Anti-OCD

Jeffblue

cars aren't investments. its something you buy and use, it just happens to be expensive. You don't buy your clothes or video games or whatever and say 'hmm how much will this be worth in 5 years?' you enjoy them

Hugoneus

I think the problem is that since some cars are so expensive and since we often have to pay for them over a few years, it feels like they are investments. But in reality, they are just expensive toys/tools which will depreciate and lose much of their value.

What is precious and must be treated as such is our lives. Our health, our emotional well being, our physical fitness and the wellness of family and friends. We can share driving experiences with them and laugh and smile as we enjoy our good fortune.

That is my two cents.

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kannibul

You hint at what I'm after.

If I need it, I get what's cheap and use it until the wheels fall off. Still, I like to keep it nice as long as possible...like my Frontier - still looks great but the windshield, I noticed this morning, already has pitmarks from the road salt/sand over the past 2 months (bought in January). Disappointing, but I'm not going to run out and get a new windshield...I washed it by hand for the first time last weekend. I didn't do that great, but it looks brand new from anything more than a few feet away. Water spots up close...just needs another wash/rinse and it'd be great - which I could do at a pressure-washing place and be happy.

My Z, I didn't need. I wanted it, therefore it goes into another category. I bought it in June, and have washed it by hand maybe 3 or 4 times. It's garage kept...it's my precious. /golem

My Civic (my wife's actually) is pure utility. It's an 05 that has minor hail damage, 75k miles, chips and rust spots where the chips were never fixed, and all I do with that car is maintenance, and according to my blackstone report, I'm going too long on oil changes...lol. I think we've washed it by hand 3 times since we bought it. It's due w/ salt/sand/film on it now, just I've not done it yet. Probably this weekend...might start working on touching it up as well.

My motorcycle is also utility w/ some fun thrown in if the weather is right. It was my previous until I got in a wreck and nearly totalled it, and myself ended up with a broken wrist. It's such a pain in the *** to wash it, I don't until it's really bad. Bugs everywhere, road film and crap...I have to pull the seat to get the tank bib off, and pop off the saddly bags. More work than what it's worth - lol...