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

sock.rocker* · 11-09-2008 09:28AM #1

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 · 11-09-2008 09:33AM

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 · 11-09-2008 09:34AM

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 · 11-09-2008 09:35AM

I earn and drive <edit> none of your buisness

wyndham · 11-09-2008 09:37AM

500k/Ferrari/10 Inches

chin_grin · 11-09-2008 09:38AM

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 · 11-09-2008 09:39AM

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* · 11-09-2008 09:39AM

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 · 11-09-2008 09:40AM

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

Quazzie · 11-09-2008 09:41AM

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

chopperbyrne · 11-09-2008 09:45AM

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

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

nice1franko · 11-09-2008 09:47AM

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 · 11-09-2008 09:51AM

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 · 11-09-2008 09:55AM

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.

11-09-2008 10:01AM

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

Quazzie · 11-09-2008 10:02AM

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

11-09-2008 10:07AM

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 · 11-09-2008 10:07AM

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 · 11-09-2008 10:10AM

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 · 11-09-2008 10:11AM

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 · 11-09-2008 10:16AM

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 · 11-09-2008 10:25AM

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

Salary - 30ish before tax.

starflake · 11-09-2008 10:32AM

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 · 11-09-2008 10:35AM

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

11-09-2008 10:42AM

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 · 11-09-2008 10:44AM

€120,000

jaycen · 11-09-2008 10:46AM

bill_ashmount wrote: »

€120,000

Car or salary :rolleyes:

Glowing · 11-09-2008 10:47AM

Dudess wrote: »

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

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

:D

seamus · 11-09-2008 10:50AM

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_ · 11-09-2008 10:51AM

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 · 11-09-2008 10:56AM

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:

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

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