Is my friend stupid?

[Mucky_Pup]

You're friend sounds like someone who has no interest in cars, and just views them as a metal box which gets you from A to B. So trying to say to him, you could get X,Y, or Z, instead of this, or get X and you'll get sick of that then get Y, won't get through to him.

Leave him to make his own mistake, he isn't going to listen to you, he has his blinkers on a £10k 1.2 SEAT, and a mystical value of £2k insurance. And when it comes to around 2 or 3 years time, when he's sick of wringing the neck of a 1.2 car, and want's something better, you can go "told you so".

 

[mrthingyx]

Your Brother isnt 17 though. Every 17 year old guy gets sick of his first car after a week

Fixed.

The only exception to this is if it's somebody else's car (i.e. mum's/dad's).

 

[griffo_001]

My dad got a car at 27, and has had it for the past 22 years. To put that into perspective: I'm 20

It has never been his daily driver mind....

So its possible, but not at 17 imo

 

[Randomface74]

Somehow I think the legal bit is perhaps where he's managed this....

As in not very.....

Nah just working silly amounts of overtime.

I've done double-time on numerous occasions.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Doing overtime at 17 doesnt give you £10,000!

 

[marcus_667]

that and seat are doing no vat and 0% finance on 1.2's and 1.4 tdi's

 

[DB_SamX]

I don't think he's being stupid, more ignorant and naive.

 

[Randomface74]

Doing overtime at 17 doesnt give you £10,000!

it does!

 

[stoke1863]

it does!

It really doesn't

Maybe hes gettiting on the 0% finance but not telling you.

http://www.seat.co.uk/generator/su/com/specialoffers/site/NewCars/IbizaST/IbizaST/main.html

 

[Steeps]

It really doesn't

Maybe hes gettiting on the 0% finance but not telling you.

http://www.seat.co.uk/generator/su/com/specialoffers/site/NewCars/IbizaST/IbizaST/main.html

Won't be on finance as he's not 18.

 

[MagicBoy]

Daddy loan

 

[Mr-White]

Is my friend stupid?

Yes !

I personally would never spend £10k on a Seat especially a 1.2, I hope you've persuaded him out of it ?

MW

 

[iaind]

Not a chance, he will be looking at around £5k if he is lucky unless he is fronting.

Lol

 

[flibbage0]

Yes !

I personally would never spend £10k on a Seat especially a 1.2, I hope you've persuaded him out of it ?

MW

No I haven't managed to persuade him out of it

and his parents are paying for it, he says he isn't loaded, and that he is very average, even though they bought a brand new car for his sister and a house for her.

very average indeed

 

[iaind]

No I haven't managed to persuade him out of it

and his parents are paying for it, he says he isn't loaded, and that he is very average, even though they bought a brand new car for his sister and a house for her.

very average indeed

I'd take the house to be honest. If he's going to keep it for 5 years, fine... But I suspect he'll be bored much sooner

 

[Mr-White]

No I haven't managed to persuade him out of it

and his parents are paying for it, he says he isn't loaded, and that he is very average, even though they bought a brand new car for his sister and a house for her.

very average indeed

Send him the link to this thread.

If he's adamant on wasting his parents money he should atleast choose a better car

MW

 

[Jono8]

I would have been super happy with my parents just actually buying me a car when i was 17, let alone a brand new 10k one!

 

[Mr-White]

I would have been super happy with my parents just actually buying me a car when i was 17, let alone a brand new 10k one!

bad parenting tbh, or you were adopted

MW

 

[iaind]

I couldn't take that much money from my parents, it's about self respect. If they were adamant they wanted to buy me a car, I'd be looking at only spending enough to get something suitable

 

[Hawk Tuah]

If he's got money to burn then why not.

A guy at my school learned to drive in a Jaguar XJS Convertible. (His family were rather well off!).

Being stupid is putting a brand new car on finance.