do i buy a sports car, with an ungreen engine, not to bothered about the planet its very versitile and has survived a lot long than us. do i go for a sports bike that i have always wanted. The car would be, this is the problem what? A bike is easy 600 sports Honda or Kwak. The other option is my dream classic a Honda S800 convertable.
made make/model non specific
Edited by Pugugly on 21/09/2008 at 00:12
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Easy,Honda S2000,rev the nuts off it,fast as you like,no probs.Sorted.
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Fancied a V8 once in my life as well
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TVRs might be a good deal these days....
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TVR?s might be a good deal these days....
But only if you can afford the mechanics or do the work yourself to keep it on the road!
When I hit my mid life crisis ?forty something?s? I travelled instead - not that the world is a safe place to be doing that in right now.
If it is pure 'grunt, power and acceleration' you are after then you know as well as I - any modern day motorcycle over 600cc is going to leave most modern day production cars standing.
40+? You are now in the highest risk category for killing or having another do it for you on one though...
...I really do miss my bikes but there is no way with the 'idiot youth' we have on the roads that I would ride again on our roads here in th UK.
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Multi vitamins, allbran and a subscription to the Readers Digest and a M&S cardigan. Regards Peter
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Take the sportsbike. You won't regret it. Also don't overlook the litre nakeds like the Triumph Speed Triple, Aprilia Tuono, Honda CB1000, Kwak Z1000 etc. Faster in the real world (torquier and better visibility for the rider in town) and a heck of a lot more comfortable.
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I would go with the S2000.
Lot's of fun - bullet proof reliability.
I would kill myself on a sports bike I think.
And make sure the cardigan is beige - or if you want to still feel young - a baseball cap backwards.
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Funnily enough, when I was younger, I used to buy expensive premium branded cars. Some with my own money but admittedly some were provided by my then employers. Like many I took the image of my cars very ( too ) seriously.
When I first became self employed I had no choice but to be more realistic in my car choice and started using more mainstream and practical cars. The business is now mature and I could choose to treat myself a bit automotively speaking. Strangely though, it now seems less of a priority. I quite enjoy the anonimity of everyday cars now. Especially if you carefully choose a well specified model. You can leave them parked anywhere with far less chance of unwanted attention. They seem to attract much less interest from those who drive brightly coloured estates with blue lights on the roof and if you get one with decent performance and handling can be just as much fun in the real world as cars twice and three times the price.
An example. Last week I drove to Germany with a friend. He has continued to buy expensive cars. We met at Folkestone and carried on in his BMW X5 3.0 sport with everything on it blingmobile. We shared the driving and it was very nice. I returned to the UK ( eventually ) and got into my second hand Vauxhall Signum which I recently paid less than £5k for. The BMW recently cost my pal the thick end of £50k in the spec he has it. The X5 was in no way ten times better and I thouroughly enjoyed a middle of the night blast up through Britain in my Signum.
A very long winded way of saying that you can have fun in less obvious ways.
Edited by Humph Backbridge on 21/09/2008 at 11:04
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I've just hit forty (still depressed) and found myself looking in the window of a bike shop the other day.
Then gave myself a good slap and reminded myself of all the forty-something riders with no experience I've scraped off the road.
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You can get course for "born again" bikers. Retired chap I know went on one, but his bike of choice is something from the 1950's.
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Have a shot of a Westfield or Caterham MLC. Trust me....
Good hols ?
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Very depressing to be back. Even more so now I'm back at work..(getting up at 5am and working till 8pm is a shock after lounging around in the sun!)
Another car is a non-starter for me. No finances and no where to put it. I'll just carry on turning into a grumpy old man for now. (Unless you've got a 20 year old accommodating blonde handy :) )
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I would go for the S2000, plenty exiting enough, my son in law embeded his in the scenery twice due to over doing the power on wet roads. He sold it after an ultimatum from my daughter, he has a bike licence but he realises that had he been on two wheels he would at least be damaged, and single!
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Go for the bike, and relive your miss spent youth, you won't regret it!
You're still young at forty.
Sunday saw me ( and my arthritic bones) on the back of a Fazer 1000, shorts, no crash helmet, fag in one hand, glass of red wine in the other, going up and down the dirt track that goes past our house. ( private road!)
The feel of the wind in your hair...that's the stuff memories are made of and no-one can ever take away your memories!
Pat
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Approaching 40? Just the right age for a "Menoporsche".
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at 40 forget the car just buy a man girdle :-)
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At 43 I imported a V8 Mustang GT from the US, sorted the suspension out and absolutely love it. Next year I plan on installing a supercharger which will add another 150BHP (450 bhp in total). The sound of the V8 makes you smile each time it fires up
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Aged 40.....
How about a Rover 75, maybe with a nice caravan to match!
Edited by Red Van Man on 23/09/2008 at 15:28
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