Grumble grumble...cheap car

[TW]Fox;16630122 said:
Probably? You were asking for advice on specific locally advertised cars, either you had the money for them or you didnt :confused:

What is rainy day money for if it isnt to fix your property when its in need of emergency repairs anyway :confused:
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Well, almost certainly. I could have done it without finance but it would have been a daft idea.

Being pedantic, the rainy day money is exactly what I have used to cover the recent expenses, the money I'd free up from selling would just go to topping that back up again

Howard said:
No. You're buying my Accord. We've already agreed this.
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We have? Had I been drinking? Has it sprouted a parcel shelf? :D
 
Hiring something interesting is not a credible idea and just further illustrates how little you really seem to truely understand what it is you want to do.

What counts as interesting - we'll ignore Ferraris and simply chose something more down to earth like perhaps a BMW M3. A quick google around various specialist hire places reveals prices start at £900 - yes £900 - for a weekend in an M3.
 
[TW]Fox;16630181 said:
Hiring something interesting is not a credible idea and just further illustrates how little you really seem to truely understand what it is you want to do.

What counts as interesting - we'll ignore Ferraris and simply chose something more down to earth like perhaps a BMW M3. A quick google around various specialist hire places reveals prices start at £900 - yes £900 - for a weekend in an M3.
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It's not a fully fledged idea as you've probably realised :p

But there are maybe only 1 or 2 weekends a year when I can really use and enjoy something fun and interesting. Given the fact it took nearly 2 years for me to start getting bored of the Mondeo, a few weekends a year with something much more exciting might not be such a daft idea. £400 would give me a 4 day weekend with an Elise, £500 for a Boxster or Morgan +8 or £600 for a TVR T350. Something like that would easily outweigh the boredom of running a dull car
 
But that defeats the whole point of selling the Saab to save money for other things, like holidays or doing up the flat. The latter is something that will last for years rather than 2 days.
 
iaind - just a word of advice. This isn't intended to sound patronising at all.

Either do what you want to do, or take some advice for the situation appropriate to you. Whatever you do, stop living 'life by forum'. It ends up being a very well documented slow train wreck. You can do that on Facebook if you want.
 
If you'd pay £1000 a year to borrow an Elise for 2 weekends a year then you obviously are into cars more than you care to admit.

And 50 weekends and 52 weeks a year in a shonkly nail will drive you insane.
 
Dont worry, I'll make the right decision for me - I'm much more bothered about getting it right than how I appear on a forum. There's some good advice here and most of it helps - having different perspectives is always a benefit :)
 
Has anyone come across www.carsboughtforcash.com?

They give an instant price according to grades, mine would be either grade 1 or 2...

Grade 1 Price £7,728.00
Grade 2 Price £6,868.00

Seems incredibly good, even if they negotiate down from the lower grade, it's still a good price
 
No idea, but if they offer me it, I'd be a bit mad to turn it down!

I'm fully expecting it to not pan out - the usual "if its too good to be true, it probably is".... Just seems surprising
 
Surely this will be the same model as Webuyanycar, i.e. they give a tempting online price, come round to see it, do the intake of breath through teeth thing, and offer 20% less than the online offer.
 
When you have accepted the offer, you don’t even need to move your car. We will arrange for your car to be collected. Just tell us when it’s most convenient for you and one of our friendly members of staff will come and collect your car in person for FREE
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:)
 
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