Originally Posted by foreigneRS
you won't have enough money for maintenance, things will start to detioriate, it will get unreliable, break down, possibly even melt the engine and you'll be left with nothing. forget it until later.
an oil change, needed every year as a minimum really, will set you back at least £40 for example. then there's the expensive fuel, super at a minimum, spark plugs, tyres etc, etc.
I get oils, plugs, tyres etc dirt cheap... contacts in the game.
An oil change.. once a year! I'd hope you do it more often than that!