How much is your car mate ?

I just tell them? They're asking the question, so they obviously want to know the answer. It's hardly the most expensive car in the world (one ~£20k, one £5k) and they could look it up on Autotrader in 30 seconds if they wanted to. There's people with far more expensive cars out there, albeit 95% of them leased/PCP'd. In 2023, I'd not say owning a £20k car is boasting at all. Maybe if it was £100k+ I'd not want to get in the realms of people making a fuss saying "woah, how much do you make?!" or something. But again, it depends on who's asking. If it's a petrol head who knows about cars and wants to know what kind of deal I got on it, then I'd not have an issue with that either.

And it's hardly like you're announcing it to the entire pub when nobody asked, I don't get why people would be so defensive or coy about answering someone when posed with a direct question?
 
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Gaygle said:
It's hardly like you're announcing it to the entire pub when nobody asked, I don't get why people would be so defensive or coy about answering someone when posed with a direct question?
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I don't think I'd answer any personal questions asked by someone I hadn't at least built some kind of rapport with.
 
EvilRob said:
I don't think I'd answer any personal questions asked by someone I hadn't at least built some kind of rapport with.
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Nobody has ever asked me so I don't know how I'd reply but the price of a product is hardly a personal question is it?

Would you say it's a personal question if someone asked how much your Tesco meal deal was?
 
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Just after I got my car, I went to the radio club and one of the guys said “Wow, that looks great. How much was it?”

I told him. Why would I do anything else? There are some very strange people in this thread.
 
I've just given a rough value like "dunno mate, somewhere around 10k maybe?" whenever i've been asked by a stranger.

If it was someone i knew well i'd probably be a bit more specific as they'd probably have a reason for asking.

I had a guy paint my porch during the summer and he wanted to know the value of everything, cars, house etc. I think some people are very money oriented and maybe it's their way of a conversation starter? I've got no issue with telling them.
 
Nobody has ever asked me directly but since switching to the BMW I get comments that I must be earning fortunes etc. and so occasionally I clarify that a 7 year old BMW doesn't cost as much as they seem to think and their 2022 Audi A3 probably cost more.
 
I couldn't give a monkey's, the car could cost 49p, the car could be a billion quid, makes absolutely no difference. Loads of people know how much I earn and vice versa, if anything it stimulates us to push harder, it's never caused any tension or hostility between us.

People judging the success of others by the car they drive or the watch on their wrist have yet to learn a few life lessons.

Almost anyone can drive around in a £250k lambo, anyone can buy a fake Rolex, anyone can post a pic next to a private jet. Means absolutely nothing nowadays.

I've worked with people who struggle to feed their family and I've worked with people who have two private jets and over a billion pounds in their property portfolio.

It's only when people get arrogant over their earnings that I take exception but that has been done to death with the age-old new money vs old money debate.

Do what makes you happy and **** what anyone else thinks.
 
[TW]Fox said:
Nobody has ever asked me so I don't know how I'd reply but the price of a product is hardly a personal question is it?

Would you say it's a personal question if someone asked how much your Tesco meal deal was?
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'How much was your car' is asking how much *you* paid for it, of course that's personal. The comparison to a Tesco lunch is facile as there's potential to infer much from how much you paid for a car than a supermarket lunch.
 
There won't really be much difference between what you paid and the market value for it though so it doesn't really make much difference unless you got an amazing deal and people who do that usually want to tell you what they paid even if you don't ask :D
 
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EvilRob said:
'How much was your car' is asking how much *you* paid for it, of course that's personal. The comparison to a Tesco lunch is facile as there's potential to infer much from how much you paid for a car than a supermarket lunch.
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A headline value on a car isn't going to tell you much beyond the fact someone wanted to spend a little or a lot on a car.

I could understand more reluctance to start diving into how finance deals are structured, how much are you paying per month etc.
 
[TW]Fox said:
There won't really be much difference between what you paid and the market value for it though so it doesn't really make much difference unless you got an amazing deal and people who do that usually want to tell you what they paid even if you don't ask :D
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Unless you just bought it, there's likely to be a very big difference.
 
EvilRob said:
Unless you just bought it, there's likely to be a very big difference.
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Anyone who cares can easily work it out, it's not a secret how much you might have paid for a 2018 Ford Focus that you've owned for 4 years is it. They are commodities traded in a market for which there is plenty of pricing data available.
 
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