MustangSVT
Lifer
my first car was a Caddy Eldorado coupe. The crank shaft broke along with other parts after 6 months and the car was worthless. money down the drain..
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What's the dumbest purchase you've ever made?
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Clair de Lune
Banned
Speeding while I was younger.
Man, if I had never sped, I would be about $3000~ richer with tickets and insurance costs.
Man, if I had never sped, I would be about $3000~ richer with tickets and insurance costs.
DVad3r
Diamond Member
Really? Maybe Camry's are more popular in the states, here it's Corolla's that are everywhere and mostly driven by total idiots. Every second car is a Corolla, and where I work (the schoolboard) every woman drives a Corolla, and half the guys, it's like the number 1 choice for teachers.
DVad3r
Diamond Member
Wait I can add another one on my dad's behalf.
Probably around $ 10,000 worth of R/C hobby airplanes, one of which was custom made in Germany, a replica of some glider. It's huge, has a motor that puts out a few HP to gain altitude. I think it's wingspan is close to 4 meters. Honestly when it's turned on the thrust it generates is insane. The first time he got it he tested it inside the house, well let's just say there was a bunch of broken stuff (vases fell down, paintings on the wall came off, table was flipped), it was like a hurricaine inside the house. I think he flew it a couple of times and now it just sits at home collecting dust along with all the others. I keep telling him to sell all that stuff on ebay and make a descent amount of cash, he's got some really cool models, some of which he custom built himself.
Probably around $ 10,000 worth of R/C hobby airplanes, one of which was custom made in Germany, a replica of some glider. It's huge, has a motor that puts out a few HP to gain altitude. I think it's wingspan is close to 4 meters. Honestly when it's turned on the thrust it generates is insane. The first time he got it he tested it inside the house, well let's just say there was a bunch of broken stuff (vases fell down, paintings on the wall came off, table was flipped), it was like a hurricaine inside the house. I think he flew it a couple of times and now it just sits at home collecting dust along with all the others. I keep telling him to sell all that stuff on ebay and make a descent amount of cash, he's got some really cool models, some of which he custom built himself.
irishScott
Lifer
iPod video. Thing died on me about a month after the warranty expired. Had a Creative Zen for over a year now. Flash based + cheaper + FM Reciever + better (in all respects) screen + microphone + SD slot = win.
PottedMeat
Lifer
I bought a game called "Global Domination" for $20. You're supposed to be able to nuke other countries. I wanted to see bigass mushroom clouds. The gameplay was fucking terrible, the graphics were terrible. ~10 years later Defcon comes out and its 10x the game Global Domination was supposed to be.
videogames101
Diamond Member
ultimatebob
Lifer
It's kinda weird... some of the "dumbest" purchases I ever made were also some of my favorites. Take my old Audi A4 for example... It was fun as hell to drive, but the payments and repair bills were insanely high. If I just would have stuck with my old car and invested the money, I could have made a huge down payment on my condo instead of financing most of it.
Of course, that condo is worth about 20% less than I paid for it now. Perhaps that was my dumbest purchase instead!
Of course, that condo is worth about 20% less than I paid for it now. Perhaps that was my dumbest purchase instead!
ultimatebob
Lifer
We warned ya about that one man... Never pick a side in a format war until it's over!
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