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  • 4. insurence

    5. pay my mum back





    now for some more sensible answers please so I can get this sorted.
    ta


    remember

    You only live once.. its only money
  • Bob_the_Saver
    Bob_the_Saver Posts: 5,610 Forumite
    edited 3 September 2009 at 1:34PM
    tom_smith wrote: »
    1. car

    2. books for school

    3. 2 years bus pass

    So in summary,
    As well as your other living costs you are going to run a car on £35 a week and some of this new borrowing that you are going to pay a lot of interest on is to repay a previous loan from your Mum which I guess is interest free. Is unstoozing a word?
    However you are 100% sure that you won't lose your part-time job and the next few years and your philosophy is "You only live once.. its only money"
    This all depends on your sister being able to get a loan (using up a chunk of her available credit - if any exists) and giving it all to you.

    PLEASE someone else try and explain to our friend Tom Smith about this!!!
    several have tried in this and his previous posts trying to borrow £2k, £3k & £4k.
  • Fair play for trying but I can't afford to run a car on my wage + 2nd job + 3rd job + living costs, so good luck!
  • Clive_Woody
    Clive_Woody Posts: 5,965 Forumite
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    Is unstoozing a word?

    I really hope it is.

    :D
    "We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about” – Albert Einstein
  • So in summary,
    As well as your other living costs you are going to run a car on £35 a week and some of this new borrowing that you are going to pay a lot of interest on is to repay a previous loan from your Mum which I guess is interest free. Is unstoozing a word?
    However you are 100% sure that you won't lose your part-time job and the next few years and your philosophy is "You only live once.. its only money"
    This all depends on your sister being able to get a loan (using up a chunk of her available credit - if any exists) and giving it all to you.

    PLEASE someone else try and explain to our friend Tom Smith about this!!!
    several have tried in this and his previous posts trying to borrow £2k, £3k & £4k.

    Bless you for trying:D
    I hope his sister says no, for his own sake anyway, i got myself into a lot of trouble with money at 18, car on finance, credit card, overdraft etc, and i am paying for that stupididty now by having a bad credit score so am forced to only buy what i can afford in cash. Thank god.

    OP you can not run a car and live on such a short amount of money.
    What about car insurance? Have you checked hoe much that will cost you? Petrol has gone up, Tax and M.O.T.'s are NOT cheap, if you do manage can you please tell everyone how you did this?? You would be ....:money:
  • Clive_Woody
    Clive_Woody Posts: 5,965 Forumite
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    foxy-roxy wrote: »
    Bless you for trying:D
    I hope his sister says no, for his own sake anyway, i got myself into a lot of trouble with money at 18, car on finance, credit card, overdraft etc, and i am paying for that stupididty now by having a bad credit score so am forced to only buy what i can afford in cash. Thank god.

    OP you can not run a car and live on such a short amount of money.
    What about car insurance? Have you checked hoe much that will cost you? Petrol has gone up, Tax and M.O.T.'s are NOT cheap, if you do manage can you please tell everyone how you did this?? You would be ....:money:

    I suspect the 2 year bus pass is his back up plan.

    :D
    "We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about” – Albert Einstein
  • woody01
    woody01 Posts: 1,918 Forumite
    If your sister lends you this money, which you clearly cannot afford to pay back, she needs a brain scan.

    BTW....how are you going to insure/tax this car with only £35 per week left? Your insurance at 18 years old would be £1000+ per year regardless of what car you bought.
    (Maybe you could tap her up for £10K instead :rotfl:)
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Oh to be so young and stupid again.
    I truly miss it.
  • CHR15
    CHR15 Posts: 5,193 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Anyone else think all this advice is falling on deaf ears???
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    He will probably get the money if his sister is as dim as he appears.
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