I have 21k...

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DanBoy

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4,899 posts

250 months

Friday 17th June 2005
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Do I nick five grand of it to aid with the purchase of a new car (after my trackday I'm wanting something trackable) and keep the rest towards a deposit on a flat...

Or do I keep the whole lot? I can't decide - Seeing as I don't know much about property buying I'm not sure how much a deposit on a decent flat is gonna cost.

>> Edited by DanBoy on Friday 17th June 20:33

MrFlibbles

7,711 posts

290 months

Friday 17th June 2005
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Sod the house, buy a skyline

tuttle

3,427 posts

244 months

Friday 17th June 2005
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MrFlibbles said:
Sod the house, buy a skyline




Plenty of OK gtst's for £5k at the mo.
Could find you a good Evo fq300 (sub 15k miles)for £16k.Spend the change on a camper van.

TBH mate,having some money is almost as bigger curse as not having any,imho.
Property is always expensive ,it won't depreciate like a car-may even make some!.So good sense will say go that way.Your heart will say other,it's a tough one to decide.

wedge girl

4,688 posts

246 months

Friday 17th June 2005
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If you nick the 5k how long will it take you to pay it back?

Buy the car, life is for driving.

wedgepilot

819 posts

290 months

Sunday 19th June 2005
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Get the skyline, have fun for a year, then sell it on (recouping most of what you paid out), then put all your cash into a flat. Job done

of course, you have to be really careful not to crash...

DanBoy

Original Poster:

4,899 posts

250 months

Monday 20th June 2005
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wedgepilot said:
Get the skyline, have fun for a year, then sell it on (recouping most of what you paid out), then put all your cash into a flat. Job done

of course, you have to be really careful not to crash...


Want less weight than a Skyline tbh!

After driving an Elise and a 355 back-to-back and preferring the Elise by a huge margin, I'd like something more chuckable!

Anyway, I don't think I could possibly downgrade unless I absolutely had to, so keeping a car for a year is out of the question!

Batty FTO

12,268 posts

257 months

Monday 20th June 2005
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Gazboy said:


What? You mean the classic "flash car but live at mum and dad's"

your point....

bad_roo

5,188 posts

244 months

Thursday 23rd June 2005
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HMV must be paying well.