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When are you too old for a nice car?


twobears

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You're never too old for a nice car. In fact most nice cars come with age, having money and lower insurance costs. I'd be driving round in a brand new M6 if I had the money and reasonable insurance costs.

 

However, you may be too old to drive a low slung sports car due to difficulties getting in and out, or may be too old to drive a manual due to leg pain or whatever. in which case your nice car becomes a supercharged jaguar :)

 

if you can get in and out of a sportscar and happily drive a manual, then buy it!

 

if, however, you become so old that basic driving flummoxes you (roundabouts, lane discipline, parking, driving at the speed limit) then please, start getting the bus.

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(Apparently the wife of the guy who runs the Nissan dealership in Winchester is 70+ and her daily driver is a 370Z)

 

Which reminds me, the lady that runs the local animal rescue centre (Anne Owen, she got an MBE in the last honours list) drives a Crossfire and she must be at least 70. The first time I ever visited the centre, mid 1980's, I had to wait around for a Mrs Rice to turn up and when she did I was amazed that she rolled up in a Fiat X1/9 and that she must have been at least 80 :) .

 

Pete

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I had a nose at 4C's over lunch and they are more expensive than I thought.

 

Asked myself if I would buy one for that price and decided that I would probably prefer a similarly priced Jaguar F Type.

 

A very special car, looks fantastic (in the right colour - the burnt orange for me), and possibly does not require you to be a yoga instructor to get in and out of.

 

Just a thought - but obviously if it is a 4C you desire most then a 4C you should get. But I will have to pull out of the Group Buy for the 4C's :lol:

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Damn, I thought we might get a BOGOF and I was going to take the free one :lol: MrTwoBears keeps telling me to look at Jags but I feel as though I want one more frivolous car before I admit to being a grown up :blush:

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