hi all,
just came back from spending the day (and a small fortune in admission costs) at the annual street machine gathering called "SummerNats" - also called Summernuts.
some of the machines/cars on display were amazing, but honestly, i could never devote the amount of money that the people spend on building these type of cars away from anything that doesn't generate me an income.
I love cars, and i really do love classic cars, but seeing a 20 something year old guy proudly showing off a car that he has done a lot of work, and spent his income on (and this includes putting a $28,000 stereo in the car*), then i think that my priorities are just a bit different to some of these people.
But i guess souping up a car is a right of passage for many people - not for me though. Even though i have a 32 year old V8 sitting downstairs that i really love to just cruise around in, it is still a basic car that only cost me 1k 12 years ago and the only money/work i've done on it is registration and basic maintenance work. but i dare say that if my 1k V8 got into the hands of some of these young chaps who soup up these cars, then they would easily spend a house deposit and a few years of mortgage repayments on doing it up.
I do know that there are some folk on this forum who have also spent a good deal of money in doing up cars, but i do wonder if many of these 20 something year old guys end up regretting their expensive hobbies?
I also wonder how these young guys pay for their hobby and how much debt they accumulate in making a car louder, shinier and faster.
* I could never, never justify forking out 28k for a car stereo. I would never spend that amount on a home stereo either.
thanks
g
just came back from spending the day (and a small fortune in admission costs) at the annual street machine gathering called "SummerNats" - also called Summernuts.
some of the machines/cars on display were amazing, but honestly, i could never devote the amount of money that the people spend on building these type of cars away from anything that doesn't generate me an income.
I love cars, and i really do love classic cars, but seeing a 20 something year old guy proudly showing off a car that he has done a lot of work, and spent his income on (and this includes putting a $28,000 stereo in the car*), then i think that my priorities are just a bit different to some of these people.
But i guess souping up a car is a right of passage for many people - not for me though. Even though i have a 32 year old V8 sitting downstairs that i really love to just cruise around in, it is still a basic car that only cost me 1k 12 years ago and the only money/work i've done on it is registration and basic maintenance work. but i dare say that if my 1k V8 got into the hands of some of these young chaps who soup up these cars, then they would easily spend a house deposit and a few years of mortgage repayments on doing it up.
I do know that there are some folk on this forum who have also spent a good deal of money in doing up cars, but i do wonder if many of these 20 something year old guys end up regretting their expensive hobbies?
I also wonder how these young guys pay for their hobby and how much debt they accumulate in making a car louder, shinier and faster.
* I could never, never justify forking out 28k for a car stereo. I would never spend that amount on a home stereo either.
thanks
g