Sorry mate only just seen that post, yes
Just waiting to hear back from the guy I've been speaking to, I told him the figures I want it for, so he's probably on the floor now in shock
lol I know what you're saying and it makes sense (all of it), before coming back to this thread I was sitting here thinking is it all worth it??? But then you price up another car and look at the figures....£25 a week less than an S3!!!......bang and then you are right back at the start power-noise-looks-grip
I could get a new Insignia from work for about £250pm incl tyres, insurance, tax, the lot and just change that every 6 months....but the sound when you boot your performance car...that ear to ear smile is priceless
It's the same with phones, why do we pay £900 for an iPhone when we can get a cheap £50 phone that makes calls and sends texts just as well???
And errr...people say I'm mad with this one, a watch to tell the time £15 from Argos!!! Well I did this a couple of months back
http://www.audi-sport.net/xf/thread...to-your-8v-today.236518/page-139#post-2950887
I think my problem kicked off when my late father went into a care home. He'd worked all his life and put money into savings/isa's and had a good pension scheme to keep himself and my mum comfortable in later life. Because the saving were solely in his name (pension going in joint account) they wanted to take all his savings until he was down to £23k and half his private pension to pay for the care home fees! My mum was nearly in tears after the guy we spoke to talked us through everything
Eventually after months of worrying, we found out that because my dad was in such a bad way he came under the care of the NHS CHC scheme, which meant the care home costs were paid for by them, we just paid a top up fee to get him into a nice home rather than one of their standard ones. The entire thing made me think it's not worth saving for that rainy day as it may never come and to have it now and enjoy it!!