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melbourne
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February 2005
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why???
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Mon, 22 August 2005 09:32
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why do i have to like car that dont come up for sale all that often?
ive been waiting for a car in my price range of zero to about 2000 or so for ages...
ive been after a ra28 but dont see many come up and also after a corona mk2!
ahh sucks i get my p's in a month and want a car but cant quite afford one lol....
why does getting your p's eat at you? like i just want my p's so i can drive! ah this sucks
end rant.
does anyone else find that it was hard to find there first car for $$ funding reasons?
and how they couldnt wait till they had there p's?
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Location:
Bundaberg, Qld.
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: why???
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Mon, 22 August 2005 11:00
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back in '86 i went on work experience through school, the job was prity good (junior storeman, got to do whippies in a forklift...  ).
anyways i worked hard enough that i managed to get a offerd and took a part time job there in school holidays and ended up leaving school to work there full time. by early '87 i saved enough to buy my 1st car (yeehaaa, go the cortina  ), when i look back it might not of been exactly what i wanted, but it was mine and i could drive on the road.
also i only had to have my P's for a year.. haha suckers.... 
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Location:
melbourne
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: why???
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Mon, 22 August 2005 11:04
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hahaha were you one of them dumbers that were kept done in school? or just lost your licence after a year?
yeah i know i prob wont get a car i wont but im still aiming for that
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Location:
Bundaberg, Qld.
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: why???
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Mon, 22 August 2005 11:24
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| h3ff44 wrote on Mon, 22 August 2005 21:04 |
hahaha were you one of them dumbers that were kept done in school? or just lost your licence after a year?
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i did spend a lot of time sitting outside the classroom back when i was at school.
but i did make it to the end of year 11 (1986). and in WA (not sure if it's changed now?) you got your L's at 16 9months and P's at 17 and only had to have your P's for 1 year before going to your opens. 
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Location:
Tamworth
Registered:
August 2004
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Re: why???
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Mon, 22 August 2005 11:31
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hmmm i had my ra28 when i was 15, first car. Its now the project beast and i dirve a ta23 on my L's. Im just lucky i think.
I cant wait to get my P's and drive the ra28 when she is finished.
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
Registered:
October 2003
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Location:
sydney
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August 2003
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: why???
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Mon, 22 August 2005 12:58
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Funded my first car through a tax return, remember not earning much money while you are at school means that the first $6000 of your pay is tax free, but you are still usually charged @ 30%, so when it comes to tax time you can usually get $2-3K back. My $2K I'd been saving plus my $3K got me my dream TA23 GT on my L's & P's.
I'll just also say it's better to wait to get exactly what you want rather than settling for something that's easy to get. If you get what you really want(and it may involve 6 months extra of saving) you'll enjoy it alot more!
Good luck mate.
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
Registered:
October 2003
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: why???
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Mon, 22 August 2005 13:46
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| dimmy77_03 wrote on Mon, 22 August 2005 23:34 |
yeh, make sure you get exactly what you want, otherwise you'll regret it later on, and realise you blew your $$$ away
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somtimes i wish i brought a grp a gt4 instead of the 2 
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: why???
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Mon, 22 August 2005 13:58
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OMG, you are all such spring chickens!!
yar work hard, be nice to your mother all those things
don't get so worried abotu a car... any old dhitbox for the cost of rego (like $800) will get you around the place.. yu can buy a new car every year (for rego cost ) and still not be worse off.... unless they break...
i think if you want a project car, get a shitter to drive around first, otherwise when you have to take your project off the road all the time, it will be rather frustrating....
and just remember that project take time.. and the later you finish, the more you will have learned, and the better the project will be
perhaps....
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: why???
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Mon, 22 August 2005 13:59
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oh, and after you get a real job, you realise that 2 or 3 grans is nothing.. you can save it (and spend it) quickly if you need to... heck i spent about $22K in the first month of living in japan 
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Location:
sydney
Registered:
August 2003
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Re: why???
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Mon, 22 August 2005 23:38
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haha i wish i could get an $800 car but my parents "dont want that piece of shit outside"
when i showed them pictures of the cars that i was looking for they hated them all (r31 silhouette, ae86, ae71)
no they are not elitist pricks ..just picky
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: why???
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Mon, 22 August 2005 23:39
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| oldcorollas wrote on Mon, 22 August 2005 23:59 |
oh, and after you get a real job, you realise that 2 or 3 grans is nothing.. you can save it (and spend it) quickly if you need to... heck i spent about $22K in the first month of living in japan
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Speakin of spending money in japan u bought a caldina gt yet
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: why???
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Mon, 22 August 2005 23:49
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Yeah what happened to the members ride thread you were gonna start.
Heffa just buy a shitter to run around in while your at school and the first year or two out. And wait for the car of your dreams to become available.
I have had the rona for just over two years now, whilst at school i couldn't save much whilst having it but it allowed me to get around. Since starting fulltime work this year i opened an investment account and every month as soon as i get paid i put in about half my wage and it stays there.
In just over 6 months i have saved half of what i want to have as a deposit for a new car. Or enough to buy a very good RA/TA celica if i wanted to.
Just be patient and wait and also don't buy the first one you look at unless it is in tip top shape, nothing worse than having a great car that doesn't move.
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
January 2004
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Re: why???
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Tue, 23 August 2005 01:30
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Buy a shitter for $500-$600 with long rego and just learn to drive by yourself. Hopefully its an absolute slow POS and you can take it on dirt roads. If you get a few bumps on the car you aren't going to be too worried about it.
Plus driving on dirt trails is soooo much fun.
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: why???
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Tue, 23 August 2005 11:11
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My first car was a VK Commodore. It was a great car unitl I blew the con rod, then after rebuild blew the head gasket. The imortant thing to remember is that Commodores are shit.  So you don't car all to much when things hit them, Like trucks and people in car parks.
After a bit the commodore was stolen, so I bought a car that nobody would steal an NA Fairlane, just sold it last week.
I bought a 2003 Corolla 2 years ago, brand new. Buying a brand new car is good.
Before we were married we bought an 87 Camery Ultima, but have moved on to a 2000 model Hyundai Exel.
And I am buying a GT4 Tomorrow.
So all up I have spent about $50000 on cars over the 7 odd years I have been driving. Thats not mention the cost of maintaing them etc. Damn thats alot of money.
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Location:
QLD
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: why???
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Tue, 23 August 2005 21:33
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ahh im nearly on my p's
and i got a sr20 onevia (not finished)
and a mz20 (daily)
i dropped out at the start of this year and saved enought 2 buy 2 cars.
money add up i put away 250 bucks a week
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