As of today, I've spent $3460 on my car
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Don't forget it's an AT too.
Seriously Kevin, as much of a subaru fan boy that you are, i wouldve sold it as quick as possible and started with a nice project car/dd that was a stick.
Tires and mirror were not part of my "mods", but if you wanan count it then it's 550 for tires and 130 for mirror. But if you're gonna count things like this, you better count insurance, gas, and maintenance also.
Cars are not cheap, probably the most expensive hobby you can get into.
Seriously Kevin, as much of a subaru fan boy that you are, i wouldve sold it as quick as possible and started with a nice project car/dd that was a stick.
Tires and mirror were not part of my "mods", but if you wanan count it then it's 550 for tires and 130 for mirror. But if you're gonna count things like this, you better count insurance, gas, and maintenance also.
Cars are not cheap, probably the most expensive hobby you can get into.
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According to my Excel document, the big items that I spent on were:
Wheels and Tires plus mounting and balancing
Alarm system
Exhaust and fitting
and a bunch of misc stuff.
Wheels and Tires plus mounting and balancing
Alarm system
Exhaust and fitting
and a bunch of misc stuff.
$500/mo car payment
$150/mo insurance
$200/mo gas
$60/mo maintanence
$200/mo average spending on mods
with those conservative numbers it only costs us $1100 to drive our cars
oh and chances are you are negative equity on your payments...
$150/mo insurance
$200/mo gas
$60/mo maintanence
$200/mo average spending on mods
with those conservative numbers it only costs us $1100 to drive our cars
oh and chances are you are negative equity on your payments...
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Kev (darkonion), forget about the cost. You never forget your first car and for the rest of your life you will remember it. Your doing the right thing and within a short while you'll be able to spank all the haters with less diffs and less horsepower if you keep up the driver training and incremental mods.
A sweet balance and setup combined with good skills is a great equaliser (i.e. a certain RS beating WRX's at AutoX week in week out). Maybe one day your L will have a 400Whp STi motor and full race suspension...then we'll see who's laughing.
We've all wasted money on mods that we will never see again..it's called being a car enthusiast...I say keep going.
A sweet balance and setup combined with good skills is a great equaliser (i.e. a certain RS beating WRX's at AutoX week in week out). Maybe one day your L will have a 400Whp STi motor and full race suspension...then we'll see who's laughing.
We've all wasted money on mods that we will never see again..it's called being a car enthusiast...I say keep going.
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nice, waterseal the trunk, and its the perfect size cooler for bubbles, not to mention youll be drifting everywhere with that weight. haha
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nice, waterseal the trunk, and its the perfect size cooler for bubbles, not to mention youll be drifting everywhere with that weight. haha
HAHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAA "Chally Murfay....SMACK!"
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Car Info: 1997 Impreza, 2014 BRZ
Kev (darkonion), forget about the cost. You never forget your first car and for the rest of your life you will remember it. Your doing the right thing and within a short while you'll be able to spank all the haters with less diffs and less horsepower if you keep up the driver training and incremental mods.
A sweet balance and setup combined with good skills is a great equaliser (i.e. a certain RS beating WRX's at AutoX week in week out). Maybe one day your L will have a 400Whp STi motor and full race suspension...then we'll see who's laughing.
We've all wasted money on mods that we will never see again..it's called being a car enthusiast...I say keep going.
A sweet balance and setup combined with good skills is a great equaliser (i.e. a certain RS beating WRX's at AutoX week in week out). Maybe one day your L will have a 400Whp STi motor and full race suspension...then we'll see who's laughing.
We've all wasted money on mods that we will never see again..it's called being a car enthusiast...I say keep going.
I'll see you on grid bright and early Sunday. Going to try some new things that I learned at Auto-X school.
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sell it and get a manual
