Craig P
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Registered: 9th Mar 08
Location: Carlisle,Cumbria
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TBF it's your own money that you've earned so why the hell does it matter to anyone else what you spend it on Etc?
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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mine is spent on engine not really the car. i can fit that engine into loads of different vehicles if i wanted to.
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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combined i must have spent about 40k on 3 corsas. That includes the car purchase though. Bonus.
Skyline - er.... I'd rather not think about it. The latest work would prob pay for a new vectra.  Poss 35k
Impreza - prob be near 10k including the car... not too bad so far.
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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Because everyone makes mistakes 
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Rick Draper
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Registered: 10th Feb 01
Location: Cheshire
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Because if i had not spent it on a corsa i would have spent it on, beer, cheap women and the white stuff.
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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property stocks and shares....
I could be in a much better state of affairs if i had not been 'in to cars'
It is true though.... you'd have spent it on somethng else.
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swill_omnibus
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Registered: 12th Dec 07
Location: : S. wales Drives: Dodge Caliber
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If I didn't spend it modifying the corsa i'd prob spend it on what ever else I had anyway...
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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quote:
Originally posted by DizzyRebel
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Originally posted by a_j_mair
I spent in excess of £20k on my corsa
yes it is was a waste of money and i can appreciate that
However i spent it over the space of 3 or 4 years a bit at a time
I did it as i enjoyed working on my car and learning how things worked, i also did it as i wanted my car to look better than a standard corsa
All i could afford at the time was a corsa or the likes
in hindsight if i hadnt spent anything and saved up i could have bought a better car etc etc
I would not have the knowledge i have now regarding cars or mechanics as a whole and i actually enjoyed driving a car i knew that i had changed the brakes, suspension, engine made all the custom interior parts etc
20k is a waste no matter how u look at it! You cant use learning mechanics as an excuse either as i went to college and did that and it cost me fuck all! Id cry if i worked out i spent 20k on a corsa, thats a house deposit or a porsche 911.
The way i see it is based on your annual income if you spend anymore than 10% of it on a car your pissing it away. Ie if you only earn basic wage (around 10k a year) you shouldnt really blow more than £1000 on a hobby - otherwise your hobby ends up taking up the majority of your free cash.
Basic wage £10k a year? Are you an apprentice?
That last statement is verging on daft. Most people spending the amounts that people are talking about will be spending about a grand on the engine and gearbox alone. I see your point but as said, different things for different people
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Jamie_Hastings1
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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway
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Exactly if i didn't spend money on cars i don't know what i would spend it on.
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Dale
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Registered: 7th Oct 07
Location: Swindon
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its fun watching peoples faces as you go past... personal satisfaction of having something different (hense the g60's + black bumpers) and i love vauxhalls...
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JonnyJ
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Registered: 23rd Sep 05
Location: Scotchland
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So people can crash into it
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DizzyRebel
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Registered: 2nd Jan 09
Location: Lincoln
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Originally posted by Jamie_Hastings1
Exactly if i didn't spend money on cars i don't know what i would spend it on.
Never heard of saving? Its not a hard thing to do.
Thats the problem with people today, no one can save a penny and everyone wants the latest best thing yesterday... hence the credit crunch and recession.
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by DizzyRebel
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Originally posted by Jamie_Hastings1
Exactly if i didn't spend money on cars i don't know what i would spend it on.
Never heard of saving? Its not a hard thing to do.
Thats the problem with people today, no one can save a penny and everyone wants the latest best thing yesterday... hence the credit crunch and recession.
all my car is paid for in hard earned cash. ive saved for everything thats been done to it. hence i enjoy it. if i cant afford to buy it, i save for a bit longer then i buy it.
i find it rediculous when people claim what you want to spend your own money on is a waste. they have their own life surely? do what you want to do in that life instead of critisizing others perhaps.
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SteveoBC
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Registered: 22nd Feb 07
Location: Bucks
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its my hobby love tinkering with my current and last corsa
mum and dad hated me modding my old C as i had it new, but id done such a good job tastefully doing it up, sold it for more than its market value at the time and got the money back
as for my track car, mum and dad have really encouraged me and have seen how iv turned a £150 bucket into a mean lean track car
if i didnt spend it on cars id only piss it up the wall, ok i admit i love going on nights out with friends but i do think sometimes "great....£100+ for 1 night out a couple of snogs/ a shag and a bastard hangover for the next 2 days"
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: nr. Skipton, North Yorkshire
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Cos 9 times out of 10 it can cheer me up when nothing else can and rarely fails to put a smile on my face, and yes before anyone starts I am talking about a 1.2 Corsa 
It's changed quite a bit from my original plan 4 years ago, but it's a change for the better and it'll lead me nicely onto getting my next car which will be needed for moving the Corsa about in future 
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DamoC
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Registered: 6th Oct 07
Location: Sawtry, Cambridgeshire
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Originally posted by Rick Draper
Because if i had not spent it on a corsa i would have spent it on, beer, cheap women and the white stuff.
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Daimo B
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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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Originally posted by willay
its a project, its a hobby, its something to do. You can either be a wanker in a expensive corsa or a wanker in the m3 (hi fad). I can afford to spunk doh on the corsa so why not. FIN.
After spending silly money, I concur. Was a great social life, more than just the car. Cars just brought us all together in sweet drunken BBQ harmony.
@ M3
Oh, i never had the dosh though, but still done it anyway. Don't regret it, but don't regret moving on either. 
[Edited on 03-09-2009 by VXR]
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DizzyRebel
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Registered: 2nd Jan 09
Location: Lincoln
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by DizzyRebel
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Originally posted by Jamie_Hastings1
Exactly if i didn't spend money on cars i don't know what i would spend it on.
Never heard of saving? Its not a hard thing to do.
Thats the problem with people today, no one can save a penny and everyone wants the latest best thing yesterday... hence the credit crunch and recession.
all my car is paid for in hard earned cash. ive saved for everything thats been done to it. hence i enjoy it. if i cant afford to buy it, i save for a bit longer then i buy it.
i find it rediculous when people claim what you want to spend your own money on is a waste. they have their own life surely? do what you want to do in that life instead of critisizing others perhaps.
The fact you have your own place and a 2nd car makes me think that you can afford to blow money on your car. You already have everything you want but the rest is just surplus. Its not people like you im talking about, its the kids that still live with their parents and instead of saving for the more important things in life they blow every last penny on a car with a book value thats a 10th of their total expenditure on it.
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
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My Corsa owed me £800 and I sold it for twice that.. BUT if I had paid for everything it would have been close to £3k spent on it which I would never have done.
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: nr. Skipton, North Yorkshire
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 Dizzy
It's my money, I'll spunk it on whatever I want, and I'll save what I want, when I want.
End of the day, it's my life, if I'd saved the 3k I've spent modifying my Corsa, I'd have bought something else with it, most likely another car, which would cost more than the Corsa, depreciate faster than the Corsa, potentially have more problems that cost more to fix than the Corsa and I probably wouldn't be as happy with it as I am with the Corsa.
So either way I spunked £5k and only have a car to show for it.
When it's time I'll start saving for the bigger things, as far as I'm concerned it's not yet time, if you think worse of me for that, then that's upto you but I ain't gonna lose any sleep over it
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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All cars cost money to run. Some folk just enjoy them more than others.
For example my sister grudges paying a penny on her car which is probably worth £300 on a good day............she only wants it to get her from a-b. I on the other hand enjoy mine, its one of the only things I care about, this month its cost me about £2k I couldnt care less though. When I had my corsa it was no different....spend what I could afford!!
You cant explain car stuff to non-car people, they'll never get it.
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Benkid
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Registered: 16th Mar 09
Location: Wokingham
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
All cars cost money to run. Some folk just enjoy them more than others.
For example my sister grudges paying a penny on her car which is probably worth £300 on a good day............she only wants it to get her from a-b. I on the other hand enjoy mine, its one of the only things I care about, this month its cost me about £2k I couldnt care less though. When I had my corsa it was no different....spend what I could afford!!
You cant explain car stuff to non-car people, they'll never get it.
True that
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J da Silva
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Registered: 10th Apr 03
Location: The FACTory
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The Corsa I used to own was just a toy, something to do on the weekends, I cannot sit about the house being fed up and watching TV allday, I have to be doing something so I did the corsa threw thousands at it for a bit of an experience.
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chrex
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Registered: 26th Aug 07
Location: Brawdy/Wirral
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so far i have spent no more than 5k on my car. A car that is unique, and has taught me a shed load...
what could i have got for that money? doubt i could even get something shit like an Aygo or crappy Hyundai thing...
I dont care...its built not bought...and that gives me some pride and enjoyment.
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Built not bought....that makes me LOL
Just sounds funny..................
Mines was probaby built by a man names Boris & Boris probably sports the biggest Tash you've ever clapped eyes on. Tough as fuck tbh!!
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