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Old 06-28-2010, 04:15 AM
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Default If I had a buttload of cash, maybe.....

....I could be like you guys.

Alas, I don't.

I'm happy to fix bad wires, or install premium synthetic oil, or fix the antennae.

Old 06-28-2010, 04:35 AM
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Get a job update and get ripped for more taxes then you can be just like us, turning our own wrenches, too!

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I've been looking for that buttload of cash for a while now....still haven't found it
Old 06-28-2010, 05:41 AM
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If you had all that cash... maybe you wouldn't be like us. Many of us are not wealthy.
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I make twice what I made twenty years ago. I also have twice the children and three times the mortgage.
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It's not about having butt loads of cash (not that there's anything wrong with that! In fact I'd like to try it some day just to see what it's like.) It's about prioritizing repairs. Get the "lethal threats" first (fuel, PS, trans cooler lines) then move on to the next lower tier like TB/WP. You can do these at any pace your nerves and wallet can take. Unless the 928 is your only car you can just do the occasional "get the juices moving" drive while you wait for enough funs/spare time/courage to stack up before takling the next issue.

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I think there's a great cross section of folks represented here.

Remember the grass always looks greener on the other side.
Old 06-28-2010, 08:12 AM
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Having a buttload of cash won't necessarily make you fix your shark either. Some people, surely even people on this list, just don't fix it til it is broke.
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Originally Posted by jeff spahn
Having a buttload of cash won't necessarily make you fix your shark either. Some people, surely even people on this list, just don't fix it til it is broke.
And some fix it until it is broke, some days are just like that, fix one thing, have three more that no longer work after you have touched them.
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Again, more truth. Stings a bit. But true.

Maleficio, some of us would give eye teeth for a succesful Navy career right now, believe me.
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Some would give eye teeth FOR A JOB...PERIOD! Ok, I could probably find A job, but not one I would enjoy doing...looked everywhere for those (in my industry of choice as well as some I had not thought about before, and ....ZIP, NADA!)
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If you had a butt load or a boat load of money, your wife would spend all that is left after the mortgage on patio furniture.
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Hey at least you have phonedials !
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I had money, till I bought my 928, and the people of rennlist showed me how to fix it.
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Originally Posted by Andre Hedrick
Get a job update and get ripped for more taxes then you can be just like us, turning our own wrenches, too!



I agree!! #$*%&^%$#@@!!!! The great state of Kalifornia is bankrupt and they keep picking on me. F-word! F-word! I have to turn wrenches and fix gremlins or I would have to walk. More f-words.


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