What would Jesus (or you) do in this situation?

[Progressive]

Hypothetical situation:-

Current Situation

£25,000 in bank
Car worth £5,000
Live at home with parents. Soon to be moving in with other half (renting). £600p/m split between 2.
Take home pay of around £1,600.

Interested in a new car, making a few investments, living a little, saving some for a rainy day.


Help me work out what to do!

[southendpier]

Don't rent.

That is all. I hope you enjoy growing up.

[Progressive]

Never lived with the girl.
Seen mates have their fingers burned.
Need flexibility due to work locations (both of us).

[SystemParanoia]

anything with a v8 fitted

[PhillT]

Make an investment in a new car, live in it and only drive it on a rainy day.

HTH.

[okgo]

Where the feck are you living for 600 notes?

[sherman]

Buy new 10 -15 grand car and spend the rest on petrol/ restoring it.

[Mazda Baiter]

Cerbera With the new Speed 6 engine jobby.

HTH.

[MidlandDan84]

Wait a few months to see if the GF starts to piss you off.

Then put the 25K down as deposit for a house, I see you live in Teesside so probably half a street.

If you can get out of the circle of renting then i would TBH.

Edited by MidlandDan84 on Thursday 1st April 12:45

[SS2.]

Jesus would hand over the 25 large to people he didn't know..




Like us, for instance..

[308mate]

Keep schtum about the 25 bags, for a start.

[bazking69]

Stick with a modest car, scrap any ideas of renting, put all your money into a property that you have bought cheap and carry on saving.

[Monki]

Buy a boat and become a pirate down Devon

[randlemarcus]

308mate said:

Keep schtum about the 25 bags, for a start.

+1

If its in your current account, with statements lying around, double check the contraceptives

[HundredthIdiot]

okgo said:

Where the feck are you living for 600 notes?

Teesside, apparently.

[Alfanatic]

Yes, and don't rent.

[cs02rm0]

Don't splurge too much of the £25k, it's not easy saving house deposit levels of money.

[Devilstreak]

Progressive said:

Never lived with the girl.
Seen mates have their fingers burned.

Great reasons, Live(rent) together for 2-3 months whilst looking for a house to buy. If you still get on then buy, if not then move back home. Saw 3 seperate mates in 6 months fk their relationships up by moving in straight away without even living together. All of these were 2-3 year relationships before.

[SimonV8ster]

Monki said:

Buy a boat and become a pirate down Devon

^^ This.

This is what I would do.

I long to play pirate games but just don't get the chance.

[Progressive]

Do all of the "don't rent" brigade, please see this thread for some additional info. I have decided that (for now) renting is by far the best options. It may not be the best way to spend it but it carries far less risk for my current situation.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Thanks for the input so far.

PS. £600 gets you a nice 2 bed apartment in a decent area round here.

Edited by Progressive on Thursday 1st April 14:04