WORLDVIEW: Inferno Orange lesson – fun, and profit, can be made from modestly priced cars

Among my dreams is to one day own a Tesla. But until Elon Musk turbocharges his affordable car strategy, I'm happy to drive a mid-range Peugeot, as much for reliability as affordability. After all, to the rational mind a car is simply a way to get from A to B. Isn't it?

My Biznews colleague Jackie Cameron isn't so sure. She recently acquired a replacement vehicle and picked out an unlikely candidate. She writes: "I'm a scrooge when it comes to buying cars. They depreciate steadily and guzzle cash. Having run over two people in separate incidents (no fault of my own!), I am slow and nervous behind the wheel. 

But, this week I found myself driving a cheeky little Inferno Orange sports car out of a used car lot after succumbing to its charms on a high-speed demo around the neighbourhood. My father thought we could do with a second car in the family and found this one tucked at the back of a tightly packed yard of bargain buys in a dodgy neighbourhood.

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