Advice please...

[glendog74]

Selling a house in the new year and plan to use some of the equity to buy another fun car which I have not had the pleasure of owning to date.

My budget will be around £25-30k and I have narrowed my choice down to the following:

1. Porsche 997 Carrera S
2. BMW E60 M5 ('07 on facelift model)
3. BMW E90 M3 ('08 on facelift model)

Any thoughts or wild card ideas appreciated!

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Originally Posted by glendog74

Selling a house in the new year and plan to use some of the equity to buy another fun car which I have not had the pleasure of owning to date.

My budget will be around £25-30k and I have narrowed my choice down to the following:

1. Porsche 997 Carrera S
2. BMW E60 M5 ('07 on facelift model)
3. BMW E90 M3 ('08 on facelift model)

Any thoughts or wild card ideas appreciated!

My mate tried a Carrera S and found it very slow, I would go for the M5/M3

[Pip1968]

Personally I would stick with either the Porsche if you have never given them a go. My first foray was a GT3 which I love to bits. Or the V8 M3. There is something hypnotic about a V8 rumble. Much as I would love to try an e60 M5, when they go wrong they are very expensive and the tank is too small for a long run - that has to be annoying.

Pip

[73CSL]

find a nice aircooled Porsche .. might not be quick by modern standards but great fun to drive if you get the right one .... + added bonus of hopefully 0 depreciation unlike the cars you posted above

If it has to be one of the above, then the Porsche. M5 , quick & glorious noise but still a big & heavy saloon car that can't go more than 250 mile sbetween fill ups

M3 .. you've already got a CSL

[MCSL]

C63

[LeinsCSL]

Wild card would be an E30 M3 or a 968 CS

[DazBlackCSL]

Originally Posted by MCSL

C63

^ This

[mattCSLnut]

Originally Posted by glendog74

Selling a house in the new year and plan to use some of the equity to buy another fun car which I have not had the pleasure of owning to date.

My budget will be around £25-30k and I have narrowed my choice down to the following:

1. Porsche 997 Carrera S
2. BMW E60 M5 ('07 on facelift model)
3. BMW E90 M3 ('08 on facelift model)

Any thoughts or wild card ideas appreciated!

Have you thought about a late (2003-2004) 996 Turbo / Turbo S ? (wild card) as the 997 Carrera S is relatively slow, even by comparison to the CSL.
As for the other 2 "M" cars you mention, they are both currently depreciating like a lead brick wrapped in lead The E60 M5 is a "Big Ol' Bus" ( just like the X5 you already have ) and while the V10 is a great engine, it only comes alive at the top of the revs which IMHO just doesn't suit the 4 door nature of the car on the UK congested roads. It becomes quite tiring, very quickly. Also the build quality of the E60 is questionable and not a patch on the previous generation (E39) M5.
With your budget you could buy the very best E39 probably with an EVOLVE Supercharger which is a proper "Sleeper"
I too discount the E9x M3 as you already have the Cecil

[Clubber]

I don't know about the prices over there but how about a 996.2 GT3 ? Or even an RS ?

[MCSL]

Originally Posted by Clubber

I don't know about the prices over there but how about a 996.2 GT3 ? Or even an RS ?