Following on from Chips thread would you say you wish you hadnt got into the car scene??
I have mates that arent and cant understand the money we spend on cars but i know people here cant justify the money being spent on clothes etc??

Just wanted to know what others think

 

Yes and then I could of chosen a line of work that would pay me decent money!

 

I wouldn't know some of the mates I know, inc you Dan if I didn't. So it has its ups and downs.

I do put my social life and friends first though before the car, without a doubt. The car is just a hobby to fill the gaps

 

Do I wish I never got into the car scene? No! I enjoy it. Well sometimes I don't when everyone else has better cars/more tuned than me!

Z

 

yeah thats true matey although im sure we would have met in some drunken mess at a rave or club

friends and family come before anything mechanical

 

True LOL

 

No. Love it. Keep spending Ladies & fellas.

 

hahahah........i knew what you would put

 

No not for a minute, I get far more joy out of it than anything else. Dan, to be fair I wouldn't know you if it wasn't that that Sierra of yours, and you wouldn't know Kam/Cowie etc...

 

yeah thats true mate.......
btw pics of your saff please....and i want a drive

 

yep it has its ups and downs.

sometimes i have gone through periods where loads have gone wrong with the cars, which usually happens when i am going through a skint patch, and i have been tempted to knock it all on the head.

but generally its a total buzz and much more interesting than driving round in a boring normal car!

 

top answer stu i totally agree

 

I bought John's old one mate, the moonstone Saff. LOVE it as well, apart from the growing list of minor things that are rapidly going wrong

Broke the boot catch, alarm, gearstick and exhuast so far

 

***sensible head on****

i wish i never started on my s1, should have just brought a fast car out of the box

***sensible head off***


i donbt regret it thou, as when finished it will be exactly as i have always wanted

 

Owning cars such as RS's and the like is boring without doing modifying them. If I bought a completely standard RS of any nature, no matter how hard I tried, I'd eventually mod it.

 

dont regret it for a second,my bank does tho,lol,i really dont know wht i would do instead if i didnt love cars??hate to think

 

Nope, I love knowing how things work in life, and designing new things, and im an adrenalin junkie to boot, I cant think of many other hobbies that give the same opportunity to be a scientist and a hooligan at once, and those are the two biggest aspects of my personality.
Before I was into engines, I was into home made explosives in a big way, and TBH these days I think that would land me in even more trouble with the old bill than speeding does

 

But who doesn't like things that blow up, go bang or make loud noises and cause mayhem?

 

I think that making tri nitro toluene in a big enough quantity that i got hit in the leg by a half brick despite being 100 yards away from the pallet of bricks I tested it on was was probably a sign I was going a little too far though when I look back but I do tend to get carried away with stuff

 

SEMTEX CHIP doesn't quite have the same ring as CHIP 3DR.........

 

Technically it would be "TNT Chip" as I never actually made semtex

 

no not at all. The late teens/early twentys i spent most of my life pissed up shaggin owt that moved. Now im into my late twenties, settled down with a lil boy it stops me from being the piss head i was. I can actually see where my money is going instead of wasting it with a sore head in the morning........

 

yes, waste of money

 

nope not for one second you can meet so many gd/bad friends through this, and i dont think ide know as much as i do about cars if i didnt

 

exactly what i do, otherwise you could get too involved with cars IMO. Today for example i went down the workshop at 7.50am and got back at 8pm, so this weekend i'm out on the piss with mates

 

Having a car that breaks down so often is great for the learning curve

 

Well ive been lucky or sensible enough to own decent cars as good runners so never had to spend mega bucks to repair one or modify one, i once blew a Saff 4x4 up and couldn't afford a rebuild so swapped it for an Audi lol...but ive met some decent people through all car forums & clubs i use so no regrets no.

 

i hate cars, i would have ALOT more money if i wasnt into them so madly

 

In response to your first post, I know I'd certainly have a lot less friends than I have now had I not been into my Fords.

I agree that the money spent is silly, but then so is the money that my old mates who weren't into cars sniff up their noses every weekend. At least I have something to show for my addiction lol

 

true,, if i wasent into the car scene then the mony would only go somewere else,

I dnt mind, its wen some fecker robs u blind, were i wish i wasent on the scene.

 

Wish I'd just bought a faster car in the first place tbh. Look back and shudder at the amount I spent. Was fun at the time though, learning curve I guess.

 

Do your research and that won't happen I dont think mate. You're ST is nice though, worth every penny spent. More so them brakes.

Benni.

 

cheers mate , it was more with the 2wd though, but thats sold now so end of a era.

 

Can I ask how often do you use the Nos?

Benni.

 

Total waste of fecking Money!!!!! i really think im gonna sell the fecking lot!!!!!

 

u dnt turn it off lol.

Use it quite a bit, depends, i do alot of miles so wen the SCOOBY DOOBY DONT comes alongside it gets used then lol

 

Nice one!

 

I've never seen being into cars as a 'hobby'. Been into them since litterally as far back as I can remember, even as a toddler!

Just always been one of the main things in my life..... still hate working on the bloody things though

 

Used to like washing the moter, carnt be fooked with it now though. maybe im just lazy tho

 

in the past 18 years or so since i had my license and first car, i would probably think i've spunked about £100k on cars, around £40k on the estate, around £18k on the 3 door and probably around £15k on the saph plus all the other stuff that you don't tend to think about when you've bought around 25 cars to drive about in and only actually sold one

would i have been better off financially putting that money into property and retiring when i was 20? yes, undoubtedly so, property millionare by now with double the income coming in for sitting on my arse all day rather than working for a living and paying ridiculous amounts of money on a mortgage

but i would never have had so much fun if i'd become an architect or an electrician

my life has been a veritable rollercoaster and i regret doing lots of things and i don't regret doing others, and for sure, if i could go back in time 18 years i'd have not got into the car when i did or let someone else drive it, but you can't change the past so there is no point bothering about it

i do justify spending money on the car, but i also am in a position to be able to afford to spend money on other things if and when i need them so it's not as hard for me, and coupious amounts of cash money income aside, i feel the pinch of fixing/running/using the car financially and if worse came to worse i'd catch a bus or cycle, but i wouldn't sit down and say so myself "you twat, you should have saved your money and bought a decent car in the first place" because then i'd be round the dealers ever 10 minutes thinking "i wonder how much that rattle is going to cost to fix" or turn out to be like my uncle who once said "i've got the option to either have abs or air con, so i chose the air con, but i'd rather than my windows open as the ac uses too much fuel"

and i'd hate to be that silly a person