Errr, is this real - Page 3

trikey · 29th July 2018, 16:51

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Originally Posted by mss

It would still be the lowest cost way to drive a brand new 4+ litre V8!

£30k for the car, £10k for recommissioning, the owner ends up with a 75 for the the price of a basic Ford Mustang which I believe is the cheapest V8 to purchase brand new?

Yes probably, but the 2.3 Mustang has more power than the MG / Rover version, if I had to choose it would be the 5.0 Mustang

T16 · 7th August 2018, 16:11

Only women would choose a 2.3 Mustang, or perhaps a man who had a very high Soy consumption.

marinabrian · 7th August 2018, 16:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by mss

It would still be the lowest cost way to drive a brand new 4+ litre V8!

£30k for the car, £10k for recommissioning, the owner ends up with a 75 for the the price of a basic Ford Mustang which I believe is the cheapest V8 to purchase brand new?

But it's not brand new though sadly, it's thirteen years old at the very least, and registered while it still could be done in 2008

Money spent on that could be better put to use elsewhere, and it won't be worth 40,000 pounds once back on the road, that's if you can source all the unobtainium parts to recommission it in the first place.

My advice would be to actually take a V8 75 for a spin, or a ZT260 and don't let your love for the R40 cloud your judgement, because driving the V8 models is a completely different experience.......and not necessarily in a good way

They are quirky in ways that let you know you are driving a prototype vehicle, which is fine for some, but not for others

Brian

7th August 2018, 16:11	#22
T16 I really should get out more....... ZT CDTi 135, ZT260SE Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,877 Thanks: 10 Thanked 331 Times in 213 Posts	Only women would choose a 2.3 Mustang, or perhaps a man who had a very high Soy consumption.