alistairolsen

Im not interested in what anyone earns or spends, but what do you spend on your car as a percentage of your takehome (after tax) pay?

Please include mods, tyres, tax, insurance and any repayment/hire purchase etc but not fuel.

Just curious!

666

to much

FasterFords

front tyres and 1 service a year is about it, so 3%

paz_S2

None! all my wages go on bills, bebts & a little deisel!
But doin the odd foreigner helps me put a little away for, shows & petrol and bits & bobs as & when.
hard times!

KnoxyGtt

half mu bursary get put into my corsa, and its off the road atm so a little saving there maybe

andy130

iTrader: (2)

wel i get 200 a week spent by sunday

jundy

After bils and what not id say about 50%, of what measly amount is left over, on normal days and 100% when it breaks down which is 50% of the time.

cossie4i+

iTrader: (15)

No idea, just spend out on it when needed.

Steve

andy escos

iTrader: (1)

i spend all my over time money on the car so varies from nothing to Ł200 a week but usually about Ł3-4000 a year my wife really loves me but starting to hate the car

Jim Galbally

about 50%...

alistairolsen

The question cropped up from 2 directions last night:

1)I have a lot of mates doing apprenticships etc and living at home, and what they dont spend on cars they spendon clothes and going outbecause they dont have bills etc and I wondered how many were in the situation that they felt it reasonable to spend 60+% of their money on their car.

2) I see a lot of people on reasonable but not spectacular salaries (uk average is 25k ish) buying new cars. a 30k subaru or evo on 3 months interest free is a sizeable chunk every month and once again I wondered what is percieved as a reasonable amount to be blowing on repayment every month!

Cheers for the replies so far!

Ebonycossie4x4

iTrader: (4)

used to be 95% before i got married and had kids LOL.

neil andeRSon

iTrader: (3)

ditto!!

you forgot the house..

whenever i'd managed to save up a bit of cash for the car the bloody house would destroy it's self. i'd saved up a grand for the car had the shopping lit ready then had to buy a new front door. Ł900 note's gone.

Ebonycossie4x4

iTrader: (4)

i remeber getting my Ł800 quid that i used to earn a month then and spending like Ł700 on the car then depending on mum for the rest of the month lol.

Life was so easy back then......

neil andeRSon

iTrader: (3)

yup.. that's excactly what i did.. aint mum's great...lol

XRT_si

iTrader: (2)

I try and aim for 50% and most months do.

TimC

iTrader: (1)

Nearly half my wages of the next 2 weeks is going on MOT and Tax, and I quite happily put Ł50 a week + out of what I earn onto my cars in someway most weeks.

alo

Nearly all of it, I have no saving

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

all of it if i could !

at the mo seeing as im building it id gen say 80% of my wages , im luck i have very little outgoings ,


and if i do get stuck ive the missus to helpout lol


earned 1500 quid in 9 days last week ,


every single penny into the car

Rolls

iTrader: (2)

Jim - how the feck is that possible?
You should be driving a Lambo or Porsche is thats the case!

kosman

25% pretty much 150 a week but that keeps two of em going though its normally cossy that breaks 1st.

Chip

iTrader: (3)

If you include things like ring trips and trackdays etc, probably about 50% of takehome which is obvioulsy way more than 50% of disposable income as thats before my mortgage comes out etc, I probably spend 80% of my disposable income on car related things I guess and about 15% more on fuel if you included that too, I spend pennies on anything else other than cars really.

Mr C

iTrader: (2)

at the moment nothing on the RS infact selling parts from it to continue with the 90% spend on the house, its an uncomfortable situation to say the least. If i dont work 20days a month I struggle to pay for the fuel and food for the following week, what a crap economic situation!
3yrs ago it was about 40% a month on my car while saving for my house deposit, how times change

AGAR-COSWORTH

About 40% at the moment, but only because im getting lots of work done to it. Usually 10%.

JohnnyB

.5% fuel for a 306 derv.

m4tt274

iTrader: (2)

i own an rx7 and a cosworth. haha
110%

uruk hai

About 15% but it would be a fair bit more if I had bought the car with a loan or HP ect

CRAIG HAYTER

85% on the car a week until its finished...............then i will buy another car and do that aswell

pete mcrash

iTrader: (1)

as much as i can............lol...........but not as much as i want

ANDYRACER

Far to much.

rst deany

about 2% it a focus tdci (RED)