Benkid
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Was the question I was asked today by a bird from work after I told her the costs to date on my LET build and i didn't actually have a sensible answer. So i'm asking you that same question as you must've been asked before. This is probably more related to the people who have spent a load on there Corsa rather than buy one already done and drive it around.
I said it was to see the looks on peoples faces when a Corsa comes tearing past but is that really worth all the money we spend?
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Callum
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Registered: 17th Dec 08
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Mine is only a 1.2 and ive had it 2 months, spent over the value of the car already, guess its just a hobby for me, i like knowing that ive done it myself rather than just buying it modified already
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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you just do.. it's not jsut corsa.. any car pretty much. you never get all money from your mods, but for example for me it's a great fun and pleasre to have a moded car... same as for some people taking drugs...
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sampayne21
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Registered: 3rd Sep 08
Location: Sidcup Kent Drives: BMW E46
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i dont have any regrets about all the money iv spent on mine as its been so much fun to drive
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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the way i see it is your spending money to improve your car and it being a corsa for me is by choice
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andyc1234
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Registered: 7th Nov 06
Location: Lancashire
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ive put about 6k into mind so far and not even driven it yet. Theres days i think why bother but i just keep thinking of the smile that will be on my face when i first put my foot down
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alan-g-w
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The way I think of it is - if you buy a £15k car, depending what you're after you're going to have a nicely sorted (in my case quick) motor. But if you buy a corsa for a grand and spen £14k on it you're going to end up with something that'll keep up with a supercar in a straight line. That's why I think people do it anyway, but at the end of the day you could spend the same putting all sorts of TVs and bodykits on it - so it's just down to what you prefer to do with your money at the end of the day.
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fir3vip3r
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
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because its your hobby?
why spend money on anything?
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willay
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its a project, its a hobby, its something to do. You can either be a wanker in a expensive corsa or a wanker in the m3 (hi fad). I can afford to spunk doh on the corsa so why not. FIN.
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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It's no different to spending money on any car, it's just a hobby, just a Corsa is deemed as a lower class car
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
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My mom thinks its a waste of money doing anything do any cars 
And when something goes wrong itl be ' well you shouldnt have messed with it' (even though some problems are nothing to do with what ive done.
Also a few people at work (older than me 35ish?) into there cars a bit, said to me before when I was on about my respray 'Its still only a corsa though, why dont you get something better?'
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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Ask her what she spends all her money on, clothes and make up no doubt. If you ask her why she will say because it makes her feel good, you wouldnt spend the money on your car if you didnt get some pleasure out of it. She obviously doesnt appreciate that different peoples have different priorities.
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corsayoung
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quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
The way I think of it is - if you buy a £15k car, depending what you're after you're going to have a nicely sorted (in my case quick) motor. But if you buy a corsa for a grand and spen £14k on it you're going to end up with something that'll keep up with a supercar in a straight line. That's why I think people do it anyway, but at the end of the day you could spend the same putting all sorts of TVs and bodykits on it - so it's just down to what you prefer to do with your money at the end of the day.
i found this comment, the best i haev heard for a long time.
It's like, if you buy a car you expect it to perform like a 15k car, spend 1000 on a corsa then another 2000 on engine making it go, and you have a bargin and you are doing something which you enjoy, your hobby!
Just love it!
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Ellis
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Registered: 11th Sep 07
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I've spend a silly amount of cash on my car, don't regret a single penny of it though. Hobbies cost money, that's the way I look at it...
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Liam B
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I've fitted corsa sport brakes, corsa sport interior and a corsasport engine, for the amount of money on my car i could of just bought a corsa sport, but i guess its the fun of doing it,
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jimmy 2.1
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Because as said by others its an interest/project/hobby etc.
Yeah i could have spent £12k on a new or 'nice' car, but who's to say i wouldn't spend another £12k on mods and end up with £24k in a car?
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smith_8v
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if u hadnt spent loads of money on your car what would you have spent it on (getting drunk and going out for me) if i hadnt spent my money on my car i would have just spent it on some thing else
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DizzyRebel
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Registered: 2nd Jan 09
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Unless restoring a classic, any money spent modifying a car is dead money and its arguable your simply pissing money away.
Its ok as a hobby, but its finding where to draw that line of a hobby becoming a fruitless obsession of burning money. For me, a corsa is a cheap car and id spend no more than 3k on building one - i see no point of plumbing 10k into a corsa as your never going to get it back and that money could be spent on a better car that would return its investment if you decided to sell it 6 months later.
One thing that does make me laugh is lads who are mid to late 20's with 15k of car sat on their parents drive still living at home... Just shows how shallow and pointless their life is that they would rather plumb all their money into a black hole instead of invest in bricks and cement.
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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I spent in excess of £20k on my corsa
yes it is was a waste of money and i can appreciate that
However i spent it over the space of 3 or 4 years a bit at a time
I did it as i enjoyed working on my car and learning how things worked, i also did it as i wanted my car to look better than a standard corsa
All i could afford at the time was a corsa or the likes
in hindsight if i hadnt spent anything and saved up i could have bought a better car etc etc
I would not have the knowledge i have now regarding cars or mechanics as a whole and i actually enjoyed driving a car i knew that i had changed the brakes, suspension, engine made all the custom interior parts etc
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M-IKE19
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Registered: 25th Nov 07
Location: highlands Drives; Astra GSi Turbo and Corsa GSi
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make it ur own car! iv spent just over 10k thats inc a recon engine.
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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i spent way too much on a shit corsa (x3).
I was an idiot.
I havent learned... just moved on to more expensive wastes of money
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Adam C
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Registered: 10th Jan 07
Location: Cornwall UK Drives:Arden Blue Gsi T
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Like many have said, its a hobby and one I couldnt live without, money is never really an object as whatever i budget on cars it never sticks to that price.
Ive been without a garage for a couple of months now and I sold my Corsa not long ago, so have nothing to do and no fancy car to work on and nothing to spend my hard earned cash on, never felt so useless in all my life
Should soon have a newer car to mess with but if i ever manage to get a garage again I would most likely do another Corsa B or a MK1/2 Golf
My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
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DizzyRebel
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
I spent in excess of £20k on my corsa
yes it is was a waste of money and i can appreciate that
However i spent it over the space of 3 or 4 years a bit at a time
I did it as i enjoyed working on my car and learning how things worked, i also did it as i wanted my car to look better than a standard corsa
All i could afford at the time was a corsa or the likes
in hindsight if i hadnt spent anything and saved up i could have bought a better car etc etc
I would not have the knowledge i have now regarding cars or mechanics as a whole and i actually enjoyed driving a car i knew that i had changed the brakes, suspension, engine made all the custom interior parts etc
20k is a waste no matter how u look at it! You cant use learning mechanics as an excuse either as i went to college and did that and it cost me fuck all! Id cry if i worked out i spent 20k on a corsa, thats a house deposit or a porsche 911.
The way i see it is based on your annual income if you spend anymore than 10% of it on a car your pissing it away. Ie if you only earn basic wage (around 10k a year) you shouldnt really blow more than £1000 on a hobby - otherwise your hobby ends up taking up the majority of your free cash.
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jamesy1990
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Registered: 15th Dec 08
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you ask is it worth it? every single pennie!!!!
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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I've got to be honest I never originally planned to go as far with my corsa as I have. Most peoples jaws hit the floor when they ask how much its cost me but i've never got into debt over it or anything, just saved hard to buy the things I want for it to make it personal to me  Don't care how much people slate it, it my pride and joy
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