marzman

I have been doing that this last month... makes painful reading what i have been wasting in the past. Sound advice though.

There's your answer, women are always the issue when it comes to losing track of money The missus actually manages to save all her money (maybe thats it, she earns less than me, but ends up with more. ) Andlid - I have identified the £300 a month i've been wasting, and up until xmas i would have started saving that - but now my missus isnt working, that £300 is no longer spare. However, when she's working again, i wont return to old ways, and that £300 will be put to sensible use. volks.

Thought i'd lay this to bed now... I applied for a loan at 9%, and they came back offering me 14% Screw that. I'll keep the car, and continue with the original payments. I'll find a way of making it work. I've been trying to work out how people of a similar age to me can buy their cars outright, while leading normal lives. My story is: 1.Went to Uni, 19-23. I had 3 cars during that time, all lightly modded (so lots of money wasted on wheels). 2. Left Uni and got the Job im in now. After 2 months, i bought a £10k bmw - £5k cash/£5k loan. 3. Very soon after that, left home and started renting with the missus. Paying £600pcm in rent. 4. Having had the bmw for 11 months, i traded it in for the zed, losing £4k in the process (i.e. most of my capital. Therefore had to get a loan to pay for the rest of the car. 5. 2.5 years on, i've paid off over half of the loan now. During that time, i have not saved a penny. Looking back i've had a pretty stupid lifestyle... too many meals out, had a separate drift car last year etc etc. I've probably been wasting £300 a month since i've been in work. I guess i could have saved that money during that time, but you only live once and my life would have been boring as sh!t. So what am i doing wrong?

Hi all... I'll post this on here although i dont expect to get much interest One thing to point out - it is thirsty... have been getting about 18mpg out of it. For sale is my bmw 320i coupe. This was registered dec 1993 and is an L reg. It has 167k miles on the clock. It has 5 months tax and 11 months MOT. It has a very nice sounding scorpion exhaust on it too. I bought this in december as a run about but no longer need it. Despite the mileage it runs absolutely perfectly. I've had this as my daily driver for about 1k miles and it has been spot on. No problems or noises, the gears and the linkages are fine, and the clutch feels brand new to be honest. The bodywork is in excellent condition for its age. No dents to note, and only a very minor bit of surface rust in the boot lip where the water collects. Interior is very clean. It has Sony CD player, electric windows and mirrors (all working fine), front fogs. It has an open diff, but still drifts quite well. Certainly got enough power. I would keep it as a drift car, but im skint. £1000. Messing about in the office car park:

I had one up until about 2 years ago... i got it off eBay. Turns out you shouldn't revisit your childhood memories cos they're sh!t

Dont remember that Mike. This was my ultimate 80's toy - a prinztronic tournament 10.

IIRC it's an option on JDM cars but not on UK cars I think Nixy (among others) has the definitive answer Correct. Its a rare JDM option.

WTF is with that rear bumper?

You're joking man? I love your wheels!! They're probably my favourite on the forum. I love the gotz too but i dot think they go well with colours at all. silver, white or black are they only cars that can pull them off imho.

Bummer. See if you can get any cashback deals via quidco shopping for white goods

Welcome Phil.

+1

Welcome pal. Get some pics up of the Lotus...!

Imagine 'Rim Wax' coming up on your credit card statement. How the hell would you explain that to the missus?

Is this just for rim use or can it extend to sack, back and crack?

How far is the garage from you?

Bargain price mate. GLWS

Yep the re040's are very bad for grip in the wet. I've had them almost exclusively on my zed. However, if you know that the back end is going to go on every corner/junction, then you can prevent it very easily. In that respect i like them as i know where the edge of grip is. I had the falkens on for a brief period, and there appeared to be almost infinite grip... but im not sure if i liked that or not as i wasnt sure where the edge of grip was, and i felt that when i went over that edge, it would be too difficult to recover. ...so basically, expect that you are going to lose grip and adjust your style to suit.

Even though i said TDI North, i use L&G myself... probably much cheaper than TDI, but not as convenient for you.

TDI north is in Warrington i Believe.

I'd be suprised at that... Who'd you get them off? Have you taken them off and tried to sit them in your wheel while off the car? (Just it can appear that they dont fit when you're trying to hold the wheel up etc...)

But do you have any knuckles left?