A chicken is for life not just Christmas Dinner (An 11+ ELITE Thread)

karlie88

David. wrote: »

No idea never looked
But when you are spending that sort of cash it is just show

This is something I don't quite agree with.

If someone has worked hard for their cash all life and they have a big passion for cars, then why not spend £50k, £100k, £200k etc on a great car that they love/enjoy?

Why not 'show off'?



Let me use an example of how someone could quite easily afford a £100k car.

Millions of people smoke in the UK.

Let's take someone who smokes 20 cigarettes per day. They started at the age of 18 and now they're 58; a total of 40 years. Some periods they smoked 10/day and other periods 30/day; but their average is about 20/day. (I know of people who have smoked for more years and 30+ cigs/day.

If you use this calculator: http://www.canstopsmoking.com/tools/cost-calculator

You can see that their smoking has cost them £100k+ over those 40 years.

Same can be said for alcohol, nights out etc.

Now if I choose not to smoke and 'save' £100k over those years, is there a particular reason why I shouldn't buy a car that I have always wanted?



I could have invested that money from a younger age and turn it into £200k+, buy a better car, save half etc.

Just sayin'....

:cool:

bubbs

karlie88 wrote: »

This is something I don't quite agree with.

If someone has worked hard for their cash all life and they have a big passion for cars, then why not spend £50k, £100k, £200k etc on a great car that they love/enjoy?

Why not 'show off'?



Let me use an example of how someone could quite easily afford a £100k car.

Millions of people smoke in the UK.

Let's take someone who smokes 20 cigarettes per day. They started at the age of 18 and now they're 58; a total of 40 years. Some periods they smoked 10/day and other periods 30/day; but their average is about 20/day. (I know of people who have smoked for more years and 30+ cigs/day.

If you use this calculator: http://www.canstopsmoking.com/tools/cost-calculator

You can see that their smoking has cost them £100k+ over those 40 years.

Same can be said for alcohol, nights out etc.

Now if I choose not to smoke and 'save' £100k over those years, is there a particular reason why I shouldn't buy a car that I have always wanted?



I could have invested that money from a younger age and turn it into £200k+, buy a better car, save half etc.

Just sayin'....

:cool:

This is true , i will never have that sort of money then:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

karlie88

bubbs wrote: »

This is true , i will never have that sort of money then:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl:

bubbs remember that there is help if you do want to stop smoking.

Go and see your GP or pharmacist.

Think of all that money.

:rotfl:

Thriftygifty

bubbs wrote: »

This is true , i will never have that sort of money then:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I will never have that sort of money for a car and I dont smoke! :cool:

nerfdad

bubbs wrote: »

So Tom:D
You didnt get your order then:p

My daddy didn't :D

karlie88

To add to the above....the car is also likely to hold its value.

So you would get a decent return (albeit an overall loss) or even, rarely, a profit.

Like a Ferrari 375:



Beautiful.

:cool:

bubbs

karlie88 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

bubbs remember that there is help if you do want to stop smoking.

Go and see your GP or pharmacist.

Think of all that money.

:rotfl:

I know but to be honest i enjoy a ciggie:o

karlie88

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:rotfl:

bubbs

Thriftygifty wrote: »

I will never have that sort of money for a car and I dont smoke! :cool:

You never know:D

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Surprise surprise, another Decathlon order cancelled

There's a jay on our fatball feeder, teasing a pigeon that can't quite figure out how to hold on to it :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: