the logic of irresponsible purchases - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

mtdave2 · 08-26-2002, 10:05 PM

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..

Dean23 · 08-26-2002, 10:14 PM

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

lukecp · 08-26-2002, 10:20 PM

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.

mikep · 08-26-2002, 10:22 PM

$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 !

*Fast68Chevy* · 08-26-2002, 10:40 PM

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.,

**ThreeQuarter** · 08-26-2002, 10:40 PM

I hear ya, Dave. Right now I'm thinking I need a 20' car hauler trailer. "But it can pay for itself!" LOL

Longhorn Man · 08-26-2002, 11:10 PM

Quote:

FROM THE MOUTH OF MTDAVEnext thing you know. your thinking.. man.. 700 bucks. ouch. guess ill eat ramen noodles for lunch for 6 months...

You been spying on me?

mtdave2 · 08-26-2002, 11:27 PM

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

Longhorn Man · 08-26-2002, 11:34 PM

You mean that isn't a food group?
Damn.

mikep · 08-26-2002, 11:35 PM

In the interest of full disclosure mine are goodyear 285 75 16 and I get a 20% discount. Wife works there.

*Fast68Chevy* · 08-28-2002, 12:10 AM

lol@ ramen noodles.. i never eat them, but does chicken and noodles count ? maybe ? they arent expensvie or anything either,.. heh

Southpa · 08-28-2002, 12:22 AM

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.

bigjimzlll · 08-28-2002, 12:24 AM

geez..I wish I had ramen noodles

Hooter · 08-28-2002, 01:49 AM

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

ChevLoRay · 08-28-2002, 08:02 AM

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.

Snowbound · 08-28-2002, 11:58 AM

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

O'l Buck · 08-28-2002, 12:11 PM

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

weasel29gm · 08-28-2002, 11:30 PM

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!!!!!!!

mtdave2 · 08-28-2002, 11:44 PM

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.

**ThreeQuarter** · 08-28-2002, 11:47 PM

Ouch! Always happens that way. So let's see them new tires on the Longhorn!

Suicide-D · 08-28-2002, 11:57 PM

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.

mtdave2 · 08-29-2002, 08:30 AM

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

kxmotox247 · 08-29-2002, 09:17 AM

I thought I was the only one who thought like that!

70c10 · 08-29-2002, 01:28 PM

mtdave2,
I like your old avatar better

GMCjunkie · 08-29-2002, 02:27 PM

MMMMmmmmmm......Ramen.......Good SO many ways.........

Been there done that

08-26-2002, 10:05 PM	#1
mtdave2 newly minted old timer Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hudson WI Posts: 3,508	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.. __________________ ____________________________________________ 72 c20 longhorn 65k org miles and counting! 69 k10 Suburban

08-26-2002, 10:14 PM	#2
Dean23 68cst_ss490 Join Date: May 2001 Location: edmonton,canada Posts: 1,363	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 __________________ Dean edmonton,canada a winter wonderland 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche LT cold air intake, performance exhaust, Comp cams cam, jba shorty ceramic headers. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3090973

08-26-2002, 10:20 PM	#3
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	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. __________________ '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

08-26-2002, 10:22 PM	#4
mikep Used to have a truck Join Date: May 2002 Location: port orchard WA Posts: 1,552	$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 ! __________________ No truck :-(

08-26-2002, 10:40 PM	#5
Fast68Chevy Account Suspended Join Date: May 2000 Location: IL Posts: 0	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.

08-26-2002, 10:40 PM	#6
ThreeQuarter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texan in Iowa Posts: 2,522	I hear ya, Dave. Right now I'm thinking I need a 20' car hauler trailer. "But it can pay for itself!" LOL __________________ Ben '68 Chevy C10 Custom LWB 327/TH400 2nd owner '16 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Dblcab 4wd 5.3

08-26-2002, 11:27 PM	#8
mtdave2 newly minted old timer Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hudson WI Posts: 3,508	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 __________________ ____________________________________________ 72 c20 longhorn 65k org miles and counting! 69 k10 Suburban

08-26-2002, 11:34 PM	#9
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	You mean that isn't a food group? Damn.

08-26-2002, 11:35 PM	#10
mikep Used to have a truck Join Date: May 2002 Location: port orchard WA Posts: 1,552	In the interest of full disclosure mine are goodyear 285 75 16 and I get a 20% discount. Wife works there. __________________ No truck :-(

08-28-2002, 12:10 AM	#11
Fast68Chevy Account Suspended Join Date: May 2000 Location: IL Posts: 0	lol@ ramen noodles.. i never eat them, but does chicken and noodles count ? maybe ? they arent expensvie or anything either,.. heh

08-28-2002, 12:22 AM	#12
Southpa Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 2,410	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. __________________ 1970 GMC 1500 Custom Original 350/TH350 Victoria, BC, Canada You can wish in one hand and crap in the other. See which one gets filled first.

08-28-2002, 12:24 AM	#13
bigjimzlll Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Redding,CA...USA Posts: 4,736	geez..I wish I had ramen noodles __________________ It's called "drag racing" if they called it "tic..tic..WHAM!..BANG! F*&K!!!", they'd have to keep the magazines under the counter with the other men's publications click the clicky to join the site.... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/payments.php 67 lwb..first hotrod in 25 years..540 best ET is 9.45 @ 141.44 Anderson,CA

08-28-2002, 01:49 AM	#14
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	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 __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

08-28-2002, 08:02 AM	#15
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	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. __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.

08-28-2002, 11:58 AM	#16
Snowbound Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Westbank, BC Posts: 401	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 __________________ 1965 Chevy Short Box Stepside, 230 - 3 speed, 4:11 gears, original paint rust free survivor. Now sporting a 383 SBC and TKO-600



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08-28-2002, 12:11 PM	#17
O'l Buck Recovering Truck Driver Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Orleans, NE USA Posts: 1,883	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 __________________ 67 K-20 350, SM465, Eaton rear, 4.56 no spin option 00 Dodge 2500 4x4, 24V cummins, 5 speed Chad South Central Nebraska

08-28-2002, 11:30 PM	#18
weasel29gm SLOW BUT SURE,BUT CLOSER Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: eleanor wv usa Posts: 3,092	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!!!!!!! __________________ 69 C-10, OWNED 35YRS... 350 over 30, 350 Turbo, 3:73 Posi P/S, P/B Black with red and black int. ''LOVE THESE OLD ''TRUCKS.......

08-28-2002, 11:44 PM	#19
mtdave2 newly minted old timer Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hudson WI Posts: 3,508	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. __________________ ____________________________________________ 72 c20 longhorn 65k org miles and counting! 69 k10 Suburban

08-28-2002, 11:47 PM	#20
ThreeQuarter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texan in Iowa Posts: 2,522	Ouch! Always happens that way. So let's see them new tires on the Longhorn! __________________ Ben '68 Chevy C10 Custom LWB 327/TH400 2nd owner '16 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Dblcab 4wd 5.3

08-28-2002, 11:57 PM	#21
Suicide-D Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Katy, TX...but the love of my life resides in Dublin,OH. Posts: 1,408	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.

08-29-2002, 08:30 AM	#22
mtdave2 newly minted old timer Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hudson WI Posts: 3,508	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 __________________ ____________________________________________ 72 c20 longhorn 65k org miles and counting! 69 k10 Suburban

08-29-2002, 09:17 AM	#23
kxmotox247 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 1,396	I thought I was the only one who thought like that! __________________ Baby Blue's Build Thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=652776 Project 68's Build Thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...17#post8442117 www.stonecolumnclassics.com Email: Josh@stonecolumnclassics.com

08-29-2002, 01:28 PM	#24
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08-29-2002, 02:27 PM	#25
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	MMMMmmmmmm......Ramen.......Good SO many ways......... Been there done that __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

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