taylorboosh
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thats makes no sence to me...
do you not mean it wont loase much if you maintain it
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it wont appreciate yet
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Pip308
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they shouldnt drop in price that much more now, but they wont go up again for a good 20-30 years.
i love the look off the 355 but i prefere driving the 308.
one day when they are passed down to me i'll bring em to a CS meet 
[Edited on 23-07-2010 by Pip308]
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Jambo
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Stu mentioned that a service was 8k so if you buy for 30k and service it for 33% of the value I would not call that an investment but you know call me captain sensible
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Ian
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Two things - saving is good, although you'll probably find if you're wise enough to do it now, you're going to end up buying a house with it instead. Also a good idea.
Secondly, the right car will cost you less to own than something normal. I lost £26500 in 10 years by buying cars new and trading them in, and I've nothing to show for that. If you bought the "right" Ferrari - ie. one that was cheap enough to be viable but expensive enough to not need work then you could throw even £40k at the car and have a good few years ownership for what would probably amount to £15/20k - but still have a £40k car on the path.
That's cheaper than my list of medium-sized Vauxhalls.
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Two things - saving is good, although you'll probably find if you're wise enough to do it now, you're going to end up buying a house with it instead. Also a good idea.
Secondly, the right car will cost you less to own than something normal. I lost £26500 in 10 years by buying cars new and trading them in, and I've nothing to show for that. If you bought the "right" Ferrari - ie. one that was cheap enough to be viable but expensive enough to not need work then you could throw even £40k at the car and have a good few years ownership for what would probably amount to £15/20k - but still have a £40k car on the path.
That's cheaper than my list of medium-sized Vauxhalls.
a very good point, im nearly 22 and have had ten cars, spent around 1-2k on each 1 of them not including buying them.... it quickyly mounts up
ohh and services are not 8k, look at colins link in the other thread as a quide, this is very much backed up by the piston heads thread also... plenty of people run them on regular wages.
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Stu mentioned that a service was 8k so if you buy for 30k and service it for 33% of the value I would not call that an investment but you know call me captain sensible
sorry it was john-c who posted it
http://www.the355.com/mambo/content/view/27/29/
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John_C
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this thread has been seriously thought provoking!
real servicing costs http://www.verdi-ferrari.com/ferrari_servicing.php
Just did a insurance quote for me, 27, 9 yrs no claims, fully comp, car garaged, 3k miles, 850 excess
Admiral - £914 for the yr  seriously interested now.
Car - f355 spider ^^
[Edited on 24-07-2010 by John_C]
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taylorboosh
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Surely that would be even cheaper on a classic policy
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Anty
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I pefur The 348`s best looking one
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taylorboosh
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Going off youtube the 348 sounds better too
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Generation
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After first year, isa rate be shit, best of sticking it in a guarenteed investment
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sc0ott
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will this car be your daily driver?
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
will this car be your daily driver?
no, it will be my equivilant of a motorbike.... fair weather only, purely an indulgance
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sc0ott
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what will be your daily if you are hardcore saving though?
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AK
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My old porker (not a 30-40k car, maybe 10-15k(very very max) region) costs about 1k-2k a year to run (service, mot, tax, insure, maintain) and hasnt lost any value in the years I've owned it. Its now 29 going on 30
Thats cheap motoring! 
(worth noting it only does about 1-2k miles a year)
[Edited on 24-07-2010 by AK]
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Graeme
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quote:
Originally posted by Generation
After first year, isa rate be shit, best of sticking it in a guarenteed investment
This can not be more true, at the moment they may give you 4% but in april next year they will give you something like 0.5%.
I open a new one each year and just transfer the money from the account at the end of it into a high intrest savings account.
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
what will be your daily if you are hardcore saving though?
at current i use my cupra to get to work and back and the odd weekend drive, will be getting a van in a year or so from bt so probably sell it as im insured on the gfs yaris also. it doesnt really cost much to run anyway
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Generation
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quote:
Originally posted by Graeme
quote:
Originally posted by Generation
After first year, isa rate be shit, best of sticking it in a guarenteed investment
This can not be more true, at the moment they may give you 4% but in april next year they will give you something like 0.5%.
I open a new one each year and just transfer the money from the account at the end of it into a high intrest savings account.
Get paid to give this advice at work!
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