Show Cars.
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I agree that cars should be driven. I like my car to look nice and i want it to be show worthy but my first priority is that it is drivable and made to beat on. I don't drive my car when it is raining, or cold, or in the winter, but that is cuz i have a winter beater/dd that i would rather drive, but whenever it is nice, i drive my car and i drive it hard. And MOST cars as an investment is retarded.....god forbid your car get a paint chip, it mite lose $200 in value, better just not drive it. I respect ppl for building show cars and have no problem with them doing so, i will just build my cars to drive and enjoy them.
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This got taken the wrong direction Wes I agree with you I enjoy keeping my car nice and showing it off when I can. The difference is that if I bend a rim on the curb or someone keys it I can't really afford to fix it right away. Now if I built, lets just use the chubster for example which is a 1957 bel air two door hardtop built by boyd coddington for about $275,000, and never drove it just because i might damage it that would be retarded because if i can afford to spend that kind of money on a car I can damn sure afford to fix it if the paint gets chipped or I break the rear end doing doughnuts in the wal mart parking lot.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
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im sure Colin has something to say on this
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Did doughnuts in the walmart parking lot with a 62 ford falcon once.
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See i like having a show car cause it looks different from other civics out there and its nice cause its not too rice for most people. plus i do everything to it myself in my garage and for the people who know me i beat on my car alot but it still stays in my garage 80% of the time its doesnt see any rain or snow ever!
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weshole;189255 wrote:
Hell it's no different than buying a house and wanting to keep it in tip top shape. You are constantly cleaning it.Except most people don't drop six figures on a car and then live in it.
Speaking of people who have car that just sit in there garage, isn't there some guy in the Fargo area that bought a ferrari a few years and had it put in his garage by a forklift, to keep the mileage as low as possible, never to be driven again. I think I heard that somewhere. It's like seeing a wild tiger or panther in a cage, it's a beast the should be let loose but instead they've stolen it's dignity and keep it locked up. That's why I like to the oldschool ferraris, porsches,lambos, ect, for example. when they have all the scratches,scrapes and rock chips on them from doing what they were intended to do, drive. It gives them a history, character and an identity with plenty of stories to tell.
I guess you could say the old school car with all it flaws and blemishes from living an exciting and adventurous life is like the old man down the block that everybody respects and tells great stories of the gold ol' days.
While the new car with little to no miles that just sits in the garage is like some lazy ass teenager who won't get off his ass and even try to find a job and thus has nothing worthwhile to tell or passon, basicaly useless.Imagine if people used the same logic on there kids as they did there show cars. "No, the baby can never leave the house, or the special padded room for the matter. He could get a cut or scratch and then he'll be.....(dundundun)DAMAGED!". Yes this is an extreme example but if you think about it, Baby = mental damage from being locked up his whole life and Car = physical/mechanical damage over a long period of time, just because it's not moving doesn't mean you don't have to maintain it. So, in short, not letting them out can be worse than letting them out.
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Cyril Figgis: Call girl!
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I've put more miles on my Subaru in 2 months than I have put on the integra in 3 years but it's not a show car.
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(or really a car for that matter)
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Woohooo...I must have an absolute show car then.....~20 miles on it since P10 2006, less than 2000 in the past 2 years....oh well, there is always next year...
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You guys seriously need to get a grip. To worry about someone wanting to keep their car clean and nice and away from the general public. There has to be more important things to worry about instead of such trivial shit. I'm done wasting anymore bandwidth on this thread. Some people just want to bitch for just that, to bitch.
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Some ppl take this shit way to seriously.......
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ichibankilla;189346 wrote:
Because knowing is half the battle.YOOOO JOE!!!
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8 -
Like some of you already said, its there money they can do whatever they want to do with they car, keep it in a garage or drive the piss out of it. I like to drive my car but honestly this past summer I might of put about 500 miles on it and thats it, It would just sit in my garage and collect dust, and this upcoming summer I dont think Im going to drive it at all, Im going to put it in my garage and look at it and say to myself, that I built this car, and I love starring at it. I might start it up every so often but nothing more. This probably doesnt make any sense to some of you, but to me it does.
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Makes perfect sense to me Evan.
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YOu guys are right they can do whatever thay want to with their car but its stupid to build a really nice car, which I previously stated is a mode of transportation, and let it sit unused.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8 -
capitlj;189437 wrote:
YOu guys are right they can do whatever thay want to with their car but its stupid to build a really nice car, which I previously stated is a mode of transportation, and let it sit unused.But it's really no more stupid than driving a non-fuel efficient car when there are plenty of more efficient cars on the road? Why don't we all own a Toyota Prius/Echo? Oh yeah, free will.
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