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Preoptopus posted:After 5 years of busting my knuckles and bathing in oil im out. I started hating cars. I hated raping people in the wallet and flat out lying to them at request of my managers.. Working at a shop is the most toxic thing i have ever been apart of especially with little return. Starting in a new trade I know little about home renovation. Hopefully it's a more fulfilling career. Welcome, friend. Join the brotherhood of "gently caress THIS poo poo" former mechanics. Not a single person I went to auto school with is still in the trade, they're all salespeople of some flavor or another. At least in that field you get some return on your soul.
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Enourmo posted:Welcome, friend. Join the brotherhood of "gently caress THIS poo poo" former mechanics. Everyone keeps asking me why Im not a professional mechanic with how good I am at fixing mechanical poo poo and it boils down to the fact that if i did this every day, i'd hate it. Never make your hobby your profession unless your 100% comfortable with resenting your hobby for the rest of your life.
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funny Star Wars parody posted:Same and now being a grown adult we don't care which is faster because we sit in traffic all day anyways
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Ether Frenzy posted:Yes, when I think of all the people I've ever seen driving an Evo X, it's definitely "Grown Adult" that springs to mind. The guy who let me drive his was 42. Almost everyone I know that drives any Evo is in their late 30's. How many kids do you know that can afford $40K+ sports sedans?
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May 30, 2017 02:49
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I guess the cities we respectively live in have different levels of what an expensive car is, I only ever see young people driving them. This isn't me arbitrarily knocking your choice of car.
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Ether Frenzy posted:I guess the cities we respectively live in have different levels of what an expensive car is, I only ever see young people driving them. This isn't me arbitrarily knocking your choice of car. Oh I didn't take it like that. But really, the Focus RS is the same type of car and it's not exactly something a young person can get their hands on unless they're from a wealthy family. I like the EvoX styling more than the RS if anyone cares.
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Ether Frenzy posted:Yes, when I think of all the people I've ever seen driving an Evo X, it's definitely "Grown Adult" that springs to mind. Please show me an average millennial who can afford a $40,000 car
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May 30, 2017 03:04
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I live in Los Angeles, so it's possible that we all just look 29 forever.
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I'm also not planning on a purchase until after Feb when we get married. Prices on EvoX's are starting to slip a bit, there's a perfect one for $29K equipped as I would want, in the right color and still stock with stupid low mileage. I'm sure that a year from now I can find one for a good enough deal. Unless I manage to sell all this dumb crap filling up my life and someone came along to buy the MS6 for $8K. I could probably convince the fiance to let me buy the car if I had 2/3 of the cash.
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Flying home on Southwest. Window seat in an exit row with an empty middle seat. :iamafag:
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Enourmo posted:Welcome, friend. Join the brotherhood of "gently caress THIS poo poo" former mechanics. Cheers
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Preoptopus posted:After 5 years of busting my knuckles and bathing in oil im out. I started hating cars. I hated raping people in the wallet and flat out lying to them at request of my managers.. Working at a shop is the most toxic thing i have ever been apart of especially with little return. Starting in a new trade I know little about home renovation. Hopefully it's a more fulfilling career. if i hadnt gotten the job ive got now, i probably would have put the spanners down for good. im probably pretty lucky to be working in a shop where the work and the environment is easy and stress free. my only real complaint is that i find the work insanely boring but w/e
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InitialDave posted:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1986-Toyota-Celica-Supra-7MGTE-Drift-JDM-Project-/172685819750?hash=item2834e07f66:g:ES0AAOSwR29ZIG3g Should've kept the 5M in in and used the 7M head and wedged ITBs on it IMO. 7Ms only spin bearings if they lose oil pressure so there's some other janky poo poo gone on there too.
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I've got the whole week off and planned to get the patio finished off. 40% done yesterday, then I pulled my back this morning getting shopping out of the car. Hope it clears up quickly, I've got a huge list of poo poo I needed to get done 
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May 30, 2017 13:22
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funny Star Wars parody posted:Please show me an average millennial who can afford a $40,000 car *slowly raises hand... thinks better of it*
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I can afford a $40,000 car.... .....from 1985 
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Bought my daughter a generic power-wheels jeep-shaped car a couple of months ago. She's so terrified of it that I had to cover it with a tarp so she couldn't see it in the garage. I decided to strip the stickers off of it and slam a billion Frozen wall decals on it in an attempt to make her like it. She's totally into it now, but only as a static display piece. She approves of it until it moves, either under it's own power, or being pushed by me. Progress, at least. 
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May 30, 2017 15:18
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I'm gen X and I can't afford a $40k car. I can afford 4 $8000 cars though, which I'd rather do anyway. Although I spent sunday morning drooling over a new V60 Polestar, holy poo poo. Not only was it gorgeous, it was the fastest Volvo in attendance at the import drags. If I sold all my other cars and parts I could get one and have tons of room in my garage. Actually tempting.
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May 30, 2017 15:20
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I was able to afford $40,000 cars more easily in my twenties as I had less commitments, financially. I was also much, much, more stupid.
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funny Star Wars parody posted:Please show me an average millennial who can afford a $40,000 car I could, now where do I sign for the 9 year loan? And what do you mean by "interest" of course I'm interested in the car!
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redgubbinz posted:I could, now where do I sign for the 9 year loan? And what do you mean by "interest" of course I'm interested in the car! haha basically. I could technically get a $40,000 car on a regular old note if I wanted to but I have been extremely blessed i should note that if i did get a $40,000 vehicle my wife would be a massive stressball because it'd be cutting it close on our budget 
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Ferremit posted:Everyone keeps asking me why Im not a professional mechanic with how good I am at fixing mechanical poo poo and it boils down to the fact that if i did this every day, i'd hate it. Never make your hobby your profession unless your 100% comfortable with resenting your hobby for the rest of your life. This, so very much. Re: $40k car. I still can't afford one at 47. I probably could, but I'd have to give up some other stuff.
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I'm fortunate enough that I could afford a 40k car, but I'm a cheapskate who hates depreciation and prioritizes other stuff (emergency fund, retirement, college fund for kid, vacation fund). I am thinking of spending about 30k on my next (used) car but my wife is telling me "no." She spends too much on everything she buys daily, but panics when I suggest a large one time expenditure because it has more digits than she's used to. It's very frustrating. I'm the primary earner in the household by 2x and am diligent about saving and earning; she fritters away money like it comes from trees, then digs her heels in when I want to buy something for myself. I can't wait until my kid is out of daycare, it will be a 20k/year raise. blk fucked around with this message at 18:38 on May 30, 2017 |
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blk posted:I can't wait until my kid is out of daycare, it will be a 20k/year raise. I keep saying that to myself but I know it's a lie. After school clubs, sports, music classes, clothes, food, etc etc... She's gonna cost just as much if not more as she grows. I could swing the $40k car if I wanted to, but not comfortably enough to be worth it. Rather put money into savings and dig the wife out of student loans/medical debt.
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blk posted:I'm fortunate enough that I could afford a 40k car, but I'm a cheapskate who hates depreciation and prioritizes other stuff (emergency fund, retirement, college fund for kid, vacation fund). I am thinking of spending about 30k on my next (used) car but my wife is telling me "no." She spends too much on everything she buys daily, but panics when I suggest a large one time expenditure because it has more digits than she's used to. It's very frustrating. I'm the primary earner in the household by 2x and am diligent about saving and earning; she fritters away money like it comes from trees, then digs her heels in when I want to buy something for myself. Dave Ramsey disciple spotted
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funny Star Wars parody posted:Please show me an average millennial who can afford a $40,000 car There are a shocking amount of people I know around my age who have very nice cars but couldn't pay $1000 for an emergency expense priorities basically
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blk posted:I'm fortunate enough that I could afford a 40k car, but I'm a cheapskate who hates depreciation and prioritizes other stuff (emergency fund, retirement, college fund for kid, vacation fund). I am thinking of spending about 30k on my next (used) car but my wife is telling me "no." She spends too much on everything she buys daily, but panics when I suggest a large one time expenditure because it has more digits than she's used to. It's very frustrating. I'm the primary earner in the household by 2x and am diligent about saving and earning; she fritters away money like it comes from trees, then digs her heels in when I want to buy something for myself. If you are buying a car and worried about depreciation, you are buying a car for all the wrong reasons.
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blk posted:I can't wait until my kid is out of daycare, it will be a 20k/year raise. Currently paying $3,000~/month for two kids in daycare. It's going to be an insane windfall in a few years.
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So it seems to be that having kids is bad because it stops me having a dumb car. Good info to have.
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funny Star Wars parody posted:Dave Ramsey disciple spotted not necessarily its pretty easy to burn though a ton of potential savings by buying stupid small poo poo all the time
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eyebeem posted:Currently paying $3,000~/month for two kids in daycare. It's going to be an insane windfall in a few years. This is double what I make. Yay.
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May 30, 2017 19:35
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eyebeem posted:Currently paying $3,000~/month for two kids in daycare. It's going to be an insane windfall in a few years. Holy poo poo e: I'll take care of your kids for only $2850/mo, do they like shows about talking trains set in England?
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eyebeem posted:Currently paying $3,000~/month for two kids in daycare. It's going to be an insane windfall in a few years. What does the snip cost?
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blk posted:I can't wait until my kid is out of daycare, it will be a 20k/year raise. Mine starts kindergarten in a couple months (which is a holy gently caress moment in itself). She's already doing the "after school" stuff anyway so the big drop in childcare costs will be very welcome.
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nm posted:What does the snip cost? Mine was 100% covered by insurance other than the normal specialist copay.
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nm posted:What does the snip cost? A thousand bucks out of pocket with no insurance in the US. But even in that case I'm fairly certain you can call up Planned Parenthood and they'll sort you and your vas deferens out.
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BigPaddy posted:So it seems to be that having kids is bad because it stops me having a dumb car. Good info to have. $20k a year in childcare costs from age 0-3 $40k a year in childcare costs from age 3-18 $100k a year in college fund from age 18-23 $5k a year in "My kid needs to buy an Evo X but ended up having his own kids so now he wants me to dip into my retirement" fund from age 23-42 Then all the funds for yourself get real full, you can buy those crazy presents for your nieces and nephews that their MEAN parents won't buy them, eventually your mattress also fills up with $100 bills with no kids stealing them and you end up having to find dumb things to spend money on, like $40k cars. No Ragrats.
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A World of Warcraft subscription is only $15/mo and is an excellent non-invasive alternative to the snip, worked wonders for me back in my early 20s.
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Ether Frenzy posted:At about 14 I began to recognize that if you remove I like to think of it as being "either I can have kids or have a house with a garage and a nice car AND not want to kill myself".
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