Does anyone have a car they dont need?

[dieseluser07]

I have a company octavia with i believe a 140 lump. Its nice and torquey and great doing business miles in but its dull.

I live in a city, im on the outskirts so there is nice roads to drive on within 5 miles. However the location im in basically has everything i need within a 2 mile radius, gym, pubs, shops and so on.

Cars i actually want are coming in at 7500 and im just sat there thinking what is the point lol, but i still really want one, just seems a hell of a lot of expense to not go out in it much. Is anyone else in this kind of position.

Im kind of thinking long term aswell, if i pay the car off over three years then ill own it if i change jobs.

[dieseluser07]

hufggfg said:

Yep, I currently have 2 more than I need, it used to be three, but we recently moved out of the city.

So, while I definitely understand the desire to own a nice car as a toy and certainly wouldn't in general discourage people from doing it, I have to say it sounds like you might want to wait a while.

Without wanting to get too far in to the "buying on finance" debate, in general, I'd say cars purely as toys should be bought with "excess" cash you have, rather than on finance.

Only reason to do it now is if those £7500 cars are very likely to appreciate away. Otherwise they'll just slowly come to you, or you can get something even better in a couple of years time after saving some cash and you won't have wasted money on interest. If you ever leave your job and so need a car, you can just buy one then!

Hmm i kind of see what you mean. Just have a strong urge to get one lol.

[dieseluser07]

Im assuming you all own the cars you dont really need or are any of them financed

[dieseluser07]

rallycross said:

Usually have a few more than I need but I enjoy having them but it's hard to justify the expense if you add it all up.

Bloody hell everyone on this forum seems to own a few cars lol you must all be rich as hell.

Or broke from having so many cars.

[dieseluser07]

forzaminardi said:

If you have the money to afford it, and the desire to have it, why not? If you're into cars, you're into cars. Why not indulge your passion? If everyone rationalised what they spent their money on, no one would do anything.

Thats a very fair point