For my current car, it cost in the region of 18 months worth of my salary.
Paid in cash, well by debit card, but kind of same difference
Brand new 5.0 GT Mustang, @ £46k.
Haha you've made it even worse with the edit!EDIT - Aye, agree with below. Bit willy wavey
Haha you've made it even worse with the edit!
I dont think so..A lot of wad flaunting in this thread.
This thread will never work. I know someone driving a flash car but he lives with parents. Then I know others driving flash cars who own their own home.
It's not rocket science to figure out those living at parents can afford to spend a lot more of their salary on cars. It's always funny when these people eventually move out. The car never gets replaced until it's dead and then with a banger.
I think that is pretty crazy. You earn £30K a year but spent £46K on a car? I mean it's a cracking car and your money but there has to be more to this story because no sane person would do this unless they had just inherited money, won money or their partner earns considerably more than they do and they are essentially paying for it. Unless your mortgage is paid off and you now have disposable to burn. It just doesn't seem viable unless like I said there is a lot more to this story we aren't being told.
Yes I inherited property and money from my parents, once the property was sold I treated myself to the car.
But the OP never asked any of those questions about where the money came from
I thought as much. Lovely car. I was looking at importing one as they are stupidly cheap over the pond but the vat and duties they then add on makes it pointless. Also it will be the last of an era I imagine because they have started putting the eco boost engines in now and it's only a matter of time with the electric model being launched before the 5 litre disappears altogether.
many earn above average but drive 1500 bangers as mentioned above.. not everyone wants a nice new car..
I dont think so..
many earn above average but drive 1500 bangers as mentioned above.. not everyone wants a nice new car..
I don't understand what you mean by self selection in this context.Agreed.
I feel there’s a lot of self selection going on here.
Exactly, an FN2 Civic Type R is a cheap car to buy these days, and does everything I want it to. I'm not interested in spending more really.I dont think so..
many earn above average but drive 1500 bangers as mentioned above.. not everyone wants a nice new car..
I wouldn't want a nice car in central London either. It'd be a bit stressful having an expensive new car there. I enjoy driving an old car around some would be embarrassed to drive. I'm definatley more forceful with idiots in the old banger, you know, such as when trying to merge and someone purposely tries to block you out so they don't lose a position. It becomes a "you let me in or you're going to have to drive into me" situation .Quite a few of the Partners at the firm I work at live in central London, so despite earning serious cash they tend to driven beaten up old golfs as they have few places to park a car and don't care about motors.
You should see the skiing holidays they go on though
I don't understand what you mean by self selection in this context.
I've got an alright salary and a fairly cheap car. Without doctoring the figures I can't express more than answering what the original post asked. I've never purchased a new car, it's unlikely I ever will. It just isn't my thing.