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  • #16
    every once in a while, you find a car that you are attatched to. You do things to it you haven't on other cars, you do things in it you wont in others. You create a relationship with specific cars. Sure you can look at others and dream about all the things you could do, but eventually your financial priorities change, and you have to ease up on the spending.

    I loved my legend, was one of the longest relationships I had.... When it was totalled I was heart broken, still am. The car that replaced it, will never actually replace it. Part of me died with it. I'll never buy another one, because all the mechanical head fucks I fixed on it I never want to have to do on another one. About a month after it was gone, a friend and I were cruising, My legend was a full import from japan, it was a color that wasnt realeased in the country, so when we drove past one parked on the side of the road that was the same color and also an import, I almost cried.

    Jessica has been off the road for almost 2 years, and I had big plans for her, but my financial situation has changed, along with some prioritied, so most likely she will be put back together with minimal change. A slap in the face in a way, but in the same way life is a beach.

    Waves come and go
    Sand shifts
    Life waits for no one.


    Fuck yeah, haiku bitch. I havent really answered the original question, only shared some insight into the way my life has worked out with cars.

    TL;DR - Fuck everyone.
    Originally posted by anth
    Lucky they didn't come into your house and disrespect your whole family.

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    • #17
      2 reasons

      lots of memories/history

      and its not worth anything to anybody else but me

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      • #18
        Originally posted by TrailerTrash View Post
        2 reasons

        lots of memories/history

        and its not worth anything to anybody else but me
        Basically. My car at one point was minutes from getting hauled off to the scrapyard but I changed my mind.

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        • #19
          I keep my current cars for one outstanding value. Each is paid for.

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          • #20
            it needs to be totally perfect. i cant just trade my car for a pos. also. girlfriend will kill me if i keep trading.

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            • #21
              Every time I think about putting it up for sale something breaks and i have to fix that first.

              If I could getting running good for a period of time id probably just pull it apart and do something stupidly drastic to it again.

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              • #22
                In all honesty; not a lot at the moment.

                I'm hoping that if I do trade in and start a new project, that I will take the time to do it right and make it to my standards instead of just rushing. I'm hoping this will build a better bond between man and machine. Because I cut some corners with my current car, it's made it a pain in the arse in the long run.

                Don't be young and ignorant.


                instagram: @elliotjlong

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                • #23
                  I get really attached to them.

                  Even if it has no future, It's still hard fought for me.

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                  • #24
                    I have owned only 6 cars in my 25 year long life. '99 Silverado 2WD, '01 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd., '98 Audi A4, '84 BMW 733i, '84 BMW 633CSi, and '01 BMW 330ci.

                    The only two I have any connection to are the 1984 BMW's. The 733i got me hooked I loved everything about it, but I sold it to buy the 633CSi. I got hit nearly head on in the 633 (by an oncoming F250 at ~45mph) after 3 years of ownership, and it was obviously totalled. I have the most important memories in that car, and it was my favorite out of all of them. My E46 I am done with, after going and test driving an '85 635CSi that a coworker is selling. It felt so right, I felt like I was home, even though it wasn't mine. That's when I knew that I'm done with the 330ci. It will be returning back to stock for daily duties, and I will be hunting for my next E24.

                    Sorry for the slight tangent, but you know when a car feels "right," or as if you are supposed to be there. The emotional connection you share with that particular inanimate object is the reason you keep it. I don't feel a connection with my current car. I do maintain all of my vehicles as if they will be my last, but the feeling you get when you really dig a car just isn't there. It's like having a superficial relationship with your significant other. It looks fine from the outside, but when you're in the thick of it, there really is nothing there.

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                    • #25
                      My car is 100% perfect for me. It’s a gift from my dad. So I don’t have any idea to sell it.
                      You can find my website at http://www.ukkolours.com

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                      • #26
                        I've wanted this car since I was a kid. It's pretty cool to think that the face of my car ended up on basically every mercedes for about 10 years, being slightly changed for each application
                        Originally posted by cobrawannabe
                        More lotion.



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