BIC_BAWS Adventure Thread

[bcrdukes]

If I recall, he tried to tackle most of the maintenance himself when and where possible. How it ended up being $40K is beyond me. That's getting into cup car territory.

If this was all shop time and OE parts etc, I would believe that.

Edit: Are you guys suggesting he gets a Miata/86/IS as his daily to replace his Civic? Or separately as a track car? If you guys recall, he had specific criteria for his daily driver as he still needs to shuttle his parents around. Imagine asking your mom to hop into your slammed Miata or FR-S. So cool, right?

[JDMDreams]

Get a Prius for $10000, then you can Uber/ delivery at night, also track it and not break

[bcrdukes]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

One has a tree sized dent in it floating around somewhere

Savage.

[noclue]

After spending $7k on repairs I wouldve junked the car not spend $40k in total, you can get a new car

[underscore]

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

If I recall, he tried to tackle most of the maintenance himself when and where possible. How it ended up being $40K is beyond me. That's getting into cup car territory.

If this was all shop time and OE parts etc, I would believe that.

Edit: Are you guys suggesting he gets a Miata/86/IS as his daily to replace his Civic? Or separately as a track car? If you guys recall, he had specific criteria for his daily driver as he still needs to shuttle his parents around. Imagine asking your mom to hop into your slammed Miata or FR-S. So cool, right?

If he needs to run the whole family around just stick to the 4 doors in that list. IS/Yaris/Fit hell even a Matrix. Or get a separate daily and a cheap track beater to not care about.

[bcrdukes]

Let's not forget that he needs to insure the beater track car, so that's two insurance policies if he has a dedicated daily and track car.

[underscore]

Depends how many events it's being used at, it might be cheaper to just day plate it for each event or only insure it for the months with a lot of events. Even with full plates It'd be pleasure use + low mileage so cheaper than his DD is to insure.

[BIC_BAWS]

Uh lets move the car suggestions back into the Pick a Dual Duty Car for Bic Baws Thread...

I'll respond regarding everything else later.

I'm probably exaggerating and incl transfer tax, etc. But the Ownership notes/cost breakdown is available for viewing in the aforementioned thread.

[AstulzerRZD]

I think it was more like 25k, mostly aftermarket from FCP euro.
Still a lotta money tho

[yray]

I can get you in a land rover for $800. You will be working on it every weekend to keep your mind and hands busy.

[AstulzerRZD]

The spreadsheet says 13920 over 3 years on the 330, 5k a year's pretty reasonable

[BIC_BAWS]

Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD

I think it was more like 25k, mostly aftermarket from FCP euro.
Still a lotta money tho

I broke even after parting out EVERYTHING, but yeah that was expensive and I wasn't looking to do that again. Every paycheck went to that car. Hell I can't even deal with the emotional toll of literally refreshing a car completely.. and then losing it due to a distracted driver. Not again, no thanks.

Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD

The spreadsheet says 13920 over 3 years on the 330, 5k a year's pretty reasonable

Oh I think I consolidated costs into the M3 and/or sold parts and took that out of the equation. Got lazy with the bookkeeping after the hit. Of the bookkeeping I did do, $13K was recouped from payout and selling stuff. I didn't record some cash stuff that I immediately used on a chick lmao.

ie. expensive foglights went to the M3
Wheels + tires from the 330 went to the FK8 cost

Originally Posted by yray

I can get you in a land rover for $800. You will be working on it every weekend to keep your mind and hands busy.

Ya this is exactly what I'm tryna avoid by financing a newer car. Ironically, I'd rather work on another BMW (OE parts + fcpeuro, realOEM to reference substitutes, forums where ppl actually DIY, etc) over working on a Japanese car. Working on the FK8 wasn't hard per say.. it's just I don't know what I'm looking at, there's nothing to reference, the parts diags are useless (don't have measurements or tell u what goes where), and everything is OEM only. OE is not a thing. Dogshit Honda.

Originally Posted by coneZONE

Dailying a nearly 28 year old car with 337000 km is not bad. I dont even think i’ve reached $10k in maintenance and repairs during 8 years of ownership

It's a little different when you're a mechanic, have access to a lift, have access to Worldpac at cost+10, know how to diagnose without throwing parts at it and have access to the OEM diag/manual on fixing things (I forgot what it's called but i used to have a login).

Good to hear the teg is still alive tho. Hope you've been doing well, haven't seen you in awhile.

[coneZONE]

Thanks BIC i haven’t locked my keys in my car for awhile now
I know you as one of the most hard working guys.
You are probably singlehandedly keeping our forum lively haha
I work on trains now so losing some access to a hoist kind of sucks (unfortunately cannot lift the car with a train jack haha)
But yeah it’s just experiences over the years that helped. I might’ve gone another route if i could go back in time, or not. I don’t think i would change anything now though. There’s some chinese saying that there are only results, no such thing as “what if”. And connecting with the group of all you guys on here counts as part of that fate, right.

But bus driving could be a fun gig hahaha i wouldve gone that route if i didnt get my current position.

[Badhobz]

You work on trains ?!!!!!? You’re a Car man ? God bless bro

[coneZONE]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

You work on trains ?!!!!!? You’re a Car man ? God bless bro

noooo not heavy rail; just light rail vehicle technician

[double0seven]

Originally Posted by coneZONE

noooo not heavy rail; just light rail vehicle technician

Def making double of the 60k a year

[twitchyzero]

just caught up wow, saw 10+ pages and it became invisible to me thinking it's an old discussion

bic you seem very hardworking, sry you going through a lot

from what's been described it sounds like maturing/peaking too early

im like the last person to give advice as i've seen myself in similar traps, esp justifying the reward mechanism when it may not be sustainable

i have the opposite problem of nearly not giving any shit about image tho, and that can also be detrimental

so many people have had fuck-ups and that's where the learning happens..your 20s are for trying things out and fucking up so you can straighten it out for the prime earning years with handful responsibilities

this may be where you need to become aware and make changes, even small steps at first then regularly evaluate

and yes bobinka's post is the best ive read on here in years

keep us updated, best

[BIC_BAWS]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

As well, are you getting anything out of the equity you’re putting into the home other than a roof over your head temporarily?

Like, at the end of the day are your parents going to sell and give you a portion of the sale of the home? Or are you just paying down the mortgage for their benefit and they will ultimately need the entire sale of the home to live off moving forward? OR is this the type of situation where they are just going to live in this home until it falls apart?

To be honest, I think this is where I feel trapped. I can't leave Vancouver because of this house. I know how privileged I am to be only paying $1500 for my portion of rent and all other household (groceries) expenses are covered. Hell I don't even cook for myself - Dad cooks and it's fantastic. [On side note, I think he really enjoys it. The food he's been making is actually delicious now and he finds so much joy in cooking for us. It used to actually be inedible. Like chicken sashimi kinda raw/inedible.]

I feel trapped because I'm tied down to here. I want to explore the world or just anywhere but here. I find myself often jealous of AstulzerRZD (someone I looked up to when I was a lot younger and still do) for all the worldly work experience he has. I would much rather rent tbh, at least, I'd have the freedom to fuck off whenever. Again, due to familial circumstances, I can't rent out the legal suite (which would cover my portion).

Upon sale, my parents have disclosed that they would just do 25% split between all 4 of us bc at the end of the day, when they go, their shares would be split between me and my brother anyway. If it were up to me, I would do it % based on total contributions to the decimal, because that's what fair is to me. And idc even if I get less than 33% or 25% or whatever it is, as long as it's EQUAL.

My mom is paying down the home so that I can solo the mortgage in 2028 at which point I'd be taking on 100% of the mortgage (as of ytd we're at 570K). She disclosed she's doing this because of past guilt of not being able to give us a better childhood and shit with my dad. She, like me is stubborn, she's not gonna listen to anyone LOL.

Future Options:
- Sell house, split 25% each. Mom and dad would like to live on a ground floor apt or smt as they get older.
- Keep house, (if) I get a gf, I move into legal suite.
- Keep house, (if) I or my brother have kids, mom & dad move into legal suite.

They don't expect kids from me. Tho the question now is about my sexuality since I've been single for so long... watch out boyssssss lul

Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD

I think the car brings BIC_BAWS a ton of identity/value in his social life even outside of track.
That balance has to shift to something else (gym? golf? dating? dance? running?) to feel ok with giving it up/going back to 9G Civic.

The 9G Civic isn't an option, that's why I had to buy a car in the first place. My brother is currently using it as his daily and I would like my dad to drive it after my brother moves away.

Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD

FWIW even on 280k salary, I thought my paid off 30k S2k was too expensive of a car for daily & never did track it because of risk.
BUT, it also wasn't a major part of my identity/social life so it was easy to give up.

Thank you for stating the big difference. It was easy to give up for you, had you made it a priority, you would have done it. Instead, you travelled, did other hobbies, etc. Costs the same tho.

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

BIC_BAWS - Assuming you continue to track your CTR, and heaven forbid, you total it, what is your contingency plan?

Don't crash. Since my first off, I actually modified the way I think about track days. I pick one goal (not time related) for the day and focus on that. Time is irrelevant. There's no trophies to be won.

Originally Posted by badgerx3

Brother, have you ever considered getting therapy? Sounds like there are some underlying issues or even trauma that are causing this attrition.

Speaking as a CPA myself, if you ain't going to grind the corporate ladder, there isn't much this designation can provide that can guarantee what you desire.

You mention that you and your mom can bill at rates higher than a bookkeeper if you get this designation. Is the plan to run your accounting shop? If so, isn't that just a glorified bookkeeper but with a CPA?

Yeah I didn't think I needed it until CivicBlues and others pointed out that rambling is abnormal - which is good looking out.

Yeah I don't really have an interest in Accounting tbh, but OTOH my only view on accounting has been the bottom barrel shitty clients kinda shit. I do enjoy cost accounting and finding out what items I've implemented moves the needle (ie. At work I took this role from our external cause they weren't doing a good enough job. I made a change to our process and saw a change of +30K from net zero).

And yes, we have the business set up already. Might as well be a glorified bookkeeper but with a CPA. She's not going to retire, this is all she knows LOL. Here are my mom's rates (that dogshit clients keep trying to negotiate down):

Bookkeeping - $50/hr or $350/mo
T1 General - $65 (just a T4 and a few other misc things)
T1 + T2125 - $65 + $50/hr or $500
T2 Filing (Inactive) - $500
T2 Filing (Active) - $750

This ALL includes tax planning and strategy, which unfortunately opens us up to liability. I'll give an example, clients tend to force our hand on inadmissible expenses despite being told it's inadmissible. They get audited, now the liability and risk is on both the client AND us. The CRA will go after the promoter/preparer/advisor now btw (look up the notifiable/notable transactions). Imagine getting fined $25K for a $750 job lol. Actual depression lmao.

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

A car should never be anyone's identity. It's easy for me to say this, but after all, this is a car website.

Similar to this, it's why I ain't working on my car. There's too much of an emotional toll attached to it. Like I keep saying tho the car is a forever car. All my cars were supposed to be a forever car (except for the E36 M3 that car was purchased as a yolo why not). I can't justify spending more than MSRP 41K on a car anyway.

Originally Posted by twitchyzero

just caught up wow, saw 10+ pages and it became invisible to me thinking it's an old discussion

i have the opposite problem of nearly not giving any shit about image tho, and that can also be detrimental

and yes bobinka's post is the best ive read on here in years

Like the VI thread or the pick a car thread, I ramble and like to reply to everyone so its lengthy.

However, since I find I keep repeating myself, I'm just gonna pick and choose what to reply to. Seems like there's reading comprehension or inference issues in here. We're in the same boat about image - if you saw me IRL you wouldn't think I drive a Type R. Hell, the Type R to normal people is just a Civic with a big wing. If I really cared about my image, you'd think I'd actually take care of basic hygiene (which I don't but apparently its adding to my depression so im trying to). Or I'd go buy clothes and actually cut my hair more than every 6 mo. OR I'd be in a fucking M car. Why would I settle for a HONDA CIVIC if I cared THAT much about my image?

HELL IF I FUCKING CARED ABOUT MY IMAGE I WOULDNT LET MYSELF GET FAT. godfuckingdamnit.

Imagine calling ME vain. ME. That's such an insult on my character. If there's one thing I hate the most, it's when I say something & people try to read between the lines. THERES NOTHING THERE. What I say is literally what I mean.

Bobinka's post is so good that I've forwarded to others who expressed they're in similar situations and or younger than me. Don't be like me kids, listen to Uncle Bobinka.

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I'll do my yearly personal bookkeeping + FK8 ownership costs and throw it up eventually

[Gerbs]

Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS

HELL IF I FUCKING CARED ABOUT MY IMAGE I WOULDNT LET MYSELF GET FAT. godfuckingdamnit.

IZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

https://www.revscene.net/forums/7178...months-14.html


Life's better when you're not chonky
- More energy
- Don't lose respect from bias first impressions
- Better health to be there for friends and future family
- Hobbies are easier to do
- Buckets seats don't TUGGG

[twitchyzero]

i quickly skimmed 10 pages at 2am, at least not me, is attacking your character ..i gain nothing from judging you. I can relate more than i disagree with, however the things i might not agree with knowing what I know now from maybe age and some experience, are fairly substantial issues

i also have some very stubborn traits but sometimes it's worth revisiting a decision you've already put your foot down on

turbo manual spicy hatches likely aint going anymore
sure there's no promise of rarity of spec getting it back
this is a car forum, of course we know the emotional aspect, but more importantly most your friends will still be there
only you can decide if it's worth financing a car past 5 years old, you might look back and say dang i did that for a civic while nearly drained my bank account

also, image can be more than just the appearance of fitness and status and not just for others, but for self-validation

[BIC_BAWS]

Oh rarity and spec is not the issue. FK8s are dime a dozen. I literally do not plan on buying another vehicle in my lifetime, assuming it doesn't get written off.

If it was an Oxford Green E46 M3 in M/T and cinni interior... Now that's a spec you'll never get back

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[bcrdukes]

Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS

I literally do not plan on buying another vehicle in my lifetime, assuming it doesn't get written off.

We are going to hold you to this.

[Badhobz]

Originally Posted by Gerbs

IZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

https://www.revscene.net/forums/7178...months-14.html


Life's better when you're not chonky
- More energy
- Don't lose respect from bias first impressions
- Better health to be there for friends and future family
- Hobbies are easier to do
- Buckets seats don't TUGGG

Hey ! I’ve been chunky all my life and my life is great

[JDMDreams]

^^ he gets Ferrari girls hitting on him too

[BIC_BAWS]

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

We are going to hold you to this.

BET

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