XIIVVX
Active member
OK, this is the year that I have always planned to move my registration on.
Two years of the 996 have been all I can ask, though the Nurburgring still beckons. That being the case it is likely that it will be sold May or June.
But where do you go from simply the best affordable coupe in the world?
Here's the fleet profile
The Skoda pick-up stays. It is used for boring local trips, taking stuff to the tip, booze runs to Northern France and skulking around at night when maybe you don't want to attract too much attention from Norfolk's four policemen just in case you have edged over the limit a tiny bit.
Mrs XIIVVX currently runs the Jagdeo which is now at 170,000 miles, a diesel that returns around 50 to the gallon on her 70 miles/day commute. She would like a 'sports' car, but losing any mpg is going to make her work look expensive.
I can't envisage going to a less competent performance car and probably need to do something completely different. Things I have considered in passing are a replica pre-war / post-war MG two-seater or just grabbing the Jagdeo back for myself and getting her something 'new'. I mostly work from home, don't commute and do little travel for my work. My motor industry freelancing means I often get manufacturer cars for assignments anyway.
The 996 will net me about £20,000. I ideally don't want to spend all of this, and would be happiest spending (say) £5,000. If I just fell back to the Skoda alone for myself and put that money to the (say) £2,000 we might get for the Jagdeo that would release £7,000 for Mrs XIIVVX's transport
So you see there are lots of options.
But I know this place is good for thinking out of the box. Let's hear it.
XIIVVX
Two years of the 996 have been all I can ask, though the Nurburgring still beckons. That being the case it is likely that it will be sold May or June.
But where do you go from simply the best affordable coupe in the world?
Here's the fleet profile
The Skoda pick-up stays. It is used for boring local trips, taking stuff to the tip, booze runs to Northern France and skulking around at night when maybe you don't want to attract too much attention from Norfolk's four policemen just in case you have edged over the limit a tiny bit.
Mrs XIIVVX currently runs the Jagdeo which is now at 170,000 miles, a diesel that returns around 50 to the gallon on her 70 miles/day commute. She would like a 'sports' car, but losing any mpg is going to make her work look expensive.
I can't envisage going to a less competent performance car and probably need to do something completely different. Things I have considered in passing are a replica pre-war / post-war MG two-seater or just grabbing the Jagdeo back for myself and getting her something 'new'. I mostly work from home, don't commute and do little travel for my work. My motor industry freelancing means I often get manufacturer cars for assignments anyway.
The 996 will net me about £20,000. I ideally don't want to spend all of this, and would be happiest spending (say) £5,000. If I just fell back to the Skoda alone for myself and put that money to the (say) £2,000 we might get for the Jagdeo that would release £7,000 for Mrs XIIVVX's transport
So you see there are lots of options.
But I know this place is good for thinking out of the box. Let's hear it.
XIIVVX
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