Financial tally on our cars!

[Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com (Scirocco-Al)]

10 years as an Auto-X car $32,000 to $35,000.  Including all wheels tires
etc.  I've only ever bougt 2 new sets of tires.  Usually buy some elses old
used tire
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Blain" <rept@qwest.net>
To: <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 9:17 AM
Subject: Financial tally on our cars!


> I just did a solid tally on the expenditures of tuning my car in the
> three years Ive had it.  It includes everything spent from initial
> purchase excluding state lisencing fees and standard petroleum product
> consumption.   Basically, I could have just gone out and bought a new
> jetta with some extras on it- maybe even the wolfsburg if I haggled
> right.  I expected to be in the teens but not the high teens.  This
> brings me to wonder how many others are acutely aware of how deep they
> are into their rocc projects (singular, per car tally)?
>
> At this point im asking myself what the hell im doing and why? I mean I
> love cars- but im dumping money into a vehicle that can be had for the
> cost of a nice vacuum cleaner. And, im thinking I should have maybe
> jumped into a project that would actually pay for itself like a 70-71
> cuda 340 or 440 sixpack.
>
> So the question stands: How much and why- to my fellow listers.
>
>
>
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