P.S.A.D (Personal Shite Acquiring Drama)

[Partridge]

So, I'm dead excited for my new Jag, which I'm hoping to pick in a week's time. Or rather I was. Family members, save for my Dad, are trying to sabotage and piss allover my parade at every opportunity.

 

It's been such an touchy topic of conversation I now feel like I've done something wrong - but I've not. I've merely bought a car.

 

I've been told, by various people that buying OMG ANOTHER CAR will

 

A: Affect my credit rating

B: Mean I value material possessions over my girlfriend

C: Make me go bankrupt overnight

D: Automatically kill my other car

E: It WILL get vandalised

F: Cause plagues of locusts. Probably.

 

The drama, moaning and lectures has soured the whole thing to extent I feel like calling it all off. But I won't because I'm bloody minded.

 

FFS, I work five miles away, so could foot the fuel bill for a Hummer if I wanted to. And it's a car and can be sold. I've not sold a Kidney. For some reason buying the car has stamped on most goodwill towards me by my immediate family - and I'm now the devil. It's got to the stage where I don't want to come home or visit anyone, so I'm staying at work after my shifts have finished and chilling there a lot now. Over a car.

 

I can't work out why. It's my money. Is this a thing? Has anyone else "suffered" with this? Seriously. What the fuck? I only wanted a Jag

 

Sorry to vent. But this must be one of the few places where people will understand!

[Barry Cade]

I have been told on good authority that it is possible to get 2 bodies in the boot of a Jag. Just sayin' like.

[Partridge]

Four if you chop them up first.

[Jim Bell]

Draw a Cocks on them.

[Laseraligningfoofooflanges]

''Why dont you sell all your old cars and get something decent!'' They bleat.

 

''All that money on old banger you cant afford it'' While the majority of these types think nothing of blowing £400 a month on a dead money lease for some hateful white audi or something.

 

Im a minor player in the chod stakes, But ive had it before its boring i just ignore it , Lets face it in about 2-3 weeks they'll get over it and you'll still have a jaaag

[Ghosty]

I've had problems like this with bicycles before. You can't bloody win with hobbies.

[JayW]

Four if you chop them up first.

Nah, not in an XJ, their torsos foul the fuel tank...

 

Can't say I've ever had your problem, my missus is never surprised when I rock up with another motor. 5 or 6 on the go is pretty normal, 1 in 1 out every month or so. If you cn afford it, tell them to fornicate away.

[Brodders]

Its your money and as such you can do whatever you want with it, at least you aren't spending it on daily benders involving hookers and fistfuls of cocaine (not that there is anything wrong with that of course). And, as it is being spent on an old Jag, you will always have the approval of people on here.

 

But tell them to piss off about it meaning that you will value material possessions over your girlfriend, it is a cheap secondhand car, not the physical embodiment of greed and materialism.

 

Maybe you should retort with the same thing when they want to splash out on something else that has bugger all to do with you, it would give them a taste of their own medicine.

 

Anyway, sorry about my short rant. I hope everything works out fine and you get to enjoy the Jag.

[Junkman]

You, sir, are in desperate need of a V12 Jag.

[STUNO]

  A.. Only if it goes wrong

 

  B.. Offer girlfriend a ride in it. She will then like it.

 

  C.. Only if A happens

 

  d.. If you cease to use it any more , yes

 

  E.. Insurance

 

  F.. The wrath of God for buying British

 

There are no good reasons for not buying a Jaguar (mostly)

[spartacus]

I've had this before. Being me I just ignored it, and like a bully, it just went away. As long as your children aren't going hungry as a result, buy it.

[Eddie Honda]

I was surprised yesterday by Mrs Honda saying that she couldn't give a toss how many cars I had as long as she didn't have to look at them out back (given the working/non-working ratio).

 

I nearly asked for that to be put in writing.

 

Strange thing was it was in a conversation about something else and I feel an itch I need to scratch and with impunity.

 

GET IT BOUGHT! WCPGW?

[brownnova]

And when you have said Jag, and they want a ride on the nice posh car.... Tell them to take a nice long walk up a short pier!

 

Ignore the moaners

 

Be excited by the Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag

[Richard]

If you're solvent and paying all your bills there's no reason why you shouldn't.

[sierraman]

As he said, so long as it's not taking precident over putting some snap on the table at the end of the week.

 

I'd just do as your told, sell the lot, put the money into a deposit on a PCP on a Kia, stop going out, throw your tools away, spend your weekends visiting Matalan. Stop eating red meat, read the Daily Mail and constantly go on about your credit rating.

 

No seriously I'd buy it, tell them to mind their own business. Then I'd turn up at every possible opportunity sarcastically saying how they were right and you wished you'd listened to them. Pricks!!!

[sierraman]

Ooh your just like Arnie from Christine!

[Tamworthbay]

Jag burnout in front of their house at 5am on a Sunday after taking the exhaust off?

[sierraman]

Or do a billy corkhill and doughnuts over the flower bed.

[taxi paul]

The simple thing to say , I have said this to my father in law in the past. Is " have I used any of your money buying it ? No , well mind your own fecking business then.

[bub2006]

Shit situation but I have been there. I've got to get eid if xantia as the small issues it has and the heavy clutch is now too much. I've had people say to me why don't I buy a decent car. Well I went to look at a new dacia duster the other day. Scratchy plastics and nowhere for my clutch foot. The xantia owes me 500 quid. I've done nearly 10k in 3 months. The dacia had a 6k mileage per annum limit and 306 a month.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

My response to any of this is:

 

1. Did you pay for it? Are you contributing towards it? if 'no', fuck off.

[drum]

Do you live with your parents?

If so, they might be thinking they'll never be rid of you if you keep wasting* money on Jaguars etc.

Lots of parents have problems giving up their control or influence over their offspring especially if they are partly dependent on them. Is it going to be parked in their drive?

 

Get your own place then do what you like.

[sierraman]

Ask for a whip round in six months when it wants a gearbox. They'll love that!

[tooSavvy]

The dacia had a 6k mileage per annum limit and 306 a month.

My Sandero will be on a 14, try for one less than 10k miles, hopefully c.£5k.....

 

Also a TURBO & I'm going to gently wind up the spring.

 

 

Everyone in my extended family says NO - we love the Savvy!!

 

 

C*nts... It's my money [sWMBO tells me 'we need a change!']

 

 

TS

[Lacquer Peel]

tooSandero doesn't have the same ring to it, for that reason alone KEEP THE SAVVY.

[tooSavvy]

^^^ severe ROFLcopters here M8

 

Thanks

 

 

TS

[Dave_Q]

I don't think my mum understands my need to own multiple shonkers but luckily my wife does.

 

As stated by others, it's a hobby, and a considerately less destructive hobby than a whacking great coke/booze/gambling habit.

 

I think the best thing you can do is to quietly and calmly explain you position on the matter and refuse to discuss it further. 

 

I think the reasons they've given against getting it are super lame too, affecting your credit rating? Surely that would only happen if you took out several Wonga loans to fund a series of breakdowns, which seems highly unlikely with a Jag.

[Supernaut]

That's an interesting bit of bullshit there.

 

So apparently I can affect my credit rating by spending my own cold hard cash on a banger?

 

Who'da thunk?

 

I only ever have one car on the go at a time due to space limitations, but my parents don't seem to mind any more. I'll turn up at their farm with whatever shonker I'm driving and just get a "oh, you've got a different car now?"

[stuboy]

i want a late xk8... my gf save get what u like.... she likes jags

[sierraman]

I must have a fairly awful credit rating as I've 2 shit cars.