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[Steve Chryssos]

Cars are all I think about. Cars are my day job. My company, Twist Machine, is car related. My primary hobby? Cars.

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[rob07002]

Lets see, If I didn't have a car addiction.....

I'd have $$ in the bank, one or two investment properties, a 10 handicap, more time left on my liver, space in the garage, more time with my wife?


I also wouldn't have:

the truly great friends I have met, the feeling I get when I get a "thumbs up" at a stop light, the adreneline rush I get when power shifting from 1 to 2, the goose bumps from hearing a new motor breathe for the first time, the feeling of Christmas every time that brown truck pulls up, a reason to fibb to my wife (how much did that cost?), a reason to get a liver transplant down the line, a reason to look forward to spring like its the second coming....

[Steve Chryssos]

Cars.

[Jagarang]

I'VE TURNED FRUSTRAION INTO A RELIGION!

I'm a Frustrationist!

CC. Patent pending

[rocketman]

I wish I'd gone just $12K over..multiply that times 40 and you'll be about what I went over..come over and we'll cry over a beer..

i gave on budgets,adds to the fustration level.

[BonzoHansen]

Cars.

My kids (2, 5) are drooling to see this:

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Ralph I am in the same boat, I cant even open my drivers door in my garage and get out unless the windows rolled down.

Dont get a sportbike, stick with the car. Your license and your body will thank you for it. You know the way cars are a love/hate thing? Bikes are even worse, one day you have such a cool ride and the next day your watching a friend get carted off in an ambulance.

We need to get us a big garage, haha.

I hear ya on the sport bike thing, it's one of those irrational-never-going-to-happen-dreams. My best friend's, friend was just killed a few months back, actually. LI is too crowded, especially for what dumb kinds like me would be doing on a bike, but I still like to proclaim the bike as an alternative for myself, it sometimes gets me motivated to actually get to work on the car, haha.

[MikeDVC]

I feel the opposite regarding my car. I usually don't get fustrated with it. The way I look ot it: If I'm working on the car that means I'm not watching the kids, not at my regular job dealing with endless calls from clients, not doing household repairs and not teaching my 75 year old dad learn how to use his new computer for the first time, talk about fustrating (lol).

Whatever I get done, when I get a chance to work on it, is just one less thing I have left to do. My only goal is to keep it mostly together so I can drive it as much as possible. I spent 2-3 hours! two weeks ago tring to get the horn to work, but a learned a few things and now it works.

And as far as the garage, most important things: Good stereo system, fridge full of beer (kitchen is to far away) and cable tv (for when the race in on).

....keep it fun

[MuscleRodz]

Why do you think I have already spent 10 years working on mine. I will work on it for a couple months and something will drive me insane and pi$$ me off, then I won't touch it for several more months. Then when I seem to be ready to work on it again, the budget is not ready to work on it again. So what did I do? I started a cheaper second project ('69 Blazer) to spread my money thinner.

Mike

[Steve Chryssos]

My kids (2, 5) are drooling to see this:

Man that is cool. I'm too old for cartoons. (yeah, right)

[kennyd]

steve , i feel your pain .
my primary job , cars , hobby ,cars , only like other than women .... cars

[MSchu]

Opposite here--man I wish I could work on my car, haven't touched it since last summer. College gets in the way sometimes...

[shmoov69]

I don't like working on cars, but I love the fruits of it!! I don't like mechanicin', but I am too cheap to pay someone to do it for me! I LOVE cars, racing and anything car related, other than working on them that is! But, to play you must pay, either way!

[muthstryker]

you know after reading all of these i really cant wait to get started on my car and join in on the frustration! lol

[chevnut55]

Sick of it enough to sell them all and buy a new vette and try to leave it stock.
i have my life savings in my cars..$30-$70k invested in each..with years of hard work..cant drive them where I live..no tracks in my state,cant take them all when I move to a better place...feels like I traped myself with my hoby that turned into a full time job.

[77thor]

Yeah, we've all been there at one point... sometimes you just have to get away from the car for awhile...

[cheapthrillz]

Damn this is an old thread lol

[79-TA]

A recurring theme in this thread is an ambitious project without much actual driving. Keep it simple and get to the track folks! Baby steps! If you're going to completely tear down a car, buy a beater to enjoy in the meantime.

I might also mention that while cars are certainly a ton of fun, no earthly thing is going to bring real continual satisfaction.

[solarguy09]

What a dusty thread...

While I do not let Material things rule my life, Money and Cars are always on my Brain...

The Money is how I first survive, and remain self sufficient, but also to Fund my Hobbies that I love..

Some have the Knowledge and desire to work on Cars...Kudos... I do what I do best, so I can pay a Craftsman to do what he does best..

My Car is in stages, and much still to do.. Some I will do myself, and some I won't ..Therapy comes in working on them , and for sure driving them..

Don't tear it all down if you don't have the means to put it back together, if you can... too many get torn down for complete restos, Glass out, gutted, never to see the road again..

I won't tear my interior out until i have the parts in stock to put it back together.. So although the mechanics of the car are rock solid, I will drive with beat up seats until I can complete the mission..

[79-TA]

Now that this thread is nearly 6 years old, can we get some follow up stories on how things turned out for folks?