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Of course I did - I had to know what the costs associated are before I could decide whether I could justify choosing the car or not. No point not bothering, buying it, and finding it takes up a noticeable portion of your monthly income only to have to either sell it or have it destroy your ability to continue to put cash into savings.
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Of course I did - I had to know what the costs associated are before I could decide whether I could justify choosing the car or not. No point not bothering, buying it, and finding it takes up a noticeable portion of your monthly income only to have to either sell it or have it destroy your ability to continue to put cash into savings.
I text him and said look at a 911 for that money he should be able to run one and he emailed THIS as a quick example.
Can you really run one of those for £500 a month plus his fuel, insurance, tax, mot etc?
I guess with something like that you get it inspected and a warranty.
Can you really run one of those for £500 a month plus his fuel, insurance, tax, mot etc?
I guess with something like that you get it inspected and a warranty.
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Ah I was talking about Fuel not other consumables.
You can run a good one on 500 quid a month, that shed i wouldnt touch with a barge pole.
I just cant see a home for that rank looking car, for 4k more you can buy a non molested 997.
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I don't know my Pork that well, but I'm not liking the look of that car. Bolsters on the drivers seat, drivers footwell, etc. Avoid IMHO.
Yea just about but heres the rub good 996s are now 5k off an early 997. Which is just a better car in every single way you can imagine.
Its a nasty molested ****ter im surprised that lot are selling it because they are supposed to be particular, they certainly charge enough to be particular.
No there are decent 997s out there for 25k now, then you get the OPC warranty and its chocks away.
What some people dont get the gist of is this, running a Porsche when things need replacing is a dear do, thats it nothing to be done.
So you might as well now have a 997 and buy your discs and pads and air con rads for one of those rather than a 996.
Does that make sense?
If you got 20k to spend on a car you have got 25, so when it comes to 911s in this market, spend the 25.
And as for your mate well he might as well have 10k on the drip for 1 year and buy a 35k OPC car and be done with it if he is budgeting a grand a month to run it.
I always spend more to buy a newer car because I would rather spend it on the car upfront and have lower running costs then get a cheaper older car and spend the money keeping it on the road.
We have had my wife's 335i for 2 years now, in that time I have only spent 40 per month for the last year for the extended warrantee, 300 quid on pads, 250 on a service (cant quite remember) and 500 quid on tyres.
We have had my wife's 335i for 2 years now, in that time I have only spent 40 per month for the last year for the extended warrantee, 300 quid on pads, 250 on a service (cant quite remember) and 500 quid on tyres.
How much have you lost in depreciation though? I'd bet that'd pay for a lot of repairs.
Yes I think I have lost 4.5k in Depreciation (assuming a 07 335i cab is worth 19k) I would rather loose 4.5k in depreciation and got to drive a newer car then spend 2.5k keeping a older car running and have to drive around in a car that is 2 or 3 years older.
He'll have lost a fortune in depreciation but I guess it depends on your outlook.
If you want a TV, you go and buy one. It costs say £1k. Job done. You wanted a TV, it was £1k, now you have a TV and dont have £1k. Anything you get back at the end is a bonus.
He's bought an E93, it cost him what, £25k. Thats how much it cost. He wanted one, it was £25k, he bought it and no longer had £25k. Anything he gets back at the end is a bonus.
I'm rapidly getting bored of the 'low depreciation but something breaks every so often' school of motoring. It's great when you can't get the capital together to buy something more expensive - it allowed me to own a fantastic car when I had no more than £9-10k to spend on the car - but once you DO have the ability to spend more you realise you can trade repair bills for depreciation.
You dont save any money, but look at it another way - you end up owning a newer and more valuable car and it doesn't really cost you many times more money - perhaps twice as much?
Rough back of a fag packet calculations tells me what I've probably gone through circa 2.5k a year depreciation and running costs excluding fuel and insurance.
Over the same time period, I've projected that a 3 year old at time of purchase 335i/330i will cost about £3.5k a year.
Not a huge amount more for what you get, is it?
Decent cars cost money - its just how you choose to mix it between depreciation but warranty or low depreciation but no warranty.