Benefits/costs of a car.

[98tls]

cars save me building up huge milage on my bike doing mundane tasks,also i hate riding in town,slow boring and to many blind people driving cars.

[Delphinus]

Where did I get the idea that you were self-employed? Oops...

No no, you're correct. Work a full time job (where car comes from) but also run a business doing web design/hosting/pc repairs

$13K out of your salary is a major chunk. Are you sure you would get that back in your pocket if you gave up personal use? If you would, then it would be very tempting.

I'm 99% sure but will confirm that.

If you were a fair-weather rider who spends more time in a cage, like um, me, then I would recommend an ex-lease vehicle from Turners. You can get a late model, well serviced car, for about half its retail value.

Nup not me. I'd still use company car for long haul trips carting 5 printers to wanaka, but leave it at work at end of the day.

A real bike enthusiast would go for the cheap but servicable old dunga, for emergency back-up. The down side - you may find yourself spending precious riding time under the said cheap car, trying to fix something for a WOF. Cheap old cars are great fun - until WOF time...

Thats the plan... Will see if I need a car,then try and find a good line between cheap car and not-going-to-die-on-me.

Lastly, the real hardcore bikers will have nothing but contempt for the suggestion that a car would be desirable...

Isnt this what we all aspire to?

[rudolph]

Dry = Good coverall
Warm/Heater = Heated vest
Rain and wind... Small sacrifice for $13,000

Anything else I'm missing, advantages of a car?

Hoes in the front seat hoes in the back seat

[Delphinus]

advantages of a car?


the back seat!

That there is very true... But if I find the ideal woman - who would of course have her own bike - its kinda a moot point.

[Delphinus]

cars save me building up huge milage on my bike doing mundane tasks,also i hate riding in town,slow boring and to many blind people driving cars.

I hate taking cage into town. Gotta pay for parking, and takes twice as long to get through the place...

[peasea]

That there is very true... But if I find the ideal woman - who would of course have her own bike - its kinda a moot point.

Maybe we're lucky? We run a car and motorcycle each (V8 Berlina and a Corona) and my 17y/o runs around in a very tidy 1.6 Corolla that cost 500 dollars. Neither of our cars has had the back seat 'christened' but my bike's seat has......

That was a funny night.........

[peasea]

cars save me building up huge milage on my bike doing mundane tasks,also i hate riding in town,slow boring and to many blind people driving cars.

Bravo! Why wreck your favourite ride when import cars are so cheap? Why suffer wet/cold days, catch diseases and hang around in bus stops that reek of urine for the same reason?

[Virago]

...Neither of our cars has had the back seat 'christened' but my bike's seat has.....That was a funny night.........

Ah, the old "Milwaukee Vibrator", huh?...

[ynot slow]

Toyota celica 1990 $610 tardme buy,motor still good and 5sp manual cheap to run,no rust,uses little oil but still managed to get camera ticket at 116km over to Tauranga at easter,did about 1300km for $120gas.
Got a 1994 accord exi-s immaculate for $3100 and nz new off tardme,so depends on your budget but if you get $13grand extra per year,$3000 on a car $10000 is a good payrise to have.

[Delphinus]

$10000 is a good payrise to have.

Which could be well spent on a Dirty adventure bike.

[Virago]

Which could be well spent on a Dirty adventure bike.

Ooh, careful there - Bruce loves it when you talk dirty...

[peasea]

Ah, the old "Milwaukee Vibrator", huh?...

It wasn't even running!!!

[Delphinus]

If I really needed a car to take lady friend somewhere nice.... The $ i'd save could be spent on hiring something nice from hertz

[peasea]

If I really needed a car to take lady friend somewhere nice.... The $ i'd save could be spent on hiring something nice from hertz

Like a Mustang GT350H?

[98tls]

Like a Mustang GT350H?

nice rent it friday,race it all weekend and return it monday.