How do you all stop yourselves from spending money on your car....

[twistedblack69]

Hopefully putting this into writing will help me out a bit, but I've got student loans, and the temptation to kit my car out with a set of ATS Cups, an ABF engine drop in, Porsche tombstone fronts.....it's killing me. The worst part is the car still has some work that needs doing before it's back up to scratch, which I think "if I spend money doing that, then I can buy nice stuff for it" and try and justify it to myself! I just sit in most of my lecturers doodling car stuff, but I need to save my loan. I can't be the only person having this problem?

[jmsheahan]

Nope you certainly aren't alone.

I'm a student too and spend far too much time looking at car stuff when I should be doing work. Like for now instance, I'm writing my dissertation (on car culture funnily enough  ) and am currently surrounded by books and notes. I also have a design project due in tomorrow morning and yet I am sat on here looking through the classifieds 

Money wise, I only allow myself to spend cash from working and savings rather than the loan, although I did have a maxed overdraft last year from fixing the mk2  Fortunately paid most of it off now.

No real advice to offer but student to student, I get ya  I've left the car at home now in a bid to keep it tucked away, out of site out of mind and all that. A super busy 3rd year means I have no choice!

[twistedblack69]

Haha yea well I'm from Portsmouth and go to Portsouth uni so the car's sat outside :s my first year I got into about £2000 of debt, but I've paid all but a £750 overdraft off now I'm chuffed. I thought I was right down sh!t creek at the time

[X4MGS]

I'm not a student... But do have the responsibility of running my own business and keeping a roof over my family's head and in these very hard times that's no mean feat....

So I make sure I have to save up for the parts I want or do a bit of buying and selling to raise funds for the "Car Projects".... By saving up first it makes you think a few times about "Can I Justify" or "Do I Really Need" these parts or upgrades...

It took me 3 months to save up for my 1st set of RM's... But by waiting I found a superb set in Germany and at the time prices had began to fall so a double bonus... I have since bought a white set that I really wanted in the first place but could not afford them... But to get them I have sold the other set... and then sold the tyres on to someone else... In the end they have cost me nearly nothing to "Upgrade"...

HTH

[cняis]

I keep telling myself that Christine needs presents, or else she'll through a tantrum and not work 

The car gets more presents than the mrs!

[Deano2711]

I just tell the missus my plans and that usually works 

[apie2004]

I ignore what my girlfriend says

[clipperjay]

Family.....

[Ben Lessani]

i've never been one for uncontrolled spending, i've always had discipline when it comes to money.

The golf has rarely got nice presents, usually just bargain ebay finds, i waited 1 year for a cheap exhaust and ran without a backbox the whole time, managed to get a full stainless for £10 on ebay.

The rest of my hard earned is usually spent on keeping it going. My last car was a project of love, the golf is more neccessity - it still doesn't even have speakers after 4 years of owning it!

I find i control my spending my time looking at cars i truly want. But if your golf is your love, then your screwed!

[banterchicken]

I haven't owned a golf very long but I'm finding it an expensive task. Obviously as I haven't owned it very long my impulse / novelty buying will soon wear off (I hope)!