Lottery win with a catch...
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You win the lottery but have to keep the car/cars you own. You cannot buy any new cars. But you have an unlimited budget. What do you do with what you have? This idea came about as I was rolling down the road in my recent purchase, a 21 year old Audi A8 and I got to thinking, would I change this if I had more money...and I genuinely thought...no. I'd have the confidence of having an inexhaustable supply of cash to keep it right, which would be very handy, but then I thought, what about the others. So.
Audi A8 D3 3.0tdi. I'd simply make this 'perfect'. Sort any small rattles and knocks, have the wheels returned to diamond cut factory original and refresh the suspension. The 228k mile engine seems healthy enough...
Mini F56 One D. This would become some kind of caged, rwd, mid engined fun car. I'd leave it looking as scruffy as it is now but stripped out interior, big driving lamps and a 400/500hp engine behind the seats...maybe the AMG four pot?
Our Honda CRZ? A K24 engine swap, uprated suspension and brakes but outwardly standard.
Audi A8 D3 3.0tdi. I'd simply make this 'perfect'. Sort any small rattles and knocks, have the wheels returned to diamond cut factory original and refresh the suspension. The 228k mile engine seems healthy enough...
Mini F56 One D. This would become some kind of caged, rwd, mid engined fun car. I'd leave it looking as scruffy as it is now but stripped out interior, big driving lamps and a 400/500hp engine behind the seats...maybe the AMG four pot?
Our Honda CRZ? A K24 engine swap, uprated suspension and brakes but outwardly standard.
Edited by biggbn on Friday 24th July 18:02
It’s entirely hypothetical unless you have the same numbers as me for tonight.
X5 45e - keep chickens in it.
2016 Mini JCW - keep as is but retrofit every factory option including the Pro exhaust and maybe some light chippage at Dervtech.
LC500 - absolutely nothing
Before all that the first thing I’d do would be to break the rules to buy back my 80 series Landcruiser from Ireland and send it to Jonathan Ward/Icon in California for the fullest restoration plus LS conversion they do.
I’d like to hunt down my old Griffith as well, and get that fully restored and re trimmed together with a Sportmotive Evo chassis and another LS conversion.
Not thought about it much
X5 45e - keep chickens in it.
2016 Mini JCW - keep as is but retrofit every factory option including the Pro exhaust and maybe some light chippage at Dervtech.
LC500 - absolutely nothing
Before all that the first thing I’d do would be to break the rules to buy back my 80 series Landcruiser from Ireland and send it to Jonathan Ward/Icon in California for the fullest restoration plus LS conversion they do.
I’d like to hunt down my old Griffith as well, and get that fully restored and re trimmed together with a Sportmotive Evo chassis and another LS conversion.
Not thought about it much
Hmm Similar to above, my 52 plate MX5 may ultimately require deep pockets to keep going anyway!
I ve been hoping to stretch out the lifetime of our 2013 Kia Ceed Sportswagen until the kids have left home anyway (still probably a decade away) so now I can just get it sympathetically restored / resto-modded into a nicer place to sit than it is currently.
Being able to pack in work means I will get my Lotus-7-esque kitcar finished up sooner rather than later.
BUT the genius of all this is: the B reg Sierra donor car that is currently sitting on my driveway and gradually shedding parts has won a reprieve! Surely a reshell into a 3-door keeps it the same car and woo-hoo Cossie replica it is. Boom / mic-drop
I ve been hoping to stretch out the lifetime of our 2013 Kia Ceed Sportswagen until the kids have left home anyway (still probably a decade away) so now I can just get it sympathetically restored / resto-modded into a nicer place to sit than it is currently.
Being able to pack in work means I will get my Lotus-7-esque kitcar finished up sooner rather than later.
BUT the genius of all this is: the B reg Sierra donor car that is currently sitting on my driveway and gradually shedding parts has won a reprieve! Surely a reshell into a 3-door keeps it the same car and woo-hoo Cossie replica it is. Boom / mic-drop
Well just bought a 2012 merc c class, so... the obvious choice there seems to be swapping out the boring diesel for all the running gear from a c63 amg.
As for the cheap boxster I have... I very rarely see much engine swapping going on with porsches, buuuut... the 4.0 litre from the 997 gt3 4.0 would surely go straight in, plus lots of other bits to make it a track weapon.
As for the cheap boxster I have... I very rarely see much engine swapping going on with porsches, buuuut... the 4.0 litre from the 997 gt3 4.0 would surely go straight in, plus lots of other bits to make it a track weapon.
brillomaster said:
AB said:
Genuinely think it'd be a top of the range Continental GTC as it does everything, not much boot space but with a lottery win I'd be in a helicopter to go any distance.
Did you read any of the opening thread?brillomaster said:
Also not really sure why this is in car buying, when buying new cars is expressly forbidden...
The mod clearly didn't read the thread, but to answer the OP I'd take my e350d 4matic coupe and get the 4.0V8 63 engine dropped in it, then have a bare metal respray (keeping the same colour Rubellite red) send the car for a tan leather retrim at O'Rourke and have the e63 suspension/brakes fitted, I'd also have every bit of exterior and interior component replaced to make the car effectively brand new. I would do the same with the Z4C but I'd keep the powertrain and renew the rest of the car nut and bolt.
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