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

Apples and pears tho

Sure; I wasn't being entirely serious.

But 3x the price / 20x the cost of ownership per mile.

And only 25% quicker to 60.

I told him all of this, but he had an itch he wanted to scratch etc

It's his money - he can do what he wants with it.

Not what I would spend £70k on though!

He’s had what some of us might refer to as a bit of a stinker of a year, so he fancied a treat.

Quite what his newly-divorced wife will make of it remains a mystery, but I’m not entirely sure she’ll be too impressed. But, as you say, it’s his money etc

@handtightenonly sounds like you are in the perfect position. You can be the support him as a great brother in law and at the same time get to use a macca without having to worry about trivial things like depreciation and running costs.

Would drive. Would also like to know what those wheels are.

My guess is that people self obsessed enough to buy a convertible want an Audi/BMW/Porsche. Volvos image doesnt exactly lend itself to those individuals. No wonder the stopped making it. I quite like that it looks like a normal coupe with the roof up so I look like less of a dickhead

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Quite what his newly-divorced wife will make of it remains a mystery, but I’m not entirely sure she’ll be too impressed.

Probably explains why he bought it!

yeah, roof up it has a much less compromised roofline than the e93 3 series. I hope you enjoy it!

In my experience you buy a convertible Porsche so that every single person who likes to think they know about cars can tell you that you bought the wrong car.

I haven't succeeded in ID'ing the wheels but here are some more photos of it...

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Actual lol

I was wondering about OZ wheels but there was a time, way back, when you could buy those "aero" discs to attach to you alloy wheels so they may be them. It's difficult to see really.

I think you are correct- they’re aero covers/brake cooling covers.

Turbo fan wheels of some sort, a bit like Ronal Turbos.

They're Zender Turbos without the centre cap

My bottom end is going together

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Hang on, they're not.

I had an 03 reg S60 when my job required lots of travel. Great, great car. Always liked the drop top. Great choice.

they were definitely actual wheels and not aero covers (aka Turbo Fans)

I’m thinking of those covers the 850’s ran in the BTCC

That was my suspicion. They don't look at all like covers though most turbofans are...

Here's an Abarth 500 with those bolt on disks which look proper shit.

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Rotiform do an aerodisc but this isn’t it.