moltuae
14th February 2017, 06:06 PM
Thought this might make an interesting discussion .....
Cars that you VERY NEARLY bought but were dissuaded at the last moment for whatever reason, or because you found something better or more suitable.
Before I bought my first '8 (about 12 years ago), I was looking for something a little different, something perhaps on a par with the quirkiness and rarity of the Citroen XMs I had previously owned.
A couple of cars I very nearly bought:
Subaru SVX:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Alcyone_SVX
One in particular I almost bought was a maroon coloured SVX, very much like this:
http://www.carscoops.com/2014/06/how-about-1992-subaru-svx-with-46k-miles.html (more photos in the link).
https://i.imgur.com/Db0DibK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/X2Th46t.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gMbO8ht.jpg
Another car I came very close to buying was a bright red Mitsubishi GTO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_GTO) (3L twin turbo I think it was), looked very much like this:
https://i.imgur.com/BxA5Q8B.jpg
I found the GTO a bit of a disappointment; looked great but not so great to drive.
After further research I eventually started looking at A8s, which seemed to tick all the boxes. The sight of the big V8 engines lured me away from the Japanese beasties I'd been considering and I soon bought my first D2 A8 (a blue 4.2 non-sport). And thus began my Deutsche journey ...
Cars that you VERY NEARLY bought but were dissuaded at the last moment for whatever reason, or because you found something better or more suitable.
Before I bought my first '8 (about 12 years ago), I was looking for something a little different, something perhaps on a par with the quirkiness and rarity of the Citroen XMs I had previously owned.
A couple of cars I very nearly bought:
Subaru SVX:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Alcyone_SVX
One in particular I almost bought was a maroon coloured SVX, very much like this:
http://www.carscoops.com/2014/06/how-about-1992-subaru-svx-with-46k-miles.html (more photos in the link).
https://i.imgur.com/Db0DibK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/X2Th46t.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gMbO8ht.jpg
Another car I came very close to buying was a bright red Mitsubishi GTO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_GTO) (3L twin turbo I think it was), looked very much like this:
https://i.imgur.com/BxA5Q8B.jpg
I found the GTO a bit of a disappointment; looked great but not so great to drive.
After further research I eventually started looking at A8s, which seemed to tick all the boxes. The sight of the big V8 engines lured me away from the Japanese beasties I'd been considering and I soon bought my first D2 A8 (a blue 4.2 non-sport). And thus began my Deutsche journey ...