how can u afford all the fast cossies and other cars
20-10-2007, 05:20 PM
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how can u afford all the fast cossies and other cars
was wondering what kind of jobs u boys and girls have , i get a basic weekly wage and manage to run my fiesta zetec-s ok, how do you guys afford to run them all.
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20-10-2007, 06:39 PM
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My cossie is my only vice. The missus has a modded MK6 Fez too, so most our social time is spent at shows/meets etc which are relatively cheap.
There's no more blowing Ł100+ on a night out anymore, all my spare cash goes on the cars
Plus I'm now 28 and have a garage, so my insurance is a lot cheaper
There's no more blowing Ł100+ on a night out anymore, all my spare cash goes on the cars
Plus I'm now 28 and have a garage, so my insurance is a lot cheaper
20-10-2007, 07:44 PM
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im a drug dealer
only kiddin.......am self employed
aaarghhhhh...had ya all there. Im a parts salesman for Euro Car Parts. Helps a bit gettin discount on things like racks, alternators, brakes etc and doin a bit yerself....
Lots of trading up, nights in (new turbo or 4 big nights out...u decide!) compromise, working overtime, bonuses, buyin and sellin bits accrued over time.
If ya want it bad enough and try hard enough u WILL get there. I promised myself a cossie by the time i was 25. Bought it when i was 23. Iv just turned 27. Classic insurance helps the cause too!!
only kiddin.......am self employed
aaarghhhhh...had ya all there. Im a parts salesman for Euro Car Parts. Helps a bit gettin discount on things like racks, alternators, brakes etc and doin a bit yerself....
Lots of trading up, nights in (new turbo or 4 big nights out...u decide!) compromise, working overtime, bonuses, buyin and sellin bits accrued over time.
If ya want it bad enough and try hard enough u WILL get there. I promised myself a cossie by the time i was 25. Bought it when i was 23. Iv just turned 27. Classic insurance helps the cause too!!
20-10-2007, 07:45 PM
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I have a really good job, and work hard. I still have zero money and no fast car 
I do have a wife, and she's just as expensive as a Cossie
I do have a wife, and she's just as expensive as a Cossie
20-10-2007, 07:51 PM
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im 22 still live at home 
got a s2 turbo at moment, and still manage to go out every weekned friday sat sunday if i dint could easy have a cossie with the money i would save
if i dint live at home be alot different
got a s2 turbo at moment, and still manage to go out every weekned friday sat sunday if i dint could easy have a cossie with the money i would save
if i dint live at home be alot different
20-10-2007, 07:59 PM
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Save like mad.
I think you will find a few still prob live with mum and dad
Left money
Dont smoke or drink
None of these are me, I won the lottery
I think you will find a few still prob live with mum and dad
Left money
Dont smoke or drink
None of these are me, I won the lottery
i put a few quid on tonight, 7.5mil rollover, and WHEN i win im gonna treat you like a poor person.
you bastard
20-10-2007, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Tev
Yep its all bout havin no life as u can tell buy the post its sat night n we r all on passionford
Not out pissin it all up the wall
Not out pissin it all up the wall
20-10-2007, 10:05 PM
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Im 19 currently run as s2 rs turbo 90 spec. Insurance is expensive but i have a garage and alarm, I live with my Parents, work 6 days a week as a apprentice technician for Mercedes.
To be honest i never go out. My wages go straight onto my car i don't ave a bird so i guess that helps
To be honest i never go out. My wages go straight onto my car i don't ave a bird so i guess that helps
21-10-2007, 12:29 AM
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gave up smoking and going out, Pushed and pushed for wage rises at jewson getting what i was worth lol then worked 60-70 hours a week with autoglass
I aint found it easy thanks to adrian flux
I aint found it easy thanks to adrian flux
21-10-2007, 12:34 PM
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I bought my S2 Turbo when i was 18 and a student, living at home, working 2 days a week at a local garage
I got by, when it was broken it was off the road for a bit till i got the cash together to fix it, and repairing it myself where possible saved me a fortune!
I still managed to go out now and then but ive massively cut down the amount i go out and amount i drink over the last couple of years, which helps fund an expensive car hobby
Just bought a 2.5ltr BMW now, and somehow aquired a girlfriend which isnt easy on the pocket! and im still only working P/T having just graduated Its worth it though, some mates have no car but get smashed every weekend then get the bus/borrow a car when they need to, ive got a car all the time and go out as and when i can afford to or feel the need to
In conclusion - Make sacrafices, cut out smoking/drugs/drink, or keep it to a minimum at least! And understand how to manage what money you have, it aint easy but it essential if you want a good car!
I got by, when it was broken it was off the road for a bit till i got the cash together to fix it, and repairing it myself where possible saved me a fortune!
I still managed to go out now and then but ive massively cut down the amount i go out and amount i drink over the last couple of years, which helps fund an expensive car hobby
Just bought a 2.5ltr BMW now, and somehow aquired a girlfriend which isnt easy on the pocket! and im still only working P/T having just graduated
Its worth it though, some mates have no car but get smashed every weekend then get the bus/borrow a car when they need to, ive got a car all the time and go out as and when i can afford to or feel the need to In conclusion - Make sacrafices, cut out smoking/drugs/drink, or keep it to a minimum at least! And understand how to manage what money you have, it aint easy but it essential if you want a good car!
21-10-2007, 01:20 PM
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Still live at home and have my own business
Have a expensive girfriend too who now drinks nothing but champagne and strawberries and buys bags shoes that she never wears
oh wheres my money
Have a expensive girfriend too
who now drinks nothing but champagne and strawberries and buys bags shoes that she never wears oh wheres my money
21-10-2007, 06:55 PM
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i have just turned 21 and work offshore. i had a focus rs with 300bhp at 19 and a standard saff 4x4 cos. (wrote off the focus rs driving to fast lol in april) and just stripped saff and sold on. I have now bought a shogun warrior SWB to slow me down be4 i kill myself and Now building a escort cossie for track. and is costing crasy money but worth it in the end.
21-10-2007, 08:20 PM
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Have no life is the way.........
Or be canny like me and buy one that's had 22k spent on it already
Or be canny like me and buy one that's had 22k spent on it already
21-10-2007, 08:23 PM
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im 21, i got a jewel violet escos monte. you got to work your nuts off for it, im working 7 days a week pretty much every week but i have other toys too.(k7 gsxr750, mk2 escort and a 2 motorcross bikes)lol. I still live with the parents tho which helps.lol.
22-10-2007, 11:24 PM
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I have a job that pays good money but I hate doing it but my cossie is only on the road for the summer months and hibernates during winter so that brings the insurance down for the year, also it is only really driven for meets, shows and excursions only I drive around in a 1.1 fiesta most of the time which is cheap as chips to run and insure and I don't give a toss what happens to it, I leave anywhere and people can put all the shopping trolleys they want into it, it don't matter
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but my cossie is only on the road for the summer months and hibernates during winter so that brings the insurance down for the year, also it is only really driven for meets, shows and excursions only I drive around in a 1.1 fiesta most of the time which is cheap as chips to run and insure and I don't give a toss what happens to it, I leave anywhere and people can put all the shopping trolleys they want into it, it don't matter Luciano
22-10-2007, 11:51 PM
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I just bought a Pulsar, Im 23 and in the Forces.. I bought it as Im coming out the RAF, and wanted a faster car.. But its just done its HG after 3 weeks of owning it
Gonna skint me out over the next month sorting it, as I need to do some other bits to it really... and I gotta pay the car tax (Ł180) and the rest of the Insurance (Ł200) off too 
Once Im out in March, a new job is looking good, with a good wage and overtime
Time then for a pukka gearbox!
Gonna skint me out over the next month sorting it, as I need to do some other bits to it really... and I gotta pay the car tax (Ł180) and the rest of the Insurance (Ł200) off too
Once Im out in March, a new job is looking good, with a good wage and overtime
Time then for a pukka gearbox!
23-10-2007, 09:33 AM
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Cause I'm an old git at 36, we have a house, three kids and run 2 Mondeo ST200's that have been tweaked. Not your Cossie but the estate is sat at 243bhp which aint bad for a Mondeo.
We both work full time and whilst she smokes we are lucky if we see inside a pub once a month. But we both love the cars and hence we afford them.
We both work full time and whilst she smokes we are lucky if we see inside a pub once a month. But we both love the cars and hence we afford them.
23-10-2007, 06:14 PM
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cheers for ur stories, im pretty much getting all the ot i want just now, gona save like mad and go for a rs of some sort, ideally i would go for escos, but in the real world its a sierra for me , wouldnt mind a mk2 escort rs2000 , always loved my fords.