Drivers of expensive cars : what do they do for a living ? ! ?

[JFKvsNixon]

Apologies for been a little off post, I have the same kind of question about the cost of some houses, how do people afford to buy at say £k200000 plus.

 

As for the car, I suspect they are all footballers as money appears to be no object to them.

 

Angel1

 

Are you talking about £200K house or £20 million house?

[Jim Hardie]

Are you talking about £200K house or £20 million house?

 

Could be read as £200 million.

[JFKvsNixon]

Could be read as £200 million.

 

Although it does sort of read £200 million, I went went for what I thought would be the lowest and highest amounts that the poster could have been talking about.

[RonJeremy]

people do all sorts of things, but if they do it well, very well then they could afford a very nice car. We should be thankful that they are paying so much tax to support the schools, hospitals, roads, police etc..

[GerryBooth]

The people I know who have new Range Rovers and the like do not actually own them but there Company does. It can be a tax perk and also a tax deductable treat.

 

If a company is making a profit then treat yourself to a nice car at the companies expense and lower your tax liability. Even more so when their are share holders involved.

 

As for buying houses up Whirlow etc I often wonder how they do it. But I have just finished working for a single lady who sells pharmaceuticals on commision who is only in her early 40's. The house must be worth at least 750k but it is her 14th house since she was 21.

 

She is pretty good at developing property and all as a hobby. Good luck to her. Her car was a up market Japanese make and leased.

[bensonhedges]

A successful salesperson can often afford a good car. Commission and all that..

[GLASGOWOODS]

I were reading other day that over 70% of cars on UK roads are leased these days.

[Robbie Loving]

I were reading other day that over 70% of cars on UK roads are leased these days.

 

I find that hard to believe.

 

With regards OP, I'm also intrigued to know what they deem as an expensive car.

[tzijlstra]

A £90k car isn't expensive?

 

You will be hard pressed buying a Ferrari or Rolls at that price.

 

Let me clarify though - I think certain car brands are expensive (ie. luxurious) and those are the ones I would classify as expensive, perhaps a monetary number isn't useful in that sense.

 

I know people that drive BMW 7 series that cost 70K, but they make 100K a year and travel over 25K miles for their work, at which point I wouldn't classify it as expensive.

 

I don't know, the question is confusing me.

[JFKvsNixon]

You will be hard pressed buying a Ferrari or Rolls at that price.

 

Let me clarify though - I think certain car brands are expensive (ie. luxurious) and those are the ones I would classify as expensive, perhaps a monetary number isn't useful in that sense.

 

I know people that drive BMW 7 series that cost 70K, but they make 100K a year and travel over 25K miles for their work, at which point I wouldn't classify it as expensive.

 

I don't know, the question is confusing me.

 

You can pick up quite a few Rolls' for under 10k now.