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If you had £30 000 to spend on a car what would you get?

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Old 02-11-2004, 12:15 PM
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Default If you had £30 000 to spend on a car what would you get?

New or second hand, standard or modified.

Not that I've got £30,000, but I know what I'd buy!!!!
Old 02-11-2004, 12:18 PM
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I'd get a ferrari Kitchen Extension
Old 02-11-2004, 12:18 PM
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what would you buy????
Old 02-11-2004, 12:19 PM
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id buy 3 renault clio sports hehe....

not really... i dunno... a nice car that pretty and is fun to drive
Old 02-11-2004, 12:20 PM
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Probably a Skyline GTR
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Id buy the Norweign blue Escort cossie & keep the change for when it breaks :

If only
Old 02-11-2004, 12:23 PM
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You wouldn't get a third of that blue escort for £30k..........
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Originally Posted by MattRS1600i
You wouldn't get a third of that blue escort for £30k..........
I no...thats why i put "if only"
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I'm going to wait and see if anyone else goes for the same car as me before revealing my choice.
Old 02-11-2004, 12:31 PM
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Second hand, obviously
Old 02-11-2004, 12:31 PM
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BMW M5 (even if they are shoddily built!!!)
Old 02-11-2004, 12:31 PM
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an audi RS4 with a few bits and bobs bolted on
Old 02-11-2004, 12:40 PM
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i agree gurne
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Scrape a few extra grand together and get a GT3 kitted Porsche 996.
Old 02-11-2004, 12:50 PM
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I'd get a Radical and spend my days raping it round Donnington, and a £500 fiesta for an everyday shitbox
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I'd get myself one of these:



A bargain at around £30,000!!!!!!
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I'd build a DAX TOJERO, aka AC Cobra with a chevy V8, halibrands, chrome sidepipes etc etc.....fooking love them.

OR - if i was to buy one, possibly a skyline or a nearly new M3 with all the luxurys
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Originally Posted by M7 COS


Thats what i'd go fo too,i fookin love those cars
Old 02-11-2004, 01:27 PM
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Im currently considering buying a Porsche 996 at around the £35k mark

So, im gonna say a slightly cheaper 996 for around £30k
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