Got A Car!!! - Page 7

raymond6751 · 04-13-13, 06:45 PM

Hope you have many happy miles in your new baby.

Sailor Steve · 03-30-17, 10:30 PM

I was going to start a new thread and post a link to this old one, but then I read all the way through this one and decided it was better to just continue it.

Today I made the last payment, and I should have the title pretty soon.

Now all I have to do is pay off the two loans I took out for major repairs. That aside, the repairs were good ones and today my mini-minivan runs just fine.

Onkel Neal · 03-31-17, 05:52 AM

Oh man, that's great, Steve.

Nothing beats a paid off car,I kept my last one for 11 years after it was paid off. Money in the bank.

You can switch to liability only insurance too, that will save some $$$

Commander Wallace · 03-31-17, 06:32 AM

Congratulations on the new ride.

Your band mates will probably want you to be the new Executive Director of the band-meaning you haul the equipment.

You can always get something else more fuel efficient down the road if you're working and sell this one .

Catfish · 03-31-17, 06:44 AM

Steve, congratulations of having paid off all this

Even better if you have mechanically interested friends who can help you out with maintenance and repairs. In Germany a lot of people would not be able to own a car if they went to a repair shop everytime something gets broken. Brand repair shops meanwhile charge some 120 Euros per hour or even more..

Aktungbby · 03-31-17, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Oh man, that's great, Steve.

Nothing beats a paid off car,I kept my last one for 11 years after it was paid off. Money in the bank.

INDEED CONGRATS! I'm still driving my 1986 Camry and my '05 'patrol' Corolla. They run cost me nuthin' and each has about 240,000 miles on them. The Corolla's been recalled for a defective passenger airbag(big scandal) and they call me incessantly about an appointment to replace it. Nice going Steve: one less ha$$le! But don't let 'friends' help with repairs: U want the shop sig/liability on the work order... for anything above a 'neighborly' tune up or oil change.

Onkel Neal · 03-31-17, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Steve, congratulations of having paid off all this

Even better if you have mechanically interested friends who can help you out with maintenance and repairs. In Germany a lot of people would not be able to own a car if they went to a repair shop everytime something gets broken. Brand repair shops meanwhile charge some 120 Euros per hour or even more..

I am one of those "mechanically interested friends" you speak of. Our rather, I used to be.

I stopped doing favors when people started expecting me to do a brake job for a six pack of Dr Pepper.

One should not expect a skilled, competent mechanic to turn out quality work for golf caddie wages. You get what you pay for.

Catfish · 03-31-17, 01:44 PM

^ Yes! Have experienced some similar gents, generously offering a coke after changing a timing belt for them

You should get what you pay for, but the prices they officially fetch in german 'brand' garages are imho unreasonable and often not worth it.
I am aware they have to pay for storing spare parts also for older cars, or for paying the avilability of a quick spare parts delivery. And you get a guarantee, but.. two Euros for a minute

Most mechanics at the "brand garages" are not able to pay their own prices, this was different some 20 years ago.

Aktungbby · 03-31-17, 02:31 PM

^ ha! ha! I used to be somewhat useful when I was a trucker. I would occasionally see an entire military convoy stopped on the interstate; and on more than one occasion because one vehicle had a bad fuel filter and so they were all waiting for a repair unit...

Jeeze the taxpayers' buck at stake! I would do what every trucker does: Get out the siphon hose; put some clean fuel in his spare filter or even just reprime the old filter;... and screw it back onto the diesel engine for him and off goes the happy convoy....

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

golf caddie wages.

OOPS bad example: Jeeze Neal, I spent the best three MN 60's summers of my teen life carrying two bags 36 holes a day(2 =actually easier on your back) incl. some big amateur tournaments; the tips are the big thing! Your regular players appreciate that you know their game and you 'club' them correctly.( well ok they gotta be nice; they know your folks) It's always fun when someone like Gary Player is in your foursome. It makes you learn to play a better game. I still play and can 'hold my own'. http://www.shmoop.com/careers/caddie/salary.html

AVGWarhawk · 04-04-17, 09:14 AM

The most unsatisfying check one cuts every month with exception of the last check is for a car loan. Nice to own it outright! Even better when there is plenty of life left in the vehicle to enjoy debt free for years to come.

Mr Quatro · 04-04-17, 11:11 AM

Way to go Steve ... I just saw this (the whole thing) Stay debt free

Jeff-Groves · 04-04-17, 05:26 PM

Nice Steve!

04-13-13, 06:45 PM	#91
raymond6751 Admirable Mike Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,338 Downloads: 421 Uploads: 0	Rock on, Steve Hope you have many happy miles in your new baby. __________________ Game Designer: Close The Atlantic - World War Three https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/...orld-war-three

03-30-17, 10:30 PM	#92
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I was going to start a new thread and post a link to this old one, but then I read all the way through this one and decided it was better to just continue it. Today I made the last payment, and I should have the title pretty soon. Now all I have to do is pay off the two loans I took out for major repairs. That aside, the repairs were good ones and today my mini-minivan runs just fine. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-31-17, 05:52 AM	#93
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Oh man, that's great, Steve. Nothing beats a paid off car,I kept my last one for 11 years after it was paid off. Money in the bank. You can switch to liability only insurance too, that will save some $$$ __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

03-31-17, 06:44 AM	#95
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,779 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Steve, congratulations of having paid off all this Even better if you have mechanically interested friends who can help you out with maintenance and repairs. In Germany a lot of people would not be able to own a car if they went to a repair shop everytime something gets broken. Brand repair shops meanwhile charge some 120 Euros per hour or even more.. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

03-31-17, 01:44 PM	#98
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,779 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ Yes! Have experienced some similar gents, generously offering a coke after changing a timing belt for them You should get what you pay for, but the prices they officially fetch in german 'brand' garages are imho unreasonable and often not worth it. I am aware they have to pay for storing spare parts also for older cars, or for paying the avilability of a quick spare parts delivery. And you get a guarantee, but.. two Euros for a minute Most mechanics at the "brand garages" are not able to pay their own prices, this was different some 20 years ago. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

03-31-17, 06:32 AM	#94
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,316 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Congratulations on the new ride. Your band mates will probably want you to be the new Executive Director of the band-meaning you haul the equipment. You can always get something else more fuel efficient down the road if you're working and sell this one .

04-04-17, 09:14 AM	#100
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,280 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	The most unsatisfying check one cuts every month with exception of the last check is for a car loan. Nice to own it outright! Even better when there is plenty of life left in the vehicle to enjoy debt free for years to come. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-04-17, 11:11 AM	#101
Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Way to go Steve ... I just saw this (the whole thing) Stay debt free __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..

04-04-17, 05:26 PM	#102
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,654 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Nice Steve!