Hold me and tell me it's going to be alright.
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March 22, 2011 9:05 p.m. unevolved Dork
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March 22, 2011 9:08 p.m. Duke SuperDork
That depends entirely upon what you paid for it. The set of wheels and tires i want for mine costs about 1/3 of what I paid for my car.
But as one enabler to another, you'll be fine, man.
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March 22, 2011 9:09 p.m. Gearheadotaku Dork
it's gonna be alright, but I'm not holding you....
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March 22, 2011 9:11 p.m. ValuePack Dork
Never, EVER add up the receipts!
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March 22, 2011 9:15 p.m. unevolved Dork
Duke wrote:
That depends entirely upon what you paid for it. The set of wheels and tires i want for mine costs about 1/3 of what I paid for my car.
But as one enabler to another, you'll be fine, man.
$650.
I've since pulled the head, replaced water pump, alternator, timing belt, pulled AC and PS, and just ordered all MOOG parts to depower/rebuild the rack properly.
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March 22, 2011 9:18 p.m. Ojala New Reader
You are just fine,I once spent $10k on a motor that went into a $500 car...
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March 22, 2011 9:21 p.m. Duke SuperDork
unevolved wrote:
$650.
I've since pulled the head, replaced water pump, alternator, timing belt, pulled AC and PS, and just ordered all MOOG parts to depower/rebuild the rack properly.
Total of about $1400 in that? You're way ahead of the ballgame, even given the "urban camouflage" paint scheme.
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March 22, 2011 10:05 p.m. Sonic Dork
I surpassed that on my $500 Miata when I bought the pair of Sparco seats for $550 to replace the torn up and nasty stock seats.
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March 22, 2011 10:08 p.m. DaveEstey HalfDork
My $800 CRX Si shell got a $1,600 (and a set of Hoosier A6's) roll cage.
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March 22, 2011 10:27 p.m. Johnboyjjb Reader
I have had two cars reach that point within the first day.
My CRX needed a seat and some sticker tires that came off an Acura at the salvage yard. $5 per tire and $60 something for the seat. Put me over the $75 purchase price. By the way, how ticked would you be to put brand new tires on a car and then wreck it? These tires still had flakes of the sticker falling off!The second car was the Lumina LTZ that got an oil change that exceeded the $28 I bought it for. Recently sold that car for $2K and a promised brake job.
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March 22, 2011 11:15 p.m. Keith SuperDork
Ojala wrote:
You are just fine,I once spent $10k on a motor that went into a $500 car...
Mine went into a $100 car
The purchase price of the car is immaterial. It's the end result that matters.
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March 22, 2011 11:37 p.m. unevolved Dork
Yeah, this one's got a long way to go. This is why I like this forum, you guys can understand the logic behind taking something most people would turn into a parts car and make it into a fun toy again.
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March 22, 2011 11:54 p.m. mike Reader
What's the problem again? None, that's what. Have fun - who cares what the car originally cost?
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March 23, 2011 12:36 a.m. motomoron HalfDork
I bought an expensive but nice '90 Miata - like $3400 - and doubled it pretty quickly with one call to FM.
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March 23, 2011 1:23 a.m. Derick Freese Dork
My wife doesn't understand that it's cheaper to fix the car that's in the driveway, especially when my Jeep needs $100 or $200 thrown at it a month. I'm whittling it down to nothing, but she knows we spend $600 for the Jeep, and I shouldn't ever spend money to get it in shape again.
I also have a $350 Accord that I'm going to Challenge, so it will also have more than the purchase price put into it.
Spending more on a car than I bought it for is kinda my thing.
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March 23, 2011 6:01 a.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
I doubled my purchase price of my celica in wheels, tires, and brake pads when i first bought it.
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March 23, 2011 7:39 a.m. egnorant Dork
Happens to me all the time! Just bought a pasture fresh Escort Wagon and quickly went from the original $250 to the current $562.66. But it is now a good road car so I'm good.
What I was rankled at was that the DMV charged $129 for title and taxes. $700 "presumed value". Sounds like tax fraud to me!!
If spending the money on your car worries you, would you (or wife/significant other) prefer spending it on beer, tattoos and lap dances?
Bruce
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March 23, 2011 8:16 a.m. Drewsifer Dork
I did that with my 944, and it still didn't run afterwards. I think you're doing ok!
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March 23, 2011 8:49 a.m. NOHOME Reader
Recall that the reason you paid such a low price for the car was so you would have this money to spend on parts. RIGHT?
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March 23, 2011 11:47 a.m. Maroon92 SuperDork
Just my exhaust cost more than the purchase price of my Supra. The wheels doubled that again. Fun stuff!
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March 23, 2011 3:15 p.m. car39 Reader
I stopped keeping that spreadsheet about the time I realized how much Island resort time I could buy for what I had in ONE Miata. Never mind tow vehicle, trailer, toys etc.
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March 23, 2011 3:43 p.m. unevolved Dork
Miraculously, I've got an SO that doesn't care (so long as she gets to drive it) that I spend so much time/money on a crappy car like this one. She's actually jealous, as she used to have a Miata.
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March 23, 2011 3:57 p.m. Lugnut HalfDork
I spent double the price on the car just on the hard top.
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March 23, 2011 3:57 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
egnorant wrote:
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What I was rankled at was that the DMV charged $129 for title and taxes. $700 "presumed value". Sounds like tax fraud to me!!
Had that happen with my saab.. until I explained to the lady that is had 225,000 miles on, rusty fenders, and a ripped up interior. She called her manager over and I offered to show him the car (sitting outside on a paper dealer's tag) and he made the "presumed value" go away.
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March 23, 2011 5:31 p.m. m4ff3w SuperDork
mad_machine wrote:
egnorant wrote:
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What I was rankled at was that the DMV charged $129 for title and taxes. $700 "presumed value". Sounds like tax fraud to me!!
Had that happen with my saab.. until I explained to the lady that is had 225,000 miles on, rusty fenders, and a ripped up interior. She called her manager over and I offered to show him the car (sitting outside on a paper dealer's tag) and he made the "presumed value" go away.
I paid 1350 for the Biturbo. I paid almost $400 in taxes for presumed value.
