How do scratch the itch?

[desy]

EG I bought my kid a car off govt surplus, we spent time getting it all road ready, some we did some, the mechanic some and to a point why I'd be comfortable driving across country with two minutes notice. Now it will be a servicable vehicle for him for years. However I can't stop casting lustfull eyes at other fixer-uppers to tinker

 

[monkeydelmagico]

buy, tinker, drive, sell. Rinse, repeat. That's why I've had something different in the driveway almost every year for the past decade.

 

[jlee]

buy, tinker, drive, sell. Rinse, repeat. That's why I've had something different in the driveway almost every year for the past decade.

I used to do that, then I moved to a state that has sales tax on private party sales. Kinda squashed that habit

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I used to do that, then I moved to a state that has sales tax on private party sales. Kinda squashed that habit

Does that apply to trades too? Plenty of potential project cars on CL that people want to trade for "2nd amendment items" or other things that are not cars.

 

[desy]

Thats the problem the $, my Myers-Briggs has me at ISTP, P for practical I can't let a car go til I got my nickel back out. My wife tires of a car after about 3 years I can go a decade if I like it.
But I realley like reseaching purchases and then watching how to YouTubes. I think it goes back to when I was a service tech traveling and getting paid for mileage and always looking for balances
I used to use motorcycles to stop the twitch but have decided I'm out

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Thats the problem the $, my Myers-Briggs has me at ISTP, P for practical I can't let a car go til I got my nickel back out. My wife tires of a car after about 3 years I can go a decade if I like it.
But I realley like reseaching purchases and then watching how to YouTubes. I think it goes back to when I was a service tech traveling and getting paid for mileage and always looking for balances
I used to use motorcycles to stop the twitch but have decided I'm out

You don't have to get every nickel back out - ever been to a movie? $15 for a ticket and popcorn is a good deal for 2 hours of entertainment. So if you spend 500 hours wrenching on a car over 2-3 years, and enjoy doing it, then you can sell it for a couple grand less than you paid for it and it's essentially cheaper than a movie ticket.

They're recreation, not a retirement strategy.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

I used to do that, then I moved to a state that has sales tax on private party sales. Kinda squashed that habit

Yeah, I'm in N.J. so it is a cost. I tend to buy really cheap third party and get creative with the sale prices.....

 

[YuliApp]

thats what i did. got oldtimer to play with, catched a bug, it became a family project.
Luckily oldtimers are endless job so you usually need only one