Re: Lexus LS400? Luxury everyday or money pit waiting to happen?

Elder <carl.robson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <1hpmg7c.dcdwiwdcw97yN%steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
Why do you always look for the most ridiculous option when buying
commuting hacks?

Because I enjoy to drive and the only driving I get to do is commuting
these days.

Which is no reason for looking towards expensive to run old clunkers or
obscure stuff.

Should I buy myself a hairshirt to make the econobox run more painful?

I have one car to do all jobs. There isn't room to store old car and
have day to day car, and old car wouldn't be trusted for day running. So
it has to be that little bit better.

If I could afford to store a fun project/track/weekender and have a
boring plodder for day to day I would. So I can't. What I drive to work
I need to drive for fun. you are so lucky having the fleet of fun car,
your car, missus car and bikes. I really wish I was in that position.

I actually do regret selling that old Silver Saab. The gearbox and body
work would have eventually needed work but not structural body work, but
the engine was rock solid and I found where the oil leak was the day it
was collected. That car never let me down once.

If you can only afford / have space for one car and need to reliably do
80 miles / day, then you'll have to relegate 'fun' to the very bottom of
the list. Much more important is that you have something that won't
drink fuel excessively, won't cost stupid amounts of money to fix when
it goes wrong and won't potentially break down.

Sometimes you have to forget about fun and go practical.
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