What's your gross salary and what's you car?

sock.rocker*

I see all these nice cars about but how much do you actually need to earn to drive certain cars...

I earn 25k and drive a 96 seat ibiza worth 500 euro.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

sock.rocker* wrote: »

I see all these nice cars about but how much do you actually need to earn to drive certain cars...

I earn 25k and drive a 96 seat ibiza worth 500 euro.

About 12 euro an hour and no car. Happily.

Quazzie

A bit more salary wise and drive a 99 Lexus. I find it amazing to see women driving doing the school run and to the shops in Audi Q7s*. How much are there husbands earning to be able to afford to buy that kind of jeep for the school run!

*This is not a sexist remark and is just an observation as I seen it twice,

Dancor

I earn and drive <edit> none of your buisness

wyndham

500k/Ferrari/10 Inches

chin_grin

dancor wrote: »

I earn and drive <edit> none of your business

+1.

Can't believe no-ones said this yet:

I earn: yore ma.
I roide: yore ma.

/thread.

the drifter

i earn 10 time more than what i payed for my car.... my car gets me from a to b cheaply and its reliable...thats what a cars ment to do...there are way more fun things to spend your money on...

sock.rocker*

dancor wrote: »

I earn and drive <edit> none of your buisness

don't mean it to be a nosy thread, actually thinkin of upgrading my car so wantin to see wat i shud be lookin at..


post value of car people :P

Agamemnon

I fly an AH-64 Apache everywhere and I'm paid with all the Guinness and blondes I want.

Quazzie

I've always though between 25%-50% of your salary was the average price of your car

chopperbyrne

Before bonuses and on call, I earn about €30k.

I don't drive, but might get a provisional license in a few months.

nice1franko

the drifter wrote: »

i earn 10 time more than what i payed for my car.... my car gets me from a to b cheaply and its reliable...thats what a cars ment to do...there are way more fun things to spend your money on...

what he said

MarkR

sock.rocker* wrote: »

I see all these nice cars about but how much do you actually need to earn to drive certain cars...

I earn 25k and drive a 96 seat ibiza worth 500 euro.

I earn more than you and drive a nicer car. Now gtfb to nosey town Mr Nosey Parker!

pickarooney

You could probably upgrade to a 98 Corsa and not go broke, but would you really want to? If you don't spend much on booze and hoors you can spend more on motors.

Black Swan

I'm a starving student on scholarship and borrow my boatmates Corvette, so does that count?

Quazzie

I think asking people to post their car value as a percentage of their salary might be less intrusive OP

the drifter

the drifter wrote: »

i earn 10 time more than what i payed for my car.... my car gets me from a to b cheaply and its reliable...thats what a cars ment to do...there are way more fun things to spend your money on...

That all depends on what your into, I spent a small fortune (to me anyway) on my car but I love it, my first car was €8k was a 99 merc a class and I loved it soooo much, I earned about 25k at the time, I earn about 40k basic now and my car was 22k two years ago (used) but I own the car outright. It really does depend on how much of your salary you want to spend repaying a loan - and for how long, if a nice car is what your bothered about etc, if you have a mortgage blah blah blah, you could easily be driving around in a nice 98 bmw which will not cost you the earth but will look a whole lot nicer that your seat ibiza!

Honey-ec

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

I think asking people to post their car value as a percentage of their salary might be less intrusive OP

I was just about to say that. when I bought my car it cost me 78% of my gross salary.

the drifter

Grainne C wrote: »

That all depends on what your into, I spent a small fortune (to me anyway) on my car but I love it, my first car was €8k was a 99 merc a class and I loved it soooo much, I earned about 25k at the time, I earn about 40k basic now and my car was 22k two years ago (used) but I own the car outright. It really does depend on how much of your salary you want to spend repaying a loan - and for how long, if a nice car is what your bothered about etc, if you have a mortgage blah blah blah, you could easily be driving around in a nice 98 bmw which will not cost you the earth but will look a whole lot nicer that your seat ibiza!

totally agree with you there it is what your into...i suppose i should have put " in my opinion" in my post!

dont get me wrong im into my cars.. have had 7 e30's but i owuldnt go getting myself in huge dept over a car just for an image..

Top Dog

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

I think asking people to post their car value as a percentage of their salary might be less intrusive OP

Based on that, my current car is about 6-7% of my gross salary. I like a nice car, but couldn't justify spending ludicrous amounts on one just to look out the window and watch it loose value faster than a falling rock.

monkeyfudge

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

A bit more salary wise and drive a 99 Lexus. I find it amazing to see women driving doing the school run and to the shops in Audi Q7s*. How much are there husbands earning to be able to afford to buy that kind of jeep for the school run!

*This is not a sexist remark and is just an observation as I seen it twice,

This is a sexist remark however.

Dudess

98 VW Golf which shall be driven until it starts to disintegrate!

Salary - 30ish before tax.

starflake

about 22 - 27k depending on comission... no car But to be fair living around Dublin you dont really need one. We are thinking of getting a car next year it will have to be no more than 2-3k though!

jaycen

I earn too little, have 3 cars and 3 motorcycles. Not too p*ssed off really :P

monkeyfudge

monkeyfudge wrote: »

This is a sexist remark however.

nah, it's really not, I drop my daughter to school every day and the cars the mothers drive are unbelievable, from Audi q7's to range rovers to 6 series convertibles! and NONE of them work, I know this for a fact! I'm just jealous that I didn't marry a ridiculously rich man - too late now!!

bill_ashmount

€120,000

jaycen

bill_ashmount wrote: »

€120,000

Car or salary :rolleyes:

Glowing

Dudess wrote: »

98 VW Golf which shall be driven until it starts to disintegrate!

A '93 VW Golf ... I win!! :D

seamus

sock.rocker* wrote: »

don't mean it to be a nosy thread, actually thinkin of upgrading my car so wantin to see wat i shud be lookin at..

Whatever you can afford.

One thing you can be sure of is that when you see someone who looks under 30, driving a car that's €40k new, you know that they've either expanded their mortgage or locked themselves into a crippling motorloan just so they can have people think that they're loaded. Either that or it's a company car.

My car was worth 36% of my salary when I bought it 3 years ago. Now it's worth less than 10% of my salary.

_Kaiser_

06 2.0L TDI VW Passat - love it!

Cost: too much! But as my job has me out on the road a fair bit, it's effectively my office so I deserve it.

JohnCleary

I'd have to check with my 50 accounts what I earn PA, and I get from destination to destination by means of a super-yacht and then a Helicopter when in shallow seas :pac:

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What a stupid and invasive question!:mad:

Earn:75k
Car:30k and changed every 2 years

or was it Earn:125K Car: €1500.

Remember where you are. All is never as people paint it!

pickarooney

seamus wrote: »

Whatever you can afford.

One thing you can be sure of is that when you see someone who looks under 30, driving a car that's €40k new, you know that they've either expanded their mortgage or locked themselves into a crippling motorloan just so they can have people think that they're loaded. Either that or it's a company car.

Or they are loaded, or the car is stolen, belongs to their ould fella...

junior_apollo

I woulda thought the average is something like... Car is worth around 50-60% of salary (buying new)... and half that for second hand...?

Sherifu

3 Billion, F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Dord

I ain't got no car.

Punchesnpeaches

You live on a boat? Who needs a car/salary? Me is jealous.

Punchesnpeaches

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

I'm a starving student on scholarship and borrow my boatmates Corvette, so does that count?

Sorry, I forgot to quote this in my above post

Xavi6

Bit over 30k in euro, drive an 01 Hyundai Accent.

ibarelycare

I drive a beautiful Golf (04), bought it 2nd hand this year. Worth about 55% of my salary.

SheroN

If a car is costing you 55% of your salary, you can't afford that car (in my opinion).

aidan_walsh

Enough, city line No. 2. Well, take not drive...

ibarelycare

SheroN wrote: »

If a car is costing you 55% of your salary, you can't afford that car (in my opinion).

That completely depends on the individual's situation. I still live with my parents so pay very little rent, only bill I have is my phone bill, have no mortgage, no children. So I can more than afford it!

stovelid

sock.rocker* wrote: »

I see all these nice cars about but how much do you actually need to earn to drive certain cars...
.

Aye, because everybody in nice cars actually own them. Just get yourself up to your neck like everybody else..

AnonoBoy

I earn a decent amount of cash every year.

I live in Dublin city so I don't need a car.

Now begone with your questions.

biko

Salary: more than I deserve
Car: Volvo S40

Honey-ec

SheroN wrote: »

If a car is costing you 55% of your salary, you can't afford that car (in my opinion).

She didn't say it was costing 55% of her salary, she said that's what it's worth.

The purchase price of my car was 78% of my gross salary, but the monthly cost is only 20% of my net monthly pay.

John Mason

i drive a ****ty 2000 car, whcih i hate and dont earn anywhere enough money to keep me in the lifestyle i should be accustomed to

fits

I drive a ****tyish car too. But its my first and I bought it with money I'd saved rather than with a loan. So I'm proud of it in a way. Gonna keep it until it dies/rusts.

Its worth about 6.6% of my enormous (ish)* salary.


*By ish, I mean not at all enormous.

smokingman

Mine was 35% of my annual salary....I'm in the "safe" zone

Stark

6 figure salary
Mk 3 penis enhancer.