The Buying Game

Panda Moanium

A little bit of fun to pass the time.....

A kindly uncle/tooth fairy/genie has bequeathed you a gift of €250,000. However there are stipulations.
1. The money must be spent on equipping yourself with a garage of five vehicles, in the categories below.
2. Any money not spent you lose.
3. Go over budget and you lose everything.
4. Buy with your heart not your head. Ignore practical issues like depreciation.
5 All cars must be currently on sale in Ireland.

Why €250,000? Well its small enough to make you think about your choices while still enough to allow some nice cars.

The categories are:-
A: A car for everyday running.
B. A city car
C. A fun car for the week-end.
D. An off-roader / utility vehicle
E. A long distance luxury cruiser.


OK, here are my initial choices, although I reserve the right to change later....:)

A. BMW 330D SE Touring: €61,250
Why? Ideal combination of performance, frugality and space.

B. Mini Cooper: €23,700
Why? Not the Cooper S, the Cooper offers plenty of performance for nipping around town.

C. Nissan 350Z: €56,295
Why: Lairy hairy-chested rear wheel driver...

D. Land Rover Defender 90 Hard Top TD5: €26,670
Why? Basic and crude, but goes anywhere.

E. Citroen C6 3.0i V6 Exclusive: €74,500
Why? It's not BMW, Mercedes or Audi, supremely comfortable, love the looks, a future classic!

Total Cost: €242,415.00

Not as easy it seems - none of these would be my ultimate dream cars -would need a budget about ten times the size for that....:D

I took my prices from a magazine but if somebody can post a link to an on-line current price list we can use that.



242,415

littlejukka

without bothering to chekc prices, i'll look into it more tomorrow...

i'd love an X5 so i could drive it over a cliff, a hummer so i could pack it full or fertiliser and a match and drive it into the dail, a smart roadster so i could speed away, an IS 250 sport from lexus, and a shelby cobra GT500 for the laugh.

Andrewf20

A: A car for everyday running. - BMW 335D, E90
B. A city car - Original mini or Fiat 500 (on sale 2nd hand in Ireland!)
C. A fun car for the week-end. E30 M3 or M coupe (on sale 2nd hand in Ireland!)
D. An off-roader / utility vehicle Not bothered, but Land Rover Defender 90 Hard Top TD5 will do.
E. A long distance luxury cruiser. BMW 530D, E65 will do.

Hope thats less than 250k bills.

Arthur Daley

Are used motors allowed? If so I'm including this baby (nearly there,mmmm almost) M5 for 15k:
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=566178

Looks a nice motor though

And no I'm not selling this.

- Thinking of buying it though

5 new motors bye the bye

All prices off carzone

A VW Golf GTI 5 door 36,655
B Honda Jazz 1.4 SE Sport 19,870 - it'll do in the city for all the driving I'll do in it.
C Lotis Exige 59,995
D Nissan x-trail 2.2 dci 4x4 39,560 it'll do 'offroad'
E Jaguar 3.0 V6 XJ6 Executive 86,760

That leaves just over seven grand for a nice road trip to France/Italy/Germany with C on a trailer pulled by D while I shift it in E

I take your point about the Citroen styling. Very cool

zuutroy

Arthur Daley wrote:

Are used motors allowed? If so I'm including this baby (nearly there,mmmm almost) M5 for 15k:
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=566178

That aint an M5 chief.

a) BMW 520D SE....................52500
b) Toyota Aygo...............14345
c) BMW Z4 3.0I SI SE...55000
d) Mercedes G-Wagon......10000 used
e) BMW 730LI SE................ 114000

MercMad

My list...............all new BTW !

A: A car for everyday running. Mercedes CLK Cabriolet - € 82,435
B. A city car - Renault Megane Monaco- Good safe and has leather ! €23250
C. A fun car for the week-end. - Mercedes 280SE Coupe € 22,000
D. An off-roader / utility vehicle - Fiat Panda 4x4 €15915
(never gonna drive it !) but I can spend more on the rest !
E. A long distance luxury cruiser.- New Range Rover V8 diesel- € 106,400(est)

Total € 250,000 !!

I win.................send the check !!

natnif

A Mini Cooper S - €33050

B Toyota aygo - €14,345

C Mitsubishi 2.0 16V TURBO EVOLUTION IX GSR - €51,495

D Mitsubishi Pajero 2.5TD GLS DELUXE - €42,950

E Audi RS4 - €104,000



some of the photos aren't quite right but I couldn't be bothered getting exact ones!

prospect

The categories are:-

A: A car for everyday running. Alfa GT MJet - €45,000
B. A city car Fiat Panda - €14,500
C. A fun car for the week-end. - Caterham 7 - €25,000 approx
D. An off-roader / utility vehicle - Nissan Pathfinder 2.5 Elegance €55,250
E. A long distance luxury cruiser. - Audi S6 - €110,000

Think that leaves €250 wasted

Ask me next week and I will probably give different answers!:rolleyes:

ambro25

A: A car for everyday running.
Subaru Impreza WRX €43.5k

B. A city car.
Renault Twingo (aircon, leather, paddle shifter, metal paint) €13k (+VRT@25%) €16.2k

C. A fun car for the week-end.
TVR Tuscan convertible (with all the toys, landed) €61k (+VRT@30%) €79k

D. An off-roader / utility vehicle.
Subaru Legacy Outback 2.5i €44k

E. A long distance luxury cruiser.
€67.3k left over. Mmm... gowan, a Citröen CX 25 GTI Turbo (Mk1), absolute minter through and through, with next to no miles on the clock, and you can have what's left.

colm_mcm

A: A car for everyday running.
Golf 1.4 TSI DSG GT € 30,725

B. A city car.
Toyota Aygo 1.0 Terra 3dr € 11,550

C. A fun car for the week-end.
Alfa Romeo Brera 2.2 JTS V6 € 48,000

D. An off-roader / utility vehicle.
Toyota Land Cruiser LWB GX Auto 8S € 49,430

E. A long distance luxury cruiser.
Jaguar XJ Series (+)2.7 TDVI XJ EXECUTIVE LWB €96,804

zuutroy

Aygo's quite popular. I'm surprised!

unkel

A: A car for everyday running.
BMW M5 €137k

B. A city car.
Smart fourtwo €12k

C. A fun car for the week-end.
Honda S2000 €61k

D. An off-roader / utility vehicle.
Land Rover Defender 90 diesel €29k

E. A long distance luxury cruiser.
Jaguar XJR 4.0 V8 Supercharged €11k (SH)*

* Sorry for second hand - ran out of money

Panda Moanium

prospect wrote:

C. A fun car for the week-end. - Caterham 7 - €25,000 approx

:

Top choice! - would have been on my shortlist also, only they are not listed here.

Speaking of which, anyone know of any reputable importers/distributers willing to take on a new challenge? Was talking to the Caterham export man at the Autosport show and he reckoned that if they could find the right people, they would seriously consider setting up here.

TheBazman

A: A car for everyday running.
BMW520d M-Sport 62,550

B. A city car.
Mini Cooper 24,400

C. A fun car for the week-end.
Golf GTI 35,610

D. An off-roader / utility vehicle.
Freelander 2 41,990

E. A long distance luxury cruiser.
Lexus GS 450H 3.5V6 Hybrid 84,757

However a better option would be (different game admittedly)
Audi RS4 = Everyday use, City Car, Fun for weekend 104,130
Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged = Off Roader, Luxury Cruiser 112,000

Stky10

A: BMW 325 Coupe 56g
B: Citroen C2 1.4 VTR 16g
C: Mazda RX-8 45g
Toyota Land Cruiser 65g
E: Lexus GS 300 65g

Total Cost 247g