No, it means I have other things to spend my money on other than a sheadload of ridiculously over prices bang bang juice.
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No, it means I have other things to spend my money on other than a sheadload of ridiculously over prices bang bang juice.
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No car with no interior is a particularly great car to be inside
Erm, if you want only 20% more running costs than a Focus you dont want any E46.
[TW]Fox;20751537 said:Errrr....? Maybe your family, but that doesnt seem normal to me
Majority of Asian families - Politics nearly everyday. Trust me Fox it's worse then when the labour/conserv rallies take place.
If my father was still her then it would have been ok, mum can't drive so :-/.
However might team up with my cousins later on next year and get on one policy, traders if we can. But being quite young and if getting behind a wheel of a fast car, high risk.
A lot of the lads I know do it, that's why they're driving Audi S3's at age 18.
But that's why our premiums in this city are also high, because of them then crashing the cars. Then they claim, and premiums increase even more.
Let me get this straight - this guy has a boggo basic Focus (which he has ruined by lowering the front and raising the back with springs from an estate) and a Max Chav E36, is looking down on everyone from an ivory tower of false self-inflated image, can't really afford it and yet is looking at a) tracking the E36 and b) buying a more expensive E46?
[TW]Fox;20751765 said:No car with no interior is a particularly great car to be inside
An, no sorry, I've been in a couple with full interior and I test drove a couple of completely stock E36 328s before I bought this one. It was quiet and refined for sure, but I prefer the E46 by a long way tbh. And considering you can pick them up so cheaply now I wouldn't consider an E36 as a daily. Personal opinion more than anything, can't really fault the E36 as such.
Erm, if you want only 20% more running costs than a Focus you dont want any E46.
Understood. Perhaps next year then - will have to see how the new job goes and how much I'm earning.
Let me get this straight - this guy has a boggo basic Focus (which he has ruined by lowering the front and raising the back with springs from an estate) and a Max Chav E36, is looking down on everyone from an ivory tower of false self-inflated image, can't really afford it and yet is looking at a) tracking the E36 and b) buying a more expensive E46?
The same guy who wanted to cut his spring on his focus? Asking because cba looking for the thread.
Combined economy on the 328i is 31 MPG. Combined on your Focus is 41 MPG.
Assuming 250 miles per week / 13,000 miles per year at £1.30 per litre we have:
328i £2478
Focus £1873
You can't spare £600 a year to drive the car you want? I thought you were rich! If you sold the Focus and didn't have to tax and insure it you'd probably save money.
I have plenty of cash thanks, I just don't want to sink every last penny into a sodding car - I do have a life outside of the driving seat an forum you know
It's not just fuel though, insurance, tyres, servicing, repairs will all be higher.
It's not just fuel though, insurance, tyres, servicing, repairs will all be higher.
I have plenty of cash thanks, I just don't want to sink every last penny into a sodding car - I do have a life outside of the driving seat an forum you know
It's not just fuel though, insurance, tyres, servicing, repairs will all be higher.
Certainly not higher than running 1 car vs 2 cars.
I have plenty of cash thanks, I just don't want to sink every last penny into a sodding car - I do have a life outside of the driving seat an forum you know
So you dont want to spend an extra £600 a year on fuel to drive a car you want every day because you have a life outside of the driving seat, but you will happily buy a stripped, caged E36 so you can learn to be a 'drifter'?
This is beginning to sound seriously weird.
[TW]Fox;20751887 said:
Ok let me see if i can clear this up.
I have a cheap focus because i only passed my test just over a year ago, aged 24. I could have got a beemer then, paid £3k for the insurance, plus other associated costs. Instead I got a cheap car because I have a life outside of the driving seat.
This includes going to watch drifting from time to time.
The focus was getting a bit dull so I thought I'd liven it up a bit with some springs but didn't want to spend a fortune so found those cheap on ebay which are going to be modded to lower the back end. As it stands it's a much more enjoyable drive. Whether it corners better - I doubt it. But it feels more engaging and more entertaining to drive. Might not be your thing, but I like it - live with that fact.
I want to get involved with drifting and spending £2,200 on a ready to drift car and the insurance isn't a large capital outlay as far as I'm concerned, for a hobby I genuinely believe I'll love and end up spending a lot of time doing.
I'm happy to keep the focus at the moment and unless it's not a particularly expensive step up then the E46 idea is just something I'll have to wait for in good time. I'd love to drive an E46 every day but it's not worth sacrificing other things for.
The extra money for an E46 isn't just the 600 a year, it's the associated costs and whilst I can afford it, I don't want to tbh.
I can see me waiting a bit longer, getting settled and secure in the new job and then probably either getting a late E46 or perhaps something else, I don't know.
I will do when I can get to a practice day, I'm not doing it on the roads.
Believe what you will, I haven't got to prove myself to you, or anyone.
I'm not wealthy by any means, but I certainly am not 'poor', although that depends on your definition. I imagine some will think I'm poor, other won't.
is a bit like turning up to your first lesson at the pitch and putt rocking a full set of Taylor Made clubs
[TW]Fox;20751984 said:is a bit like turning up to your first lesson at the pitch and putt rocking a full set of Taylor Made clubs
If I had a 500 BHP S15 with all the trimmings, perhaps.
I instead have a 16 year old 'chaved up' beemer.
What should I turn up in? The focus?