Interesting opportunity? or a mistake? Help!!
but i understand why you would. its nice to have a roof over your head
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Originally Posted by ZorPrime
Good choice Bob. I love my truck but when i bought it,however it was a very bad financial decision. Traded in a car that i lost my *** on, and my downpayment was only enuff to cover the inequity. Glad you did not do the same. Youll thank yourself later no matter how much it bothers you now. 
How much inequity would you have had in your current truck?
i.e. the diff between what you owe and what the dealer would give you for it.
How much inequity would you have had in your current truck?
i.e. the diff between what you owe and what the dealer would give you for it.
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Getting more upsidedown and putting debt on a CC is bad. ESPECIALLY for something that is going down in value every day.
Why not take a *portition* of what you would have spent and do a built lower end? Maybe make it a "next winter" project. Would give you somethnig to look fwd to and work towards.
Rich (years of doing it the wrong way talking to you
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Why not take a *portition* of what you would have spent and do a built lower end? Maybe make it a "next winter" project. Would give you somethnig to look fwd to and work towards.
Rich (years of doing it the wrong way talking to you
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Bob
Bob, I wouldn't do it either, it's a poor decision all the way around. What I would would do is hold on to what you have, keep a nice safe tune in it and some restraint in the boost department, then do a short block when the money allows, you already have the blower to make 600hp. I've had a hard time as well deciding how far to go and how much is enough, I don't live near a track and might make it only 2-4 times a year so for me a solid street package 500hp 550fpt is my goal, that with a nice suspension and wheels package and an upgrade in the audio department is where I'm goin to stop. Good luck, Todd
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Originally Posted by halflife
bad idea
but if you own a home i can get you the cash
but if you own a home i can get you the cash
The housing market around here is NUTSO!
My wife and I bought our current house with MANY upgrades (new construction) a month before hurricane Ivan hit last August at roughly $69.00 a sqaure foot. The current price for houses is $100 - $120 a square foot now. Its insane and I don't now where it is going to end, I am just thankful to get in before all this insanity has taken place.
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I'd have to also agree with all thats been said Bob
The 80-100 performance Vehicles I have owned over the past 30 years have clearly left me living in what most would consider poverty. Yet here I went and put 100% of a built motor on top of well over 10K I already owed on my CC's, (not to mention I still owe 3 yrs on the truck, and 4 or 5 on the Mitsi-whatever it is) What did that get me, MAYBE 20HP more than I already had and CC hell I'm so @#*%ed up that the only reason I bought a second new car was because the dam heat worked like crap in the Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Chris's truck is one beautiful Beast, and it has the Power to back up the looks,
but it just DOES NOT make sense Bro, not when your already bigger and badder than me and a hell of a lot of others.
Yes I am glad I built my motor, especially since it was seconds from exploding, and yes I finally have piece of mind, but now I'm broker than broke can even be imagined, and the game just gets more expensive.
And due to the fact I gained no power, there's no doubt I will end up making another major purchase to fix that sooner or later.
Dont get me wrong, I Love my L more than anything outside my son in this world, but HAVING to own another vehicle, the ENDLESS MODS, and not being able to race local anymore, has me clearly looking and acting like an insane person.
AMOF thats the only reason I kept it mild, so I can still drive it daily.
THAT ALWAYS BRINGS A BIG SMILE TO ME, and it DOES make it all worth it.
Buy yourself a nice house, bank some money, and have a beer in 10 years while thinking about me eating Cat food in a cold trailer up in the mountains.
All I have to pray for now is my son hooking up with a great women, and me
dieing young and painless. With my luck, it'll be a long slow painful COLD experience, hehehehehehe.....
The 80-100 performance Vehicles I have owned over the past 30 years have clearly left me living in what most would consider poverty. Yet here I went and put 100% of a built motor on top of well over 10K I already owed on my CC's, (not to mention I still owe 3 yrs on the truck, and 4 or 5 on the Mitsi-whatever it is) What did that get me, MAYBE 20HP more than I already had and CC hell I'm so @#*%ed up that the only reason I bought a second new car was because the dam heat worked like crap in the Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Chris's truck is one beautiful Beast, and it has the Power to back up the looks,
but it just DOES NOT make sense Bro, not when your already bigger and badder than me and a hell of a lot of others.
Yes I am glad I built my motor, especially since it was seconds from exploding, and yes I finally have piece of mind, but now I'm broker than broke can even be imagined, and the game just gets more expensive.
And due to the fact I gained no power, there's no doubt I will end up making another major purchase to fix that sooner or later.
Dont get me wrong, I Love my L more than anything outside my son in this world, but HAVING to own another vehicle, the ENDLESS MODS, and not being able to race local anymore, has me clearly looking and acting like an insane person.
AMOF thats the only reason I kept it mild, so I can still drive it daily.
THAT ALWAYS BRINGS A BIG SMILE TO ME, and it DOES make it all worth it.
Buy yourself a nice house, bank some money, and have a beer in 10 years while thinking about me eating Cat food in a cold trailer up in the mountains.
All I have to pray for now is my son hooking up with a great women, and me
dieing young and painless. With my luck, it'll be a long slow painful COLD experience, hehehehehehe.....
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Originally Posted by Bob Tompkins
Tom -
The housing market around here is NUTSO!
My wife and I bought our current house with MANY upgrades (new construction) a month before hurricane Ivan hit last August at roughly $69.00 a sqaure foot. The current price for houses is $100 - $120 a square foot now. Its insane and I don't now where it is going to end, I am just thankful to get in before all this insanity has taken place.
Bob
The housing market around here is NUTSO!
My wife and I bought our current house with MANY upgrades (new construction) a month before hurricane Ivan hit last August at roughly $69.00 a sqaure foot. The current price for houses is $100 - $120 a square foot now. Its insane and I don't now where it is going to end, I am just thankful to get in before all this insanity has taken place.
Bob
Rob you should call me too
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12.62 @ 106... $0 Credit Card debt 
I'm taking things slow as I can afford them. Spent a good $1600 on full exhaust that didn't really do anything for me yet accept for sound. I went down the MP route and went back to a ported eaton when the MP gave me nothing. I hate charging anything I can't pay off in a few months.
-Mark
I'm taking things slow as I can afford them. Spent a good $1600 on full exhaust that didn't really do anything for me yet accept for sound. I went down the MP route and went back to a ported eaton when the MP gave me nothing. I hate charging anything I can't pay off in a few months.
-Mark