I may have someone coming to view the car tomorrow. Following a conversation with Helen last night, the option of keeping it has become realistic. At some point I will need a car for the driving school, but the way things are progressing that may not be for another 5-6 months. During that time I am chopping away at the debt built up to pay for the course with my weekly wage. When I finally do need a car, I will have 2 incomes; my current job and the potential driving customers. This can substantiate finance on the new car, allowing me to keep the Scoob which is all paid for. Or, should I just sell it now to the next viewer that wants it? If I sell, obviously I can go straight out and pay cash for the driving school car, and have a little left over cancelling the debt. It is the most sensible option, but owning a Scoob isn't anything to do with sense

 

Hmmmm, tricky one that, I'm gonna have to think about that , which could prove quite painful but such is my dedication to the club I'm prepared to do it

 

if your umming and arring about it then as soon as its gone you'll ant it back again. after not driving one for 8 months when i smashed my old one up i was going nuts

 

Well what a quandry

I can't use my, 'smiley post analysis test' on your post known as (SPAT)
because of your blatant lack of said GIFs

I love Subaru's with a passion Dave, Love owning, Love driving,
Love the feeling of control on high speed twisties, Love belonging to a mark that has pedigree.

I could not with clear consience offer a vote to sell it, if there is anyway you can keep hold of it, without obviously causing you any unworkable financial difficulties.

you know what they say

22 identical boxes and no questions except for one!

Sell or don't sell

 

I'd like to add the following to Mick's post: Love being a member of the best damned Imprezza club in the land I'm biased of course...

Tough call chap. I'd do anything to be able to keep my car in order to satisfy Mick's valid and excellent pointers... My pointer isn't so valid as the club people are probably more important to the way the club 'feels' right now..

But Tidgy hits it on the head... After my Mk1 WRX was nicked, I had a few month in the A-Class. By week 4 I'd pulled out my hair and become a miserable prat... by week 8 common sense was out of the window and I was looking for another Scoob with an addicted passion.... I missed it badly and I get the feeling you will too.

The runs, the doo's and the feeling of being part of the group. With only 3 weeks in a Polo, I'm simply dying to get back to that warm fuzzy feeling my T20 gives....

Nuff said.

 

CB,

Starting up on my own I can possibly help out.

If you buy a driving school car by selling the scoob then all the money you make from the car school is yours...............therefore if you are planning on keeping your other job for a while you don't need the extra driving school money, you will hence end up with loads of free cash and want another scoob ASAP.

If you get a driving school car on finance you only have to cover the finance payments each month from profits of the driving school and your current wage will pay for the running of the scoob/house/etc...........you are no worse off provided the school pays for the car

If after 6-12 months of running both cars you then decide you want to jack in the weekend job to drive full time you will either be able to afford to run both cars (based on 12 months experience) as you are such a wonderful and fully subscribed instuctor or the scoob has to go and you settle for a lesser wage each month.

In my business, to date I haven't taken a penny as a wage as I have my shift job for that but all equipment is paid off completely, I can therefore charge less (or profit more) from jobs I do when I have all the kit I need and pack in the shift job.

Hope that helps

Kev

P.S. If you are selling it I want a go on track first

 

You know what I've voted for

Good luck with whatever you decide CB

 

Right OK I've been thinking about it, well it's not like I have to think to do my job so I've had plenty of time although it has been very difficult to stop myself from

Anyhoo it seems to me that considering how you were raving on to me the other week about how good it is now and that it is basically the best it's ever driven and considering driving dominates your whole life getting rid of the Scoob is gonna be very hard.

On the other hand I do wonder whether it's the driving or the car that is most important, it seems to me that no matter what car you had you would get the best out of it so perhaps the car you have isn't the critical factor, as long as it's fun to drive.

Although having said that you may find you'll always be comparing whatever replacement vehicle you get with the scoob, I fear we may hear statements along the lines of, yeah it does this and it does that but it's not as good as the scoob on regular occasions if you were to get rid of it.


So I say keep the Scoob no hold on a minute I mean get rid of it cos a change will do you good oh no hold on that's not right, keep the Scoob yeah that's it, I think

arghh **** it I dunno, look you're big enough and ugly enough to make you're own bloody decisions

now where's the bloody asprins got to

 

keep it! cb, my car will get lonely in the works car park

 

Your car wouldn't be silver would it

 

Come come now Dave I think you've already made you're mind up what you're going to do! And I really can't see any of us lot saying "Go on Dave get rid of the Scoob" so I reckon you would like us to say "you're doing the right thing" - and I think you are if it turns out you keep her

When I got mine it was a tough decision financially and hassle wise but it's one of the best things I ever did. The way I justify / justified it is

1) In a few years time you won't be able to drive anywhere fast do to speed bumps, cameras, road narrowing, give way chicanes etc etc added to the fact of the soaring cost of fuel, so I wanted to enjoy the last remnants of decent motoring in this country
2) I've no brats (sorry children) so why drive round in a Zafira now

The only reservation I'd have (if it was me) is if I was putting so much into a new career at which it's very cornerstone was having a driving license the last thing I'd have would be a Scooby! One small touch of the accelarator and that could be that.

 

[quyot e=corradoboy] Your car wouldn't be silver would it [/quote]its crystal grey but yes it looks silver only see you when i am on nights

 

Bloody Hell, welcome to SNet and the WYIOC Are you working this weekend, as if not you could come along to the trackday. I'll be in on Sunday night for my usual snooze, watch a DVD or 2, eat a pizza and surf the 'net for a while

 

As someone who recently lost a scoob due to "unforseen circumstances" I can safely say I would never give it up willingly if I hadn't had to

Like people say as soon as it's gone you'll miss it

Al try 4 weeks in a bloody corsa sxi mate it's crap you feel like a boy racer, every idiots got one and they all want to race

 

Hi mate

This is a tough one. I love my cars, but not like you love yours!

I am currently in a similar situation of keep or sell due to houses, but if there is any way to keep it then I will.

My advice would be, for what its worth, to keep the car until it becomes impossible to do so. In my opinion the car is well priced, yet no-one wants to buy it, as they are obviously out for a bargain, thus meaning you would have to drop the price and not get what you wanted. I dont think that you could strip the car down and get the value either.

The car market is on its **** at the moment. You have put much time and effort into building a car that you wanted, and would be gutted if you had to get rid and then start again later.

just my 2p worth

 

Pretty much the way I feel Martin. I agree entirely with the bargain hunters, but if they want a bargain they can sod off and buy a standard vanilla WRX. If they want something special then mine is it, but they can bloody well pay a little for it.

I'm gonna let the viewer come by today if he calls, but unless he goes to full asking then it's a no-deal. And even then it may be a no-deal. Off out to wash it now

 

Excellent mate - stick to your guns.

If i were to buy another impreza, which I toyed with for a while yours would certainly be up there. I've read about the various mods and it seems pretty much perfect for our roads.

Too many people are obsessed with big power, but power without control is nothing! and yours has plenty of power and lots of control!

Fingers crossed you'll be able to keep it!

Cheers

Martyn

 

KEEP IT MATE

 

keep it you'll only miss it when its gone not had mine for 3 weeks now and driving is nothing more than a chore till i get it back then it i'll be fun again