Safest place to put your £50k on a car?

[Cpb1702]

Used motors but no more than 3 to 4 years old? Cars pretty resistant to depreciation.

The R8 looks a good place to put the dough, although not many shifting at the moment?

Early 981 non S at £32k
Cayman GTS
V8V
4C
Lotus Evora

I like all of the above

Any other suggestions, recent experience appreciated?

[kippax]

TVR Sagaris

[anonymous-user]

R8 M8

[turboman786]

Mines been in my R8.....and values have held very strong over the 2 years of ownership/enjoyment

GTRs also hold well if bought right....I had one and lost NOTHING on it!

[Cpb1702]

turboman786 said:

Mines been in my R8.....and values have held very strong over the 2 years of ownership/enjoyment

GTRs also hold well if bought right....I had one and lost NOTHING on it!

What age is the R8? How much depreciation have you seen?

Also interested in typical running costs/bills you have had?

[olliete]

kippax said:

TVR Sagaris

Can't find one for £50k and with the new TVR coming out, I seriously doubt it is a good place to put £50k.

Audi R8 would be where my money would go, or a Porsche Boxster Spyder / 997 Turbo

[BobToc]

Probably the glove compartment. If you put it on the roof there's a good chance it'll fall off when you start driving. HTH.

[200Plus Club]

R8 for me also. manual. from what I've researched the big bill potential is a faulty AC compressor (engine out potentially circa £3-4k bill) aor the clutch (similar cost).
mag ride dampers are 900 quid a corner but other cheaper options around.

[ZX10R NIN]

BobToc said:

Probably the glove compartment. If you put it on the roof there's a good chance it'll fall off when you start driving. HTH.

Damn you beat me to it

[grumpynuts]

Porsche 997 GTS with a manual transmission. Last "analogue" 911 with manual gearbox. 991 is a much bigger car and feels quite different.

[Blown2CV]

997 turbo S manual. TBH i wouldn't say any car was a safe place to put money at the mo. Classic market is going to crash this year i reckon.

[e8_pack]

Blown2CV said:

997 turbo S manual. TBH i wouldn't say any car was a safe place to put money at the mo. Classic market is going to crash this year i reckon.

Why do you think that?

[BlueHave]

Learn2MergeInTurn said:

R8 M8

He said safest not foolish

R8 new is about £130k, within 5 years it will be about £40k.

One of the first models is what 2007 or 2008 which are around £35k now and will cost a fortune to keep running.

[nct001]

DB9 Volante (with £8k change)

[BentleyR8]

BlueHave said:

Learn2MergeInTurn said:

R8 M8

He said safest not foolish

R8 new is about £130k, within 5 years it will be about £40k.

One of the first models is what 2007 or 2008 which are around £35k now and will cost a fortune to keep running.

Simply not true.

R8 V8 was £77,000 new in 2007. A high mileage or a cat d might be £35k, but anything average to good is going to be £40-50k.

The V10. Around £97,000 when new in 2009. Still looking around £60-65k for a good car car with average mileage. Easily £70k for a mint low mileage car thats around 5-6 years old.

[CS Garth]

Boxster spyder. Limited pork, innit

[aspirated]

M3 CSL

[walm]

Blown2CV said:

997 turbo S manual.

There or GTR, S3 Exige, mint 996 Turbo?
981 will continue to fall, IMO.

Not quite up to budget but one I am considering is the RS4 in the low 30s.
Given that low mileage B7s are knocking on 30 in some cases, not sure how much a B8 has to fall!!

[RS Grant]

BMW 1M won't lose you any money, not sure they'll climb a great deal more however. That said, I am regularly amazed at values placed on some cars, so who knows..


Cheers,
Grant

[ukkid35]

kippax said:

TVR Sagaris

Undoubtedly true four or five years ago - but still true now when prices may have peaked?

Also fails the OP's age test...