who's a student here?

[olly]

I'm still studying at uni and even on my daily it's almost impossible to fill up. Mind you, I don't drive to uni, I just use it to drive around from my parents shop and home and run errands for mum. And that's only petrol. Add in food and public transport cost and it's over haha. Not to mention going out as well.

I don't drive my gsr anymore, I can't imagine filling that up anymore. Just saw petrol at 1.61c for unleaded. That's like $65 a full tank for us.

 

[EVO85]

I am studying part-time. I am not exactly enthralled about stretching a 4 year degree out over 8 years, but having said that, i'm wearing it down and have nearly cracked the halfway mark! :lol: There wouldn't be a snowball's chance in hell of me surviving with a mortgage, a modified car and a host of bad habits. :shock: Life is short, work hard and smart; and party harder... 8)

 

[iluszn]

Im no longer a student but if i had to pay todays prices back when i was at uni.. I would be driving a non turbo bucket of tard that was economical and not the GSR i had back then.

I used to do an average of 70km a day.. + etag.

Today i however filled my wifes car and that was $70, and thats just a mazda 323...

Just wait till its $2 a litre.. $80 - 100 for a small car. $150 for a commo.

 

[p3akin]

wednesday morning... 46 bucks for half a tank mobil 8000...

and im not a student...

 

[OFFON-4]

It aint gonna get easier either..

Inflation on the rise, reserve bank will be forced to push the rates up.
And for those who have a mortgage, prime lenders are tipped to increase the rates ontop of any RBA increases.

Whatever happened to the australian dream?

My run about is fine $50 it cost me at 1.60 so i guess buy a daily and save ur pennies..

 

[the_phoenix]

Yep being a student and working almost full time makes it a fantastic life.

 

[DOUGMO]

It aint gonna get easier either..



My run about is fine $50 it cost me at 1.60 so i guess buy a daily and save ur pennies..

have you got a vespa too dave?

 

[OFFON-4]

It aint gonna get easier either..



My run about is fine $50 it cost me at 1.60 so i guess buy a daily and save ur pennies..

have you got a vespa too dave?

with a 93 in it LoL

 

[DOUGMO]

i just cant think of a car that ould only cost $50 to fill atm

is it an old mini? diahatsu charade

 

[OFFON-4]

LoL

Mr Lancer MR and yes 1.8ltr

It cost about $50 to fill up...No shit hehehe

 

[CLuTZ]

I study part time, but also have a business which pays for fuel :wink:

 

[evopwr]

yeh im full time uni.

i drive the magna sports to uni and work. manual ftw!

oh and it helps that uni is 5min drive from my house 8)

yeh petrol is intense.

soon everyone will be riding those homo-looking scooters :shock:

 

[olly]

soon everyone will be riding those homo-looking scooters :shock:

i actually wouldn't mind them 8)

 

[WindeX]

I can imagine both paying what I do in fuel now and insurance + upkeep of a nice care while at uni. I didnt get into cars until I had finished uni lucky for me, but since then all the cash has gone that way.... There is light at the end of the tunnel boys!

 

[trist]

full time student

why do you think i dot myself a postie bike
they are not fast in any way but $20 of fuel goes a very long way almost 900km to be exact

cheers
aaron

 

[JSTYLE]

i just cant think of a car that ould only cost $50 to fill atm

is it an old mini? diahatsu charade

my good old SJ Express Van costs about $30 to fill up (after the coles/safeway 4c discount voucher $32) i love it being on gas.. gas prices havent gone up at all.. i spose thats cos we produce gas here and its only a bi product of fuel.

it gets met about 310km...

Jon

 

[Dean]

i've got the key!
lose ur licence!

im doin uni full time
working 3 full days a week too
public transport is ur best friend.
use it as much as possible, make sure u got a concession card,
im paying $22 a week for tickets, compared to the $120 a week i was paying on petrol when i was driving.
walk as much as possible too. helps keep u fit at the same time aswell
while i do miss driving, i've saved so much in petrol that its relieved my pain a little bit

 

[ENGINR]

There wouldn't be a snowball's chance in hell of me surviving with a mortgage, a modified car and a host of bad habits. :shock: Life is short, work hard and smart; and party harder... 8)

I got the mortage and my modified car IS all of my the bad habits rolled into one. When you put the cost of living on top of the mortage payments you very quickly learn to either live without doing that one extra modification to your car, or you just save and save and save until you can afford to do it.

My feeling is that you shouldn't stop living and doing what you enjoy, but you just need to be smarter and a little more restrained about what you do and how you go about doing it. I have to admit that's why I sometimes don't log onto this forum for a while at times, I get jealous when I see some of the things some of you guys buy and do to your cars - I guess I just get that 'red mist' about feeling like I'm missing out and it depresses me! Stupid I know. Once I distance myself from it for a couple of days I don't think about it again.

But I couldn't survive if I was on part-time wages like I was at Uni - I'd have to sell the car to be honest.

 

[colezy91]

yea im in year 11 and a part time job lol

and i own two cars so its hard to get the money for what i want to do
to the second car plus im in canberra and its hard to find parts aswell so i get most my part sent from NSW..

 

[grumbly]

Study part time, work full time, wife, 2 kids, mortgage and modified car.