Can the BRZ Actually Ruin Your Life?

[norcalpb]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

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What you THINK it will cost
What it REALLY cost
and then what you tell your wife!

This should be true for all hobbies really. My wife thinks that golf cost about $20 a round and the average price of a model kit is $10.

“When I die, don’t let my wife sell my tools for what I said I paid for them”

[vindiesel]

My early 20 year old self says modify everything… my late 30 year old self says if you want to modify everything; you bought the wrong car…

[grumpysnapper]

Originally Posted by vindiesel

My early 20 year old self says modify everything… my late 30 year old self says if you want to modify everything; you bought the wrong car…

....50's self realises no one actually makes the perfect car.

Love driving, love cars....and life's way short....

So, I'm that guy... sunk the entire/total (peak market) value of a Porsche 993 into a white BRZ.
Probably more in fact.
Who am I kidding, no flippin probably about it.

And time.... so much time.

Now literally worth less than an identical unmodified example...and costs a bucket load to keep running properly.

As a special bonus the wife loved the Porsche but hates, HATES, the BRZ. (and I still dont think she actually knows the freakin cost...)

BUT... best thing I've ever done, I'd do it again in a heart beat.

Turns out you can actually get very, very close to making your own personal "grail" car.

Gives me happy in the pants driving goodness in a way the Porsche never did, and no other car ever has.

[Ernest72]

Originally Posted by grumpysnapper

....50's self realises no one actually makes the perfect car.

Love driving, love cars....and life's way short....

So, I'm that guy... sunk the entire/total (peak market) value of a Porsche 993 into a white BRZ.
Probably more in fact.
Who am I kidding, no flippin probably about it.

And time.... so much time.

Now literally worth less than an identical unmodified example...and costs a bucket load to keep running properly.

As a special bonus the wife loved the Porsche but hates, HATES, the BRZ. (and I still dont think she actually knows the freakin cost...)

BUT... best thing I've ever done, I'd do it again in a heart beat.

Turns out you can actually get very, very close to making your own personal "grail" car.

Gives me happy in the pants driving goodness in a way the Porsche never did, and no other car ever has.

It’s the journey not the destination, but when the destination works out, that’s the sweet stuff in life.

[surfwaxsmitty]

really its just levels to modification and approaches to builds. the degree you're describing is the minimum it would cost to go all out on any car. If you're into fully modified cars then that makes more sense than a factory $60k car, but if you're not then then it is usually always better to start with the better vehicle and do less modifications. All this stuff of course is subjective and based on endless personal factors.