He just needs a Nissan Altima

I have a feeling he knows he has a decent parachute to depend on that will prevent complete catastrophe.

Usually when people are down to their last $100 and missing payments some months, they are pretty close to no longer having a home. But if they know that someone can swoop in and prevent that from being their reality, they'll keep doing those habits in the face of all the good advice saying otherwise.

To be honest, I do feel like a large part of his decision to keep his CTR is to keep up with the illusion that he's doing okay.

And I think that's where the fallacy of all of us reassuring him that he's doing ok is actually doing more harm. Positive reinforcement can backfire.

You guys are a bunch of mean old uncles. He’s in his 20s!!

Of course he has to keep up appearances. Which one of you old geezers didn’t do that in your twenties ?!!

I still think he’s doing okay. This is majority of people in Vancouver nowadays anyways. Pay cheque to pay cheque. Dead end job. Paying for a very expensive house and car.

I’m such a coddler…

^Are you free now cuz you're on strike again?

Also free cuz I’m on vacation in Hong Kong. I’ve done all the sight seeing / touristy shit. I’m just chilling at the beach at shek o

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Call chicken, ktv, massage in China

And to be clear, the illusion is on himself, not necessarily random people.

I've been there

There’s a Chinese saying… 長命債 長命還

Badhobz - Please show us a photo of you on a jet ski as if you were miserable.

We're not going from 300hp euros / jdm legends back to a yaris / clapped out civic

Y'all did him injustice :lawl:

I drove a Mini to work today... and proceeded to cut off 4 lanes of traffic cause i forgot how fucking slow this dogshit car is.

That said, I could probably get this Mini for 8K. It's sorted now, but then I'd always be scared about future maintenance.

Not like I actually listen to the positive reinforcement LOL. Don't waste your breath, I know I'm not doing good, you don't need to tell me that. Did you miss the first post of this thread? Let me remind you. I'm only alive because life insurance doesn't pay out on suicide.

It's like my whole thing about not modding before being good enough for the mods again.

However, out of the positivity, is learning to lean on my friends more. That was my take away. And I need therapy.

Beggars can't be choosers.

I am begging for a nice Yaris/Echo/Fit to fall into my lap haha

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

And you guys laugh at me for buying $120 fog lights for it :fullofwin:

Mini is a terrible choice

Miata for sporty car

Or heck even a Lexus IS... I had 3 of them and never spent a dime on maintenance... can easily get a IS300 for $5-7k althouh they're not the greatest on gas

^^ altezza with 6 mt

Was recommended to read this thread but it’s too much reading. Not impressed. Someone please summarize bic baws dire situation LOL

I'm retarded /thread

Just blame it on the boomers. Back to enjoying my vacation ��

Lowest I'll go is a base model Mk7 Golf TSI/TDI, G37, LS460/600h, Mercedes/BMW Diesel, or 3G TL manual
Should be lots of options under 10k

One has a tree sized dent in it floating around somewhere

how do you ask for extra soup? that's a thing??!!

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A Miata/86/IS can be had for a lot less than what the CTR is currently worth and by all accounts they're cheap to run and easy to work on. An Echo/Yaris/Fit is even cheaper and still going to be a laugh.

Anything needs maintenance but was the 40k into the 330 all DIY or were you paying shops to do it?

$40K on an E46 is all shop time, plus markup for OE parts.

Parts are pretty cheap, especially on RockAuto. It all depends on how much you value your time and whether or not you have a garage and the necessary tools/diagnostic equipment (INPA, etc.).