This^^^
We are all crazy Pistonheads, but only up to a point. There is a point where we all have to yield. We would all love to drive 300bhp+ motors but in the last three years a fill up has gone from £70 to £110. So, £280 a month is now £440, combined with people losing jobs/taking paycuts plus increased tax, mean that only the dedicated remain. I still hanker over my Gallardo until I think that the old £90 fill ups would now be £135 for 180 miles........
I read the PH thread on the 370z and someone made a very poignant comment along the lines of "The 370z is a great car, just in the wrong decade", which is so true. When I had my zeds people readily paid big money just to upgrade to a facelift car or limited edition, petrol was cheap, tax low and jobs safe. Now, with everything so restricted, the jump from an £8k 350z to a £25k 370z is almost unbridgeable, hence the slow sales figures, imo.
Totally agree.
Im am currently looking at a 370 GT Edition, but tbh, I am really struggling to justify it.
I mean, i can get a 350 for £8k, and spent the other £20k on a bloody house (or TT kit and build! )
Think is, Im just not quite ready to give up on the Petrolhead dream yet. So I'll pay for a 370, and pay the monthly costs, and curse the goverment to hell and back.