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<blockquote data-quote="wawazat" data-source="post: 3901783" data-attributes="member: 35603"><p>All of that just depends on how you are wired. My wife and most of my family for that matter see vehicles as tools. Theyre there to commute in, haul kids around, and be reliable.</p><p></p><p>I have 3 different uses for vehicles. </p><p></p><p>The first one is a reliable swiss army knife between commuting and doing work. Typically a solid 1/2t crew cab truck does great for this, and I only buy 4wd trucks because I like to be able to drive out to the pasture to help out my dad or tractor my way through crappy road conditions.</p><p></p><p>The second one is more of a passion that is how I blow off steam. This car is something I will build an engine for, completely go through the suspension, braking system, etc to build something that is terrifyingly fast. Then I drive it for a few months and get used to the power and it goes back down for the next increase in horsepower. Once I hit a plateau of what is within my comfort cost wise to hit the next tier of speed, I sell it and find something else to start the process over again. My goal when I was single was to work my way up in platforms each time I swapped so that I would eventually end up in an early 2000s Ford GT that I could build for standing mile 250mph+ runs. By the time the kids get out of school, I will have lost too many years to get there though and sadly neither of them have any interest in cars like that for me to live vicariously through. I sold the CTS-V last summer and that money had to be routed back into things I had saved for before the house build but the builder had squandered so I am starting back over at 0 in about 10 years when the kids are out of school. I try really hard not to think about it much, haha.</p><p></p><p>The third is something that is woods/trail handy and fun. SXS, dirt bike, whatever. I grew up on dirt bikes and the gang I used to ride with along with my dad and grandfather still take several trips a year to go camp and ride SXS through the trails. It hasn't been in the cards to pick anything up along those lines either, so maybe once the kids are out of school and I find some spare time for a second job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wawazat, post: 3901783, member: 35603"] All of that just depends on how you are wired. My wife and most of my family for that matter see vehicles as tools. Theyre there to commute in, haul kids around, and be reliable. I have 3 different uses for vehicles. The first one is a reliable swiss army knife between commuting and doing work. Typically a solid 1/2t crew cab truck does great for this, and I only buy 4wd trucks because I like to be able to drive out to the pasture to help out my dad or tractor my way through crappy road conditions. The second one is more of a passion that is how I blow off steam. This car is something I will build an engine for, completely go through the suspension, braking system, etc to build something that is terrifyingly fast. Then I drive it for a few months and get used to the power and it goes back down for the next increase in horsepower. Once I hit a plateau of what is within my comfort cost wise to hit the next tier of speed, I sell it and find something else to start the process over again. My goal when I was single was to work my way up in platforms each time I swapped so that I would eventually end up in an early 2000s Ford GT that I could build for standing mile 250mph+ runs. By the time the kids get out of school, I will have lost too many years to get there though and sadly neither of them have any interest in cars like that for me to live vicariously through. I sold the CTS-V last summer and that money had to be routed back into things I had saved for before the house build but the builder had squandered so I am starting back over at 0 in about 10 years when the kids are out of school. I try really hard not to think about it much, haha. The third is something that is woods/trail handy and fun. SXS, dirt bike, whatever. I grew up on dirt bikes and the gang I used to ride with along with my dad and grandfather still take several trips a year to go camp and ride SXS through the trails. It hasn't been in the cards to pick anything up along those lines either, so maybe once the kids are out of school and I find some spare time for a second job. [/QUOTE]
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