One for The P-Platers

[Van D]

Originally Posted by sleekism

I would drive a EA if it meant I could buy a house.

[kocho]

A BA for me.

[macman]

I have a '66 XR Falcon (doesn't appear to be included in the poll choices??) and an XE ESP. I was driving the XR whilst on my L's and then P's.

[SVT8]

EB Fairmont V8.......havnt seen one p'plater driving the same. pffft Grandpa car......

[AU:PROJECT:UTE]

AUIII ute, bought back in 03 as first car. Had road registered trail bikes before that.

[dom_105]

XF Fairmont for now, until I get my hands on Mum's AU with the TS50 Bodykit.

[JAZSXY]

Originally Posted by wazza69

I just wanna know how the hell P-platers can afford BA/BF XR6's etc?? I never could of afforded a new model car when I was on my P's... got me stumped

Some parents have big cheque books, some get finance and others get out personal loans. Something I would never do. Id rather own my car clear and legit with no overheads.

[EF Futura 07]

3 for me.

2 EF's and 1 VT

[Van D]

Originally Posted by JAZSXY

Some parents have big cheque books, some get finance and others get out personal loans. Something I would never do. Id rather own my car clear and legit with no overheads.

Most don't seem to understand the idea of interest. A few guys who I don't associate with anymore took out 15k of loans for mini trucks/commo's and seemed to think they'd pay back 15k or a little more over time. In the mean time they spent every cent on their cars and the minimum that they could in repaying their loans.
Last I heard one of them was 25K under.

[wazza69]

Fair enough... I didn't want the stress of being in debt when I was in my teens...
My first was a VJ Valiant, then got an XF ute.. Loved the val, was a beast

[StealthAu]

durring the period of being on my L's and P's I owned a 81 celica, V8 VK Mock, ZL Fairlane, 70 something Honda Civic and last an EB II GLI.

[dishpig]

Au xr6 here

[Mongoose]

nothing but e series' for me: EL monty, EB 'mont, EL GLi and hopefully before too long an XC monty (yes, i like fairmonts ok?)

EDIT: should actually mention im only an L plater, but i will hopefully have my P's in less than 3 weeks, do i still count?

[Debzilla_108]

loans arent that hard to pay off if you budget well... im having no problem
and im only 18 years old...with a crappy retail job that pay 2 parts of bugger all.

[GORDZ]

had a '90 magna, then a '96 lancer, then an '89 300zx, then back to the lancer, now the BA XR6 Ute. not changing. Love me ute

[Shaggzy]

Originally Posted by SVT8

EB Fairmont V8.......havnt seen one p'plater driving the same. pffft Grandpa car......

Your not looking hard enough i know of three p platers that have 5.0L EB fairmonts in my small country town and another with a turbo eb

[BAFalconXT]

During the time I have been on my L's and P's. I have had;
- 1 Nissan Bluebird
- 1 Honda Accord
- 1 VN Commodore V6
- 1 VN Calais V8
- 2 VP Commodore V6
- 1 VQ Caprice V8
- 1 Ford Falcon BA XT
I think thats it... As you can see, the two first cars were cheap . VN/VP's are my favourite commodores, but the BA Falcon converted me to FORD!

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by wazza69

I just wanna know how the hell P-platers can afford BA/BF XR6's etc?? I never could of afforded a new model car when I was on my P's... got me stumped

Some people just work hard and save well. I had a TX5 for the majority of my P plates and then bought a WRX.

I think there is 2 blokes with XR8s on their Ps too or they were at least a while back anyways.

The best way is not to throw away hours when they are offered to you IMO aswell as not wasting money all the time. When you're at work you can't really spend much anyways and you're earning more at the same time ;)

[XCSEDAN]

XC sedan....
as the name suggests :

[nickd]

give it time guys, we will be seeing p-platers in XR6 TURBO'S they are the next VL turbo's line up.
My two bobs worth.

[sleekism]

Originally Posted by Debzilla_108

loans arent that hard to pay off if you budget well... im having no problem
and im only 18 years old...with a crappy retail job that pay 2 parts of bugger all.

Yeah I had to get a loan but that was I was broke, just moved out of home and my Laser was bout to run out of rego. Parents are tightasses (had to leave home at 18) so no hope there.

I'm a year ahead of schedule on my loan so I guess I'm going good.

I have to work fulltime though. But if I wasn't working I would be asleep or out wasting petrol so who cares I guess.

[Hybrid34]

Originally Posted by wazza69

I just wanna know how the hell P-platers can afford BA/BF XR6's etc?? I never could of afforded a new model car when I was on my P's... got me stumped

....Daddy's pocket;)

[irlewy86]

Originally Posted by sleekism

Young people can't afford to buy a house.

My parents in the 90's had the choice of house or second hand car.

God I wish I cold buy a 20 grand house.

I would drive a EA if it meant I could buy a house.

Real car lovers sleep in the car.

[S3SR]

i had an AUIII SR and now a BF XR6

[Fev]

green p's with a BA futura 03. i love my car
and i own it outright and paid for it myself

Loans aren't the only way P platers can afford cars.

I just got off my P's a week ago and for the last 3 years I've owned a VX sedan and an FZR 250. Everyone thought I either had a loan or generous parents, but it was neither.

I started working at 15 and saved up a lot of money. I'm still a full time student and joined Uni as soon as I left school. All of my money was sitting in a managed fund, increasing with the boom in the sharemarket.

I was able to buy my VX and the bike and still have plenty of money left over.

At the time I bought my VX, I could very easily have purchased the VY or BA, but the BA would've been pushing my price limit and there wasn't enough difference between the VY and VX for me to go the VY.

If you hit the auctions or shop around for a good deal, current model Falcodores really don't cost that much. A lot of P platers work damn hard for their money and would like to see the benefits in something they enjoy. Anything with wheels has always interested me and I'd rather enjoy getting behind the wheel of my car everyday than have a bigger number on a slip of paper I can't enjoy for a while.

[PoMmYwOG]

i had:

VP V6 Wagon - Traded
VS Calais V6 - Gave to my bro(such a nice car...miss it sometimes when i see it and hear it)
BA XR6 - Still have it

i admit now it wasnt all that smart of me to get the xr6 on finance, but it is such a beautiful car, the way it drives and feels and goes(couldnt resist the sunroof, full black leather and premium audio), the thing i love best is the fact it doesnt use oil and doesnt have the commodore driveline vibration...just wished it sounded as good as the VS Calais :(

[Fev]

get paccies and it will sound better then any V6

yes it was a mistake getting finace, get a damn loan.. so much cheaper lol

[PoMmYwOG]

my calais sounded pretty damn good tho, very deep esp at idle...ppl thought it was an 8....

love to get the exhaust done on the XR6, just worried about voiding warrenty plus im saving up to move out...

i can afford the repayments no prob at all, had to get finance as i had to buy the car asap...ford credit did me a good deal anyway so im happy...




got me thinking about getting exhaust done now :Up_to_som
damn warrenty holding me back

[Tuddy200]

Originally Posted by Hybrid34

....Daddy's pocket;)

My father recently borrowed one grand off me to pay back his father. I drive and pay for the loan, petrol and insurance of my sexy BA XR6 5 Speed.

People may look at us as spoiled brats or drug dealers but most of you are mistaken, cause alot of us work bloody hard for our cars and I mean hard because we are on the low or the lowest wage compared to some of the big wig smartasses that are driving around in there lastest BMW or Posche and crash cause they can't drive. :

The way I see it with my loan is, in another 4 years, i'll own my XR6 fully, that still looks great for its age and then I can work on worrying about getting a house loan with the credit history I have, which is at the moment very good because im ahead on both my loans and credit card is always paid off in quarter the time then expected.

Oh by the way, I drive a 04' BA XR6 5 Speed BluePrint Sedan.