Afternoon all,
I currently find myself in a bit of a car based dilemma.
I've got my 40th this year and I was planning on buying myself something nice. I was originally looking at a rather nice Hublot watch but as expected before too long I got thinking about cars.
When originally choosing my car in 2016 I had two cars in the final running. The M140 I chose and the V8 mustang which came a close second.
Nearly three years down the line I find my eyes wandering to the mustang again, especially as they have a limited edition Mustang Bullitts. Now this was easy to fend off as I called up about the Bullitt only to be told all 350 sold in a day in 2018 and even those buyers had a years wait!
Just for fun I arranged a half day with a mustang from another Ford dealer (something the original dealer refused to entertain even so much as a small detour from their 5 mile route!). In short it was bloody great, the V8 sound is nothing short of epic and the seats are about the most comfortable car seats I've ever sat in, combined with the looks and on my test run of my commute along 50mph average speed camera'd motorway it managed 31mpg! Oh and the cost of insurance is approximately half that of my M140!
I'd more or less decided that I'd look to get an ex-demo or new one in six or so months time.
Dropped the car back to the dealership and as I was chatting with the sales guy he dropped a brochure infront of me. What did it have on the cover, a bloody Bullitt!
"You're taunting me" I say, "You know that's the one I really want". The sales guy stands up and asks me to follow him. We walk out to the back of the building and what did they have there, a Bullitt delivered just the day before.
He tells me that they called the buyer that morning only for him to say he can no longer afford the car and if I wanted it it's mine. Literally the only unsold Bullitt in the country and I happened to wander into the place that had it!
Course I want it but the issue is I was hoping to order one with a decent lead time so I can pull together a decent chunk of the cars cost and to sell my M140 to fund it.
As it stands though I either need to find £50k in the next week, take out Ford finance at some silly rate or let it go and buy a used one when I have the funds. I'm generally debt averse hence buying my current cars cash.
These are currently selling second hand for 5-10k above list so waiting and buying second hand won't actually save any money and it won't be quite so special being second owner.
Really not sure what to do! :S
I currently find myself in a bit of a car based dilemma.
I've got my 40th this year and I was planning on buying myself something nice. I was originally looking at a rather nice Hublot watch but as expected before too long I got thinking about cars.
When originally choosing my car in 2016 I had two cars in the final running. The M140 I chose and the V8 mustang which came a close second.
Nearly three years down the line I find my eyes wandering to the mustang again, especially as they have a limited edition Mustang Bullitts. Now this was easy to fend off as I called up about the Bullitt only to be told all 350 sold in a day in 2018 and even those buyers had a years wait!
Just for fun I arranged a half day with a mustang from another Ford dealer (something the original dealer refused to entertain even so much as a small detour from their 5 mile route!). In short it was bloody great, the V8 sound is nothing short of epic and the seats are about the most comfortable car seats I've ever sat in, combined with the looks and on my test run of my commute along 50mph average speed camera'd motorway it managed 31mpg! Oh and the cost of insurance is approximately half that of my M140!
I'd more or less decided that I'd look to get an ex-demo or new one in six or so months time.
Dropped the car back to the dealership and as I was chatting with the sales guy he dropped a brochure infront of me. What did it have on the cover, a bloody Bullitt!
"You're taunting me" I say, "You know that's the one I really want". The sales guy stands up and asks me to follow him. We walk out to the back of the building and what did they have there, a Bullitt delivered just the day before.
He tells me that they called the buyer that morning only for him to say he can no longer afford the car and if I wanted it it's mine. Literally the only unsold Bullitt in the country and I happened to wander into the place that had it!
Course I want it but the issue is I was hoping to order one with a decent lead time so I can pull together a decent chunk of the cars cost and to sell my M140 to fund it.
As it stands though I either need to find £50k in the next week, take out Ford finance at some silly rate or let it go and buy a used one when I have the funds. I'm generally debt averse hence buying my current cars cash.
These are currently selling second hand for 5-10k above list so waiting and buying second hand won't actually save any money and it won't be quite so special being second owner.
Really not sure what to do! :S