Appropriate salary to buy a Supercar
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Thankyou4calling said:
Now, correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t every financial decision you make a struggle?
Not for us it isn’t!
Because we are considerably richer than yow.
Quite. Being a petrol head that skins themselves alive to scrape a ten year old Gallardo, is admirable, but it’s far more sensible to look at the 1-5 large thread and enjoy someone else’s knackers yard special, on a budget.Not for us it isn’t!
Because we are considerably richer than yow.
Shnozz said:
TheK1981 said:
Cost and location, we were looking about 18k, for that its fully kitted out, furnished and transfer fees paid, then 2k a year site fees which includes water, clubhouse, pool, gym, bin collection, add electric about 500 a year, plus the community feel, if you want to sell its easy to sell on. 3 months in Spring, and 3 months in Autumn, home the rest of the year. An apartment can be the same cost, but middle of nowhere and like a ghost town.
Sorry to change the subject all, though google knows what im writing, all the side links are now BMW, Jag and Merc.
Cheaper than I had appreciated to buy, to be fair. Sorry to change the subject all, though google knows what im writing, all the side links are now BMW, Jag and Merc.
Even still though, 2.5k for 6 months use in fees alone, plus capital tied up in it and I have heard of many stories where they have not been easily sellable at the end. By contrast, you can rent a nice 2 bed apartment for £400 - £450 a month so a 6 month rental would be a comparable cost to the site fees and you would have the same usage.
One man's meat is another's poison and all that; I guess the idea of a caravan park is just not my cup of tea.
And yes, apologies for going off track. To bring it vaguely back, in my case I saved up with a view to buying a supercar for my 40th and instead bought a villa in Spain. I enjoyed a 70/30 UK/Spain split before Covid and since Covid and WFH has been 100% of the time I just moved here full time. I dare say I have had a lot better use from it than the Huracan that I would have otherwise bought. That said, in some ways I think I should have enjoyed doing the supercar thing for a few years and then used that cash to buy property. Not sure I had the bottle for that though and having been in a mate's a few times I told myself an Exige would do 9/10's of the thrills and I could have that and another house.
Getting back on track, someone I work with at tesco, works full time in an office, then 1 evening a week in tesco, but over the winter works all the overtime available, summer the caterham get used, he does the 2nd job to pay for that, for him the time and effort is worth it to pay for the caterham, I think he paid about 30k new 3 years ago on finance but pays for with his 2nd job with his main job paying his mortgage/bills.
Not all of us are able to afford a supercar even if we worked 24/7, a caterham is a decent compromise.
To get back to the O.P. It depends on exactly what you consider to be a super car. For example, if a Chiron was your thing, you’d need an income that would settle the debt of a large third world country, if a plastic fantastic brand new more ‘mass market’ shouty mobile is your bag, ( say a McLaren *insert yadda yadda yadda*) you could do it with a ball breaker PCP deal and a salary of 50 grand a year ( if you like living in an unlit, unheated bedsit, in your pants, with no social life). It’s whatever you think is acceptable. That’s the key.
anonymous said:
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Don’t get me wrong, a Chiron is about the top of the super fluff tree, and I wouldn’t say no. But a 250 GT California spyder SWB would light my fire much more. And would I skin myself alive for a meh ‘I have kebab shops yeah mobile’ hell no.Edited by BrundanBianchi on Friday 23 October 17:57
BrundanBianchi said:
The difference is easy to quantify. If you walk into a fancy emporium of whatever you like, and there’s a shouty person enquiring about whatever that emporium specialises in, then asks “how much is it” that’s money, if they see what they want, and purchase it without even enquiring about the price, that’s wealth. The ‘money’ person usually takes photo’s of it as well, and not for insurance purposes. The quintessential ‘money monkey’ will ( for example ) ‘buy’ ( rent is more usual ) a ‘high end car’ and kick off, right Royally if the red carpet isn’t rolled out, and a bunch of flowers, and a gigantic bow, aren’t provided when they pick up their new rental.
So then it’s just a phrase that people use who want to be snobbish.BrundanBianchi said:
I also know of one or two individuals who have some significant wealth, and are proper petrol heads, who will scour important auctions ( the Barrett-Jackson for example ) for some serious metal, or other auctions for serious metal, and you’ll only see them at historic racing events, and controlled demo events / concours d’elegance. They would drive a car which wouldn’t draw attention to them day to day.
These people that you know, do they tip well when you deliver their large Hawaiian with wedges?Kent Border Kenny said:
GP, head teacher, recently qualified lawyer, division 1 footballer, regional supermarket manager, desk junior in an investment bank, oil rig worker, pharmacist, architect...
You’d have to be absolutely top drawer in some of those positions to be earning £100k.Granted you can but the average in those roles won’t be in my opinion .
Kent Border Kenny said:
GP, head teacher, recently qualified lawyer, division 1 footballer, regional supermarket manager, desk junior in an investment bank, oil rig worker, pharmacist, architect...
Pharmacists are not earning £100k+ I would know that as I am one and have mates that are pharmacists.GP is possible with locum rates
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