My brother was a boyracer who bought an Astra SR at 18 (paid in installments as he bought it from a friend) that never made it out of the drive because by the time he had spare cash to fix it it was about 1000GBP away from passing an MOT (it had cost him 1200GBP). Then he went to college for 3 months so he could get a student loan and bought an Astra SRi which cost 2000GBP and ran for about a year before catastrophically failing and having to be scrapped. Then an RS Turbo with another loan, which lasted a few years. Then he sold the RSTurbo and bought a SierraTD estate which was his first "sensible" car. Went like poop off a spade but room for the dog in the back. It cost him 6000GBP (another loan, which he'd used to consolidate the first 3 loans and get the car), and 2 months after he bought it he crashed it through a hedge (cornering at 70mph) and twisted the chassis. He was 3rd part fire and theft insured and basically had to remove the plates, grind the serial numbers off and leave it where it was because he couldn't even afford to have the scrap man come pick it up. He then drive around in an Astra SwingD (incredibly sedate) for 5 years while he paid the final for-nothing loan off. He was about 28 before he learned his lesson and 30 before all the loans were paid up.
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