motor

GTO · 06-05-2005, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by ARMAN

From my own experince it can eat you alive if something unexpectable happens

and 500 or even 400 a month is a isane price imo :shock: True I have absolutely NO idea what kind of salary you have and stuff, here in CR it will be a kiss of death to make such buy beeing a "normal" employe.
Dont get me wrong, I dont want to say not to do so or discorage from going for it, you will make the final desiginon yourself anyway, but I hope you have it all calculated and you'll have reserves big enough "just in case"

Exactly,

Have you considered buy a second hand one? Sportscars are toys, so you can get one low KM 1 year old as new (or an ex demo) but with 20%+ off? With my car all up it be around $50K Aus (including onroads and options) but I got it for $30K , thats 40% off the price! It was only 8 months old!
Seriously buying a car from the show room is damn expensive, considering you lose 10% rolling it off the show room floor, you'd be better having some rich wanker take the brunt of that and not you.

Also everyone doesn't realise how expensive the up keep is, even I didn't. Servicing, oils, parts, mods, fuel, insurance, tires, panel beating, if you want to go somewhere on holidays, trackwork.... Even with a brand new car you need money to keep it running healthy. Insurance is the big one

My advice to you is go the local car auctions in your area now, get a feel for what cars are worth and what you want. Buying from the showroom is a waste of money IMO, and from the sounds of it, money is an issue, please consider it. Like Arman said "will be a kiss of death" , its true looking back at the cars I was looking at I simply would not of been able to afford it, I would of have to ended up selling the car, end up broke and bitter about it all.
Instead buying a sportscar at family car price was a great move, I have a great car and have enough money so I'm not struggling.

Just be wise by sussing out all your options first, its a sellers market, these cars are too expensive and people want to get rid of em before they lose more money, so you can get the car you want for a bargin if you know how to deal.