# How do YOU afford this hobby? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 11, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316 "2009-01-11T16:46:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/21 "2009-01-11T18:16:48Z")
over the summer I worked 70+ hour weeks so I could buy my old integra…but then I went to school and stopped working…andd I hadnt saved enough money so i had to sell… I learned my lesson now and am driving a hand me down thunderbird… I think im going to save up for a house with a garage that has adequate space for modding… then start up a project ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/22 "2009-01-11T18:27:24Z")
I don’t buy anything on credit/IOU’s. If I want something, I wait until I have enough money to buy it and settle for nothing less than exactly what I want. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/23 "2009-01-11T18:28:15Z")
> [@In this thread we will make suggestions for the forum](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-this-thread-we-will-make-suggestions-for-the-forum/12429/3): > > Damn, so you have a 03 cobra and don’t have any payments on it? and don’t have to worry about insurance??? when i was your age i payed a shitload for insurance and i didn’t even have a fast car. for the most part the car is payed off, I still owe a small amount. however insurance is killer between my 2 cars, seems like im always getting a bill for 600 here 400 here 300 here ext ext. ---
**Author:** ![BlueS14240sx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blues14240sx/32/6410_2.png) [@BlueS14240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlueS14240sx)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/24 "2009-01-11T18:32:46Z")
> [@OsoiNA6"](#): > > The purpose of this thread is to see what people on here do to afford this hobby / sickness. this is what i do: own a POS! :rofl :haha\_1::facepalm ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/25 "2009-01-11T18:42:23Z")
I live with my parents. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/26 "2009-01-11T18:52:01Z")
I whore myself out to Jclark who pimps me out. Scratch flowing out the ass I tell ya. Seriously, I run my own race fabrication, prototyping/CAD/CNC, and engine machining/assembly business. Stretched thin lately between everything, but it pays the bills. ---
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/27 "2009-01-11T18:52:24Z")
> [@2 fbody kills...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-fbody-kills/12362/36): > > I don’t buy anything on credit/IOU’s. If I want something, I wait until I have enough money to buy it and settle for nothing less than exactly what I want. +1, maturity beyond your years (and behind that afro) man. ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/28 "2009-01-11T18:56:43Z")
> [@2 fbody kills...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-fbody-kills/12362/36): > > I don’t buy anything on credit/IOU’s. If I want something, I wait until I have enough money to buy it and settle for nothing less than exactly what I want. +1 I pay for everything in cash and only buy what I really want. Good thing for me, Travis had a lot of things I wanted. :rofl Golf Course-spring/summer/fall Children’s summer camp-summer Brookstone-winter ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/29 "2009-01-11T18:59:42Z")
> [@Official: Roller Hockey Wednesday Nights - Pepsi Center](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-roller-hockey-wednesday-nights-pepsi-center/10887/62): > > +1 I pay for everything in cash and only buy what I really want. Except for that $50 you owed me for like 5 years…:rolleyes: :rofl ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/30 "2009-01-11T19:01:48Z")
> [@2 fbody kills...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-fbody-kills/12362/37): > > Except for that $50 you owed me for like 5 years…:rolleyes: :rofl Yeah but I didn’t have a job then :rofl ---
**Author:** ![99Blackex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99blackex/32/6396_2.png) [@99Blackex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99Blackex)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/31 "2009-01-11T19:21:56Z")
I live at home (so that saves a lot), work full-time and go to school part time. I usually try to do as much research as I can if there is something I want to do to my car, then I save up the cash and do it. Since I worked a lot of OT at my last job, I was able to save up a decent amount of money to modd my last car. Now… its a different story. ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/32 "2009-01-11T19:31:25Z")
> [@2 fbody kills...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-fbody-kills/12362/36): > > I don’t buy anything on credit/IOU’s. If I want something, I wait until I have enough money to buy it and settle for nothing less than exactly what I want. zakly. i only use cash. but i do plan on taking out a loan for a nice little toy i plan on purchasing, however, my father is going to co-sign for me. on a side note- i just can’t understand how people don’t pay their bills, morgatge, and rent. its just so STUPID to me, its unbelievable.:squint ---
**Author:** ![plaf713](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/33 "2009-01-11T19:34:37Z")
i work my ass off and i hustle parts where ever i can. You wouldnt believe what people give away on forums, and how much people will pay for things on ebay, makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/34 "2009-01-11T19:38:30Z")
> [@FS:1997 Eclipse GSX RED 5SPD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1997-eclipse-gsx-red-5spd/10144/88): > > i work my ass off and i hustle parts where ever i can. You wouldnt believe what people give away on forums, and how much people will pay for things on ebay, makes me laugh. True man, as they say “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” so more power to those who can make the most of this rule… From a financial perspective. ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/35 "2009-01-11T19:39:08Z")
I sell crack. but no for real. My parents own a landscaping business…I work with/for my dad full time and we plow in the winter. ---
**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/36 "2009-01-11T19:55:45Z")
I have the house now, but I work hard, thats all I’ll say. ---
**Author:** ![QuickLT1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/eada6e/32.png) [@QuickLT1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/QuickLT1)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/37 "2009-01-11T20:09:12Z")
> [@Hello](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hello/11939/18): > > I have a house, i mod it. I hate my life. Live with your parents for as long as you can and live like a baller. Livin with my rents for a few more years. Some know I work for National grid. I divide my money to car/land payments and saving. I try not to waste my money too much, drink and party some. When I spend money, I spend alot. ---
**Author:** ![Tricia](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tricia/32/6426_2.png) [@Tricia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tricia)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/38 "2009-01-11T20:18:02Z")
I work FT and I dont really do much, so I just spend it on my car, and every year after I get my taxes I usually do alot to my car…I usually get almost 5k for taxes, so thats what I plan on getting the s/c with this year 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/39 "2009-01-11T21:21:25Z")
> [@2 fbody kills...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-fbody-kills/12362/36): > > I don’t buy anything on credit/IOU’s. If I want something, I wait until I have enough money to buy it and settle for nothing less than exactly what I want. :word!!! Well said ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316/40 "2009-01-11T21:24:58Z")
> [@Eblehy of the Day: 22" and a lift kit?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eblehy-of-the-day-22-and-a-lift-kit/12419/13): > > i spend more on hookers and blowjobs. +1 [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-you-afford-this-hobby/241316.md?page=3)