if you're worried about paying repairs for your 100k car, dont buy a 100k car

I mean, there are expensive cars that are pricey to maintain then there are 100k cars where you need to take the engine out every 5k lol.

100k used or 100k new

Does it matter? :lawl::badpokerface::troll:

Then again, you DO drive a Land Rover. :D

Uhh used. New Ferraris are like half a million now.

One way to do it is -- get as long an extended warranty as you can with the car. That'll cost you another $6 - $10k, but it'll buy you the extra peace of mind for another 3 - 6 years.

but both the Veloster N and the S2k are appreciating in the market. That R8 / 911 (trash) doesn't seem to be moving up but instead dropping in price.

if you're gonna go full retard, just go buy a real exotic. Ferrari or Lambo, or if you're not that adventurous, Aston / Bentley / Lotus.

Whats the point of spending 100k+ and end up with a run of a mill bitch ass porsche? or a lame ass audi. God forbid you spend 170k and end up with something even worse than those two choices..... a lexus

i'd be worried a c-lai running a stop sign and t-boning by 100k car
i dunno what it'd be worth

Hmmm everyone’s comfort level is different. What’s comfortable for me might not be for u.
Isn’t the rule of thumb for buying within ur comfort zone 20% down, 4 year finance, 10% of your income goes to payments!?!?

YOLO

well, using the land rover formula

allocate the value of the car into maintenance:lol


neighbour's asked me about old cars as he was interested in a F328, I told him about my formula, either you devote money or time into an old car and with ferrari, you probably have to devote money. He comes back with a 996 turbo.

booo!! another trash ass beetle. booo!!!! people are so lame.

time to nerd out. my christmas project!! :drunk:
- add cherry blossoms to tree house.
- steal green leaves from robin hood sets to expand the tree house. replace green with yellow and brown leave for a fall look.
- add fencing, street lights and pine trees to the winter village.

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I'm in tech so it's a little different.

The company I was at got bought. It was a big hoopla and all, touting the benefits and shares and what not. None of it mattered at the end. They shut us down just before 6 months after transitioning to a Paypal employee full time.

Rumours were, Paypal was in competition with MoneyGram and Tencent to buy us out, and Tencent was the leading competitor.
They shut the business down due to "security breach" but never shared what the breach was. Rumour was (this one needs a big grain of salt though even I don't really believe it) that some one's physical access card wasn't deactivated to the server room, and that was the "breach". And the followup rumour was that it was all engineered so they can shut the company with minimum payout.
Rumours were, the company I was with had licenses to accept physical cash in something like 20 states (don't remember the exact number) and Paypal was keen to keep those licenses away from MoneyGram and Tencent. Those licenses are hard to acquire. There was zero interest in the actual business we were in and Paypal has not since reopened any business in that sector from what I know of.

The fact was, there's internal matching for buying shares per paycheque. 6 months was the first interval for which we the first buy was concrete.
The fact was, they gave us a bunch of shares as merging bonuses, and then the subsequent review period. We never did vest any of it as the first vesting period was 1 year.

They told us we can apply to jobs within and we'd get first considerations. Multiple people reported back that there was a strict no re-hire policy with any employees of our business unit. Two people that was with our unit was actually already in the process of being transferred to another business unit. They had rapport with their new manager and they could not keep them and they were both let go.

It's been years, and I am still bitter about it even though I make more than double of what I was making at Paypal.

What about still creek? I assume they had a call center there on top of the one in Coquitlam off the highway?

Omg you have a Lego room, with space to actually display sets! Wish I had the space for that; guess I’ll wait til the kids move out…

I see you also have some original Forestmen sets! I sold mine to fund other purchases.

Manual R8 is the cheapest gated shifter you can buy!

997+ 911's are the last remaining manuals off the checklist


Although a $75-85K Lexus LC500 seems fun, but not sure if it's a good weekend car. Maybe daily

You can't lose with a gated r8. You can lose pending the 911 spec and if your motor is gonna eat itself like the m96/97 love to do in certain instances.

Are the 991's reliable and under $3-5K/year to fix?

I've driven the auto R8 and it's mid

i call it my legocave. yes! some of my favorite sets are from the 80/90s.

https://www.yankodesign.com/2024/12/...costs-120/amp/

Save yourself the hassle and get this ugly beetle back pack instead.

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Once it's out of the warranty period, it will cost easily double that, or at least prepare to spend that much. :lol

cant you just convert a gated shifter on any ole manuel?

im sure there are some dudes who's converted regular manuel into mucho bueno maneul with a piece of machined H pattern metal and some tweaks.

Damn spending $18-50K over a 5-year ownership, I'm out!


My friends who owned 80,000+KM V8/V10 R8 for 3 years got away with oil / fluid change and tires.

Probably a $20-30K+ venture, otherwise I'd buy a $50K Auto NSX

Yah 3 years is just a fluke though. Ive had 3-4 years of just oil/tires on my maserati, but then one year it was like almost 30k cuz everything failed.

Arent those new NSX's relatively cheap? Although i dont know if the hybrid motors + a v6 is that reliable and the interior is garbage.

Conversion wouldn't bare the same amount of resale value. Your ROI on the conversion is likely to be minimal.

For instance, a SMG --> MT converted E46 M3 does not nearly fetch as much money as an original M/T E46 M3. Despite it being better (everything is newer), OEM and factory spec is the play here.

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