944 - Running Costs/Buying
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It depends how big a gambler you are... You could either play relatively safe and buy a good Lux for your £5k or take more of a gamble and buy an S2 or even a Turbo for that if you hunt around.
S2's and Turbos get roughly 28mpg on a run in my experience, cost £300 to service every 12k miles (plus an oil/filter change at 6k for a Turbo). I've never had a Lux so can't comment, but it will probably be similar.
You'd be lucky to get an S2 that didn't need some work (but somebody on Titanic got a good one on eBay for under £3k IIRC) and very lucky with a Turbo at your budget, but then again paying all the money doesn't necessarily get to a car with no stories or problems.
You should have your pick of sensible, nice 2.5, 2.7 or 2.5S models at £5k - some will be up for more but I'm reading that you want this as your daily driver so concourse standard & zero miles is not required. Maybe a late 2.7 Lux would be the best bet?
S2's and Turbos get roughly 28mpg on a run in my experience, cost £300 to service every 12k miles (plus an oil/filter change at 6k for a Turbo). I've never had a Lux so can't comment, but it will probably be similar.
You'd be lucky to get an S2 that didn't need some work (but somebody on Titanic got a good one on eBay for under £3k IIRC) and very lucky with a Turbo at your budget, but then again paying all the money doesn't necessarily get to a car with no stories or problems.
You should have your pick of sensible, nice 2.5, 2.7 or 2.5S models at £5k - some will be up for more but I'm reading that you want this as your daily driver so concourse standard & zero miles is not required. Maybe a late 2.7 Lux would be the best bet?
Diver944
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Reliability is very good if they've been looked after and maintained properly. I've done 50,000 miles in an S2 over 5 years and budget about £800 a year for total servicing and repairs. Only had the Turbo for two years and have spent just under £3k over 30,000 miles but this one does get a lot of hard track use. I would hope that a Lux should cost less than both of these.
£5k should get you an extremely good Lux, possibly a good S2 but that will be nearly at the lower end of the S2 price range so be very careful. Best advice is to test lots because they vary widely and not all owners know that theirs really is a bit scrappy even though it lookd good on first appearance. Driving a few should soon sort you out. Lots of history is a good indicator but not essential as who is to know how genuine it is?
£5k should get you an extremely good Lux, possibly a good S2 but that will be nearly at the lower end of the S2 price range so be very careful. Best advice is to test lots because they vary widely and not all owners know that theirs really is a bit scrappy even though it lookd good on first appearance. Driving a few should soon sort you out. Lots of history is a good indicator but not essential as who is to know how genuine it is?
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