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throwback thread! But anyways... Car modding is a terrible way to waste money due to the fact that it becomes a valuable and very vulnerable prized possesion. Any thief who really wants your car can take it, or some drunk bastard can hit you when you least expect it. And in my case all I am remembered by in high-school (technically) is my old car (SUpEr JDm TYte MaZDa MX-6) I even won best car in the yearbook. Now I flip through that shit and say damn thats all I was...not most likely to succed or anything impressive but I drove a car that only other car modders appreciated, which is what... 1 out of 15 drivers on the road? Since MX-6's have next to NO aftermarket support...I slowly spent a total of $4,000 in mods and $4000 in reapairs (POS! and its still fucked till this day) in 2 years. I just did a tally of how much I spent on my S14...I've done OVER $5,000 in mods in not even 6 months yet. I first got the car and I knew I was in trouble cause of the aftermarket support...but damn when I look back, was it really worth it? I could have went to fucking paris then china then hawaii. But now I have a car that just causes envy and jealousy...and it isnt even the best and it never will be.
Sorry for the venting...just that today my coworker saw me looking at the JDM kouki front on the net and I told her I was going to pick up my JDM front on monday for $350. She said "whats wrong with your bumper it...it looks cool, like a transformer" (reffering to stock with lip) then I said "yeah thats why Im changing it to the JDM" and she said "why waste money if its not broken, and whats a JDM?"...I gave up after that. 10 mins later she comes by again and catches me looking at the R34 rims someone was selling awhile back and she said "wow $1500 for rims? and they dont even come with tires? what a waste of money!" Then my other guy co worker walks by and says "skyline rims, those are dope, you should get them"....Then I was thinking about it and Am I putting all this money into my car to impress a bunch of guys? Whoaaaa. Then another little thing I noticed today, a lady was walking on the sidewalk with a cigarette talking to her friend and she ashed on a car and wasnt even paying attention...I was just thinking, what if I was parked there? Most people in the world dont really give a flying fuck what you drive. And I just realized I spend most of the day looking at cars, reading about cars, thinking about cars...whats the big deal? I don't have anything else to spend my money on and this was always an outlet that was supported by friends and I always thought was right (big bro does muscle cars). And I earned every penny of that money for the past 3 years too, I worked my ass off, it was NOT handed down from mommy and daddy! And all I have to show for it is a broke-down mazda that i put back to stock. Sorry again for venting just something that was eating at me all day.
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