I recognize appreciating cool machines, I really do. I’ve just never been able to wrap my head around being a car guy. Spending huge chunks of change on a car, consistently modifying it, watching car shows all the time. I just dont get it. What’s the big draw for you?
Ah. Yeah, I’ve run into some issues where I gladly paid to have it repaired, I sure as hell wasn’t doing it. I do most of my own stuff, so the repair prices always shock me. $1700 bucks to replace two front struts and 2 rear shocks on a 3rd gen Ford escape. I found a second mechanic that did them with my parts (OEM from rockauto, nothing fancy) plus top engine mount for $1200 which was more reasonable to me. The struts required the whole lower knuckle to come out, not just bolts like normal. If I had a garage, maybe, but hard for me to do in a parking lot.
I’ve always felt like insurance was a scam, it’s “required” and fucks you every which way.
And I absolutely hate cops lol.
I thought we were just talking about automobiles haha.
Seeing new car videos makes me want to drive mine until the wheels fall off then I’ll just replace the wheel hubs 🤣
My goal is to pretty much put all my money into older cars because all the new ones besides being rolling spyware are also impossible to work on.
Cars really were better in ye olden days(as kids would think the 90s are). 1990-2005 was the perfect spot for cars.