i cant stop spending money on my car

[dmw319]

its like a bad habit. ive bought like 1,700 dollars worth of stuff for my car in the last 2-3 weeks alone (amp, headunit, wires, plugs, headers, shocks and springs).

i just see the buy now buttons or the pay now buttons and my eyes get big and i look out the window at my car and smile as i click the button.

im poor but my car is enjoying it. anyone else do this too?

[95fbirdkid]

anyone else do this too?

nope, i try and save money for things like food, rent, gas, insurance, tuition, guns, ammo....

[Big Tymer]

Originally posted by dmw319:
its like a bad habit. ive bought like 1,700 dollars worth of stuff for my car in the last 2-3 weeks alone (amp, headunit, wires, plugs, headers, shocks and springs).

i just see the buy now buttons or the pay now buttons and my eyes get big and i look out the window at my car and smile as i click the button.

im poor but my car is enjoying it. anyone else do this too?

i dropped an easy 5 gs on my old one in my sig...... i could get some of it into my new one though... so I didnt lose as much..... Its a good, yet terrible habbit, or more like addiction.... But hey, its my hobby so whatever..

[dmw319]

yea, well i NEED to do that. school for me is pretty cheap right now, its a community college, and im still living at home so i dont have rent or food to worry about. gas kills me since my school is a 45 minute commute. i guess im trying to justify spending money by telling myself its summer. once school starts ill have to stop this shopping spree for my car. and then when i go to a real school ill have real tuition to pay.

this is my list of stuff ive bought:

- 05 kenwood HU - $212 (ebay)
- ceramic coated pacesetter headers - $313 (ftpp)
- NGK IX Iridium plugs - $42 (ftpp)
- MSD wires - $58 (ftpp)
- Eibach prokit - $210 (ebay)
- Blistein HD Shocks - $305 (ebay)
- 05 MTX Thunder 5601 amp - $320 (ebay)
- c6 corvette poster - $13 (ebay)

etc. etc. and these prices dont include shipping... :(

oh well, i plan on keeping my car forever, so i figure its all worth it. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[shenanigans]

jesus you guys should consider savign some money for some stuff...


the only money I really blow rediculously towards my car is racing it. Not uncommon for me to blow $85-100 in a month just on entrance fees to go race, not including gas driving all over the state, and food, etc...

everything else for the most part I pay attention to what I am spending unless its a upgrade under $10.

[dmw319]

yea, i need to be careful. im only 19 and ive blown so much on buying the car in the first place, and i keep dumping more and more.

my camaro = botttomless money pit

[MTMike]

I'm gonna be about $3k into off-road upgrades to my truck by July 1, and another $2+k into it by next summer, and I'm already $12k into repairs & improvements to my house.

[shenanigans]

Originally posted by MTMike:
I'm gonna be about $3k into off-road upgrades to my truck by July 1, and another $2+k into it by next summer, and I'm already $12k into repairs & improvements to my house.

improvements on a house aren't so bad they generally jack up the value of the house [img]smile.gif[/img]

mods on a car generally lower its value.

[dmw319]

that and.. a car loses its value over time, a house gains value over time.

[3.4 slow to go]

wifes says I spend too much on car, but w/all the deals I get each time I swap an engine, I've actually made money back. go figure. Third swap should net me $250 or so initial , ask Nachius, and then there's all the extra parts to sell off. ka-ching $$$$$$$ :D

[dmw319]

yea you have a point. i do have a lot of stock parts lying around i should probably put on ebay to help me out, that and some old textbooks from school i should ebay as well haha.

[4thGenRS]

I can't stop spending money on my cars either. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Putting gas in them every week! ;)

['94firebirdv6]

im am so addicted to modding my car...oh well i dont regret it for a minute. im in HS so i dont have to worry abount rent or food or anything like that and pretty much 100% of the money i make at my job goes into my car. ive had my car for about a year and have probably spent around 3k into it of all my own money

[dmw319]

Originally posted by 4thGenRS:
I can't stop spending money on my cars either. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Putting gas in them every week! ;)

haha yea, that too.

[wilkcamaro98]

I really do not spend too much on my car. All I have done to it is cat and catback exhaust and whisper lid with K&N filter. Some apperance mods. My parents got me a tranny cooler for my birthday. Now I just spend money on it keeping every thing tuned and maintained.