How much did your car cost VS Your annual wage

[RS404]

I'd like to do a poll on this purely out of interest but don't know how to set one up. How much did your car cost VS your annual wage as a percentage i.e. car was £15k wage £30k = 50%

This is what you car actually cost you when you bought it rather than current value or price when new versus your wage at the time.

[StottyZr]

4.23%

[RS404]

Very shrewd!

[simoid]

75% (poor student ) Paid in cash, in full.

Somebody make the man a poll before we need Rainman to work this out...

My Mother is 200%, incidentally.

Edited by simoid on Tuesday 17th May 13:49

Fuel: 30%
Service: 20%
Insurance: 15%
Road Fund: 3.75%
Tyres: 3%
Screenwash: 0.15%

Edited by simoid on Tuesday 17th May 13:55

Edited by simoid on Tuesday 17th May 13:56

[Chiswickboy]

3.1%

[pilchardthecat]

Gross income, or the tiny fraction of it that i get to keep?

[mackay45]

37.9%

I assume this thread is more 'out of interest' than anything else? As measuring a capital payment (car purchase) vs. revenue income (salary) is pretty pointless - but could give some interesting figures nonetheless...

[RS404]

Gross please.

[Waugh-terfall]

About 350%. Rough guess.

[iphonedyou]

Previous car, 42%.

Current car (together with 50% drop in salary as I'm currently back at uni and on placement year) - 50%.

[ipsg.glf]

0.014634146%

[otherman]

8% that's about the norm for me.

[alfa pint]

11% - paid in cash, no loan outstanding.

[thinfourth2]

1.29%

That said filling it with petrol is 0.193%

[rossw46]

Mods need to give you the poll privelege...

Mine is about 10%...and I look at it with todays figures,it would cost me about 5%...(Not so much to do with payrises mind!)

Edited by rossw46 on Tuesday 17th May 13:53

[snotrag]

Car value is 10% of current annual salary.

Note - Car was paid for in cash, upfront.

Might be worth stating whether your car is paid for, or financed, as surely this makes a massive difference.

I doubt many people will have figues of > 50% on cars that are paid for up-front...?

[Debaser]

About 1%.

[GreatGranny]

Oops sorry post below is the right one

Edited by GreatGranny on Tuesday 17th May 13:58

[GreatGranny]

0.0666666666666666%

[powerandtorque]

Just 2%, but that's sadly because I subscribe to the bangernomics school of thought rather than because I earn a wage akin to a small African nations GDP.