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