Does your significant other/family say you spend too much time working on your car?

Do they say you spend too much money on your car?


I don’t know about you but no matter how cold it is, I wash my car every Sunday. My girlfriend complains and my family does also. They wonder why there’s no leaning on the car, eating in the car, dirty feet in the car, or touching the paint (got to open the door with the handle).

Usually I spend just about all my money on my car and my girl friend gets pissed, even though she gets everything. I don’t get it, if a man loves his car, why can’t he spend time with it?

I mean it takes work/money to get your car looking this great-



Shane

 

Yea, my girlfriend tells me that i am obsessed with my car. my mom tells me i spend to much money on it. It seems like every time i get paid im buying something else. thats ok though, there gonna love it next month when i get my rear end done.

 

lol, yeah i guess they will appreciate your new rear end wont they? Only thing bad about my family is, if i were to tell my girl friend of my mom, i'm getting a new rear end, they'd have no idea what i was talking about. My step-dad would becuase he was a certified master mechanic in '89. But hes gone now for 7 months to Iraq.


Shane

 

My neighbors say I going to rub the paint off, because I'm always buffing the paint

 

**has a big smile**


yeah mine is always asking me, when it time for a nother polish? i'm like, whenever i fell like putting one on. I have 5 coats of wax on the car. I dont think it needs much more.

I think i'll wax it today though when i was it.


Shane

 

lol my dad doesnt care really he gets jealous because i try to make everything perfect on my car n not cut corners n **** n hes always like why what u want do that for and ahh do it this way ahh half *** it short cut it all that.
so alot of fightin goes on lmao if yuve watched american chopper u know what i mean me and my dads same as they are bout workin and fightin. lmao

my mom and grandma are lik e y do u want junky cars for?
thoose are waste of money n all that junk.
i just think yea wait til its done and see what u say about it.
my mom seen it before i started and seen it now and was shocked shes like its a car now startin to look good and her bf said same thing.

for thoose of u who havent sen it go to...

http://www.cardomain.memberpage/509905

and yull see what i mean by pos and what looks like now.

altho now i got louvers on and hood scoops done so looks a ton better and meaner too.

i dunno if its good or bad but im single so might b good might b bad.

my gf would be like u spend more time on car then w/ me and more money on it n u love it more which would proly mostly be true lmao.

but bein single i got no comitments and nothin but time to just do what i want to my car when i want or the weather is willing.
kerosene is just expensive. 10 bucks for 5 gallons and my heater holds 10 and 10 will last a week maybe of steady days workin on car for 6 to 10 hrs for 7 straight days thats bout how long 10 gallons would last i think lol.

right now progress has halted tho due to needin more parts lol.

altho my ex and alot of other ppl mainly women are shocked as to what it looked like and hwat ive made it and more shocked when im like its not done yet...

i normally get huh?? not done yet what do u mean ?

im lik eyea i told yall i can fix em into something and yall didnt beleive me so now lmao.

 

Actually i think my gf is the rare breed who loves my car and thats why i got her My dad doesnt really car caude he's under the idea that my cars will never be as cool as his and he's got high expectations. My mom i dont think has any idea of what a v8 is she just kills cars lol. Most of my neighbors liek the ca rits just a shame none of em speak english and i'm surrounded by fords and ricers but what can you do. None of my friends really understand why i would put so much money into a car but hey they can kiss my white *** right?

I dunno i kinda like it what do u think i think its worth it

kidrcth good looking car bro

 

i mean d00d!!

Look at my car as of 5 minutes ago. I had just gotten done wahsing it. It is like 65 degreese outside today. Very warm.

 

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i hate you all we have a foot of snow here....bastards....

 

i hate you all we have a foot of snow here....bastards.... "19doug90"


agreed but over a foot here

 

well last time it was around freezing in jacksonville was around christmas.



Shane

 

My family understands my "problem". They know how much the car means to me, i inherited it from my grandpa, but i would have much rather bought it from him if you know what i mean. Anyway, they dont mind that i spend a lot of time and money, its pretty cool.
When i first met my girlfriend i was taking her to homecoming this year and we really didnt even know each other, so i drove all nice and law abiding. Shes in for a surprise when spring comes heheheh. Shes also part of the rare breed of women who are interested in cars. She's always asking me about what im doing, and telling me how she wants to learn all this stuff, its great!

 

my parents say its a money problem, i say well at least i am not out drinking or doing drugs.

so all i need is time and money to do what i want.

 

well my girl friend likes cars. Muscle cars, not r!cers. Anyways, she knows what a v-8 is and all but she doesn't know the physics of the car and all. I can tlel her door and she;ll know what i'm tlaking about but if i say, carburetor, she'll have no idea. She still doesn't understand that there is a difference between a wheel and tire. The wheel is the rim, the tire is the tire. I try to tlel her, but ya know.




Shane

 

Exactly, my mom tells me i can race, just be safe when i do it. Or if i tell her someone want to drag me, she'll give me the money to go to Jax RaceWays and do it for real.

She knows i've got speed in my blood.

Shane

 

Hell my family, friends and people who just see my car tell me i spend too much money on it.......

Just buy a new car, just buy a new car.............I'm keeping the thirdgen....

 

yeah i bet it gets real chilly out there in florida!

i've washed my car at -1C... and as far as people saying i spend too much time on it, hell yea they do, but i don't care, it'smy car and my money so it will be the way i want it,.......someday

oh eyah, and we have way over justa emasly foot of snow down here

 

My dad keeps telling me to go out and do something. I'm going to college in Sept. So this is my fun time. He seems to think I should be in college right now. So i guess everyday im working on my car it just reminds him, I still live at home.. Just turned 19

 

everyone says i put to much time and money into my car and i've only had it since jan 3rd .

i really couldn't care if people say i spend to much time on it, when i'm done it'll be wicked

 

My name is Chris...an I'm a Camaroaholic.

....and I have a problem!

 

problem i don't have any problems......last thing i was yelled at for was resting my hood on my bed for a week while the hinges were off getting coated.

i didn't mind sleeping on the floor.....needed a soft place for the hood you know.

 

I spent $145 on embroidered floor mats the NEVER see shoes!!!

...I only use them for show!

 

that is bad but i'm with you...i have a set of mats for the same purpose but they were only 45. surprising the things people do for shows. some people i know have extra seats too.

 

..Im confused..what are you people talking about? I dont...obsess over my car... ok ok maybee 50 hours in polishing and painting is a little much for two wheels ....but it'll look good once all 4 are on there...

arkkk ok.. Im a Camaroholoic..

 

wow....50 hours on two wheels....lol yeah i'd say you have a sickness.

 

is this the place where we are meeting, yeah ok,,

Hello my name is Travis and Im obsessed with my Camaro.

 

alright i'm gonna join the fun too.

hi my name is Shane, **starts to cry** and i have a problem; I'm obsessed with my Trans Am. I just cant seem to get it to be perfect ya know. Theres always something new.

 

Naw, its cold out i dont spend alot of time doing anything with my car, it just sits there, while im working on a motor in my warm, cramped garage

 

Im Leah, im not obsessed with my car...the first step in recovering is admiting that u have a problem. i dont wanna recover.

the people i work with, my parents, sisters, brother, nieghbors, friends, the "regulars" that stay at my work (hotel)......they will all tell u that im obsessed with my car.

im 18 and single btw

 

18.

sweet.

 

yeah yeah i have a problem too....

and yes, that is the living room where the hood stayed for 2 weeks

 

Must..Fight..Urge..To..Buy..More..Parts

 

Well, They all understand that my car is my true love...I've always looked for females when wanting true love, until i got this car I found that true love is when you can have something nobody else wants and know it's something/make it something.

I'm Young
I have a 383 (Built and bought myself)
My car doesnt yet have all the panels back, but guess what?


I don't give a **** its my car and you can like it or not, I really don't give a damn.

i know it will be something special to EVERYONE one day in someway or another.

But for right now it's special to me and thats alln that counts.

-Jensen

 

well you could see itty bitty microscopic scratches in a magnifind glass when it was under heavy light... so I mean..I had to get those out right? I ended up messin the paint up a tiny bit by lightly chipping the corners by then ... I was like F%#$ it no one else will notice! ...well... they wont..

 

Yes. I am obsessed with my car.
I am actually excited that my girlfriend is on a play during the weekends for the rest of the month.. It gives me some more time to get this car ready for paint.. I get my paycheck.. then i call up third gen resource or summit, and it magically disappears! I don't care though.. It is all going to be worth it whenever it pulls out of the shop a deep black.. new interor and freshly rebuilt.

My name is Jeremy and i am a Camaroholic.
Is it a bad thing whenever talking about your car gives you a hard on? haha j/k:lala:

 

Is it a bad thing whenever talking about your car gives you a hard on? haha j/k


is that joking...... or jerking!

 

i get something said to me everyday about my car....I haven't driving my car going on 4 months now because its put up for winter....but people still give me a hard time! I have a pile of parts building up in my room....and I'm almost scared to get them out because people will say something....

 

The #1 question asked to me by my car buddies is "So, when is your car going to be ready?" I've been asked this question for 2 years almost every day.

Everyone thinks I spend too much on the car, but I don't want another car, I love the thirdgen look, and will get another 3rd gen next year, most likely a Camaro convertible.

 

You could always construct them into some sort of a fort...so that way people couldnt get near you to laugh at you ..I used to do that with my blankie and legos when I was a little kid... it worked wonders..

 

Dude you have problems with the paycheck mysteriously disappearing when you touch a parts book too. Wow i'm not alone

 

my new exhaust system has been sittin in my living room since christmas

 

geez, i don't see it as a "problem"

just cause the laundry room, basement, living room, and my bedroom all have parts that can't fit into the garage, because there's parts there too means there's a problem?

not to mention the UPS guy knows me by name now doesn't mean a thing either right?

 

man my old ups guy used to know my mom from ordeing ABC stuff. Shes just as hooked as we are when she gets one of them catalogs. But the ABC guy moved and mom was forced to break her habbit. My step-dad made her make her checks goto her account and that way he can monitor it.


Shane

 

I always get "what are you doing to the car now!"
I always find stuff to do...its more exciting than listening to kids yell or women bitch,so the car gets alot of attention

I mean no matter how much you buy for it or how clean it is,theres always something to do to it I always say to everyone: "why do you think my car looks the way it does"

I mean most of us care how it looks, and have to spend time and $$ to make it look good!

 

yeah my neighbor is always telling me,yeah you keep this car nice and polished and it'll last a long time. He thinks my 305 is a huge engine too. I think its puny. My new Lt1 383 soon to come will wlel then make up for the humilition of having to tell people my car has a 305. I'll have me a 6.4Li engine. Man i love the sound of that. It'll have a lt4 hot cam boasting over 450HP. My car is gonna put every generation(stock) f-body where it should be, behind my car.

I tell my neighbor, yeah my car needs new rims, he like "well theres nothing wrong with these one." I say, "they look ugly and nobody likes them, plus they add rotational weight." "well do whatever makes it faster i guess." I tell him i'm getting new seast(the brand new summit leather racing seats, $200 a peice). He says whats wrong with these ones, i pull of the $20 seat covers and he sees all the mess under them and says ok.

Always gonna be something new todo. I'm gonna keep my thirdgen forever. So i just might need to make it look good ya know. My car is gonan be faster than any corvette when i'm done. Eventually it'll have a supercharger, making it fast as ****. But still streetable.


Shane