Many New Luxury Cars on the Road - How?
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I know this is is Pistonheads and cars are everything but anyway...
An observation on my part whilst driving around is seeing many more new high end cars on the road especially the luxury SUV type of things (Landrover Discos, Range Rovers, Evoques, Audi Q5/7, BMW X3/X5 etc.). Now I'd love a brand new Disco for dragging my caravan around but there's no way I could justify the cost of one, even on a lease you'd be looking at well over £500 a month + finding 9 months upfront payment and that's for the entry level version. I'm not exactly poor either as our household income is supposedly within the top 5% of the UK. I suppose I live in a fairly affluent part of the UK so maybe there may be more nice cars around.
So how do people "afford" these vehicles? Is having a new prestigious car a priority for them above all else and will actually compromise in other areas of life to afford it? Are they all leased / on PCP? Company cars, though last time I looked that doesn't exactly come cheap either? Am I missing something?
An observation on my part whilst driving around is seeing many more new high end cars on the road especially the luxury SUV type of things (Landrover Discos, Range Rovers, Evoques, Audi Q5/7, BMW X3/X5 etc.). Now I'd love a brand new Disco for dragging my caravan around but there's no way I could justify the cost of one, even on a lease you'd be looking at well over £500 a month + finding 9 months upfront payment and that's for the entry level version. I'm not exactly poor either as our household income is supposedly within the top 5% of the UK. I suppose I live in a fairly affluent part of the UK so maybe there may be more nice cars around.
So how do people "afford" these vehicles? Is having a new prestigious car a priority for them above all else and will actually compromise in other areas of life to afford it? Are they all leased / on PCP? Company cars, though last time I looked that doesn't exactly come cheap either? Am I missing something?
berlintaxi said:
Why not, it's the usual fortnightly "how do people afford nice cars" s
tfest.
I posted this in the Pie & Piston > Lounge initially and it was meant very much tongue-in-cheek but one of the moderators obviously had the "foresight" to move it to the serious bit, sorry tfest.I kind of get it, some folk will prioritise spending £500-£600 on a car every month above all else. I wouldn't, it would compromise my life too much elsewhere. I guess it is also the case that if you mortgage is coming to an end or low then why not. It's a big regret for me that I didn't buy a house sooner in life but nothing will change that now. So I'll be sticking with the Autotrader for now by the looks of it
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