Ben G
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my cousin who is the same age as me (19) and works at ford's with me has said he was buying a focus st, then a bmw convertible and now a range rover sport.
he's already been for a test drive in one, going to cost £47000 and he will still have £20000 to pay off after 3 years...
bearing in mind he earns less than me as i'm an advanced operator earning 29.5k a year, how likely is it that this is true?
he also says insurance is only £2000 a year.
what engines are in these? i can't see the truth to be honest. he drives an 04 plate 2.0fsi audi a3 at the moment and is paying 2.5k insurance on that.
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daz 16v
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i think its a v8 supercharged
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mattk
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there is a 3.0 TD its not so quick
but still its an expensive 4x4 executive car, insurance is never going to be "cheap"
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AndyKent
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No offense, but WTF does a 19 year old need a Range Rover for?
Seems like hes just buying the biggest, most expensive thing he can think of to show off.
Think of all that money towards a house......
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Ben G
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i wouldn't buy one either, i'm waiting for the new focus st to come out which is less than half the price of the range rover.
i just can't see how/why he would want one and how the hell he's going to pay for it 
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AndyKent
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I'll just say if he does buy one, he's got far more money than sense.
In fact very little sense at all
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RS6
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fuel bills bye bye!
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Tom
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No chance
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Colin
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A guy in a nearby town had a Range Rover Vogue for his 1st car, aged 17/18. Granny won the lottery & bought it outright for him. I could think of better ways to splash 50k-odd.
I dont see why your cousin would want to buy one, only way I can see him affording one would be through a car lease scheme. Daft idea if your spending all your money on a car thats not actually yours
[Edited on 13-01-2008 by Colin]
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Colin
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You can lease a RR Sport 2.7TdiV6 from upwards of £450 a month.
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cunningham
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has he got children does he need to do the school run
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willhouse
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My uncle has a Sport TDi, remapped, 300bhp and just over 500lb/ft of torque, big car, but it certainly isnt shy
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Ian
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To buy it is perhaps £800pm, to least probably less.
If I didn't have a house or any cares I could probably afford that. So long as he is grossing more than it costs to buy and run, so can he.
I can't see him having much money for anything else, or indeed anything to show for that outgoing by the time it has depreciated, but its certainly not impossible.
[Edited on 13-01-2008 by Ian]
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Jas
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quote:
Originally posted by willhouse
My uncle has a Sport TDi, remapped, 300bhp and just over 500lb/ft of torque, big car, but it certainly isnt shy
500lbs of torque would be fun...
mine has almost 230 
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mattk
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mine has 215
would be 170bhp and 250 with a map
should I ......
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by cunningham
has he got children does he need to do the school run
no, he's same as me, lives with parent's and in a steady relationship.
just can't see insurance being 2k for a nigh on 50k 4x4
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lil_g
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I can't see that being right
Also, can't you already put a deposit down on the new focus st?
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Ben G
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i can yes, but i've got to wait until i get 2 years no claims in july before i get one  so i'll just wait until september for a brand new 58 reg one 
my mate just bought one of the new shape focus st's, gotta wait until 1st march at 12 1am to pick it up
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lil_g
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Is that when the new one's are launched? I know someone interested in one, but not our age
Go for it mate
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davcohen
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depends on whether he has a tracker and decent enough immobilser
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Ian
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I don't think insurance will be that daft, these are not boy racer cars that get crashed a lot. Perhaps the largest statistical risk to ownership would be theft, but being in a good area would adjust that.
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Marc
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Loads of Range Rover Sports in York, I can't imagine it being the same one I keep seeing as they'd have to get around! Saw one this morning actually and commented to my Dad that it will probably never see dirt!
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cunningham
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tbh cant see any appeal to these kind of vehicles unless your black and love 22 inch chromes there not pretty drink the juice like nothing else and would probably scare froma few feet of snow that aint a 4x4
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AndyKent
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Few people have work have them - I think they look good actually, but they use them to drive off-road to building sites etc.
Still get people whinging about them, including the secretaries who know they get used off road
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Ian
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I can see the benefit of a car like that and they're not all that bad off road.
I would have an orange one personally - http://www.landrover-g4-vehicles.com/range_rover_sport.htm
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