Discussion
Just spent a most enlightening half hour (ahem 
) over lunch on www.freewaycars.co.uk, playing around with different finance packages for a phantom purchase.
Came up with the following:
Lotus Elise 111 (not S) - £7,215 deposit, £386.16 p/m for 36 months, final payment/future gteed value £10,986.50
Porsche Boxster 2.7 - £7,215, £390.60 p/m, £17,899.88
And yes, you can just hand the car back and walk away at the end, so the final payment doesn’t matter really (unless I’m missing something obvious).
They do TVRs as well, but I’m afraid I’d only ever buy used, for well-documented reasons (depreciation, initial bedding-in niggles).
Anyway, my question is – of the two above, which and why?
PS - There were loads of other combinations I found, including a Boxster S on the same basis as above for £525 p/m, but it was the closeness of those two that sparked the question
) over lunch on www.freewaycars.co.uk, playing around with different finance packages for a phantom purchase. Came up with the following:
Lotus Elise 111 (not S) - £7,215 deposit, £386.16 p/m for 36 months, final payment/future gteed value £10,986.50
Porsche Boxster 2.7 - £7,215, £390.60 p/m, £17,899.88
And yes, you can just hand the car back and walk away at the end, so the final payment doesn’t matter really (unless I’m missing something obvious).
They do TVRs as well, but I’m afraid I’d only ever buy used, for well-documented reasons (depreciation, initial bedding-in niggles).
Anyway, my question is – of the two above, which and why?
PS - There were loads of other combinations I found, including a Boxster S on the same basis as above for £525 p/m, but it was the closeness of those two that sparked the question
Lotus - good - track days - different - has respect on the road - kids wave - people smile - very quick car (will thrash the boxster to 120mph)
bad - small boot - not entirely bullet proof - toy car status ie fun but a 'grown up car'
porsche - good - reliable - solid - leak proof - status etc -
bad - status - everyone assumes you are a c*** - you can't tell which end is which - for that price it will be basic model no options -
All in all - porsche is hassle free great grande tourer car
lotus is better drivers car but not as proven reliability wise. race car
bad - small boot - not entirely bullet proof - toy car status ie fun but a 'grown up car'
porsche - good - reliable - solid - leak proof - status etc -
bad - status - everyone assumes you are a c*** - you can't tell which end is which - for that price it will be basic model no options -
All in all - porsche is hassle free great grande tourer car
lotus is better drivers car but not as proven reliability wise. race car
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