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The Jamaican Sensation
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,662
From: Montgomery, AL
Originally Posted by juddz
...you don't even know how many times I have been tempted to throw a turbo kit on the old Mastercard. But then, good sense prevails, and I remember the following:
1) It makes lousy financial sense to do so
2) Mortgage, two car payments, four cats, and fiance... do I need to add more bills to the household?
3) I would NEVER get the money back... you'll never make a profit (let alone break even) on a modded P5
4) If I am going to spend more than $3000 on a car at this point, it is going to go towards the sports or muscle car. And, the "toy" car will be purchased with CASH. This involves cashing out mutual funds, which bring me back to #1.
So, you can see that I am stuck in this ever lasting cycle of temptation, doubt, denial, and enlightenment.
1) It makes lousy financial sense to do so
2) Mortgage, two car payments, four cats, and fiance... do I need to add more bills to the household?
3) I would NEVER get the money back... you'll never make a profit (let alone break even) on a modded P5
4) If I am going to spend more than $3000 on a car at this point, it is going to go towards the sports or muscle car. And, the "toy" car will be purchased with CASH. This involves cashing out mutual funds, which bring me back to #1.
So, you can see that I am stuck in this ever lasting cycle of temptation, doubt, denial, and enlightenment.
-Phil
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Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,164
From: Michigan
I hate responsibility with a passion... and yet I am bound to it (as we all are).
How's this for enlightement:
- Would you "do it" (cash out those funds or borrow) if you found out you only had six months to live?
- Would you regret it, if you lived to be ninety and looked back on your life, and saw that this is one of the things that you always wanted to do (but never accomplished)?
For me, owning a sports or muscle car would be a "yes" to both questions. I guess a turbocharged, home built sport compact could fall into the same category for some of you. Man, it's a cognitive/moral trap.
How's this for enlightement:
- Would you "do it" (cash out those funds or borrow) if you found out you only had six months to live?
- Would you regret it, if you lived to be ninety and looked back on your life, and saw that this is one of the things that you always wanted to do (but never accomplished)?
For me, owning a sports or muscle car would be a "yes" to both questions. I guess a turbocharged, home built sport compact could fall into the same category for some of you. Man, it's a cognitive/moral trap.
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 3,143
From: Ok City
Actually, if I only had 6 months to live I would probably take a trip around the world or something.
The point here being more of a "lesson to be taught to a young teenage boy" not that anyone's life would be over if this car did not get forced induction on it. After all, they've already done N/A mods to the car, but of course it's just not fast enough.....
The point here being more of a "lesson to be taught to a young teenage boy" not that anyone's life would be over if this car did not get forced induction on it. After all, they've already done N/A mods to the car, but of course it's just not fast enough.....
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