AK
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my advice.... get the newest you can afford (budget for running and insurance though)
take 3k off your budget for year 1.
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Cupra Steve
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i think his budget is half that.
Plus could you not get a MUCH better scoob for the money?
Again your chatting crap. If you saw my other post about what car to get you woul have seen that ive got up 2 6-7k to spen on the car
sorry i thought you said 4k, well with 7k you'd get a very nice STI.
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DJMartin07
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I agree there, because if I had a job I would only be able to afford a 3 and there's a lad at my college who owns one and he has spent all his hard owned cash on it.
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Hamish
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Originally posted by AK
my advice.... get the newest you can afford (budget for running and insurance though)
take 3k off your budget for year 1.
So basically your saying. Set a buget of 3k for running costs/servicing during the year?
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AK
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servicing, unforseen probs and 2k for insurance.... tyres....
Not taking fuel into the equation.
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Baskey
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figure seems about right Hamish, the bloke next door spent 1k on a new clutch on his evo as it wasnt covered under ralliart warrenty, the car was only 6 months old an had done 5k
id sell my clio for 6k tomorrow and buy an evo if i could afford the running costs
[Edited on 19-03-2007 by Baskey]
[Edited on 19-03-2007 by Baskey]
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Hamish
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Originally posted by Cupra Steve
i think his budget is half that.
Plus could you not get a MUCH better scoob for the money?
Again your chatting crap. If you saw my other post about what car to get you woul have seen that ive got up 2 6-7k to spen on the car
6-7k is Evo 4 or maybe 5 money, You would be able to buy 2 3's for that....almost
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Hamish
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Yea...ive seen an evo 5 on autotrader for £6250 with only 62k on the clock. Thought that was quite cheap. Kinda been put off by running costs, i know they were gunna be expensive, didnt know how expensive though.
do you think its realistic to run one when earning 12k a year? How old were you when you got your scooby colin?
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Cupra Steve
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Yea...ive seen an evo 5 on autotrader for £6250 with only 62k on the clock. Thought that was quite cheap. Kinda been put off by running costs, i know they were gunna be expensive, didnt know how expensive though.
do you think its realistic to run one when earning 12k a year? How old were you when you got your scooby colin?
£12k a year! Not a chance! Unless you don't have a life! How many miles do you do a month?
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Hamish
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about 10/12k a year
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AK
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12k miles a year = aprox 200quid a month
so £2400 a year on fuel....
I have no idea what your living circumstances are but if your even considering this on that salary i hope you live with your parents rent free 
I was 21 when i bought my old supra twin turbo.
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AK
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12,000 a year, 900'ish a month after tax
2k a year on ins, 2400 on fuel... so say 375 a month anyway...
It is possible.....
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Brett
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...but if anything major goes wrong you're fucked 
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Hamish
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But i woul be one of those people who spends all his money on his car 
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AK
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eh ?
i dont think an Evo III is quite worth that sacrafice to be honest. Just hold on for now.... you'll make more money in the futue and be in a better place to be able to really afford a nice EVO 5+ or something like that. If you get into a lot of debt for this... you arent exactly going to be in a good position in a few years.
[Edited on 19-03-2007 by AK]
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Hamish
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yeh i know. Looks like its back to the rawing board for me then
[Edited on 19-03-2007 by Hamish]
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Cupra Steve
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yeh i know. Looks like its back to the rawing board for me then
[Edited on 19-03-2007 by Hamish]
i wouldn't even consider a LET on 12k a year tbh.
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Brett
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If you want a turbo, get something more affordable but still with tuning potential, like a Fiat Coupe.
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Hamish
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and why not? i could do all the work on it myslf, parts ard alot cheaper...etc
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Cupra Steve
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and why not? i could do all the work on it myslf, parts ard alot cheaper...etc
running costs! It's not gonna be cheap.
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Hamish
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it would still be less thirty than an evo though. cba with convrting my car thuogh. there is much better cars i can get for the money tbh
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Tom
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Get something more middle of the road and less expensive to fix if something goes wrong.
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Colin
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I was 22 when I got my impreza, think I was on about 15/16k it wasnt a problem to afford it but then I went for the cheaper option, no loans/finance & insurance was about 600 paid in a lump sum. Petrol I was paying around £70 a week on, sometimes more....over £100 on fuel in a week wasnt uncommon. I had to sell it when I got my flat just because I could do without the petrol costs!!
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
12,000 a year, 900'ish a month after tax
2k a year on ins, 2400 on fuel... so say 375 a month anyway...
It is possible.....
Will be less than that. In my placement I was on a touch over 13k and picked up just under £900 a month i think it was.
Presumably you'll be buying the car in cash, if not you may aswell give up now!
A thing to remeber is that it's permanent thing your buying into: you'll be paying around the 2k mark for insurance for as long as you keep the car, and if it does drop next year, the hike in the price of fuel will probably outweigh it, if not take over it. Also things to think about are that it's a fairly old car (the 3 anyway), so think of possible repair costs come MOT time, or just in general. Just reading through the lancer register, some of the horrific figures people post for new bits and bobs: and this is on newer cars.
Basically their cheap for a reason: because people can't afford to run them, so they're worth less.
I've been through the sums myself, albeit on a higher wage, but i'd need a loan to buy the car so it weighs it out. Even using it as a second car, I don't think i could personally justify throwing that much money at a car.. though it is very very tempting, especially while i'm young, foolish, living at home and have no other major costs!
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SetH
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dont fall into the trap of 90% of evo/impreza owners where they have to sell it after 6 months as their wallet cant take the abuse any longer.
Unless you stay in all the time, dont buy any clothes and eat baked beans on toast you cant realistically run a car like this on a low salary.
The cars you are looking at are hard tuned in standard form, they are aging now, they need money throwing at them to keep them going, simple.
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