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Post by racingteatray on Sept 16, 2020 10:55:11 GMT
Oh and I'm test-driving cars at the moment because my wife isn't here, which means (a) I have more spare time and (b) I don't need to provide justification for what she would see as time-wasting...
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Post by Big Blue on Sept 16, 2020 11:29:42 GMT
.....I'd probably just do what I did last time, which was, on collection day for the new car, hand the old car over to a specialist to sell on commission You end up formally owning two cars for as long as it takes to sell the old one but you cease needing to tax/insure the old one from the time you hand it over., plus it netted me a clear £3k more than trade in/WSAC in an entirely fuss-free manner. Unless you need to money right away, this way of doing things strikes me as a no-brainer. Quick question: who sold the M135i for you? I'm looking at this as the most likely option for the Gorilla. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 11:32:00 GMT
Not sure how test driving cars can be seen as time wasting, much more like fact finding imho.
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Post by michael on Sept 16, 2020 11:43:45 GMT
Quick question: who sold the M135i for you? I'm looking at this as the most likely option for the Gorilla. I assume you've flagged it on the Alpina forum? |
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Post by Big Blue on Sept 16, 2020 11:50:32 GMT
Quick question: who sold the M135i for you? I'm looking at this as the most likely option for the Gorilla. I assume you've flagged it on the Alpina forum? Not yet: I've cleaned it thoroughly inside and need to find the time for the outside. |
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Post by Martin on Sept 16, 2020 12:43:15 GMT
Not sure how test driving cars can be seen as time wasting, much more like fact finding imho. Because she knows who the key decision maker is. |
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Post by PetrolEd on Sept 16, 2020 14:04:37 GMT
.....I'd probably just do what I did last time, which was, on collection day for the new car, hand the old car over to a specialist to sell on commission You end up formally owning two cars for as long as it takes to sell the old one but you cease needing to tax/insure the old one from the time you hand it over., plus it netted me a clear £3k more than trade in/WSAC in an entirely fuss-free manner. Unless you need to money right away, this way of doing things strikes me as a no-brainer. Quick question: who sold the M135i for you? I'm looking at this as the most likely option for the Gorilla. Collecting cars might be a good platform to investigate for a car like the Gorilla collectingcars.com/ |
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Post by johnc on Sept 16, 2020 15:46:49 GMT
Would there be much of a price difference if you sold it to a dealer on the Continent as opposed to here in the UK?
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Post by Big Blue on Sept 16, 2020 17:32:50 GMT
Aside from the thread hijack, selling to a dealer is not an issue whatever country either way. I’ve just cleaned the wheels and I know what I’ll be asking for it. Let’s see how it goes.
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Post by racingteatray on Sept 16, 2020 19:46:15 GMT
.....I'd probably just do what I did last time, which was, on collection day for the new car, hand the old car over to a specialist to sell on commission You end up formally owning two cars for as long as it takes to sell the old one but you cease needing to tax/insure the old one from the time you hand it over., plus it netted me a clear £3k more than trade in/WSAC in an entirely fuss-free manner. Unless you need to money right away, this way of doing things strikes me as a no-brainer. Quick question: who sold the M135i for you? I'm looking at this as the most likely option for the Gorilla. For a car like the Gorilla, I'd be very tempted to take it to Munich Legends. That's what I did with the M5. Dan knows how to charge you for the pleasure but they love a rare-groove Alpina and would probably be as good as anyone at finding you a loaded enthusiast buyer at a decent price. For the M135i, which was a bit too vanilla and cheap to justify ML, I used Jason Barker, who was quite a bit cheaper. |
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Post by Big Blue on Sept 16, 2020 20:49:37 GMT
Yeah I was most likely considering ML.
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Post by Stuntman on Sept 17, 2020 20:18:43 GMT
What you actually need is a Toyota GR Yaris  |
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Post by racingteatray on Sept 17, 2020 21:43:32 GMT
What you actually need is a Toyota GR Yaris That's one of those cars that I suspect might have a removable roll-cage that doubles as an handy zimmer-frame for excitable pensioners who got carried away in the Worthing dealership. |
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Post by Stuntman on Sept 18, 2020 17:35:03 GMT
(That's my future sorted then  ) |
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Post by racingteatray on Aug 16, 2021 17:45:26 GMT
So on holiday in south of France staying with friends. Their mother, our hostess, has a Macan GTS. Being a very generous lady, she insisted I take it out for a spin.
In short it solves everything I felt was wrong with the S version. It’s much snortier and drives extremely well.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2021 17:56:01 GMT
On the notional list then?
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Post by Martin on Aug 16, 2021 18:06:45 GMT
So on holiday in south of France staying with friends. Their mother, our hostess, has a Macan GTS. Being a very generous lady, she insisted I take it out for a spin. In short it solves everything I felt was wrong with the S version. It’s much snortier and drives extremely well. Was it the facelift version? Have you had permission to proceed, on the basis that it would be broadly double the cost of your current car? |
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Post by racingteatray on Aug 16, 2021 18:14:52 GMT
It was a 2018, so what I’d get if buying used.
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Post by racingteatray on Aug 16, 2021 18:16:44 GMT
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Post by Martin on Aug 16, 2021 18:23:57 GMT
It was a 2018, so what I’d get if buying used. Ahh, OK. Not surprised it was more aurally interesting / suitable then, a sports exhaust and no DPF makes a huge difference. Not a great exterior/interior colour combination, it would be a bit better with black upper dash and carpets (and matt leather…) and maybe white should be excused in a warmer country. But I do think a 2018 GTS or Turbo is the sweet spot, just not quite so appealing at today’s inflated prices. |
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Post by Big Blue on Aug 16, 2021 18:34:28 GMT
So that's you lost on a configurator for an evening then....
We missed meeting up by a day or two (I note the '83' numberplate for the Var, same as Ma's) as we left on Saturday and are now in Slovakia having driven through the Dolomites and the Tirol, taking a cross country detour to reach Salzburg from the south to avoid Germany (the best route is Innsbruck - Rosenheim (where my step-brother went to school) - Salzburg) but the Schengen website says the Germans want all manner of documents so we didn't chance it.
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Post by Roadrunner on Aug 16, 2021 18:47:56 GMT
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Post by racingteatray on Aug 16, 2021 18:50:26 GMT
Ah shame! We are in St Tropez, just above the Pampelone beach. Due to be here until Weds and then stopping off with other friends in Portofino for a few days en route to my in-laws.
I say “due” because today a strong mistral wind has got up and this evening a wildfire has started up somewhere upwind at a guess just the other side of Port Grimaud. Everything already stinks of woodsmoke.
Working on assumption it’s far enough away with water between it and us but this is a promontory and I wouldn’t like to get stuck here!!
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Post by racingteatray on Aug 16, 2021 18:54:48 GMT
I’m unhappy about any fire I can actually see - just taken this from the end of the garden at the back of the house, looking inland:  |
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Post by racingteatray on Aug 16, 2021 19:29:32 GMT
Oh yes that is nice. Although it doesn’t have air suspension which I’m told is a must. The tarty white one has full PASM and air. |
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Post by Big Blue on Aug 16, 2021 19:33:18 GMT
Ah yes. That flashed up on Var Matin website. Looks a bit iffy. My mother was saying they hadn’t seen rain for 60+ days when we arrived then in the middle of our first week there it rained a bit. I was WFH so it mattered not but the girls took the chance to wander up to the castle.
Last summer when we went St Trop the beach we were on closed two days later due to a surge in Covid.
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Post by racingteatray on Aug 16, 2021 19:54:23 GMT
We have been nowhere near the beach for that precise reason - surely one of the world’s most expensive ways to ensure you catch COVID would be to go to one of the beach clubs like 55! They are jam-packed. The joy of this villa is that it has a sizeable garden and huge infinity pool with a spectacular view, so we’ve just hung out here as a private house party with a group of friends, catching up, occasionally grabbing the binos to scope out some squillionaire’s particularly titanic mega-yacht, and then going down into town for strolls and pricey aperitifs!
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Post by Big Blue on Aug 16, 2021 20:11:24 GMT
Slovaks have to go to the beach: something to do with being landlocked I reckon. The port was far worse than the beaches. This year we went to Cannes for a three day break by the sea and the one thing very noticeably absent was the use of English as a first language. I’m also happiest by the pool at my mum’s and generally find the beach and the lake a bit of a chore.
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Post by Big Blue on Aug 17, 2021 5:56:29 GMT
Just read this morning’s Var Matin. Pretty bad overnight on the fire front. Keep safe Racing.
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Post by PetrolEd on Aug 17, 2021 8:21:45 GMT
What a fab location, think if my numbers came up its where I'd base myself permanently.
I really don't mind the interior of the Macan but matched with white and black wheels, what were they thinking. Still good that you've found a car you like which tick all the boxes.
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