Lynny
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Registered: 3rd Jan 03
Location: oop north! Where people talk properly
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How much debt are you in because of cars alone (Insurace, loans, finance etc) Do you regret getting into debt for your car? What's the most debt you would get into for a car?
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Liam
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Stafford
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£0
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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£5100
£6000 loan over two years, £300 a month. Reliable car with low mileage... worth it imo.
[Edited on 01-05-2008 by Whittie]
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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0 atm
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FlamingCorsa
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Registered: 22nd Apr 03
Location: Shropshire
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i dont agree to debt, if your want something bad enough then u can save for it...........
much more rewarding when u own a car and not a bank also........
thats just my opinion tho, but i am a saver and not a spender!
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
Location: Wigton, Cumbria
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£0
Can't afford it, don't have it!
Only time I owed money on my car was, when my engine seized up after paying for a re-spray I was skint, and parents loaned me money but as soon as I got paid, I gave them it straight back and just stayed in and did nothing for a month!
Hate the idea of owing money!
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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£900 i think, not much.
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MJFF88
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Registered: 30th Apr 08
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About £6500
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wilson_sri
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Registered: 31st Aug 04
Location: Dunfermline Drives: Technics 1210s
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I took out a 4k bank loan to turbo my corsa, paid it off though when the army gave me a wad of cash for my medical discharge.
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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£0. I've saved hard to pay for my corsa would never get into dept over it though
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p4uls corsa
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Registered: 2nd May 05
Location: BRADFORD
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Between mine and the missus car we have about 15k on finance, dont regret it at all.
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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0
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All Torque
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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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£0.00
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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£0
Paid for car and insurance
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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Aboutt....
1k on insurance, but can cancel anytime so wouldnt call it a debt
2.5k loan on 6k car
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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£0
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Archie
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Registered: 18th Dec 07
Location: South Ayrshire
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Owe my Dad about £600, it's generally built up over time lol, but it's slowly going down.
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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annly "0" i used to owe about £5k!
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Hoddo
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Registered: 7th Nov 06
Location: Wallisdown, Bournemouth
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£0 paid of £700 after year and a half... I was a bit slack.
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lozarus
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Registered: 29th Oct 06
Location: Walderslade, Kent
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3k
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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got about 7k left on finance for the fiesta
will have 18.9k out on finance for the focus (18.9k is total on finance as i'm part exing the fiesta)
but it's not what i see as debt. debt, to me, is something that you either find very hard to pay back and do a lot of work to do so or something which you can't pay back at all.
i'm perfectly capable paying back the money each month and still have 1200 quid a month after i've paid for running the fiesta (insurance, finance payment and petrol) so it's not really debt to me.
[Edited on 01-05-2008 by Ben G]
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All Torque
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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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What if you lost your job though Ben?
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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quote: Originally posted by All Torque
What if you lost your job though Ben?
i tend not to look at the negative things in life 
if everyone thought like that, no one would buy houses 
i should be fine, get my full contract in 2 months and it's 15 years work, can't see ford going into liquidation tbh.
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All Torque
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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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Good points 
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Plus, it's through Ford, so they'd just take the car back, right?
I woe £0 and am saving quite hard for next year when I get something long lasting.
The only time I'll ever get credit or a debt in my life is 1) mortgage 2) car
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