Financial tally on our cars!

[rept@qwest.net (Mike Blain)]

Then quickly send me a money order for 10,000 USD and i will dub you as 
having spent enough!

See the lengths I would go to help a feller VWer!

Rick Alexander wrote:

>>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
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> ----- 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!
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>>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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