Remember in the mid-2000's when everyone bought a full size truck/Tahoe/Surburban/Hummer and gas hit $5/gallon in California? Next thing you know, Prius' are on the rise and tons of used trucks on the market.
It will happen again, sooner than later and I think Ferd is going to pay for this decision.
+ a billion barrels at about 80$ and the reality will change for some ...........again. We never learn.
All of this.
I was one of those people. Brodozer, diesel was $5/gal, and I had an ~80 mile round trip commute.
As the only published author in a well-known motorcycle publication in the room...
Apparently the gearing in the base 987.1 cars is also among the most useful for Porsche cars, dunno how I missed that. While most of their shit does 70+ in 2nd (the GT4 does 84!), the base 987.1 only does 66.x with 255/40/17 or similar... for street and about perfect for national autox courses.
Long term idea of saving for an 07-08 Cayman for STR is sounding good. Same weight as my car with around 50% more average power and better handling+looking+sounding. Go go gadget depreciation.
Interesting analysis. Some interesting comments as well in the comment section. OPEC appears to be gaining strength again, and will the US consumer regret the big truck obsession sooner rather than later?
If you don't have a long commute and $5/gal gas makes you sell your truk, you're just broke AF and living month to month anyway.
Desertbreh wrote:Premium is high $3s/$4 here in Commiefornia anyway. If gas really does go through the roof, we've loaded so much tax into a gallon of gas that $7/gallon is easily reachable. Guadalupe will not be pleased.
Gas will keep going up. I have guaranteed that by purchasing a gas guzzling sports car, just like I've guaranteed that the stock market is going nowhere since I'm back in it. Whatever I do always turns out to be
Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm
I don't understand anything anymore.
troyguitar wrote:Apparently the gearing in the base 987.1 cars is also among the most useful for Porsche cars, dunno how I missed that. While most of their shit does 70+ in 2nd (the GT4 does 84!), the base 987.1 only does 66.x with 255/40/17 or similar... for street and about perfect for national autox courses.
Long term idea of saving for an 07-08 Cayman for STR is sounding good. Same weight as my car with around 50% more average power and better handling+looking+sounding. Go go gadget depreciation.
Desertbreh wrote:
There are a lot more people than you would think that are just for any number of reasons. Same people who are on their 12th relationship in 5 years, 12th job in 5 years, etc. Especially wimmenz. They buy a car and are by some aspect of it and just can't stand it. No lecture from Maximillian Zhukov about the transactional costs, taxes, depreciation etc. utterly flushed down the toilet will sway them. Gotta
I found this late last night.
The truth is out. Plac profit never existed.
, must've been on his last bag of peas when he wrote that. Raising kids is no joke financially, i can attest.
Tarspin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 27, 2018 12:48 am , must've been on his last bag of peas when he wrote that. Raising kids is no joke financially, i can attest.
Especially these days.
One of many reasons the wife and I have chosen the DINK lyfe.
Nice! I'm up booked to see Dr. Deballster in two months. Get this, i am sorting out or taxes for 2017 and I got our childcare receipts for both kids, one of which is in kindergarden but has a before/after school program that costs us $. All in, $19.5K!
Back to car talk, my .:R has recently been modded to keep the exhaust flaps opened permanently and there are some notable characteristics that improve the sound of the exhaust pitch now, mainly in mid range rpm on/off throttle and below. It just sounds real/pure and there are numerous joys that a flap happy R just can't offer. I recommend this update to spirited drivers. The whole muting + spinulator combo really is a German circle jerk in my opinion. I see why they do it but its bs. /rant.
I think is the only one who ever believed in profit.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm
My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
Desertbreh wrote:
There are a lot more people than you would think that are just for any number of reasons. Same people who are on their 12th relationship in 5 years, 12th job in 5 years, etc. Especially wimmenz. They buy a car and are by some aspect of it and just can't stand it. No lecture from Maximillian Zhukov about the transactional costs, taxes, depreciation etc. utterly flushed down the toilet will sway them. Gotta
I found this late last night.
The truth is out. Plac profit never existed.
I really think he's got mental issues. "I had 2 kids and now I'm on my last bag of peas" is fucking retarded. He had an expensive habit that he can no longer afford because life costs a ton of money.
Also, of course he lost money on every car. He probably lost more than the $5k he's saying because you don't get a trade-in tax break on new vehicles in California. I bet it's $5k plus $$$$ wasted on tax. In that post alone, he's probably got $50k lit on fire.... which if he wanted to have kids he could have invested and not been in anywhere near the financial "crisis" he's in. He'd be rolling in peas rn.
I really think he's got mental issues. "I had 2 kids and now I'm on my last bag of peas" is fucking retarded. He had an expensive habit that he can no longer afford because life costs a ton of money.
Also, of course he lost money on every car. He probably lost more than the $5k he's saying because you don't get a trade-in tax break on new vehicles in California. I bet it's $5k plus $$$$ wasted on tax. In that post alone, he's probably got $50k lit on fire.... which if he wanted to have kids he could have invested and not been in anywhere near the financial "crisis" he's in. He'd be rolling in peas rn.
The mental issues are real. The anguish he experienced (and continues to) over cars was Making terrible financial decisions over and over at the expense of your family's well being in the chase to drive cool cars is always has been, always will be.
Also, I thought the WRX was a lease?
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm
My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
Insurance costs are nuts, sure, but the dude also helped to make his own bed by throwing away $10k/year on cars, by his own admission, then buying/leasing/acquiring two 2015 Subarus that together cost nearly $80k with taxes.
Tarspin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 27, 2018 12:48 am , must've been on his last bag of peas when he wrote that. Raising kids is no joke financially, i can attest.
Especially these days.
One of many reasons the wife and I have chosen the DINK lyfe.
I knew long ago that I personally didn't want to spend money on kids.
The message reads like it's a setup for a plea for donations that is forthcoming.
Johnny_P wrote: ↑Fri Apr 27, 2018 8:53 am
I really think he's got mental issues. "I had 2 kids and now I'm on my last bag of peas" is fucking retarded. He had an expensive habit that he can no longer afford because life costs a ton of money.
Also, of course he lost money on every car. He probably lost more than the $5k he's saying because you don't get a trade-in tax break on new vehicles in California. I bet it's $5k plus $$$$ wasted on tax. In that post alone, he's probably got $50k lit on fire.... which if he wanted to have kids he could have invested and not been in anywhere near the financial "crisis" he's in. He'd be rolling in peas rn.
Tax doesn't count, man. That's money that went to help the fine government of California. It's more of a donation than a loss.
I'm sure he never counted the ~$600 in registration fees he paid each time he switched from superbee to his old gti to superbee to wrangler in the first year either.
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One of many reasons the wife and I have chosen the DINK lyfe.
I knew long ago that I personally didn't want to spend money on kids.
The message reads like it's a setup for a plea for donations that is forthcoming.
Today when we got to work, we parked next to a Camaro with the sticker from your avatar in the back window. loved it and asked if we could put that in the back of the truck.
I'm against stickers, otherwise I would. People completely underestimate the cost of children and often forget that it's a choice you make. If you don't want to make the trade-off, don't. It's how many people tell us how "lucky" we are that we don't have to pay for x,y,z kid shit. It's not luck, it's and
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm
My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
I knew long ago that I personally didn't want to spend money on kids.
The message reads like it's a setup for a plea for donations that is forthcoming.
Today when we got to work, we parked next to a Camaro with the sticker from your avatar in the back window. loved it and asked if we could put that in the back of the truck.
I'm against stickers, otherwise I would. People completely underestimate the cost of children and often forget that it's a choice you make. If you don't want to make the trade-off, don't. It's how many people tell us how "lucky" we are that we don't have to pay for x,y,z kid shit. It's not luck, it's and
Exactly.
My sister and Brother-In-Law have 3 kids and they live a poverty life style. The kids are now 22, 16 and almost 15, so things are getting better... but they were paying $1500/month for insurance with a shittastic plan with massive copays and big deductibles since my BIL works at a smaller company that can't get the benefits of a larger group enrollment.
F that. $1500/month is a pretty nice car, or an awesome vacation every year.
BTW, I'm the same way with stickers, I won't have them.... Hell, I usually remove the obnoxious OEM badging like the Camaro had, and the "CORVETTE" script on the back.
for street and about perfect for national autox courses. 
by some aspect of it and just can't stand it. No lecture from Maximillian Zhukov about the transactional costs, taxes, depreciation etc. utterly flushed down the toilet will sway them. Gotta 
Making terrible financial decisions over and over at the expense of your family's well being in the chase to drive cool cars is 
loved it and asked if we could put that in the back of the truck. 
how many people tell us how "lucky" we are that we don't have to pay for x,y,z kid shit. It's not luck, it's 
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