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Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 6:40 pm
by Ditchfinder
Roads are too shit for sports cars these days, wife's SLC has knackered funny suspension and it's only done 20k
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:02 pm
by dern
What do you want to achieve... recreate some aspect of being young that you either lived or missed out on, be part of a 'scene', do you want it to look the part or drive in an entertaining way or some combination of these?
If you like the big bmws and mercedes I assume it's the look the part option where the 'part' is 'tragic golf bastard'
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:07 pm
by Mussels
dern wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:02 pm
What do you want to achieve... recreate some aspect of being young that you either lived or missed out on, be part of a 'scene', do you want it to look the part or drive in an entertaining way or some combination of these?
If you like the big bmws and mercedes I assume it's the look the part option where the 'part' is 'tragic golf bastard'
I'm struggling with this, I think it's about time I had a mid life crisis but I can't think of anything I feel I missed out on or want to go back to.
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:09 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Maybe you missed out on having a mid life crisis.
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:10 pm
by KungFooBob
I've had a pre-midlife crisis, then got old before my time.
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:20 pm
by dern
Mussels wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:07 pm
dern wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:02 pm
What do you want to achieve... recreate some aspect of being young that you either lived or missed out on, be part of a 'scene', do you want it to look the part or drive in an entertaining way or some combination of these?
If you like the big bmws and mercedes I assume it's the look the part option where the 'part' is 'tragic golf bastard'
I'm struggling with this, I think it's about time I had a mid life crisis but I can't think of anything I feel I missed out on or want to go back to.
Ignore the midlife crisis bit then and just get something you fancy.
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:20 pm
by demographic
As Fiat X19s are thin on the ground nowadays I reckon nothing screams midlife crisis harder than a Merc or BMW soft top with half the optional electric gubbins not working so I say get one of them
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:37 pm
by dern
Can you get an original mini for 10k? That would be excellent.
I’d suggest a 2cv s they are superb but if you don’t already want one and have a good idea what they’re about, it’s highly likely you’d think it was shit
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:46 pm
by KungFooBob
Up the budget, buy this, pretend you're James Bond.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225666999935
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:52 pm
by dern
Slightly breaks the budget but trouser tent tastic...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175817582128 ... R6qe0YW1Yg
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:00 pm
by Ant
What are we calling mid life now? What is the average life expectancy then?
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:19 pm
by weeksy
Ant wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:00 pm
What are we calling mid life now? What is the average life expectancy then?
When's your birthday?
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:22 pm
by KungFooBob
You're perfect, yes, it's true, but without me, you're only you.
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:40 pm
by Taipan
Ant wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:00 pm
What are we calling mid life now? What is the average life expectancy then?
81.77 years.
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:45 pm
by Count Steer
Someone mentioned the MX5 and it reminded me about the Honda S2000's. They have a lot of fans and my petrol-head neighbour had one. I rather like that VTEC engine too. So I looked at the prices. Woah...they really do have their fans, pretty pricey for the later ones - £20k for a 55k miles, 2008, £12k for a 116k miles 2005.
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:49 pm
by KungFooBob
Count Steer wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:45 pm
Someone mentioned the MX5 and it reminded me about the Honda S2000's. They have a lot of fans and my petrol-head neighbour had one. I rather like that VTEC engine too. So I looked at the prices. Woah...they really do have their fans, pretty pricey for the later ones - £20k for a 55k miles, 2008, £12k for a 116k miles 2005.
The later ones are less likely to kill you. The earlier models didn't have traction/stability/anti-yaw, that combined with a peaky v-tec engine meant that if you were an average driver the chances were if you tried to push on, or it was wet, you'd be going through a hedge backwards.
Crazy amount of power out of an NA engine tho'.
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:07 pm
by MrLongbeard
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:14 pm
by Ant
Taipan wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:40 pm
Ant wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:00 pm
What are we calling mid life now? What is the average life expectancy then?
81.77 years.
Ok so we're talking 40 as midlife. There's a lot of cars you can get away with at 40 or so.
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:57 pm
by Pirahna
There's a couple of VX220's on Auto trader.
Re: Mid Life Crisis car - £10,000 ish
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:01 pm
by Ant
I saw one of those earlier, I remember how much fun they are.
