I meant something more along the lines of Opti's suggestion, not a Monaro (that's still an old mans car, comes complete with chest wig and medallion, I believe)

Y'know.. MX5, MR2, MG.. Alright, maybe not the latter. Something sporty, fun, lightweight, small.. best to own that before you have kids and need a 129376123 seater bus to carry them around in 

tunnie wrote on 10. Aug 2011 at 12:04:


Now we're talking drug dealer's cars.

It'd be something small, light and nimble if I were in your shoes, as Aaron suggests. Especially in london.

Do you a swap, My 3.0 litre V6 (possibly chipped) for your fairly tired sounding motor. Drive it down here and drive the other back - have some sun. The bodywork on mine has seen much better days so parking wouldn't be a problem. A can or two of silver paint and days of rubbing down and it wouldn't look much better. It has a radio fitted that doesn't work, air con doesn't work but the tow bar does if you decide to get a pikey palace or tow other members broken down V6's. Good Bilstein B4 rear shockers and spring assisters. Massive boot without LPG tank. Leather seats, rear blind. Tinted glass.Lovely auto box. Might have an LSD but probably doesn't. Long tax and MOT (Feb and Jan respectively 2012).144k (miles not price)   

tunnie wrote on 10. Aug 2011 at 12:04:




If there is one car that's  been hit with the ugly stick......this is it. The old 400 BHP V8 M5 looked sooooooooooo much better. 

Opti wrote on 10. Aug 2011 at 12:48:


And the willingness to pay for a £3k engine rebuild at around 70,000 miles. Not to mention the flooding issue(which can be a sign of needing an engine rebuild). Or the woeful economy. The cheap and nasty interior. The need to rev it hard because it has no torque.

Not just no, but hell no.

Auto Addict wrote on 10. Aug 2011 at 14:46:


Good point, I could tow them all to Dover and push them off the cliff 

Personally, I would upgrade since you have got good mileage from your current one and even if you did spend £500 on it would you be happy to keep it for another 3 or 4 years? From the way you have written your post I reckon deep down you feel like a change anyway.