DizzyRebel
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Originally posted by chrex
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.
Astra GSi turbo
Fiat coupe turbo
Celica GT4
Sapphire cosworth
Mint S2 RS turbo
Ford Racing puma
Pontiac Transam 6.6 V8
Civic type R
E36 M3
Audi S3
And thats just off the top of my head, could probably loads more still if i trawled PH classifieds.
The point im making is where to draw the line between excessive spending and just a general hobby.
Now say if you spent £12k building a road going corsa LET that you couldnt use to its full potential and didnt dare tracking incase you binned it, but your mate spent 3k building a track XE that he used on trackdays and wasnt too bothered if he smacked it - who would you say has more fun in their car?
Im not preaching here, i dont give a toss who wastes their money on what - just giving my opinion on a question the OP asked.
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X16joeXE
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If ti didnt go on the car it would get wasted on BOOZE DRUGS and FOOD!!!
Atleast if u you spend it on what you enjoy then youve got something there infront of you for your money.
We could ask the same of a girl, why own 50 pairs of SHOES!!! haha
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chrex
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agreed!...
this boils down the saying that's old...and yet will go on for probably ever (although the government are trying to stop it all)...
"Each to their Own!"
Its what defines us as individuals, and why i wont be drawn into the 'sheep' category.
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antnee
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Its a way of life. To me spending money on a car and parts for cars is better than going out fri and sat every weekend spunking money away, at least spending it on a car you can get some of it back!
For me its a hobby, something to do. I also like to look out the window or whatever and think, thats mine I made it look like that and there's not another like that 
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alan-g-w
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Lol Dizzy, a Pontiac TransAm off the top of your head? No offence meant just thought that was funny.
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Graham88
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Dizzy the problem with what you are saying is like these people had 5k infront of them and decided to spend it on a Corsa. It's 5k over a period of time, maybe 3 years for all you know which isn't much really.
I'm sure if people had 5k infront of them they wouldn't spend it on a Corsa they'd buy a car good out the box so I think your opinion is completely flawed.
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a_j_mair
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Originally posted by DizzyRebel
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Originally posted by a_j_mair
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
in hindsight if i hadnt spent anything and saved up i could have bought a better car etc 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.
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gez bay
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Originally posted by andyc1234
ive put about 6k into mind so far and not even driven it yet. Theres days i think why bother but i just keep thinking of the smile that will be on my face when i first put my foot down
andy. i will keep reminding you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM7j7Rz-5A0&feature=related
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a_j_mair
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what did you spend your money on dizzy??
gym membership and roids??
I had a great life when i stayed at home as had a good job and no debts so i enjoyed my spare cash when i could
I now have a nice house a house i rent out a navara a vectra and a lovely daughter that all take priority. I couldnt afford to go throwing money at a car now so i dont
its not difficult to understand really
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by DizzyRebel
Now say if you spent £12k building a road going corsa LET that you couldnt use to its full potential and didnt dare tracking incase you binned it, but your mate spent 3k building a track XE that he used on trackdays and wasnt too bothered if he smacked it - who would you say has more fun in their car?
Im not preaching here, i dont give a toss who wastes their money on what - just giving my opinion on a question the OP asked.
Some people get more enjoyment out of the building rather than the driving.
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
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quote:
Originally posted by gez c16b
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Originally posted by andyc1234
ive put about 6k into mind so far and not even driven it yet. Theres days i think why bother but i just keep thinking of the smile that will be on my face when i first put my foot down
andy. i will keep reminding you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM7j7Rz-5A0&feature=related
Love the beeping and warning lights, home built FTW!
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Toby
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Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
My mom thinks its a waste of money doing anything do any cars 
And when something goes wrong itl be ' well you shouldnt have messed with it' (even though some problems are nothing to do with what ive done.
My parents are the opposite, they would rather me spend my money on soemthing i enjoy and give my time to rather than sniffing glue and robbing grannies. Plus my dads a big boy racer at heart
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by Graham88
Dizzy the problem with what you are saying is like these people had 5k infront of them and decided to spend it on a Corsa. It's 5k over a period of time, maybe 3 years for all you know which isn't much really.
I'm sure if people had 5k infront of them they wouldn't spend it on a Corsa they'd buy a car good out the box so I think your opinion is completely flawed.
He simply doesn't understand.
And he's always flawed.
Sure, would love to have had a £20k car at 18, plus had the insurance paid. That put me in Escort Cosworth territory for a first car.....
YEah, if I had rich parents who paid for it all, and not me earning a normal wage and paying out of my own pocket.
Sorry, but anyone who doesn't get it never will. When there's 10+ of you spending £15k+ on a modifying a car, going to all the shows, going over each others houses, going on on the razz, arranging meets and events, where we all really got on, is priceless.
Some people are very materialistic though as we know. If its not got the designer badge, or the best of the best, its not worthy........
Anyway, who says its a waste? I spent £20k, Donna spent a LOT more, yet now (because i've waasted my money and my life), I now have a £200k house, an Astra VXR, a Bandit, and a Benelli, and my house fully kitted with toys, computers, laptops, flastcreens, leather blah blah blah.
Indeed, I wasted my youth.
PS, I was raised in a council estate, and paid for everything myself. So 
[Edited on 04-09-2009 by VXR]
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Daimo B
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oh, and funded a drug habbit for 10 odd years.........
Damn, i wasted my mis-spent youth 
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Neo
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Well put Daimo
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DizzyRebel
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
what did you spend your money on dizzy??
gym membership and roids??
I had a great life when i stayed at home as had a good job and no debts so i enjoyed my spare cash when i could
I now have a nice house a house i rent out a navara a vectra and a lovely daughter that all take priority. I couldnt afford to go throwing money at a car now so i dont
its not difficult to understand really
£15 a month gym membership. I dont pay for gear and if i do id spend no more than £120 on a cycle.
My money was spent on an RS250 track bike mainly. I bought a full 250 challenge spec bike with a stan stephens motor from work with a good spares package for £800 as it needed a new gearbox. £50 later it was ready to roll and i did trackdays for just over a year on it before selling it for £2500.
With that money i bought an XR2i for my first car and a years insurance and put the rest away, soon upgrading to a corsa gsi which i then spent about £500 on suspension brakes and wheels. Then i decided i wanted a Corsa GSi V6 so that went away to make way for a half finished car that cost me £1400 plus another 600 to finish it, It was 210bhp, 150mph capable and it cost me 2 grand so i had plenty of fun in it for not a lot of money.
Then i lost my licence last year and have only just recently got it back, But rather than spunk more money on a car thats going to cost me a fortune and keep me living at home for another 5 years ive put all the money ive saved into trying to set up on my own.
I had fun, plenty of fun infact and the difference is that i didnt need to spend a years wages to do so. The only time i ever lost money was on my first GSi after wasting it on upgrades i didnt really need so that taught me a valuable lesson, same with the V6 i only got £1400 back for it.
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P34NUT
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ive spent near £2500 on my car....never drove it and then it got written off....diddums...was fun whilst it lasted
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Iain M
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I splat money on mine as i can now afford to, i love my cars, its my hobby its my pride and joy. I'd rather spend money on my car than piss it up against a wall. It gives me a massive smile everytime it comes on boost.
And the best reason is the look on the scooby drivers face this morning was Priceless  
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Fad
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quote:
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.
I do look at it and regret getting into debt over it etc but over all i got a lot of mechanical knowledge out of it and made good mates along the way.
One valuable thing did come out of it....once you have a dead horse flog it asap dont keep fixing it
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vecky 8vt
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Originally posted by Graham88
Dizzy the problem with what you are saying is like these people had 5k infront of them and decided to spend it on a Corsa. It's 5k over a period of time, maybe 3 years for all you know which isn't much really.
I'm sure if people had 5k infront of them they wouldn't spend it on a Corsa they'd buy a car good out the box so I think your opinion is completely flawed.
if i had 5k in frount of me now i would be on the net and spend it on my corsa its what i love doing ive spent loads and loads over the last 6 years on all driffrent vauxhalls never made my money back on any of them but i will still keep doing it work hard for my money so would rather have someting to show for it rather than piss it up the wall on a sat night
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Chris S
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Originally posted by Benkid
Was the question I was asked today by a bird from work after I told her the costs to date on my LET build and i didn't actually have a sensible answer. So i'm asking you that same question as you must've been asked before. This is probably more related to the people who have spent a load on there Corsa rather than buy one already done and drive it around.
I said it was to see the looks on peoples faces when a Corsa comes tearing past but is that really worth all the money we spend?
All u have to say to her is "no offence, but why spend all that money on make up and still look dog ugly "
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DizzyRebel
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What if shes mega fit though and doesnt wear a lot of makeup?
Ps whats with all these people saying if they didnt spend money on their car they would piss it up the wall? Jesus havnt you people heard of banks? or houses?! Its like a disease to spend money i swear.
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M-IKE19
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maybe young people want to build a car and spend silly money on a car before they pore all there money into a house for the rest of ther lives and actualy enjoy being youg! everyone to there own id say!
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lostboy
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Should have asked her why she spends so much money on make up, hair things, dresses etc, I would rather spend alot of money on something I love than spend loads of money on something that is only going to last a night out.
Edit: should have read a few posts up before posting a reply
[Edited on 05-09-2009 by lostboy]
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VegasPhil
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Corsas are a hell of a lot cheaper to mod than new cars
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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