| Title: | Cars in the UK |
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| Moderator: | COMICS::SHELLEY ELD |
| Created: | Sun Mar 06 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2584 |
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I've started this note because in this day and age value for
money must be a large factor when choosing a car.
A member of my family has just bought a 24valve 3.0i Senator,H reg
with 30,000 miles for 12,000 pounds.For those of you that haven't been
lucky enough to drive one,i'll explain a bit about it.
For your money you get:
Leather interior,power assisted steering,CD player,6 speaker
cassete/radio,Air conditioning,full electrics package,cruise control,
factory fitted alarm,and lots of other lovely things,including a top
speed of 155mph,and 0-60 in 9.4 sec.
I think even at brand new list price of about 27,000 pounds it's
still good value,when compared to the new Jaguar XJ12.The Jag seems to
have all the features of the Senator,(with a slightly faster 0-60 and
the prestige factor)but it costs 46-47,000 pounds.I drove the Senator
for a couple of days and found it so comforable,that I can't see how a
Jag could have 20,000 pounds worth of extra comfort.
I hope this note will bring some interesting replies.
Andy.
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| 2046.1 | Logically, we all end up driving Ladas ? | NEWOA::FIDO_T | The Prize Is Bigger Than The Price | Tue Mar 23 1993 09:11 | 23 |
Re .0
I think that it is impossible to start analysing what extras etc. you
get for your money.
If you take your example a stage further, you will see that the Senator
is literally not worth the extra �nK ( I don't know the list prices )
over a, for example, Sierra or Cavalier. It, in turn, will also not be
worth the extra over a Mini etc. and so, following that line of logic,
we would all end up driving Ladas or Yugos.
Now, obviously that doesn't happen - after all, if it did, no one would
ever look at any of the prestigious cars - because you need to look at
the whole package, not break it down into its component parts.
Obviously, there are many people who do think that a Jaguar XJ12 is
worth it and it is probably the dream car for many people. I am not
saying that the Senator isn't a good car, but I don't think that you
can compare cars based on just the extras.
Just my 2p
Terry
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| 2046.2 | Rip off | PEKING::ATKINSA | Tue Mar 23 1993 09:42 | 20 | |
RE-1
Good points,
In this month's Performance car there's an article on the new Porsche
911 turbo,in this article a comparison is being made between the 3.3
Turbo,and the new 3.6 Turbo and according to the performance figures
given the cars have exactly the same perfomance (174mph top,and 0-60 in
4.8 secs),the 3.3Turbo costs 72,295pounds,and the 3.6Turbo costs
82-85,000 pounds,and from what I can tell the only difference (except
from the engine)is the suspension and the wheels (slightly larger on
the 3.6).
Is that really worth 10,000 pounds.
Now I understand what Re-1 was getting at but it's just my opinion that
if I had the money I wouldn't see any reason to blow an extra 10k on
larger wheels and a better suspension set up,for the same performance.
May that's just me.
Andy
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| 2046.3 | I don't believe there isn't a performance difference | MUGGER::LEACH | There's a hole in my fuel pipe... | Tue Mar 23 1993 10:58 | 10 |
>> Now I understand what Re-1 was getting at but it's just my opinion that
>> if I had the money I wouldn't see any reason to blow an extra 10k on
>> larger wheels and a better suspension set up,for the same performance.
>> May that's just me.
You actualy don't get the option as the 3.3 Turbo hasn't been available
for a few years now.
Shaun.
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