Best car for sub £1,000 a month!?
Discussion
nunpuncher said:
Having a friend who went through this in the last 2 years i'd agree with this. He got taken to the cleaners and had to sell his Aston. He went down the PAYG track route as it also meant he could get away from it all and truly get the most out of the car.
He also found that while dating the only girls that cared about his car were complete head cases and best avoided. Most made no distinction between him picking them up in a 116d v an M4. Both were BMWs to them and therefor impressive.
YES both very good advice.He also found that while dating the only girls that cared about his car were complete head cases and best avoided. Most made no distinction between him picking them up in a 116d v an M4. Both were BMWs to them and therefor impressive.
Wait until after your divorce as any purchases now will be noted.
If they mention you can afford a £1,000 PCP or Lease it will be pound signs for your ex's solicitor.
Personally I would downgrade stating you are struggling.
Move some money around or gift it to friends until after the divorce.
Keep a very low profile. They will be after your underwear if possible.
ELUSIVEJIM said:
YES both very good advice.
Wait until after your divorce as any purchases now will be noted.
If they mention you can afford a £1,000 PCP or Lease it will be pound signs for your ex's solicitor.
Personally I would downgrade stating you are struggling.
Move some money around or gift it to friends until after the divorce.
Keep a very low profile. They will be after your underwear if possible.
I'm a friend. I also have a race car if you want to take a part ownership in that OP. :-)Wait until after your divorce as any purchases now will be noted.
If they mention you can afford a £1,000 PCP or Lease it will be pound signs for your ex's solicitor.
Personally I would downgrade stating you are struggling.
Move some money around or gift it to friends until after the divorce.
Keep a very low profile. They will be after your underwear if possible.
Definitely not buying a car to pull women, couldn't think of anything worse. As far as divorce goes I should be ok, as she is willing to do a deal I think so the new car shouldn't be a problem. I have three heads on at the moment...
Fun head says = Go buy a new caterham
Sensible head says = Go buy something that will hold it's value as a decent investment like a mint 1M COUPE
Stupid head says = Go buy something utterly insane that you're going to lose a ton of money on, but it'll keep you grinning for years to come!
The C63 AMG is really appealing, especially the 507 but they are starting to look dated now, and again I am just going to lose money on something that sounds like the best thing in the world but presence wise isn't much further on than my M235, which looks pretty mint with the full kit on in white.
My dream car is a 911 GT3 RS 2007 plate, but they are too expensive at the moment, it's the viper green and that's about 130/145k for a decent one. The 991 GT3 is an amazing piece of kit, but again how is the value on that going to hold up and I also doubt I would be able to get into that for £1,000 a month, not without a huge deposit.
So ultimately it's probably leaving me with cars in the range of 55k - 85k. Which leaves either something that could potentially bankrupt me with bills like a used supercar, or classic. Or I pile it into something new like the M4 (which i would never buy but just as an example) which again leaves me losing tons in depreciation, so it's tricky.
The R8 V10 Spyder is appealing, but then to spend 80k on a car I really want something I am in ore of, and I just see so many R8's that as beautiful as they are they just become a bit normal looking. I like the idea of buying something incredible that wouldn't lose much money or go up in value, but to me it seems to do that you have to be looking north of 200k on something new for a short time in limited supply like a McClaren, or something classic which you basically can hardly drive, or if you do then you have to be super careful and maintain the crap out of it.
Any more ideas guys?
991 GTS looks very appealing, again 100k so possibly out of budget for me but looks amazing. Anyone here own one?
Fun head says = Go buy a new caterham
Sensible head says = Go buy something that will hold it's value as a decent investment like a mint 1M COUPE
Stupid head says = Go buy something utterly insane that you're going to lose a ton of money on, but it'll keep you grinning for years to come!
The C63 AMG is really appealing, especially the 507 but they are starting to look dated now, and again I am just going to lose money on something that sounds like the best thing in the world but presence wise isn't much further on than my M235, which looks pretty mint with the full kit on in white.
My dream car is a 911 GT3 RS 2007 plate, but they are too expensive at the moment, it's the viper green and that's about 130/145k for a decent one. The 991 GT3 is an amazing piece of kit, but again how is the value on that going to hold up and I also doubt I would be able to get into that for £1,000 a month, not without a huge deposit.
So ultimately it's probably leaving me with cars in the range of 55k - 85k. Which leaves either something that could potentially bankrupt me with bills like a used supercar, or classic. Or I pile it into something new like the M4 (which i would never buy but just as an example) which again leaves me losing tons in depreciation, so it's tricky.
The R8 V10 Spyder is appealing, but then to spend 80k on a car I really want something I am in ore of, and I just see so many R8's that as beautiful as they are they just become a bit normal looking. I like the idea of buying something incredible that wouldn't lose much money or go up in value, but to me it seems to do that you have to be looking north of 200k on something new for a short time in limited supply like a McClaren, or something classic which you basically can hardly drive, or if you do then you have to be super careful and maintain the crap out of it.
Any more ideas guys?
Edited by HypeM135i on Thursday 25th August 01:03
991 GTS looks very appealing, again 100k so possibly out of budget for me but looks amazing. Anyone here own one?
Edited by HypeM135i on Thursday 25th August 01:07
so when living together, which of course is far cheaper than living seperately- eg 1 set of bills, v 2 sets of bills.......... suddenly you have double the outgoings, a spare £1000 a month and yr previous car was just a bmw 2 series ???
Hmmm. I'd wait for the dust to settle. (is my older and wiser advice)
Hmmm. I'd wait for the dust to settle. (is my older and wiser advice)
A flash car will only ever get you the wrong type of woman, one who likes your wallet.
Working in Los Angeles, I've seen it's quite possible for a well dressed man in a luxury car to arrive outside a trendy bar alone and leave with at very least a phone number of a woman who has seen them arrive. You can almost see the gaggle of single women rubbing their hands together, regardless of what he looks like or what age he is. His wallet is the prize, and to be fair it's up to him to decide if it's worth the price of screwing her for X years before she goes bitter and screws him for half of his worth after she's played the long game. That's LA though.
In the UK, hot, young single women outside of Essex or Kensington really don't care about the car, more so the appearance of man and his "swagger". Money is a bonus of course, and might catch an uglier fella throwing money at the bar a stunner if he's lucky.
In reality, you'll catch yourself a divorced middle aged woman, who looks at you/you car/your wealth as security for the rest of her life.
Working in Los Angeles, I've seen it's quite possible for a well dressed man in a luxury car to arrive outside a trendy bar alone and leave with at very least a phone number of a woman who has seen them arrive. You can almost see the gaggle of single women rubbing their hands together, regardless of what he looks like or what age he is. His wallet is the prize, and to be fair it's up to him to decide if it's worth the price of screwing her for X years before she goes bitter and screws him for half of his worth after she's played the long game. That's LA though.
In the UK, hot, young single women outside of Essex or Kensington really don't care about the car, more so the appearance of man and his "swagger". Money is a bonus of course, and might catch an uglier fella throwing money at the bar a stunner if he's lucky.
In reality, you'll catch yourself a divorced middle aged woman, who looks at you/you car/your wealth as security for the rest of her life.
Boxster Spyder
Cayman GTS
This would do me and have 30k change.
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...
Cayman GTS
This would do me and have 30k change.
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...
Sod the car, I want to hear some amusing tales about your psycho ex 
He met a bird out on the town, plied her with Champagne, bought her a bag, took her to a hotel and then she called an Uber, for him.
xjay1337 said:
Soov535 said:
Girls don't give a flying w'nk about cars.
They like champagne, handbags, Ubers and hotels.
Ask me how I know.
How do you know?They like champagne, handbags, Ubers and hotels.
Ask me how I know.
Hackney said:
If it's purely for fun I'd cross the RS6 off your list.
If it's a "do everything", it'd be at the top of mine though.
I would agree with this. The business I partner with has one on a lease (circa £1k PCM) and I had it for a while. It's a phenomenal masterpiece at seemingly doing the impossible - ludicrously fast, comfortable, massive, sounds glorious in dynamic mode etc etc, and as a 1 car fits all solution or a daily driver with family its sublime. But if you don't have the need for a big estate (as I don't) then the novelty wears off quickly. In all honesty, I think I would rather an S-line top of the range 3L diesel A6 estate with all the kit for "duties" and a Caterham in the garage for fun times. If it's a "do everything", it'd be at the top of mine though.
If you have kids to ferry about in the post-divorce, then perhaps. Otherwise, I would look elsewhere. The stats don't lie; it is incredibly fast. But that aside, its a bit divorced in itself - of driver involvement.
HypeM135i said:
Definitely not buying a car to pull women, couldn't think of anything worse. As far as divorce goes I should be ok, as she is willing to do a deal I think so the new car shouldn't be a problem. I have three heads on at the moment...
Fun head says = Go buy a new caterham
Sensible head says = Go buy something that will hold it's value as a decent investment like a mint 1M COUPE
Stupid head says = Go buy something utterly insane that you're going to lose a ton of money on, but it'll keep you grinning for years to come!
The C63 AMG is really appealing, especially the 507 but they are starting to look dated now, and again I am just going to lose money on something that sounds like the best thing in the world but presence wise isn't much further on than my M235, which looks pretty mint with the full kit on in white.
My dream car is a 911 GT3 RS 2007 plate, but they are too expensive at the moment, it's the viper green and that's about 130/145k for a decent one. The 991 GT3 is an amazing piece of kit, but again how is the value on that going to hold up and I also doubt I would be able to get into that for £1,000 a month, not without a huge deposit.
So ultimately it's probably leaving me with cars in the range of 55k - 85k. Which leaves either something that could potentially bankrupt me with bills like a used supercar, or classic. Or I pile it into something new like the M4 (which i would never buy but just as an example) which again leaves me losing tons in depreciation, so it's tricky.
The R8 V10 Spyder is appealing, but then to spend 80k on a car I really want something I am in ore of, and I just see so many R8's that as beautiful as they are they just become a bit normal looking. I like the idea of buying something incredible that wouldn't lose much money or go up in value, but to me it seems to do that you have to be looking north of 200k on something new for a short time in limited supply like a McClaren, or something classic which you basically can hardly drive, or if you do then you have to be super careful and maintain the crap out of it.
Any more ideas guys?
991 GTS looks very appealing, again 100k so possibly out of budget for me but looks amazing. Anyone here own one?
I'm certainly no Solicitor, but i can almost guarantee that your statement "As far as divorce goes I should be ok, as she is willing to do a deal I think so the new car shouldn't be a problem" will bear no fruit one her legal team &/or friends/family get involved. Any deal you've verbally agreed with your ex is worth nothing & will likely need doubling once the Vultures start circling.Fun head says = Go buy a new caterham
Sensible head says = Go buy something that will hold it's value as a decent investment like a mint 1M COUPE
Stupid head says = Go buy something utterly insane that you're going to lose a ton of money on, but it'll keep you grinning for years to come!
The C63 AMG is really appealing, especially the 507 but they are starting to look dated now, and again I am just going to lose money on something that sounds like the best thing in the world but presence wise isn't much further on than my M235, which looks pretty mint with the full kit on in white.
My dream car is a 911 GT3 RS 2007 plate, but they are too expensive at the moment, it's the viper green and that's about 130/145k for a decent one. The 991 GT3 is an amazing piece of kit, but again how is the value on that going to hold up and I also doubt I would be able to get into that for £1,000 a month, not without a huge deposit.
So ultimately it's probably leaving me with cars in the range of 55k - 85k. Which leaves either something that could potentially bankrupt me with bills like a used supercar, or classic. Or I pile it into something new like the M4 (which i would never buy but just as an example) which again leaves me losing tons in depreciation, so it's tricky.
The R8 V10 Spyder is appealing, but then to spend 80k on a car I really want something I am in ore of, and I just see so many R8's that as beautiful as they are they just become a bit normal looking. I like the idea of buying something incredible that wouldn't lose much money or go up in value, but to me it seems to do that you have to be looking north of 200k on something new for a short time in limited supply like a McClaren, or something classic which you basically can hardly drive, or if you do then you have to be super careful and maintain the crap out of it.
Any more ideas guys?
Edited by HypeM135i on Thursday 25th August 01:03
991 GTS looks very appealing, again 100k so possibly out of budget for me but looks amazing. Anyone here own one?
Edited by HypeM135i on Thursday 25th August 01:07
No need to ask me how i know as been there & done that (twice) which does make me somewhat of a fool but i believed i was in love to only find out later i wasn't.
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