If you had 20 grand lying around...

[CJ]

....what car would you buy (10 FTOs aside)?

(Before anyone asks, I wish I had 20 grand lying around )

[colm_mcm]

M5 or a fairly fresh gs450h

[StewyD32]

An Evo 9

[Kace]

I'm starting to get all sensible and am currently looking for a decent A5 Quattro at the moment. Now all I need to do is come up with that 20+ grand

[Myfeckin FTO]

Renault R26R
Focus RS (new version)
Nissan R34 GTR
Porsche 911S
Porsche Cayman S
Audi RS4/RS6
TVR Tuscan (with 5K spare change to help run the thing).

[goz_83]

1 FTO with 8k on mods and 10k for hookers and booze.........but i have never and will never use a hooker, so anyone else to share the booze?

[Sebastian]

Nissan Skyline R34 GTR or
Mercedes Benz CL 55 AMG

[Bernard]

An R34 GTR for under €20K?

[StewyD32]

i would go for the skyline as well but you'll be pushed to find it for €20K, so I'll stick to the evo 9... or a very very nice silvia s15

[Bernard]

I'd like something like this and my mortgage paid for a year

[Myfeckin FTO]

An R34 GTR for under €20K?

I have seen them go for -25K within the past year. The 20K R34 GTR is not far away.
A good alternative would be something like the 350Z supercharged I sold last year for 16K.
420bhp of RWD fun and would have given any OE R34 GTR quite a fright.
Same Zed is now running 500bhp+ on a built engine - if it came back up for sale again it'd be worth spending the 16k back again (no VRT).

Of course you don't need to spend anything like 20k. The Pajero Evo I sold recently for 8K was a massive amount of metal for the money. Didn't need anything doing (would have been supremely reliable) and would have kept going for the next 20 years +.

[gt94]

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3036682

E19,500 close enough and just enough left for tax for 6 months maybe.

[CJ]

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3036682

E19,500 close enough and just enough left for tax for 6 months maybe.

GTT to GTR Conversion

I suspect this fact has reduced the sale value somewhat in comparison to a genuine GTR.

For me, it would have to be something like this, have hankered after one for some time.

[Myfeckin FTO]

.......For me, it would have to be something like this, have hankered after one for some time.

Lovely looking condition - however it'd have to be a manual box for me. Auto into NSX just doesn't go for me.

[tomcatscreenplays]

not 1 car.
I reckon I could get these 3 for about £20k
White GPVR FTO
VW T4 Multivan
Golf G60 Rallye

Not that I'm ever likely to have £20k

[MY-JAP-MISTRESS]

if I had 20 k to throw at a car i'd go for a Z4. seen a few about latley and think they look sweet even tho I dont like bmw!s in general. would think about an audi A5 coupe aswell. would keep the fto if I had the 20k to spare

[CJ]

if I had 20 k to throw at a car i'd go for a Z4. seen a few about lately and think they look sweet even tho I dont like bmw!

I'm not a huge fan of BMW's either I've been driving a Z4 coupe around daily for the past 4 months, great machine and can be got for a lot less than 20 grand...