Car or bike?

[Asher]

Why would you condsider buying another car when you already own one? Was it that logic that lead you to buying a Hyosung?

[F5 Dave]

Sounds like a case for a SV650. A cheap one shouldn't bleed you dry & quite fun whilst within your means.

[Road kill]

Riding a $4000 bike you own is a far nicer feeling than riding a $6000 your in hock to a finance company for.
Remember that $4000 bike is yours,the $6000 bike is sort of yours but it's really going to cost you between $7000-$8000,and next year it will be worth $4000.
Don't buy a car,leathers an helmets look really out of place in a car.

[onearmedbandit]

In fact, I think I had as much fun on y 250cc as I have on 600's and 1000's.

You're doing it wrong.

[SMOKEU]

If I had a $4k budget for a vehicle, I would stay on a DECENT 250cc (like a CBR250rr or a ZXR250 - buy one that is a good runner but a bit cosmetically rough) and a cheap to run car. People underestimate how much fun those 250's can be! You don't need a 600cc or a 1000cc to have a whole lotta fun. In fact, I think I had as much fun on y 250cc as I have on 600's and 1000's.

$4000 is nowhere near enough for a semi decent bike AND a semi decent car. For that budget the maintenance of such old, worn out vehicles is going to be a hell of a lot of money.

[whowhatwhere]

4k is heaps for a bike. Spend $3.5k and spend the other $500 changing all the fluids and any creature comforts you might want to add - like fuel.

[Ender EnZed]

There are a couple of ZX6s in Auckland that fit your budget.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-492412401.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-490765635.htm

They don't look as flash as a 3-5 year old one but they'd still go way faster than you.

[short-circuit]

Fuck the car, fuck the bike - get a pram

[G4L4XY]

oh dear... what about the chance that you will pull off neither.



hahahaha! thats just weather bro.. it does that, does that almost everywhere.

*sigh* your comments don't help aye, why even bother, don't you have better things to do, well obviously not

[Old Steve]

If you must borrow, then increase your mortgage - if you don't have a mortgage then check if your parents have one they can increase. There's probably 10 to 15% difference between the rates of a vehicle loan and a mortgage. And that adds up to a lot of interest you won't be repaying.

[G4L4XY]

If you must borrow, then increase your mortgage - if you don't have a mortgage then check if your parents have one they can increase. There's probably 10 to 15% difference between the rates of a vehicle loan and a mortgage. And that adds up to a lot of interest you won't be repaying.

Yeah I understand what you're saying, my parents don't have a mortgage, nor do I. Thanks for the advice, I will try to save a lil more and if need be just get a small loan which can be paid off over a few months.

[Brett]

$4000 is nowhere near enough for a semi decent bike AND a semi decent car. For that budget the maintenance of such old, worn out vehicles is going to be a hell of a lot of money.

Depends on the vehicles and ones ability to do the work themself.

[Brett]

You're doing it wrong.

I dunno..I miss those days screaming the ZXR through the gears and really using all it had. The only time I ever got close to that with a 600cc or 1000cc was at the track...(ok I lie...I had a few rides some time back now where we let the cat out of the bag, but shit it's dangerous on the road.) I am 100kg. I had to make that ZXR work for its money, and it sure did. hit second gear on a 600cc or definitely first on a litre bike and you've already blown past the ZXR's performance.

[Ender EnZed]

$4000 is nowhere near enough for a semi decent bike AND a semi decent car. For that budget the maintenance of such old, worn out vehicles is going to be a hell of a lot of money.

I've had car and bike combinations worth less than $4k without any mechanical knowledge or ability. Generally speaking though, if you can afford to run both then you can probably afford to save up a bit longer and have more money to start with.

[SMOKEU]

I've had car and bike combinations worth less than $4k without any mechanical knowledge or ability. Generally speaking though, if you can afford to run both then you can probably afford to save up a bit longer and have more money to start with.

I've had a few old cars and bikes and in my experience those old vehicles have cost a shitload of money to maintain. It's often cheaper in the end to spend more money and buy something more modern rather than keep chasing good money after bad by maintaining a vehicle which is well past its use by date.