She told me not to put to much into the '01. Not because she thinks it is a waste of money...no she understand why I like to mod my cars. No her reasoning: I am probably going to want to buy a new one when I graduate in 2.5 years and I could put that money into the '68 - so why spend the money on a car I might only have for 2 years?
But they are all so much fun to play with, and things you will learn from working on the 01 will carry over to your 68.
I think she's right. Sometimes well thought out fun that is delayed, is better than instant gratification. Slumming in everything from an old 4 door nissan to a 96 V6 for a while is what got me the cars in my sig. I don't plan on selling either one.
Mom's do that now and then....you're just cruising along, minding your own business, while she does "Mom things". Then she blasts out this sudden flurry of old-fashioned wisdom and knocks you on your [butt]. Twenty-four years ago this Christmas, my Mom did something like this to me. You have to understand that I was the "baby of the family"; my sister (closest sibling) is 11 years older than me, there's a brother (lives not to far from oboebrian) who's 16 years older, and my oldest brother is 20 years my senior - was an AF Cadet when I was born. So, yeah, I was her "little baby". Anyhow, just before my 21st birthday, I came down to Mom and Dad's for Christmas - bringing along my girlfriend. The night we came down, Mom verbally knocked me and my girlfriend on our a$$es: "Susan, I hope you don't mind, but there's too much junk in my sewing room to fold out the hide-a-bed; and the couch is too short for Jimmy, so he's going to have to share your double bed in his old bedroom." Sue and I looked at each other and at her (with faces like ) and just said "duuuhhhhhhhhh". I mean, here was my 60-yr-old devout Catholic mother acknowledging the fact that we already... um... "Knew each other Biblically" (like a couple of rabbits ). Mom just said, "You're not really trying to tell me you haven't shared a bed before!" Me: Listen to your Mom. Maybe this would be a really great time to say "Thank you". 'Cause a year later, I married that girl; this October is our 23rd anniversary. There's an old redneck Country and Western song: "Momma Knows"
Agreed. Where are you going to get the money for the AFRs on your '68 if you spend it on a souless '01? Unlike the '68, it is highly unlikely that it will be worth more 2.5 yrs from now. Just look at the low bucks cars from the '90s are fetching.
Well, I don't know how pleasant I was; though Mom said she and Dad were pretty happy. My sister was ecstatic (so Mom says); 'cause she wasn't the baby anymore!
