How to get a nice car?
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I'm stumped, whilst driving to work in my older 2003 car I see a lot of shiny nice and sparkly cars on the road.
I'd like a nice and shiny newish car and recently checked on a 2010 530D. Spoke to the salesman and it would be '£590 per month please sir'.
Is everyone else in nice cars on the road:
Loaned up to the gills?
Company car drivers?
Have recently deceased relatives?
Drug Dealers?
Don't have hobbies to spend their money on and thus save all of their cash for ever?
Is there some secret that I'm missing? I'm not exactly skint as i'm an IT contractor but £590 per month is more than I wanted to pay, more like £400 ish.
N.B This is not a whinge thread (supposed to be light hearted), it's just that my old Skoda is suffering after 5 years of family life and it's time for a nice car.
I'd like a nice and shiny newish car and recently checked on a 2010 530D. Spoke to the salesman and it would be '£590 per month please sir'.
Is everyone else in nice cars on the road:
Loaned up to the gills?
Company car drivers?
Have recently deceased relatives?
Drug Dealers?
Don't have hobbies to spend their money on and thus save all of their cash for ever?
Is there some secret that I'm missing? I'm not exactly skint as i'm an IT contractor but £590 per month is more than I wanted to pay, more like £400 ish.
N.B This is not a whinge thread (supposed to be light hearted), it's just that my old Skoda is suffering after 5 years of family life and it's time for a nice car.
Zaxxon said:
I'm stumped, whilst driving to work in my older 2003 car I see a lot of shiny nice and sparkly cars on the road.
I'd like a nice and shiny newish car and recently checked on a 2010 530D. Spoke to the salesman and it would be '£590 per month please sir'.
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Is there some secret that I'm missing? I'm not exactly skint as i'm an IT contractor but £590 per month is more than I wanted to pay, more like £400 ish.
Get a 2008 530D then I'd like a nice and shiny newish car and recently checked on a 2010 530D. Spoke to the salesman and it would be '£590 per month please sir'.
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Is there some secret that I'm missing? I'm not exactly skint as i'm an IT contractor but £590 per month is more than I wanted to pay, more like £400 ish.
I think my car's very nice, and it's often very shiny too.
Pay me £590 a month, and you'll have paid it off in four months
As has been said, it's all about perspective. As for even just £400 a month keeping you in something new and MOT-free.. My two MOTs so far have cost me £50.
Which is the cost of two MOTs.
It's like someone spending five grand more on a car to get a diesel to save money.. Why? I see far more satisfaction in taking something ordinary and making it look right or even special, not to mention avoiding the false economies that everyone else gets fooled by.
Pay me £590 a month, and you'll have paid it off in four months
As has been said, it's all about perspective. As for even just £400 a month keeping you in something new and MOT-free.. My two MOTs so far have cost me £50.
Which is the cost of two MOTs.
It's like someone spending five grand more on a car to get a diesel to save money.. Why? I see far more satisfaction in taking something ordinary and making it look right or even special, not to mention avoiding the false economies that everyone else gets fooled by.
Don't run away with the idea that "everyone" is driving a brand new 530d, even though it can be easy to convince yourself that's the case.
Most new car buyers go for small and medium size cars from the volume brands. Last month's sales top 5 were: Fiesta, Golf, Astra, Corsa, Focus.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/tr...
Most new car buyers go for small and medium size cars from the volume brands. Last month's sales top 5 were: Fiesta, Golf, Astra, Corsa, Focus.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/tr...
I know plenty of IT contractors who've had rate increases recently,plenty of whom were in the 300-500/day range anyway.
Serious question, considered moving to another industry with whatever tranferable skills you have? £590/month isn't that much if your Ltd is turning over £10-12k/month.
Serious question, considered moving to another industry with whatever tranferable skills you have? £590/month isn't that much if your Ltd is turning over £10-12k/month.
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