S2000? + Car Loan Questions

[RS4-S]

um, you going to buy an S2K and drive it to a construction sight? where it will be covered in dirt, concrete dust and get sprayed with gravel when the knob with the SS ute rips a skid leaving for the day. not to mention trucks and people walking past it with tool belts on etc. buy a shitty old ute, even a falcon ute or better still buy a rough S13 (n/a SR) and drive that to work cos if you scratch it you wont give a f**k and if something breaks on it you get the experience of fixing it. just saying it wont be practical. its like buying a nissan micra and getting a towbar put on it cos you like to go take the caravan down the coast with the kids every weekend

[Longz]

Was in the same position i bought a toyota starlet for $3000 waited around 3-4 years of saving and bought a GTR34

Now i use both starlet as daily driver while GTR as a sometimes weekender , i kept the KM's low cause of the starlet however starlet is hitting 200,000+ km's lol

[kawasakirider]

um, you going to buy an S2K and drive it to a construction sight? where it will be covered in dirt, concrete dust and get sprayed with gravel when the knob with the SS ute rips a skid leaving for the day. not to mention trucks and people walking past it with tool belts on etc. buy a shitty old ute, even a falcon ute or better still buy a rough S13 (n/a SR) and drive that to work cos if you scratch it you wont give a f**k and if something breaks on it you get the experience of fixing it. just saying it wont be practical. its like buying a nissan micra and getting a towbar put on it cos you like to go take the caravan down the coast with the kids every weekend

I'm sure I could park it safely mate. I wouldn't be parking in the middle of the site. The carpark is also bitumen, not gravel so yeah, the SS can do as many skids as it wants, lol. I've worked on tons of cars, experience isn't needed, the only thing I wouldn't tackle myself is any forced induction stuff, I've got no clue about it except for small bits of knowledge.

[kawasakirider]

Was in the same position i bought a toyota starlet for $3000 waited around 3-4 years of saving and bought a GTR34

Now i use both starlet as daily driver while GTR as a sometimes weekender , i kept the KM's low cause of the starlet however starlet is hitting 200,000+ km's lol

That's cool mate, what sort of industry were you working in? I'm not 100% sure I want to go for this, as I'll have no qualifications, so we'll see what happens.

[RS4-S]

I'm sure I could park it safely mate. I wouldn't be parking in the middle of the site. The carpark is also bitumen, not gravel so yeah, the SS can do as many skids as it wants, lol. I've worked on tons of cars, experience isn't needed, the only thing I wouldn't tackle myself is any forced induction stuff, I've got no clue about it except for small bits of knowledge.

but its construction, you could be in one place for 6 months and then pack up and move to the next sit that might have shit parking and you might have to lug some tools etc. "i've worked on tons of cars, experience isnt needed" - well given your talking about getting an N/A car til your off your P plates and have been at UNI for 3 years, i cant see how you would figure that but best of luck mate.

[ARTZ]

You can have just as much fun at the track in a $5-10k Silvia or Skyline, or even Civic, MX5, early rotary, etc as you will in a $25k S2000 (ignoring your unsubstantiated bias against FWD for a minute)

But you,ll get more pussy in an S2k

[AznBikerBoi]

wow!! as a kid i always wanted a R34, purely because my cousin bought a GT-T back many many years ago for 44k and it was the coolest thing around,

so times passed and i turned 17 and got my license and i ended up buying an S2000!!! kept it for 2 years and swapped it for my twin turbo lexus, now im back to the very start and im lookinh for an R34 again lol.

sorry, i just had to tell my story because your thread reminds me of myself...very much

[kawasakirider]

but its construction, you could be in one place for 6 months and then pack up and move to the next sit that might have shit parking and you might have to lug some tools etc. "i've worked on tons of cars, experience isnt needed" - well given your talking about getting an N/A car til your off your P plates and have been at UNI for 3 years, i cant see how you would figure that but best of luck mate.

I don't understand what you're talking about in regards to experience. I've done engine conversions and worked on cars and bikes all my life, I wouldn't tackle stuff that I wasn't comfortable with, like a forced induction install, but the majority of things that go wrong with a car aren't out of my depth?

The construction site I'm working at has a few years estimated left, and even if you are right I still have an au falcon I could drive to work.

[kawasakirider]

wow!! as a kid i always wanted a R34, purely because my cousin bought a GT-T back many many years ago for 44k and it was the coolest thing around,

so times passed and i turned 17 and got my license and i ended up buying an S2000!!! kept it for 2 years and swapped it for my twin turbo lexus, now im back to the very start and im lookinh for an R34 again lol.

sorry, i just had to tell my story because your thread reminds me of myself...very much

Cool story man, lol. The way you wrote it sounds like the s2k was a long time ago, before p plate laws, so why didn't you go for a 34 if you had the chance? How did you like the s2000? Did you have a loan for it, sorry for the personal question I'm just interested in hearing about people's experiences with loans.

[kawasakirider]

But you,ll get more pussy in an S2k

Lol, I'm not after that, I just want something that is fun to drive and isn't an mx5 lol.

[Truffles]

But you,ll get more pussy in an S2k

That's why my Girlfriend hated it. Everytime I took mine out by myself, she thought I was trawling for women.

Damn womens. Don't understand the concept that it's enjoyable to drive a fine car.

[Dani Boi]

If you want the S2000 go for it. I got a loan for my R33 when I was 18 while I was only on about ~$600 clear a week and managed easily. From memory it was around $360 a month for a $15,000 loan over 5 years and because I was living at home I could still save a lot of money and managed to pay the loan off in 2-3 years comfortably (could have payed off sooner but there were other thing I wanted to buy etc.)

You can go onto bank websites and most of them generally have a loan repayment calculator, however thay are approximate only...

Four years down the track still got the R33 and currently building a house for 400k and I'm only 22. Yeah investments are the best thing to do but you cant go through life being completely serious.

Getting a loan for a car isn't a bad thing either, the majority of the drivers on the road will have finance on their cars.

[kawasakirider]

If you want the S2000 go for it. I got a loan for my R33 when I was 18 while I was only on about ~$600 clear a week and managed easily. From memory it was around $360 a month for a $15,000 loan over 5 years and because I was living at home I could still save a lot of money and managed to pay the loan off in 2-3 years comfortably (could have payed off sooner but there were other thing I wanted to buy etc.)

You can go onto bank websites and most of them generally have a loan repayment calculator, however thay are approximate only...

Four years down the track still got the R33 and currently building a house for 400k and I'm only 22. Yeah investments are the best thing to do but you cant go through life being completely serious.

Getting a loan for a car isn't a bad thing either, the majority of the drivers on the road will have finance on their cars.

Thanks mate, just curious what do you do to be so far ahead in life at 22? Earning much more than I would be? You've got my idea, too. I want to invest, but I also wanna have a bit of fun

[kawasakirider]

That's why my Girlfriend hated it. Everytime I took mine out by myself, she thought I was trawling for women.

Damn womens. Don't understand the concept that it's enjoyable to drive a fine car.

LOL, it's worse that some guys buy cars for chicks and they don't really have the passion for them.

[Dani Boi]

Thanks mate, just curious what do you do to be so far ahead in life at 22? Earning much more than I would be? You've got my idea, too. I want to invest, but I also wanna have a bit of fun

I'm a Civil designer/draftsperson so I do alot of work for mining companies like FMG etc. The pay is similar to what you described in your first post That and I'm a good saver, didn't piss my money up the wall but still had fun etc.

Edited May 28, 2011 by Dani Boi

[kawasakirider]

Good stuff mate. I really want to take this job, but I don't want to be unqualified... I've got some decisions to make, lol.

[RS4-S]

I don't understand what you're talking about in regards to experience. I've done engine conversions and worked on cars and bikes all my life, I wouldn't tackle stuff that I wasn't comfortable with, like a forced induction install, but the majority of things that go wrong with a car aren't out of my depth?

The construction site I'm working at has a few years estimated left, and even if you are right I still have an au falcon I could drive to work.

what im saying is, i get the impression that when you say your still on your P's that your aged between 17-21? and you've been at uni doing non-automotive based degree for 3 years, so cant have that much expierence can you?

[kawasakirider]

what im saying is, i get the impression that when you say your still on your P's that your aged between 17-21? and you've been at uni doing non-automotive based degree for 3 years, so cant have that much expierence can you?

No, I'm in my first year at uni. I'm not a qualified mechanic, but I've done an engine conversion on one of my cars where I put a 2003 xr6 engine in it, changed it from center point injection to MPFI, changed the engine itself from coil pack to dizzy and replaced every bit of wiring the car, and installed a bypass module on the ECU. If that's not enough "experience" to run and enjoy a different car then I don't know what is. I'm not going to rip into the car myself, but if something breaks I can fix it. I've worked on cars and dirtbikes all my life. If I'm not going to turbo/supercharge the car myself, what's the issue?

[kawasakirider]

if something breaks on it you get the experience of fixing it.

I've fixed basically everything on a car myself, engine conversions, 5 speed conversions, suspension componentry replacements, steering fixes, and I'm good at trouble shooting things, the only things I can't do is stuff that I haven't had experience with, like forced induction.

EDIT

I just read what I've written, I'm not trying to sound cocky, it's just that I'm capable of maintaining a car, that's all. Sorry if I came across like a typical P plate shithead.

Edited May 28, 2011 by kawasakirider

[kawasakirider]

I'm having second thoughts about the S2K.... I really like them, but I also really love the 34. With the price of them (much cheaper than the s2k), I'm thinking about POSSIBLY getting a loan for one, buying it and then keeping it in the garage, slowly modding it until I am licensed to drive it.

Anyone know if the bank would loan me money for a car if I'm not licensed to drive it? Do I have to declare what I want to buy if I get a personal loan?

The 34 seems like the logical choice, they are cheaper, have way more potential and I have wanted one for years.

Edited May 28, 2011 by kawasakirider