Very exciting stuff this week having my £100k garage featured on Pistonheads.
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Buying and Selling Cars
Our Classifieds section is now live, it’s currently in a basic form but functionality will be added over the coming months.
To assist; here are guides on Buying and Selling
I’ve always wondered about car finance/lease/pcp and the reason why so few people review the rates of bank loans prior to this. For example – VWFS (Volkswagen Financial Services) who provide finance for Porsche also; are quoting 12% APR on a £25k car on their approved used site.
For a 48 month duration, HSBC will provide £25k at 3.9% APR, which translates into £562.60 pm and a total payment of £27,004.73 over 4 years. There are no additional booking fees on top of this.
The VWFS example on a £25k car is £580.29 pm, deposit of £2,499.90, acceptance fee of £155, option to purchase fee of £60 and a total amount of £30,568.82 paid.
Therefore a £3.5k saving with a bank loan – Worth considering ;-).
Fast German Cars
Fast German car performance statistics taken from Dec 2013. Below are the fastest cars by manufacturer to 60 mph and with the highest top speed:
Audi – R8 5.2 V10 GT, 0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds and a top speed of 199 mph
BMW – E92 M3 GTS, 0-60 in 4.4 seconds and a top speed of 182 mph
Bentley (VAG) – Continental GT Speed, 0-60 in 4.0 seconds and a top speed of 205 mph
Bugatti (VAG) – Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse, 0-60 in 2.6 seconds and a top speed of 255 mph
Lamborghini (VAG) – Aventador LP 700, 0-60 in 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 217 mph
Mercedes-Benz – SLS AMG GT, 0-60 in 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 198 mph
MINI (BMW) – JCW Coupe, 0-60 in 6.4 seconds and a top speed of 149 mph
Porsche – 918 Spyder, 0-60 in 2.6 seconds and a top speed of 214 mph
Rolls Royce (BMW) – Wraith, 0-60 in 4.4 seconds and a top speed of 155 mph
Volkswagen – Golf R, 0-60 in 5.5 seconds and a top speed of 155 mph
Euro Trip, Bruges, Amsterdam, Denmark
Time to stretch the 911’s legs for 2013 with a road trip to Denmark – 2000 miles in a week!
An epic journey including my first experience of the autobahn and being overtaken at 163 mph. The fastest car point to point on the autobahn being the VW Passat diesel / BMW 320d / Audi A4 diesel.
Bruges is such a fantastic place to visit for great food and drink and only an hour from Calais.
Skagen, the north most point of Jutland and the city boy hangout.
The best way to travel across countries must be the Panamera.
Classic part of Amsterdam without the Eurotrash.
Thank god for Porsche warranty resulting in new RMS and IMS.
Super Car Sunday, Goodwood
The Breakfast Club at Goodwood hosted Supercar Sunday with a nod to 50 years of the Porsche 911. A few pictures below of the cars that stood out most to me.
