Morning! Am thinking of a new Carrera as my daily driver, but do a fair bit of mileage so welcome a bit of your advice...
My view is that the more miles you do, then the nicer the car to drive. If I did 1,000 miles a year, I'd just use my bike, but for 20k-25k'ish...
Car history:
Renault 5 - cost me £500, sold it for £500.
Rover 213 - cost me £1,000 to get me to work and back. Cam belt snapped.
Citroen ZX - cost me £1,800, it had electric sun roof!
Corsa - company car for a few months
Astra - company car for a couple of years
Audi TT 225 - absolutely loved it, despite the hairdresser cliches
Then I'd bought my first house and settled in with the girlfriend and saved up and metal temptation took hold..
My last three cars have been a 53 plate RS6, (bought in '04) had that for 4 years, was first time i ever owned a car with any real power, and by god it delivered in bucket loads and built good neck muscles. In first MONTH of ownership i did nearly 5,000 miles, i drove it practically the four corners of the UK for fun and to find good roads, great fun. It cost me a damn fortune and whilst I was in my 20's before marriage and kids came along was my only realistic chance so went for it. best car I've ever owned, constant grin.
After the RS6 and a close call with the police, i decided I needed to calm a little; went to test drive a used M6 as they were bargains at the time as recession was kicking in, but test drove a 640d and was mega impressed the balance of power and economy. Plus I was now married and pitter patter of tiny feet was going to be on horizon at some stage, so i sold the RS6 on eBay and ordered a new 640d coupe in '08.
Had the 635d for 5 years, and the 640d Gran Coupe came out, i didn't plan to buy a car, but after walking into dealer to have a look at one, I simply offered silly low money take or leave it as genuinely not fussed and had recently got a new bike, a baby daughter and was looking for classic car sunday driver and to tinker with at the time... After a week of time wasting calls I offered deposit over the phone on my offer and politely not to call me back and he took my cash! So in 2013 had a sensible 4 door family diesel that had over 300bhp and more torque than an M6. It really is a great engine, sure its not the same punch of the RS6 TTV8; but in balance of life it has beautiful interior, great technology and from having HUD for the last 7+ years I will miss that in future.
Sooooo...... that brings me here. its my 40th this year and from reading my Evo subscription, their 911 bias took me to test drive a new Carrera yesterday. I've specced up:
Sapphire Blue
Black/Luxor leather
Entry & Drive
Park assist with camera
Privacy Glass
PDK
Sport Chrono
20" Carrera S wheels
Cruise
Light Pack
Multi function wheel
Floor Mats (seriously!, I can't believe that one, pathetic you have to spec)
Crest on headrests
BOSE
So thats £76k car, £11k options and £13k interest so £100k over 4 years.
Now the dilemma begins... what form of financial suicide is it to buy a 911 and pile on the miles every day. Residual on the finance was £30k... will the experience be worth the cost?
I can't buy a used car, as the C02 is too high, the new 911 is just within the C02 cap of my car allowance scheme at work, so first time I could buy one!
will have a good look on the forum, but any experienced views welcome.
My view is that the more miles you do, then the nicer the car to drive. If I did 1,000 miles a year, I'd just use my bike, but for 20k-25k'ish...
Car history:
Renault 5 - cost me £500, sold it for £500.
Rover 213 - cost me £1,000 to get me to work and back. Cam belt snapped.
Citroen ZX - cost me £1,800, it had electric sun roof!
Corsa - company car for a few months
Astra - company car for a couple of years
Audi TT 225 - absolutely loved it, despite the hairdresser cliches
Then I'd bought my first house and settled in with the girlfriend and saved up and metal temptation took hold..
My last three cars have been a 53 plate RS6, (bought in '04) had that for 4 years, was first time i ever owned a car with any real power, and by god it delivered in bucket loads and built good neck muscles. In first MONTH of ownership i did nearly 5,000 miles, i drove it practically the four corners of the UK for fun and to find good roads, great fun. It cost me a damn fortune and whilst I was in my 20's before marriage and kids came along was my only realistic chance so went for it. best car I've ever owned, constant grin.
After the RS6 and a close call with the police, i decided I needed to calm a little; went to test drive a used M6 as they were bargains at the time as recession was kicking in, but test drove a 640d and was mega impressed the balance of power and economy. Plus I was now married and pitter patter of tiny feet was going to be on horizon at some stage, so i sold the RS6 on eBay and ordered a new 640d coupe in '08.
Had the 635d for 5 years, and the 640d Gran Coupe came out, i didn't plan to buy a car, but after walking into dealer to have a look at one, I simply offered silly low money take or leave it as genuinely not fussed and had recently got a new bike, a baby daughter and was looking for classic car sunday driver and to tinker with at the time... After a week of time wasting calls I offered deposit over the phone on my offer and politely not to call me back and he took my cash! So in 2013 had a sensible 4 door family diesel that had over 300bhp and more torque than an M6. It really is a great engine, sure its not the same punch of the RS6 TTV8; but in balance of life it has beautiful interior, great technology and from having HUD for the last 7+ years I will miss that in future.
Sooooo...... that brings me here. its my 40th this year and from reading my Evo subscription, their 911 bias took me to test drive a new Carrera yesterday. I've specced up:
Sapphire Blue
Black/Luxor leather
Entry & Drive
Park assist with camera
Privacy Glass
PDK
Sport Chrono
20" Carrera S wheels
Cruise
Light Pack
Multi function wheel
Floor Mats (seriously!, I can't believe that one, pathetic you have to spec)
Crest on headrests
BOSE
So thats £76k car, £11k options and £13k interest so £100k over 4 years.
Now the dilemma begins... what form of financial suicide is it to buy a 911 and pile on the miles every day. Residual on the finance was £30k... will the experience be worth the cost?
I can't buy a used car, as the C02 is too high, the new 911 is just within the C02 cap of my car allowance scheme at work, so first time I could buy one!
will have a good look on the forum, but any experienced views welcome.