Justifying buying a car to yourself...thought process?

[Cotty]

StoatInACoat said:

Can I afford to buy a decent one/run it/insure it.

That's it.

So how many cars do you have? There are many cars out there that are not expensive to buy, run or insure.

I have a BMW E30. Decent one? Grand or two. Run it? peanuts. Insure it? depennds on many factors but a 325i is £350 fully comp for me.

[StoatInACoat]

Cotty said:

So how many cars do you have? There are many cars out there that are not expensive to buy, run or insure.

I have a BMW E30. Decent one? Grand or two. Run it? peanuts. Insure it? depennds on many factors but a 325i is £350 fully comp for me.

Read that a couple of times and I'm not sure I understand...

I was trying to encourage the OP, wasn't meaning to have a dig at anyone.

Edited by StoatInACoat on Friday 23 September 22:53

[Cotty]

Sorry must have had too much to drink last night

[*Al*]

I've always wanted a Dodge Ram truck, so i got one this week! Sounds awesome!

[Patrick Bateman]

I figure cars are one of the few things I'm interested in so I'd be as well allowing myself to spend a few quid (or try a bit more in the last 2 months) here and there on something I enjoy.

[Tallbut Buxomly]

skinhead85 said:

providing the bills are paid there is food in the kitchen and a roof above my head and the fact that i have no dependants my justification is quite simple. Then again for me its not just with a car its nice to book a week away or even treat SWMBO to something. providing it does not lead to debt why should you not spend your hard earned on something to make you smile

My same thought process. I have dependants who are continually fking up at just the wrong moment which then costs me time and money to fix so i am now too paranoid to actually get what i want.

[spoodler]

If I tried to justify any of my cars I'd be stuffed - I mean how do you justify a customised 2CV? Or a 6.6 litre Bristol when you've just walked out on your job and have no income? Ditto a Porsche? How can you ever justify a Bond Bug?

[PoleDriver]

sparks_E39 said:

Do I want it?

Can I afford it?

^^^This^^^

I wanted a Cerb.
I asked the bank if I could borrow £xxk, they surprised me my saying 'YES'

So I bought one!

[exigepete]

Like others have said before on this thread

'You only live once!'

Also phrases like

'You can't take it with you'

Spring to mind.

A few years ago I nipped down the newsagent near my parents for a paper, half hour later I was the proud owner of a VX220 Turbo from the Vauxhall dealer opposite!!

Live for the moment, you might get run over by a bus tomorrow! (But hopefully not!)

If you want it and you can realistically afford it why not?

[soda]

I wanted a V8, no need to justify it as I'd delayed having expensive cars until the house was paid. Single and no dependants so no great dilemna involved

[Negative Creep]

Now my bank balance no longer starts with a minus, of course the first sensible thing to o is think about buying a second car. No partner or kids to think about, insurance is cheap an i have room for another car.

At the end of the day it makes me happy and is no different to people buying clothing, a new tv, a holiday etc that they want as opposed to need