don't buy it to make money because you wont, people only hire the newish ones, for about 600. jun jul aug, the rest of the year it is just drips and drabs, I also go on hols abroad, its like a car if you gotta ask how much fuel it takes you cant afford it, not meaning to be rude. I also spend a few weeks in the summer, and also winter when I got no work on, so it suits me, as for the twenty grand, just consider it gone,. also if I work down there I got a base,. saves hotel charges,. and claim back in tax,. simples.