What motivates you to buy a particular car?

What motivates me to buy a car? The fact that I don't already have it usually. I see a nice car and think "hmm, not got one of those, and therefore I want one". It's rarely a rational decision. Like the time I bought an Audi S2. 265bhp, 4wd, big and powerful enough to carry a fully built wardrobe at over 150mph. Nearly bankrupted me though. Once got 3 mpg from it.

I'm driving a slightly tweaked fwd diesel these days. Big up the torque steer... :LOL:
 
Age !!!! If its tax free and preferably Ford then it gets my vote !!!

Allthough if its made in Germany that too is a big deciding factor !!
 
delboy009":1mjczeu7 said:
Age !!!! If its tax free and preferably Ford then it gets my vote !!!

Allthough if its made in Germany that too is a big deciding factor !!

Sounds like my 1984 G-Wagen is right up your street then.

Tax free next year, which is great as it costs about four times as much to tax as to insure at the minute :( .
 
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Two weeks ago i had to choose between my Lancia Delta and my Legacy Outback. Legacy won but only because there's an Escort cossie in the pipeline. only wanted one for 12 years!
 
wooly pluto":1v0iuz01 said:
So, as car related topics are pretty popular on retrobike, what motivates you during car purchase?

When I was young I bought cars on the basis of how fast they were and what sort of girls they would attract at the Southend cruise ;)

Now I'm older I prefer not to buy cars that you can fit children, dogs and MFI furniture in* :LOL:





*although they were factors in 2/3 last purchases :cry:
 
MadCowKev":ors5x77k said:
When I was young I bought cars on the basis of how fast they were and what sort of girls they would attract at the Southend cruise ;)

x2 on the 'what sort of girl' basis :roll:

Convertibles and XR2's worked very well ;)





And no, thats not why I considered buying another one not that long ago, before you all jump to conclusions :LOL:
 
Pickle":2yoc89ia said:
x2 on the 'what sort of girl' basis :roll:

Convertibles and XR2's worked very well ;)

And no, thats not why I considered buying another one not that long ago, before you all jump to conclusions :LOL:

MrsKev made a similar accusation in my direction last week too :LOL:
 
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