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08-26-2002, 10:05 PM
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newly minted old timer
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Hudson WI
Posts: 3,521
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the logic of irresponsible purchases
how many of you justify buying things for your truck that your really cant afford? lol.. something like this...
hum, i really would like new tires.. tires are important for safety. look at them old tires! they have dry rot bad and the tread is almsot wore (almost means prob 20k left hehe). if i buy really good tires now, they will last for 70 or 80k miles...wow that will be a long time. sure thats 710 bucks but ill wont have to worry about tires for a long time, i even should buy the warentee that will make sure they last a long time........ hum.. well, lets stop by the tire shop and just look.... next thing you know. your thinking.. man.. 700 bucks. ouch. guess ill eat ramen noodles for lunch for 6 months... hehehehh oh well..
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08-26-2002, 10:14 PM
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68cst_ss490
Join Date: May 2001
Location: edmonton,canada
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No doubt, thats the nature of the hobby,. I'm still in the uilding stage and its like I need a carb I cant afford it but I buy it anyways and scrounge until next payday
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08-26-2002, 10:20 PM
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Formerly yellow72custom
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Austin, TX
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Yep, i have done that kind of thing for my truck more than once. I had some whimpy little 235-75x15 tires on it, with alot of tread left on them. Then i got a urge to put some 255-60x15 white letter tires on it, since the 235's weren't safe in the massive 5 inches of snow we get a year down here
 . Before that, the flexplate needed to be replaced on the truck b/c it was excessively worn, so pretty much the motor needed to be pulled almost out. It smoked a little bit (bad heads, maybe worn rings too), so i thought, why not go ahead and get the motor rebuilt as long as the flexplate needs to be replaced . Oh well, i'm done spending money on it for awhile, i think, lol.
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'72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg |
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08-26-2002, 10:22 PM
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Used to have a truck
Join Date: May 2002
Location: port orchard WA
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$700 ? for a set of tires? I think I spent $400 mounting and balancing included on mine. $700 tires better be REALLY nice tires with like really good air in them or something !
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08-26-2002, 10:40 PM
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Account Suspended
Join Date: May 2000
Location: IL
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spending all your $$ on vehicles or vehicles related items always and rarely aything else besides what you have to means you are totally addicted to vehicles, i should know, ive done nothing but live eat sleep dream vehicle ssince i was 16, everything in life revolves around vehicles, always in some form or another, would think that someone lik me would have something to show for it, but well i dont, went about i all wrong,, am sorta correcting it a little now recently, getting rid of(trying to) everything i cant possibly need or use and so.... is alot to rid of,.. was also a major parts packrat and scrounger and i have lots of building and room to store/stash,.,.
i need help,, vehicle addicts anonymous.... and fast ! no joke, at all., Last edited by Fast68Chevy; 08-26-2002 at 10:42 PM. |
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08-26-2002, 10:40 PM
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Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Texan in Iowa
Posts: 2,522
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I hear ya, Dave. Right now I'm thinking I need a 20' car hauler trailer. "But it can pay for itself!" LOL
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08-26-2002, 11:10 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
Posts: 2,690
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08-26-2002, 11:27 PM
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newly minted old timer
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Hudson WI
Posts: 3,521
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heck ya they are nice =) any time you buy the 16 inch tires its going to be pricey. these are top of the line continentals. very nice, strong and look great
longhonmail.. you eatin ramen too? hehehe
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____________________________________________ 72 c20 longhorn 65k org miles and counting! 69 k10 Suburban |
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08-26-2002, 11:34 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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You mean that isn't a food group?
Damn. |
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08-26-2002, 11:35 PM
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Used to have a truck
Join Date: May 2002
Location: port orchard WA
Posts: 1,552
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In the interest of full disclosure mine are goodyear 285 75 16 and I get a 20% discount. Wife works there.
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08-28-2002, 12:10 AM
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Account Suspended
Join Date: May 2000
Location: IL
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lol@ ramen noodles.. i never eat them, but does chicken and noodles count ? maybe ? they arent expensvie or anything either,.. heh
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08-28-2002, 12:22 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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Its tools for me, when I see a good deal or something on sale I start salivating. Whether I need the thing or not! I've even had to stop myself once or twice while I was in the checkout line and ask myself,"Do I REALLY need this?" Then say "excuse me" to those folks behind me and go return that set of cobalt bits, or whatever, to the rack.
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08-28-2002, 12:24 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Redding,CA...USA
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geez..I wish I had ramen noodles
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08-28-2002, 01:49 AM
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My other Love
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada
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I am sure glad my grandparents live across the road, without them id be a skinny little tooth pick (wait a second, i am a skinny little tooth pick). its funny when people ask me why i am so skinny i just tell them i own a big block chevy and a project monte
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08-28-2002, 08:02 AM
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Old Skool Club
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas"
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I don't know about where you all live, but around here (Central Arkansas) a popular place to eat has a BUFFET! All you can eat...only you can't haul any of it out in a "to-go" box. Sux.
The good thing is that as you get older, you'll learn that "all you can eat" is what goes on the plate the first time. No reloads. You don't have room for it. To paraphrase an old adage 'bout boats, I guess we can define a truck as "a hole in the air, surroundec by steel, into which we pour money". It don't get no better than that.
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08-28-2002, 11:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Westbank, BC
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LOL @ Southpa! Hey I'm a tool whore too. I can't wait for the Canadian Tire flyer to come out each week to see what is on sale. The half price sales are too much to resist, even if it's something that you won't need too often. Just bought a roller cabinet from sears on sale. Can't keep my tools in little plastic boxes forever, right?
Brian
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08-28-2002, 12:11 PM
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Recovering Truck Driver
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Orleans, NE USA
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yep, parts, tools, trucks, cars, motorcycles.....you name it....i have bought it when i couldn't afford it because it was either too good a deal to pass up or i (needed) it.......lol......makes my wife mad as heck.....hehe
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08-28-2002, 11:30 PM
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SLOW BUT SURE,BUT CLOSER
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: eleanor wv usa
Posts: 3,096
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Man I like this, i've spent more this year than in the past thanks to this board . ( Just kiddin') I decided this year is it to get it done. Tryin' to get it runnin', rollin' and painted by the winter. So I can finish it by spring. I'm about 6 mo behind. Cos little OT at the plant. I'm takin' about 50 of my Earnhardt cars to a show Labor Day to sell so I can have extra cash to go to the Auto Fair at Charlotte in 2 weeks,sometimes you do what you have to. But God 1st, family 2nd, house & bills 3rd. Whats left the 69!!!!!!!
 
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08-28-2002, 11:44 PM
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newly minted old timer
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Hudson WI
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oops, reading my post there i made a mistake. they truck tires are goodyears.. i was looking at motorcycle tires i guess lol
oh ya, here is the kicker. seems everytime i buy something big, something else breaks right after. leaving me in a major money crunch. the day after i bought the tires, my home a/c took a dump. they just got done putting in my new $3000 system. %$#^(I_#@#$ its alwasy something.
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____________________________________________ 72 c20 longhorn 65k org miles and counting! 69 k10 Suburban |
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08-28-2002, 11:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Texan in Iowa
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Ouch! Always happens that way. So let's see them new tires on the Longhorn!
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Ben '68 Chevy C10 Custom LWB 327/TH400 2nd owner '16 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Dblcab 4wd 5.3 |
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08-28-2002, 11:57 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Katy, TX...but the love of my life resides in Dublin,OH.
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ramen noodles.......
NEVER AGAIN.... I'll eat dirt before I go back there. I used to drain all the water off of them and pour ketchup on 'em... it looked like spaghetti? but that was long ago...but I have been guilty of spending money on my truck that was for the cell phone bill or something else saying "I can squeeze another week or two out of them...before they cut me off, You think?" been lucky so far.
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08-29-2002, 08:30 AM
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newly minted old timer
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Hudson WI
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im starting to think i pissed off a vodo person or something, i keep having strings of bad luck.maybe i should sacrafice a chicken or something lol
here is a pict of the new tires. rides great by the way kindof hard to see the tires, but they are shiny 
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08-29-2002, 09:17 AM
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I thought I was the only one who thought like that!
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08-29-2002, 01:28 PM
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67-72 Addict!
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mtdave2,
I like your old avatar better
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08-29-2002, 02:27 PM
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Dude...I'm a CHICK
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Lakeland Georgia
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MMMMmmmmmm......Ramen.......Good SO many ways.........
Been there done that
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