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Yea, I saw that a while ago. Totally mind blowing.
On a small....much smaller scale. 15 years ago I went to see two of my dream cars with the outlook of buying one. They were two 246 Dinos at £30-40k each, but bought another ferrari instead
. Wish I had bought them both now..... hindsight ey 
On a small....much smaller scale. 15 years ago I went to see two of my dream cars with the outlook of buying one. They were two 246 Dinos at £30-40k each, but bought another ferrari instead
. Wish I had bought them both now..... hindsight ey FezSpider said:
Yea, I saw that a while ago. Totally mind blowing.
On a small....much smaller scale. 15 years ago I went to see two of my dream cars with the outlook of buying one. They were two 246 Dinos at £30-40k each, but bought another ferrari instead. Wish I had bought them both now..... hindsight ey
Similar with me, I looked at a red Dino at DoveHouse in Northampton also about 15 years ago - sat there for IIRC 35k. Couldn't justify the stretch to it at the time - hindsight and all that!On a small....much smaller scale. 15 years ago I went to see two of my dream cars with the outlook of buying one. They were two 246 Dinos at £30-40k each, but bought another ferrari instead
. Wish I had bought them both now..... hindsight ey Zippee said:
FezSpider said:
Yea, I saw that a while ago. Totally mind blowing.
On a small....much smaller scale. 15 years ago I went to see two of my dream cars with the outlook of buying one. They were two 246 Dinos at £30-40k each, but bought another ferrari instead. Wish I had bought them both now..... hindsight ey
Similar with me, I looked at a red Dino at DoveHouse in Northampton also about 15 years ago - sat there for IIRC 35k. Couldn't justify the stretch to it at the time - hindsight and all that!On a small....much smaller scale. 15 years ago I went to see two of my dream cars with the outlook of buying one. They were two 246 Dinos at £30-40k each, but bought another ferrari instead
. Wish I had bought them both now..... hindsight ey FezSpider said:
Yea, I saw that a while ago. Totally mind blowing.
On a small....much smaller scale. 15 years ago I went to see two of my dream cars with the outlook of buying one. They were two 246 Dinos at £30-40k each, but bought another ferrari instead. Wish I had bought them both now..... hindsight ey
I did, a 246 for £12,500 and a 308 for £18500 and then went and sold the 246 in favour of keeping the 308. Not one of my better decisions .On a small....much smaller scale. 15 years ago I went to see two of my dream cars with the outlook of buying one. They were two 246 Dinos at £30-40k each, but bought another ferrari instead
. Wish I had bought them both now..... hindsight ey Bought a L.H.D one a few years later for £28.000 and thought i payed to much for it
Edited by rat rod on Wednesday 9th September 16:56
20 years ago , i test drove a yellow LP 400 Countach
It was owned by a DJ / singer , and he was selling it because his wife wanted a kitchen extension , or so he said .
But the car felt so fragile , and there was no joy to the act of driving it .
The car was being advertised for just under £40k .
I have never regretted not buying that car , although it would now be worth a small fortune .
I didn't enjoy driving it , and my gut feeling was that it would have cost a small fortune to get it driving properly --- if that was even / ever possible .
Yep , no regrets there
It was owned by a DJ / singer , and he was selling it because his wife wanted a kitchen extension , or so he said .
But the car felt so fragile , and there was no joy to the act of driving it .
The car was being advertised for just under £40k .
I have never regretted not buying that car , although it would now be worth a small fortune .
I didn't enjoy driving it , and my gut feeling was that it would have cost a small fortune to get it driving properly --- if that was even / ever possible .
Yep , no regrets there
I was reading a 2003 Classic & Sportscar magazine the other day and saw a Miura had sold for £70k
Was it a one-off I wondered? Well according to the price guide in the same magazine that was top money for a condition 1 car.
Other condition 1 valuations were Aston DB5 £60k, Ferrari Dino £40k, Countach £38k
My house was probably worth £120k at the time (now £350k) I wish I'd sold the house, paid off the mortgage, bought a Miura and lived in a caravan
Was it a one-off I wondered? Well according to the price guide in the same magazine that was top money for a condition 1 car.
Other condition 1 valuations were Aston DB5 £60k, Ferrari Dino £40k, Countach £38k
My house was probably worth £120k at the time (now £350k) I wish I'd sold the house, paid off the mortgage, bought a Miura and lived in a caravan
carspath said:
20 years ago , i test drove a yellow LP 400 Countach
It was owned by a DJ / singer , and he was selling it because his wife wanted a kitchen extension , or so he said .
But the car felt so fragile , and there was no joy to the act of driving it .
The car was being advertised for just under £40k .
I have never regretted not buying that car , although it would now be worth a small fortune .
I didn't enjoy driving it , and my gut feeling was that it would have cost a small fortune to get it driving properly --- if that was even / ever possible .
Yep , no regrets there
Was that the musician with Jamiroquai?It was owned by a DJ / singer , and he was selling it because his wife wanted a kitchen extension , or so he said .
But the car felt so fragile , and there was no joy to the act of driving it .
The car was being advertised for just under £40k .
I have never regretted not buying that car , although it would now be worth a small fortune .
I didn't enjoy driving it , and my gut feeling was that it would have cost a small fortune to get it driving properly --- if that was even / ever possible .
Yep , no regrets there
Maybe not as extreme as some of you but in 1999 I was buying my first Ferrari (355 spider) from Maranellos and there was an F50 in the showroom for not silly money. Mrs Wombat was very taken by it and suggested I considered buying it instead but I stuck with the 355. She does have good taste.
sonicbloo said:
I was reading a 2003 Classic & Sportscar magazine the other day and saw a Miura had sold for £70k
Was it a one-off I wondered? Well according to the price guide in the same magazine that was top money for a condition 1 car.
Other condition 1 valuations were Aston DB5 £60k, Ferrari Dino £40k, Countach £38k
My house was probably worth £120k at the time (now £350k) I wish I'd sold the house, paid off the mortgage, bought a Miura and lived in a caravan
I can imagine a DB 5,Countach and a Dino parked outside your caravan, Was it a one-off I wondered? Well according to the price guide in the same magazine that was top money for a condition 1 car.
Other condition 1 valuations were Aston DB5 £60k, Ferrari Dino £40k, Countach £38k
My house was probably worth £120k at the time (now £350k) I wish I'd sold the house, paid off the mortgage, bought a Miura and lived in a caravan
A guy in the 80's did just that ,sold his house and walked in a Lamborghini showroom with a Duluxe colour chart and bought a brand new Countach in a very one off colour and moved into a caravan .
A friend of mine bought a Miura approximately 17/18 years ago,he paid £40k and it was in several box's,finished doing a lot of the work in his own workshop the car owed him £100k,
After advertising it for a year or so he had to take 3 cars in exchange to sell it,one was a Bentley S3 but can't remember what the other 2 were.
Took him another year to sell the cars and probably had to take p/ex on them.
Times have certainly changed and unless you have had a collection of the top prestige classic's hidden away for the last 20/30 years not for the best. well not for the average man in the street.
carspath said:
'' Was that the musician with Jamiroquai? ''
Yes 996 -- i had forgotten his name , but now that you mention it , I am almost sure that it was ..... tall, thin , young man , very chatty .
The car looked stunning ....my wife said that it was like a spacecraft .
Thanks, I’ve an article in an old magazine somewhere, (maybe called Toby), and he was selling to fund a house extension. It seemed cheap even then but as an impoverished ex-student, may still have been a million quid to me at the time!Yes 996 -- i had forgotten his name , but now that you mention it , I am almost sure that it was ..... tall, thin , young man , very chatty .
The car looked stunning ....my wife said that it was like a spacecraft .
Yes , that's right 996 Type .... it was a house extension that the yellow Countach was meant to pay for and not a kitchen extension .
Gosh , you've taken me back a good 20 years .
We met up somewhere in Central London , and we drove to Heathrow , and turned around in a hotel car park just outside the airport perimeter .
Jamiroquoi was talking constantly , and that was distracting in a completely unfamiliar car .
The seat was not firmly attached to the floor , and was rocking with each gear change , and with each small movement of any of the 3 pedals .
i just never got comfortable in that car .
Getting into a 5000QV for the first time, i immediately felt comfortable ( or more precisely , much more comfortable ) , the car seemed hugely more solid and responsive , and it didn't feel that it would break if i poked it .
The LP 400 was lovely to look at and spectacular in yellow ( if I remember correctly it needed a repaint and the interior badly needed a retrim )
The QV , was more expensive , but the bodywork was pretty much unblemished ( except where the badge attached to the bonnet ) , and the interior was simply perfect .
The yellow car would be worth multiples of the QV today , but genuinely no regrets for missing out on the LP 400
Gosh , you've taken me back a good 20 years .
We met up somewhere in Central London , and we drove to Heathrow , and turned around in a hotel car park just outside the airport perimeter .
Jamiroquoi was talking constantly , and that was distracting in a completely unfamiliar car .
The seat was not firmly attached to the floor , and was rocking with each gear change , and with each small movement of any of the 3 pedals .
i just never got comfortable in that car .
Getting into a 5000QV for the first time, i immediately felt comfortable ( or more precisely , much more comfortable ) , the car seemed hugely more solid and responsive , and it didn't feel that it would break if i poked it .
The LP 400 was lovely to look at and spectacular in yellow ( if I remember correctly it needed a repaint and the interior badly needed a retrim )
The QV , was more expensive , but the bodywork was pretty much unblemished ( except where the badge attached to the bonnet ) , and the interior was simply perfect .
The yellow car would be worth multiples of the QV today , but genuinely no regrets for missing out on the LP 400
Edited by carspath on Wednesday 9th September 23:27
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