How

[Duncan]

easy. live with ur parents

[51OOO]

i am 18 and have a r32,finished skool did not go to uni,worked for a yer and studdied a lil and am now a personal trainer!

and live at home. work hard is the only option!

[Villainous_J]

I'm planning on staying at home for another two years to save money for a car and a place of my own. I've got an incentive to stay home besides saving a crapload of $$$, we've got a new place and I get my own home theatre and pooltable

[b0neR]

Yeah i reckon living at home is one of the best ways to increase your chances of being able to afford a skyline by the time your 20ish. Food and bills are paid for and if your parents do make you pay rent it would be at a rate a helluva lot better than if you moved out. And as Villainous_J said, it cant hurt having a free pool table and home theatre (and good computer and net connection to add to that) to waste your time on.

As long as you do this and work/study hard, it will pay off ultimately.

[Blade]

Ive been workin as a builder for about 1.5 years, been working 4 days a week missing out on alot of uni, 1st year uni last year...just so i could buy my car

On average i was missing 2 out the 4 days of uni just so i could work....it took me 1 full year of saving to get enough $$$

I was lucky and had nice friends at uni who lent me their notes and stuff lol, if it wasnt for them id failed every subject

So basically save hard, or take a loan lol

[Villainous_J]

Yeah i reckon living at home is one of the best ways to increase your chances of being able to afford a skyline by the time your 20ish. Food and bills are paid for and if your parents do make you pay rent it would be at a rate a helluva lot better than if you moved out. And as Villainous_J said, it cant hurt having a free pool table and home theatre (and good computer and net connection to add to that) to waste your time on.

As long as you do this and work/study hard, it will pay off ultimately.

Free pooltable???? nah, I gotta pay for it outta my own pocket!!! (cheapass parents lol), but at least I got somewhere to play it, I wouldn't be able to rent somewhere as big as our new house lol

[b0neR]

Haha fair enough... as long as your not paying for the home theatre it aint so bad.

[r33skylinegtst]

Why does everyone assume that because your parents buy you a car that you are either rich of likely to crash it? My parents are taking out a loan or redrawing on something else so they can buy me an R33, and true, i wont pay for the car myself, but that doesn't mean i will take it for granted and wrap it around a tree the first week of ownership. I still have to pay rego, insurance (full comprehensive=$4k a year, NOT CHEAP) and repairs. And when you work for peanuts thats a lot of saving. I'm going to pick up a second casual job just to save money for the insurance, and juggling school in with that (im at college in the ACT, year 12) isn't particularly easy either. Believe me, when i get this car im going to WORSHIP it, not take it for granted because im some 'rich kid.' Don't stereotype everyone cause often you'll find its just pure ignorance.

[pentae]

Sorry man, grade 12 kids who drive Skylines are rich kids. (or come across as)..

The fact your working 2 jobs to pay for keeping your car on the road means you should not own the car. Particularly as a first car.

You had also better get ready to hear 'rich kid' a lot.. your mates at school, guys you meet at parties, people at uni who have been busting their ass for the last 5 years to save up for some rusted out peice of shit VL will be keying your car and wanting to bash you and make your life hell.

Australia generally has a bad case of tall poppy syndrome, and justified or not you had better get used to it. Take a look at the responses that kid got who wrote off the r33 GTR.. everyone on here was very excited about it.

Is pulling the chicks worth all that trouble? go get an old turb silvia until you can afford a skyline yourself. It will feel a lot better getting into the drivers seat that first time when you actually deserve it.

[(33NIZ)]

Yea, work really hard and buy one..or take a loan and work really really hard to pay it off! If you can get a loan of your parents its easier on the interest but hmm not so easy on the repayments as they think that paying them everything you earn is the best option. Needless to say we dont see eye to eye on that issue!

[xRHETTx]

I guess im a bit old to respond to this post, being 21 and all, but i managed to buy my R32 GTSt about 4 months ago. Im at uni 5 days a week, and work probably 15 hours a week during semester, and almost full time over summer. I saved $8k in about a year and then borrowed another $8k from the bank to buy my car.

Living at home makes it easy, but you just need to want it bad enough and you will find some way of saving up and still make ends meet.

PS. Learn to sew. It'll help when all your socks have holes in them and you cant afford new ones because you have your insurance to pay.

[(33NIZ)]

I can also see where pentae is coming from, I get "did daddy buy that for u?" from people all the time, you quickly learn to shrug it off especially if you can find a few people with decent cars to hang around, as long as your not an up yourself tool that thinks hes king sh*t coz he has a nice car and appreciate what youve hopefully either worked hard or are working hard for, why shouldnt you be able to have a nice car? Just coz others will be jealous and or not approve isnt a reason not to buy a good car. Thats my 2c anyway.

[Nismo_Boy]

I can also see where pentae is coming from, I get "did daddy buy that for u?" from people all the time, you quickly learn to shrug it off especially if you can find a few people with decent cars to hang around, as long as your not an up yourself tool that thinks hes king sh*t coz he has a nice car and appreciate what youve hopefully either worked hard or are working hard for, why shouldnt you be able to have a nice car? Just coz others will be jealous and or not approve isnt a reason not to buy a good car. Thats my 2c anyway.

Read my user text lol

If you cant afford the car, you cant afford the loan, unless you have mummy and daddie back up.

Work long and hard, and you'll afford it soon enough.

[neil_se]

I'm in pretty much the same boat as xRHETTx, double degree, 15 hours a week work, but i'm out of home as well. I saved for a year while driving a hand-me-down car then worked 2 jobs over the summer to buy my 180. This summer i've worked 2 jobs to do my rb20det conversion and get the car above 200rwkw.

[xaero1]

I think you need a certain level of maturity before you buy powerful cars first of all. I know too many people that wrote off cars in their first year because they were simply too immature to handle the responsibility that goes with having over 150bhp under the bonnet.

Secondly, i envy you students in Australia. From what i hear, you guys get a grant each year at University, is this true? Well, i have a £9,000 loan to pay off when i enter full time employment (hopefully) this summer!!!

Myself, i've been driving a 1.1 litre fiesta around for the last 3 years as i get very cheap insurance on it, good mileage and excellent reliability. At the end of the day it is a sh1t heap, but very cheap to keep on the road. Meanwhile, when my insurance has been going down, and my no claims bonus building up, i have been saving money. I run a kickboxing club at University so i make a decent amount of money teaching that 3 times a week - it's enough to live on anyways. So all of this has contributed to my savings.

It remains to be seen what i do with my money when i come out of University..... do i pay off my student loan in one big lump? Or do i buy a Skyline?

[dangerous_daveo]

Im seeing a lot of hate here hey...

Anyway, if I spent the money I had on a shitbox, Id be constantly late, or just not turning up for work, Id be spending all my money on repairs or oil... Sometimes your better off getting the loan, in the long run it can save you money, sure I spent more than I had to, but as I knew that I was going to be doing the same mods later on down the track, it works out cheaper to buy the car with them already on it, so once again, spend more now, save more later, even with interest.

[RNS11Z]

Im 20, i bought my skyline when i was 19. Turning 21 soon. I've spent over 20k on it since i bought it. No my parents did not buy my car for me, infact since owning the car they have donated 5k to me which i am repaying them back. I have been working since the age of 15 and i was fortunate enought to get a good job when i was 18. Now i just opened my own business and i am going back to uni this year. For those who says it easy to just get a loan and pay it off, well it aint. I work my ass off and yes i try to go out but its not so easy.

Some of just like to put the extra work to get what we love and enjoy.

[neil_se]

xaero1- uni students definately don't get grants in aus. we have the 'hecs' system which seems similar to yours, just student loans that you pay back once you're earning enough. i'll have 30-40k to repay once i'm done.

[omp]

My self personally it's all hard yakka

[The_Paladin]

Australia generally has a bad case of tall poppy syndrome, and justified or not you had better get used to it. Take a look at the responses that kid got who wrote off the r33 GTR.. everyone on here was very excited about it.