View Poll Results: Pick your favorite combination of fast,cheap,reliable
Fast and Cheap
15
17.44%
Fast and Reliable
63
73.26%
Reliable and Cheap
8
9.30%
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Which kind of car do YOU build?
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I know senility effects one's ability to keep track of time, but my car has been off the road for less than 2 years.
Some of us on TR do have a real life to attend to as well as our automotive projects.
I could have always taken leonard's fast track route of buying someone else's fiberglass and pinto parts kit car, but I prefer to not engage in turd polishing.
Some of us on TR do have a real life to attend to as well as our automotive projects.
I could have always taken leonard's fast track route of buying someone else's fiberglass and pinto parts kit car, but I prefer to not engage in turd polishing.
Last edited by 0HP930; Apr 21, 2005 at 06:16 PM.
15 seconds EXHILARATION
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Fast and cheap. My overall game plan is to have a relaxed daily driver to fall back on, and then the wild weekend ride. Weekend rides by definition don't have to be all that dependable as half of the fun is in working on them. If it doesn't have to be perfectly reliable, you can go pretty fast without spending a pretty big amount of cash. Going really fast also involves a certain amount of unreliability, so I saw screw that part of the trifecta.
My current problem is that my weekend car is also my daily.
Just biding my time and keeping on the lookout for a good deal.
My current problem is that my weekend car is also my daily.
Just biding my time and keeping on the lookout for a good deal.
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Originally Posted by g-50Cab
Tony's car has been down for 2 1/2 years - but he's more likely to recover much of his car costs by having a car that is worth something in the long run. I've invested a ton of money in POS cars that still were not worth anything - my time is valuable - so if I'm going to spend the time and effort - I would rather spend it on the P-car where I know there is at least a return - and in 4 years isn't going to be worth $4.22. like some of my previous brands of cars...
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Originally Posted by 0HP930
I know senility effects one's ability to keep track of time, but my car has been off the road for less than 2 years.
BTW, the word is "affects".
Originally Posted by 0HP930
Some of us on TR do have a real life to attend to as well as our automotive projects.
Originally Posted by 0HP930
I could have always taken leonard's fast track route of buying someone else's fiberglass and pinto parts kit car, but I prefer to not engage in turd polishing.
Let's hope the outcome for 600HP930 is more of a success than 400HP930 was.
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Originally Posted by DrDirt
There is that school of thought, but unless you are talking about extremely rere atuomobiles, there are much better investments than cars. The trouble with cars is in order to protect your investment you must constantly be worried about what the next owner will want. That sort of takes the fun out of it for me. I see no point in having a car than you can't drive where you want, when you want and how you want because it will devalue it for the next guy. Buy real estate instead.
Is my goal to make money on my toys? no, but it sure makes it easier to step up to the next level when you don't lose money on your current project. That's all - just a different way to look at it...
