Hello guys, it's been a while!
As some of you might remember I moved to Spain in September last year and have been working here ever since. Even though cabs here are as cheap as the booze is, the public transport system works surprisingly well and I've lived only meters from my workplace lately, I still share the passion for cars like all of us here do.
As cars here are about 50-70% of the price they are in Finland and petrol is too, obviously I've been very tempted for a longer while to find a pleasant car that I could enjoy, especially on the twisty mountain roads!
What car to buy was a tough choice, but I kept myself updated on the used car market for over six months looking for a jewel. There were many cars I considered but the two seater roadsters I had in mind in the beginning didn't get any support from my significant other, who valued practicality. So trunks and backseats were a must, apparently. So the MR-2's, MX-5's, Boxters and S2000's were out.
Had I been a little more spontaneous and listened to my little brother in stead of reason I might even have purchased a V6 Clio, just for the sheer awesomeness and coolness of it! I still stand with the opinion that as far as hot hatches go, you can't really get any cooler than that. But with the engine where you'd normally expect to find back seats, no trunk to speak of and quirky handling I had to give it a pass.
Hatchbacks are popular here and it shows in the price, rather surprisingly Audi S3's are more expensive than their bigger S-sisters because of their demand, so I also ruled all of them out because of their lack of value for money they were designed for in the first place.
I pretty soon realized the jewel I was looking for would probably be German, but finding unmolested M3's for instance was harder than I would've hoped. My hope for mankind was fading away with every Altezza light I came across.
Until I one day came across my jewel, unmolested, well kept, low mileage and with a price I couldn't say so to. A beautiful E34 M5 from the neighboring island, a few weeks of gray-hairs with Spanish bureaucracy and the car was finally mine about a month ago.
I've liked many cars before, but I'm already very attached to this one for some reason, seems like every time I drive the car I just burst out a smile... and when I do I know I've found a keeper and I've made the right choice.
I've also found that I no longer go to the closest store to get my groceries, the further away the better!
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Originally Posted by Wouter Melissen
