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Old 9th July 2014, 05:33 PM
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They listed in addition to the S8
Porsche boxster
Saab 9000 aero
Jaguar xJR
Rover 800 Vitesse coupe
Alfa GTV
Renault Clio 172
Suzuki Cappuccino
Peugeot 306 cab
Ford probe
No particular order to the list very subjective I suppose, but then I see the price people are paying for old fords now when they were two a penny when I was in my teens and early 20's.
Lord knows I never expected escorts capris and cortinas to be classics! Wish I still had my Crayford convertible mark 2!
I enjoy my classics they are fun to drive and I love working on them and the smell of petrol and oil
I have a Triumph Stag 1975 (with a sorted original engine) a classic mini 1990 and a jaguar XJ6 1996 in my classics fleet. Less than £300 a year to insure the lot and more interesting than banging a little ball round a course IMHO for a hobby
The stag will soon be tax free so very cheap open air motoring for the good months of the year. The mini I bought for my son and he lots interest so I restored it from the ground up over the last two years. The Jag I inherited from my father when he gave up driving he had owned it for 15 years so I know it well.
Main problem with many potential modern classics will be the cost of the electronic bits like airbags and ecu modules which run virtually everything, and having the gear to set things up. Many dealers can't deal with the older stuff as their gear is updated it doesn't cover the older models.
But prices are on the climb for classics at the moment
Cheers
Glyn
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