Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Get a bigger lockup and break it for parts then, normally the best return for heavily modded cars.

Hello. I always need to borrow a car that isn't a 2 seater, and I'm still having massive worries over what to buy next.

I really want the E39 M5, there's two minters on PH at 13k, but even at 7.5-9k for a mediocre one, I'm going to have to speak to a bank. Financing a 15 year old BMW, even if it's an appreciating asset is struggling to make sense in even my warped mind! If I'm going to finance a second car for the purpose of having more room and quieter more comfortable longer journeys, I could just buy a 2 year old 1 Series direct from BMW and have a car that's 95% reliable and a warranty to fall back on if anything goes wrong.

Alternatively I could just save hard for 6 months and get a Legacy, but then I'd be running two 90s Jap cars and I don't know if that computes either.

Up until this month my girlfriend was staunchly against us getting a second car (considering we do about 6k/year and live in Hackney in an estate with no garage) but she has decided she cannot stand the new MX5, it's too loud, she doesn't like the ride, she doesn't like the smell of petrol that lingers around, it's too hot in the car, and she's now decided it makes her back hurt and she's reluctant to go anywhere in it from now on - so the pressure is mounting to get a car that she is willing to be ferried about in.

This isn't really a question, it's more of a torrent of thought from my current car situation and also sticking my hand up to say hey, @Dammit, if you want someone to look after your car, I can do that for you.