"How Much Car Do You Need To Be Happy?"

With bumper to bumper traffic and an average 40 mph during my commute? Not a ton of car. Ideally something with decent gas mileage with comfortable seats (I'll be sitting for a while)

Well, this one has done a good job for me for the 7 years and 90,000 miles.

Nice....

Even nicer, but, unfortunately, not sold in the USA.

Besides, A/C is pretty much a must in Florida, as you know. :-)

I see your Porsche and I raise you a Prankster!

Happiness is not measured by a car. Pleasure, maybe. Status, OK.

The question should be, "how much car can you afford"?

I can afford to rent a race car for a few laps around a track. That gives me pleasure, if I can keep it out of the wall.

I'd be happy if I could just get the '72 Vette completely finished. It's been in one shop or another since the first of the year and it still needs work.

And I thought boats were bad.

Make no mistake, boats are a constant battle....but car restoration is just an expensive hobby for most, and time has little to do with it....I've been working on my Astrovan for years....currently replacing passenger side window and lift structure....the window was intact and in good condition, it's the metal part which is pressed onto the bottom of the window that rusted out, and that's the part that the lift scissor with wheel thingy glides on to lift and lower the window, unfortunately it's not sold separately, as it is considered part of the window....which is a tad over $200...

Tell me about it.

There are three vacuum actuators $99.00 USD each, three relays $60.00 each, vacuum tubing, $100.00/kit and some electrical switches to boot on this car.

The wipers are a hoot. Electric switch on dash/opens relay/causes actuator to open wiper grill. That has to close another electrical switch on the firewall before power goes to the wiper motor.

The relay bladders last about 7 years here in the heat.

So, sort of like a boat...

A Corvette is a hole in the driveway that you shovel money into until the hole fills up.

It's taken longer than I had hoped. Every time it comes out of one shop, it goes into another.

The mechanic rebuilt the rear end (all new gears, etc.) was tightening the last nut on the rear end spring perch and it broke. Spring bolts to the housing. Two hundred dollars later (plus labor), it's supposed to be ready to go to upholstery, then windshield then new vacuum system for lights and wipers.

There'll be more after that........................................

Coming to a garage near me in a year, hopefully less.

They are selling so many Type S sedans they had to delay ramp up on the X.

I can live with that. Make the money, its good for my stock shares.

R

Mine...keepin' it, too.