Financial tally on our cars!

[rick@brubakerbox.com (Rick Alexander)]

>From my point of view, I don't want to know! They are old VWs and I like the
time I spend with them even when they are acting up. Mine are the only old
VWs in the area and if you take all of that into account I'm not paying
enough for the privilege.

Rick Alexander
http://www.brubakerbox.com
http://clubs.hemmings.com/hams/
http://clubs.hemmings.com/vwsrus/

----- 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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