My wife found out how much I spent on my car

[keepinitclean]

My mom thinks I only spent 2,000 on it

Im only 15 and I spent like 7,000 on mine! BUT JEZUS 18K! WTF MAN, dedication.

[H311RA151N]

My mom thinks I only spent 2,000 on it

Im only 15 and I spent like 7,000 on mine! BUT JEZUS 18K! WTF MAN, dedication.

Where in the hell did you get $7000? lol just wondering...

[10thAnnivCB7]

7000 ? and you're 15 -__-

[deevergote]

18k? Holy crap! I just spent 16k on an entire 400hp car!
When I was 14, I made 2000 in a single summer working my ass off. Granted, that was in 1994... but still... $7000 at 15 is pretty crazy!

[MikeW]

How in the hell did you spend 18k on a 20 year old car?!?

Or why?

[browncali]

My mom thinks I only spent 2,000 on it

Im only 15 and I spent like 7,000 on mine! BUT JEZUS 18K! WTF MAN, dedication.

your the pimp.....

[deevergote]

7k at 15 years old, if you have it to spend, is reasonable. That's an age where you can essentially be irresponsible and enjoy your money.

18k when you're married with a child is indeed a bit much, unless you truly have that much disposable income. I don't see anything wrong with putting that much into a 20 year old car. People do it with 30 year old cars, or 40 year old cars. Perhaps an Accord isn't a classic Mustang or Impala, but to an enthusiast, it's worth it. Still, a car is a poor investment, ESPECIALLY one like an Accord, that doesn't have much resale value when fully restored or heavily modified. A CB7 with $18,000 put into it will sell for no more than $4000, guaranteed... whereas a 64 Impala with $18,000 dumped into restoration could sell for $30,000.

[HondaB18]

How in the hell did you spend 18k on a 20 year old car?!?

Or why?

we are on a forum dedicated to cb7 so most knows the cost of parts and basic labor rates. take a look at his car and parts, do you really think he spend "18k" on it?

[hondamikk]

we are on a forum dedicated to cb7 so most knows the cost of parts and basic labor rates. take a look at his car and parts, do you really think he spend "18k" on it?

Yes, he really did. There's more than a few things on there not listed. Or, as I said, perhaps I got ripped off. But don't question my integrity please bro. Unless you mean I spent more, in which case I misread.

[hondamikk]

And yeah, unfortunately Deev is right, for all the money invested, I'd never get a good return on it should I sell the car.

[hondamikk]

Im not gonna lie, if i wasnt driving 330hp would scare me shitless too.

IDK bro She cant stay mad long. So enjoy it! If i were you id hit up the titty bar tonight!

EDIT: im just kidding btw.

lol @ titty bar. The wife and I will be cool. It was the initial shock of the dollar amount that made her flip. But with 17 years of marriage behind us, we've been through worse.

P.S. - I'm back at home now, chillin on the patio with a cold one in hand and iPad in lap.

[texasvtak]

18k is retarded for a 20 year old fwd with only 330hp.

unless you paid someone to do it all, but then youd lose your man card. but youve got a family, so you dont have time to build a car anyway. making spending that much on this shit of a car (lets be honest) even worse.

/dickpost

[Soufkackicustom]

I can see how it happens, I dumped nearly $20k in to a 99 civic in just over 2 months. I've had hood rats dump $30k into a caprice with a bent frame at the shop, before summer started, a d boy put $40,000 into a 4 door 72 Chevy he got out a junkyard, and I dont think he still has been able to get a title for it.

Hell I had a brake pad hanging on my cb9, after looking at it, and $2000 in the same day, I had everything from the firewall foward replaced. All the suspension, ps rack, radiator, hoses,vacume lines...if it unbolted, I replaced it

[cuate01221]

Think of it this way.

Fast and cheap is not reliable
Fast and reliable is not cheap
Cheap and reliable is not fast

I know how money get thrown into a car. We have about $10,000 dumped into the Corolla and we only run high 13s with it. Next year we are going turbo. I can just imagine how much I will be spending!

When you buy quality parts, things start to get expensive!

[Ralphie]

18k is retarded for a 20 year old fwd with only 330hp.

unless you paid someone to do it all, but then youd lose your man card. but youve got a family, so you dont have time to build a car anyway. making spending that much on this shit of a car (lets be honest) even worse.

/dickpost

awesome.