Your 'Investment Garage'

[Sanjøy]

What about a Z3 M Coupe?

Passed one this morning - loverly

Lazy donkey

[Modena Scotland]

The XJ220 rocks. It's on my list of cars to get

[meatball]

340r/SLR?

[BiggestNizzy]

Morgan GTN

[Titanium S1 111S (gla)]

you're right. Dave's suggestion of a 993T could arguably be within the definition at circa £50k

Pal of mine just sold a high mileage mint one for £33k.

[BiggestNizzy]

Daimler double six, so cheap now

[dlogan]

After flicking through Classic Cars mag at lunchtime.

Fiat 131 Abarth.

And
VX Chevette HSR
Lotus Sunbeam
Escort Mk1 RS1800

And I always loved the Lancia Hyena Zagato. (Zagato bodied Integrale basically)
I "thought" you could get them for £40k a few years ago, now oakfields have one for £105k

http://www.classicdriver.de/uk/find/410 ... lerid=1337

Oakfields is just sweetie shop stuff. 3 XJ220s for sale, a muira, MG SVs, and of course, an awesome Renualt 4 GTL.

[Scottynic]

And I always loved the Lancia Hyena Zagato. (Zagato bodied Integrale basically)
I "thought" you could get them for £40k a few years ago, now oakfields have one for £105k

http://www.classicdriver.de/uk/find/410 ... lerid=1337

Oakfields is just sweetie shop stuff. 3 XJ220s for sale, a muira, MG SVs, and of course, an awesome Renualt 4 GTL.

I'm sorry to say this but that is fugly! totally out of proportion IMO ofcourse.

Stupid name to "Hyena" come on they are the most disgusting animals in the world why name a car after them?!

[BiggestNizzy]

And I always loved the Lancia Hyena Zagato. (Zagato bodied Integrale basically)
I "thought" you could get them for £40k a few years ago, now oakfields have one for £105k

http://www.classicdriver.de/uk/find/410 ... lerid=1337

Oakfields is just sweetie shop stuff. 3 XJ220s for sale, a muira, MG SVs, and of course, an awesome Renualt 4 GTL.

I'm sorry to say this but that is fugly! totally out of proportion IMO ofcourse.

Stupid name to "Hyena" come on they are the most disgusting animals in the world why name a car after them?!

that is , no wonder there are so few of them around

[dlogan]

And I always loved the Lancia Hyena Zagato. (Zagato bodied Integrale basically)
I "thought" you could get them for £40k a few years ago, now oakfields have one for £105k

http://www.classicdriver.de/uk/find/410 ... lerid=1337

Oakfields is just sweetie shop stuff. 3 XJ220s for sale, a muira, MG SVs, and of course, an awesome Renualt 4 GTL.

I'm sorry to say this but that is fugly! totally out of proportion IMO ofcourse.

Stupid name to "Hyena" come on they are the most disgusting animals in the world why name a car after them?!

Indeed you may think its fugly, but the threads about investment garage, not the prettiest cars in the world.

I guess I liked it because it was rare, handbuilt, and had a Zagato badge, but I tend to like things that are handbuilt, and not just mundane run of the mill stuff that most of us have to run around in

But it does look a little crap at the back doesnt it

[Lazydonkey]

VX220

....granted mine probably isn't the best example around but if you could find a minter

[GregR]

VX220

....granted mine probably isn't the best example around but if you could find a minter

That's one I just don't see to be honest. Or .. am I perhaps coming round as I type? A less popular bodied version of an extremely good chasis .. rarity .. more reliable engine ..

/ponder

[GregR]

So, having mulled over all of the foregoing, I think I've come up with my 'Ideal Investment Garage' - presume all are mint:-

RS2
Clio Williams
Escort Cosworth Lux [small turbo model] I'm sure there was an option on the Lux to remove the tea tray spoiler. For rarity I'd have that one, but it just wouldn't be a Cosworth to me. I'll have the tea-tray specced please.
If my own rules allowed it, I would have a 993T but I'm of the view its too close to the 'exotica' tag. I'd have a 993 C2, manual for those once-every-5-year trips to Gleneagles

I think that would cover all of the necessary bases. I could easily think of another 10 cars to stick in the garage but I'd be duplicating effort - e.g. would you really need an R34 Skyline and a Cossie and an HF Integrale? I've chose the Cossie as the covers of my jotters in school were covered in my renderings of the beast.

So, I've got a sensible family/golf day wagon in the RS2. I've got a great wee B-road basher in the Williams. I've got presence and attitude in the Cosworth and I've got timeless class and elegance in the 993.

I think I'd be happy with that. A full garage for .. RS2 (15k for a decent one), Clio (3k for a decent one), Cossie (£20k) and 993 (£25k) .. the price of a new 911 C2! Not a bad deal, considering they're probably going to hold their value pretty well. Nobody mention crumbling seals, engine rebuilds and rust to shatter the illusion...

[graeme]

More likely to make money on the garage itself than the cars in it, but in the spirit of disillusioned fantasy garages:

Cars I'd like to collect, but don't think they'd make any money:

288 GTO
Better than the F40
356 Speedster
Porn
Miura (shouty green colour)
Porn
Fiat 500
Not the new one, obviously
Chrome Orange S1
A really mint one on Konis and P Zeros
An unfettled 340R
Although I'd never be able to resist driving it


Buy to restore:

Old Minis
Lots of cheap bits, mechanically simple, cult status.
VW Camper
Likewise.

Buy and leave alone to appreciate:

Sinclair C5
Very scarce. No rust issues. Cash in on congestion zones and obesity in a few years.
XJ200
I expect this to just about hold its value, but by parking it next to the C5, I can make the C5 look like a successful engineering venture and thus it will appreciate quicker
Any current/recent Le Mans car
In 20 years when they are classic, you get to show them off and drive them hard once a year, but they still go up in value.