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Earning money for a car

  • 20-06-2012 6:50pm
    #1
    BTDOD95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭


    Im 17 and hoping to buy a cheap car and insure it.I have about 400 euro saved up so far.Any ideas on how i could make the rest of the money? :confused:


Comments

  • #2
    miralize
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭miralize


    Urmm.. work?


  • #3
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    No matter what beat up shed of a car you'll buy the insurance will be a killer - part of me would say forget the car , go out and enjoy yourself , you're too young to be slaving away at keeping a car on the road.


  • #4
    jaggiebunnet
    Registered Users Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭jaggiebunnet


    Agree with Delancey - spent too many of my 17-21 years trying to keep a heap on the road with tax, insurance and maintenance...keep the money and enjoy yourself, if you need to indulge the driving do what a friend of mines used to do instead, treat yourself to a weeks car hire here and there in a nice new car that you don't have to upkeep.


  • #5
    donalg1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,513 ✭✭✭donalg1


    Yeah same as the above posts say dont get a car it will become a money pit before you know it, and you will be sitting in your car in your drive way while your friends head off here, there and everywhere having fun.


  • #6
    tatli_lokma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭tatli_lokma


    jaggiebunnet wrote: »
    do what a friend of mines used to do instead, treat yourself to a weeks car hire here and there in a nice new car that you don't have to upkeep.
    at 17 and on a provisional licence, I doubt there are any car hire companies that would hire to him.

    What about buying the car and asking a family member to be the main driver and you as a named driver. You can pay for the policy, just use their name. If the car is only going to be worth a couple of hundred euro you will only need third party - little point in paying more in insurance than the car is worth.

    Either way you will need a qualified driver in the car with you where ever you go - so it might not offer the freedom you hoped!

    What about getting a moped or something?


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