Today I am mostly wanting......

What was the budget for doing that amazing restoration - £1m?

A sight for sore eyes though.

Quite different the the Bentley and I’m sure the thought won’t last too long or get too serious…but the thread title is clear that the want is for today, so it doesn’t matter if it will drop off my list tomorrow!    

Thanks for several of my warehouses now having charge points, our Head Office getting about 20 installed at the moment and my local site due to have some fitted early in the new year, the thought of significantly reduced running costs (could be £300 a month) has got me looking at electric as part of a 2-3 car garage.  The 4S (performance plus) is plenty in terms of performance, but when look at the £depreciation, especially on a high spec 4S, then it doesn’t really work out all that more to get the Turbo S (only requires ‘man maths lite’)

finder.porsche.com/gb/en-GB/details/porsche-taycan-turbo-s-preowned-DVZERL

I have a client who has a new Bentley Continental in a gorgeous blue metallic with cream leather. It looks stunning. He loves it but he doesn't really do many miles in a year now (this is his second Bentley which he treated himself to when he sold his company).

He gets about 14mpg overall but as he says, "you can't take it with you" so he is enjoying it while he can. I have no idea about servicing costs but it wouldn't surprise me if even the minor service was 4 figures.

Two of my clients bought Taycan's and they have both sold them (although another client is still waiting for one he ordered about 8 months ago). They found the range just wasn't good enough with a real world range of between 160 and 180 miles on colder days. However I did speak to a guy in the supermarket car park who had the Cross Turismo and he said that the latest cars have improved battery and software technology which give him a comfortable 200 miles plus.. I suppose it depends on the distance between your branches and how likely the chargers are to be busy. I still think the 4S is the sweet spot in the range and I don't think the additional performance would really be noticed if you got the Turbo - they both feel super quick on the road.

The 550i is a great way to have a V8, performance, better economy and a discrete look - it's the one I would have if I had to put my hand in my own pocket. I think EV prices are grossly inflated due to the tax incentives for companies and the tax savings for use as company cars.
  

The latest Taycan software update has improved battery management and disconnects the front motors to improve efficiency, so 200+ miles is now easily achievable. My closest site (of 5) used to be a 180 mile round trip and the one I went to most was closer to 300 miles but that’s changed. I’ve got over 30 now, but the ones I visit most are no more than a 150 mile round trip, head office is 35miles and my local site is 15 miles. All of those have chargers and I get there early enough to easily get a charger without having to ‘pull rank’ (which isn’t my style at all)

I’m sure the 4S would be plenty, but if you’re buying used then it’s much harder to get a really good spec and when you do, the expected monthly depreciation figures aren’t that far apart.  

Sounds like I’m talking myself into it, but I’m not really and if I did go electric by far the most sensible thing to do would be opt back into the company car scheme, but I really don’t want to do that for a number of reasons.

How much to fix that one? I cannot see an investment tbh.

This and something else more fun would suit me on a Friday night in November.

www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209059454016

We had one of those as our taxi last time I was in Singapore, to get from the airport to the hotel.

That price is somewhat optimistic IMHO

Slightly earlier in the evening?

If there was money in it, almost worth setting up a 3d print run for parts, need more than the one though.

That does look like nearly new inside and out. Probably owned by some retired gentleman who kept it in a garage and drove it down to the village once a week.

The price does look pretty steep for a near 12 year old car and it wouldn't really meet your previously stated requirement of releasing some money from the sale of your girlfriend's car.

However the thought is tempting: I remember when we bought a 4 yr old BMW 328i for my wife to replace her MX5 after she fell pregnant. The car had less than 5,000 miles, was immaculate and had almost every extra - we loved it and the feeling of having something much better and more grand than the purchase price would ever suggest.

The interior leather I could live with (though would ruin) but agree the brown is errr an acquired taste!

I’ve zero intention of anything like this but couldn’t help but click when I saw the mileage.

The Audi will still be sold to release funds rather than fund an unnecessary ’toy’

That is in beautiful condition but £2500-£3000 goes a long way when X-Type shopping so it would be difficult to justify a £5000 premium.

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Maybe.... but how much ?? I know that new and used car prices have risen substantially over the past 2 years but even so.......