How do people afford this stuff??

Good how-to advice here, but remember this is classic “keeping up with the Joneses” bullshit, so don’t fall for it.

 

I thought it was keeping up with the Kardashians now...Who are the Joneses?

 

Just QFFT (Quoting For effing Truth)

 

I have no idea what a Kardashian is...

 

I know, right?! They’re like super hot and stuff.

 

Yea This was meant for another thread... fucking whiskey.

 

What does your savings account look like, if it has numbers in it then you’ll never be instafamous

 

This hit me in the feels...

 

Also, @firejims what is a good wage?

 

Maybe we need a thread "alone and lonely taco driver"

 

The right car is a good investment, any Old European sports car bought 10
Years ago had gone up a lot
I own old vintage Alfa Romeo Gtv's
I payed 2000 for a pile of shit that's worth 10,000 now, my nice one is about 40k and I have 10k in it!

 

Or a "good wage" thread some people are claiming a nice wage but i dont see numbers to agree or disagree on.

 

For me - patience, learning, and planning have been key. It's perfectly OK to learn from other people's mistakes rather than to make them all myself.

For example, I learned early on that for the kind of driving I like to do, that a lift was certainly in order. At the time though, I was completely clueless on lifts - so I learned.

Spacer lift? Nuh-uh. Upgraded coils and Bilsteins? Nuh-uh. Modified Icon Stage III? THERE we go!

To get from there to here though took a lot of reading, talking to friends who do the same kind of driving, and talking to some professional shops on the phone as king for advice.

I ended sending up a fair amount over my initial budget ($3K-ish as opposed to $1.5K-ish), but I am SO happy with my current setup!

 

Far from it, but a good wage is three times your monthly spending??? That's what the "experts" on the radio say.

 

ehhh give or take 5k monthly, no rent atm either. No kids, no wife Just started though a month ago so gotta build up

 

I definitely don't make a good wage then... Haha!

 

The saying isn't really meant for you. Its meant for the 23 year old talking about owning three vehicles. Then backpedals, talks about how he was able to sell two for a profit. He got lucky if he's even being truthful to begin with.
Sounds like your aware vehicles arn't investments at all, rather depreciating assets made to solve the get from point a to point b problem but I doubt your owning three trucks to begin with lol.

 

Heck, my mods include wind diffusers and predator steps.

 

You don't have to make good money to be able to do this stuff, you just have to be good with the money you make.

My peers in the 50+ forum would totally shit if they knew what my base pay was, I'm sure it's quite a bit lower than most of those folks.

 

Don't get fooled into thinking you have to get Kings or ADS suspension etc. Lots of people just recommend that because it's "the best" and they have nothing else to offer.

There are dozens of suspension threads that start with "what's a good suspension option, my budget is 1k" and at least half the responses are "go with Kings"

Why do you need to drop thousands on suspension if you aren't doing the type of off roading that benefits from that?

That being said....don't lump Icon in with King