antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
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The car(s) im looking at, will end up costing me about £22 a week on insurance, now I'm only on about £85 a week, so after taking that out and fuel (say £30) theres only about £33 left.
Will that be enough to run a car on (tax, mot, service, parts, etc)?
What do you lot spend on your car a week?
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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Do you not need money for anything else other than a car?
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
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Do you not need college/work things?
Clothes?
Food?
Going places with girlfriend/friends?
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
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Nearly 2/3 of your pay on your car I would class as too much but!
£85 a week (how long for?)
If you can cope with £30 a week for everything else then why not!
What if it broke down and needed fixing?!
Can you use savings to pay your insurance off in full?!
I spend about £20-30 a week on fuel and thats it, everything else paid in full come renewal time!
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car  | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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antnee
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im at home (only 17) and my mum pays for food and clothes
since november i've lived off about £300-been mega saving (well still paying £28.50 to my driving instructor)
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by antnee
The car(s) im looking at, will end up costing me about £22 a week on insurance, now I'm only on about £85 a week, so after taking that out and fuel (say £30) theres only about £33 left.
Will that be enough to run a car on (tax, mot, service, parts, etc)?
What do you lot spend on your car a week?
I'd say no tbh. What happens if it needs repairing to get through an MOT? £120 left over in a month to try and cover that isn't enough!
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Cosmo
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What about going out? Random stuff during the day such as food and drinks? Your mum pay for all that?
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stubbsy05
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tbh buy the chapest car to insure you can and just get a cheap motor for a few hundred quid.
Once you get a couple of no claims treat yourself to something decent
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antnee
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If i can find a cheaper sport, I can knock it down to 16 quid a week
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antnee
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hmm, thinking about it, 30 a week would not be enough, o well have to get a corsa latter on in life( or maybe never )
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Colin
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I only earn £80 a week wages & manage just fine 
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notts.pirate
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the worst thing i did when i was younger was spending more than i earnt - got myself into pretty bad debt and then couldnt afford anything decent later on
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Shane
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quote:
Originally posted by antnee
If i can find a cheaper sport, I can knock it down to 16 quid a week
mate just get a cheaper smaller engined car
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