When did you realize that cars are a money sink...

When did you realize that cars are a money sink, and that if you had taken the thousands of dollars you spend modding and repairing your shitbox and put it into a proper investment and savings portfolio, you'd be on easy street?

I've spent $6000 over the past 9 years on my cars, not counting gas I guess, so I'd be really fucked if I'd invested it instead, considering I'd be unemployed due to not having a car

It wouldn't be a game changing investment and I pretty much need a car. And also it's fun, which I can't quite put a price on.

Some of us can afford to do both.

A few grand in investments won't make you a millionaire or cover your retirement, plus there's always a risk attached.

Also I actually keep my car costs to a minimum, and I plan on reducing them further by sinking money into a bicycle for commuting, which'll also have a health benefit.

There is a part of me that wishes I lived somewhere I could get by without owning a car but I don't so that wouldn't work for me.

If I did that I'd probably be broke from bad investments
And cars are fun

>manual labor job, so at best average income
>live in rented apartment
>spend on average about 10k on cars yearly

cars are literally life


cars are literally life

You can't put a price on fun user

It's offset by what I save doing my own maintenance.

Sure its a money sink, what isnt?

But life is miserable if all you are doing is accumulating money for the sake of it. If you don’t spend any of it on something you enjoy what’s the point of it all?

but what else will i spend the money on?

At about 22 years of age. I take just as much joy in maintaining my near 1995 shitbox v8 as I did fucking around with sikk modz and 22 inch rims

Bitch I pay for escorts.
I'm flying to vegas to book elsa jean.
Gonna pay extra as fuck so she can piss on me, since she's into watersports.
A car being a moneypit isnt shit to me

If serious how much does that usually cost?

>when the piss isn't comped

And you could be killed by any number things, the gov't scoop up half of it before your familiy gets it and saving all that money would've been a waste anyways.

So fuck that, Ill do what I want.

Yeah, better invest and get more money so I can invest and get even more money.

I realized this a couple years ago. Don't really give a fuck about cars now. Used to be a huge gearhead, still kind of am but I don't have the spark like I used to

In the thousands.
I haven't booked her yet but I'm expecting $4,500+.
Pay a deposit, set appointment through email. Pretty quick to do.
Talk about what in all you want to do. Add more to the costs.
I use sugarnights

> tfw pathological saver

I'm basically Scrooge. I jack off to investing and ride my bicycle everywhere, I don't even want to put in $1000 to get my project shitbox back on the road. I like reading about new cars but I don't want to spend the money even though I could buy any of the cars I like in cash.

I've known this since day one. I'll never forget my stupid fucking friends in highschool working an entire year at $7/hour to put a fart can, wheels, and intake on a Neon that ended up wrecked or scrapped anyway. Cars keep poor people poor. Most people that think they can afford cars don't understand what "afford" means. Save a lot when young and you can afford a lot more when you are older. I'm not even saying wait until you are 50 and too old to do stuff, fuck, just save a bunch until you are 28-30 and you really set yourself up to be comfortable for the rest of your life.

I’m getting ready to dump thousands into my project car because my girlfriend just left me and I need something to keep me distracted from the pain.

if you think cars are a money pit, try owning a house

Joke on you the money I got investing paid for my car mods. Even so it's a good hobby.