# Saving money, cutting costs

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**Created:** [December 22, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saving-money-cutting-costs/265835 "2012-12-22T20:54:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saving-money-cutting-costs/265835/43 "2012-12-26T06:13:48Z")

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> [@OMG \*OFFICIAL\* iPhone Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/omg-official-iphone-thread/52737/161):
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> so true. When I look back at how much I blew fucking with cars its kind of sickening. I definitely wont do that ever again.

> [@The "Oil Prices" thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-oil-prices-thread/44739/739):
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> I have a family friend who’s a financial dude (Some kind of investment manager) he says to me;  
> “Want some advice?”  
> “I spend all my money…” I said.  
> He cut me off and just said “Stop fucking around with cars!”
> 
> LOL
> 
> That’s probably the actual best financial advice for any of us idiots.

then your doing it wrong. No offense you my friends, just making discussion.

Cars, houses, properties, coke machine reconditioning, whatever it is you want to do can make you money, break you even, or atleast not be a total money pit. I have lost my ass on cars, and I have made out very well on others. If you keep it simple, buy/build low sell high you will win. But dont paint the car some lambo green becasue you like it, paint it a nice solid color alot of people will like. What I am saying is, its very hard to build somthing you want and will be easily marketable to others. Also the higher end the car or project, the lesser the margin for “error” there is. if you look at it $ wise, not % wise. Dumping $5K into a rusted civic worth $1K initially, you would be hard pressed to get $6k for. But if you dumped $50K into a $10K 32 ford 3 window, producing a show winning frame off custom… pitched to the right market you have $60-80+K car.

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