaire and went broke, ended up homeless, then built himself back up and he’s now a multimillionaire again.weeksy wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:11 pm If you can consider a £125,000 car I think the chances of being homeless and on the streets are pretty damn low
When you say socialist, you mean boring fucker
Its easy to go broke.
Not a massive stock market crash because that affects everyone
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:56 pm
Classic/fast cars, motorhomes, 80's superbikes, etc...
You've obviously got a fair wedge burning a hole in your pocket.
There's only one answer.
Spunk it all on drugs and hookers.
You've obviously got a fair wedge burning a hole in your pocket.
There's only one answer.
Spunk it all on drugs and hookers.
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:09 pm
Exactly, it's possible, but Potter just isn't that kind of bloke, he's better than that in terms of knowing and greed, hence my statement of "what's the worst case"
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:11 pm
Maybe save a few quid, heart failure and numerous sti's and just buy one of these instead...
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:56 pm
Is it a Turbo?Potter wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:46 pm Went and had a look at this today, lovely looking thing, the pictures really don't do it justice.
It's clearly been nicely looked after too, it's almost forty years old but looks really good for it's years, it's got about 75k on the clock IIRC.
It's a hundred and twenty-five bags though, so it's funny money and there isn't really any way to justify or verify the car versus the price, you pay it or you don't I suppose.
I really do fancy it, as I said the pictures don't do it any justice at all, I could sit looking at it all day long, but having that sort of money tied up in a car when I'm not really a big car enthusiast just doesn't really sit right with me.
Lovely looking cars, but that is serious wedge for a car.
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:17 pm
Re: Car thread - which one?
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:10 pm
Looks like a boring Honda sports car. What's special about it?KungFooBob wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:17 pm You'd get in my knickers if you turned up in this.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304949841251
