Heavy Metal & Nostalgia

[Wolfsong]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

I waited 9 years for my dream car. It was both a money issue and a practical issue (practical-it is a roadster). I suggest you put a little money aside at a time. Forego other things in order to be able to put that money aside. You'll get there.

Right now I am getting a lot of stuff done to my car. A few are preventative maintenance items, but I am also getting a couple of things I have been saving for, for a couple of years. Did I miss recreational activities because I wanted to put some nice coilovers on my car and a short shifter? Yes.

You can get there, one penny at a time.

Thanks Dapper. One of my current cars has 225,000 miles on it. It starts every day and runs like a champ. I'm likely going to sell it in August. The sticker is due in September. The check engine light is on and I have narrowed it down to an electrical short as opposed to what that light typically means. I'm not going to put the money into it to fix it just to hope that it will run through another Chicago winter.

It actually makes me kind of sad. It was the first car I ever bought brand new. It only had 38 miles on it the day I took it home. I know that it is stupid and not really rational to be emotional over a car, but that car has been more loyal than to me than both of my exes put together. I was sitting in it when I made the decision not to fix it, and I realized that it has literally taken me through the very best and very worst times of my life. As I sit here typing and thinking about it the impulse is to fix it. Maybe I'm just not ready to let it go.