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Don’t know your age.but at sixty you can legally reduce your hours via ‘ transition to retirement’ Is there no govco big biz metro fleet near you where you could try the four day thing. |
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My point in mentioning my situation in this thread was more about how driving for a living under the recent circumstance has made driving in general, or more importantly, for pleasure, a chore. |
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Anybody that owns a vw after there emission lying is a few screws loose from falling apart
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If you want a slower paced environment, I can suggest the drive into Geelong - there's so many roadworks you'll be going pretty slow...
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That's a really good point. I've always loved building models and have got to the realisation I'm never going to complete them all. And that beyond me building them there's not really much use for them. The realisation is glacial, it'll be a few months more before I begin to sell down the stash I'll never finish building. Maybe the Japanese minimalists have it right.
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Can't see me hanging to collect and preserve an electric car in the future. No passion for them. I tried collecting and keeping my old apple products, like early ipod and Iphone 4 and the batteries decay and leak and swell up and I decided the nostalgia wasn't worth a lithium fire in my house.
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I feel like this, I think my main reason is I haven’t owned a car that I enjoy driving for years now. Really have to make sure my next car is interesting otherwise I may lose all interest
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really?...even tho my R32 is a 2008 model, which i bought new and the VW lying was after that?....I must have screws loose....maybe I'll just go support Ford ....after all, they never did anything underhanded to the australian public, did they.....
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If you really want to downsize your fleet remove Facebook market place... I bought a 5th car yesterday because the wife liked it and I'm still scanning marketplace for what I actually wanted....
Must sell a car soon!
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Watched the video, and take his point on car-centric housing.
It's a bit of a dilemma - have more space for cars, but be located away from amenities or alternate transportation options, or have less space (and money) for cars but be closer to amenities, work, etc. |
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Agree with the guys video but its always good to treat it as a hobby like anything else and not be bothered in meeting deadlines for completion.
Just as well he's not into trucks. I enjoy them for what they are, if they just sit there rotting away that's fine with me too. Car/truck stops, I'm happy to use the good public transport and great walking and cycling routes in this region.
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heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752
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To play devils advocate with my own thread, been reading about marriage levels falling through the floor and men checking out of dating and working absurdly hard - they say this gives more time and money for hobbies, more peace and quiet etc. Apparently 7.2 million men have checked out in the US. That's a lot.
In this case, there would actually be MORE time to be a car enthusiast and tinker and drive the pride'n'joy on the fun twisting roads, rather than the gridlocked commute. Hmmm.
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So i think its a bit of a scapegoat when blokes say the mrs made them sell the hotrod etc. Mine cracks it at me when i sell cool cars or bikes. What i mean is, if you let the mrs win you were never really that passionate anyway. Same goes for buying |
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I'm like a lot of blokes though, and if my marriage was to end for any reason I wouldn't start dating again. I would certainly relish the extra free time, and money, to do what I want. Men don't tinker anymore though. They go to cafes with their friends, go hiking, wear lycra and block traffic etc. |
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![]() In regards to the thread, i've become way less OCD about my daily cars and treat them as such. I do often think, "what's the point" about having my weekend cars when I don't get to enjoy them that much due to being so time poor and balancing work with family time. Then I stress about them, every time I drive them. I've definitely changed a bit in that regard. It wouldn't surprise me if I sold all my weekend cars one day and just bought one car to enjoy and that's it. I've even been thinking about selling my daily AU and getting a 4x4 again as a daily, purely to allow more adventures in my car. Before I was married I always had a built 4x4 for epic adventures and a manual V8 for the daily. Maybe I should just think about using one of my nice V8 manuals as a daily and treat it for the amount it owes me, rather than what it is actually worth.
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I love this statement, reminds me of racing yachtie scene, once hurling abuse at us sailing on a reach out of Newcastle harbour. While they tacked across our bow.
One yelled, we have right of way, we are RACING, OK yeah we yelled back, we are reduced by draft and can not alter course. We are also 65ft long and made of steel. ![]()
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heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752
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Its not getting any easier to have this hobby, parts will get harder to source, skilled labour will become non existent etc. Honestly the whole classic car thing is in a bit of trouble IMO but there is still a market for high end stuff. Its a bit like collecting art work.
More and more I am wondering why I am holding back on keeping things original or not modding to "ruin" the car...for who? Within reason perhaps.
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Going back to YT for a moment. it's funny how all the car guy Youtubers get the blue expressing their frustration with the hobby and how they aren't growing their channels until they introduce an old truck/machinery build onto their channels.
I can think of at least 10-15 recently doing this, the views have climbed as have the subs. Mostly it starts as a mistake, just buying one to pull their cars around initially until there is so much interest they end up rebuilding it to be reliable then more come by. Seems the old truck "will it start" video's are popular to start this.
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heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752
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Except the hiking, wearing Lycra and block traffic, So just going to cafe with friends, I'll wear the Lycra though if you pay me ![]() I think most long term married men have the same views that if it ended you'd basically take advantage of having only yourself for company - and there's nothing wrong with that. Then they can burn the candle on both ends like me, there's a reason married men live longer ![]() I'm my friendship groups favorite third and fifth wheel, it's always couples + Franco to all the events ![]() My favourite car is my Mazda B2600 ute, it's absolutely ridiculous, it uses ****loads of fuel, and it's the slowest thing on four wheels but I enjoy it's simplicity. It has no electrical problems, because it has mirrors you adjust with your hands, windows you wind up or down with a handle and some knobs, sliders and buttons for HVAC controls. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 19-09-2023 at 06:38 PM. |
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I'd be more into owning multiple cars if i had any mechanical skills. White collar guy, alas.
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![]() It's also a classic by 2023 as well!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqu7B8DPi_o It sort of says the same thing you are saying - the appeal of the old, simple truck tech when you see what can happen to some of these.
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