When life gets in the way

as my grandmother used to say, "It'll all come out in the wash"

I know you'll miss the mean green crazymikey machine, but like another saying goes, "you have to give a little to get a little," I hope it works out
for ya mikey!

The caddy. Man, when I was looking for a daily driver I ended up spending 4 grand. the car broke down anyway and I don't have the money to spend on fixing it because I still owe on the damn thing, plus insurance on a newer car compared to an older one. I could've put 1200 bucks into a crappy old (perfectly running) toyota, 1200 bucks into fixing it up, and still be at half what I've paid on my car.

Personally in your situation, with my history, I would sell the caddy, find a cheap, reliable daily driver, with good gas mileage being hugely important, pay my parents back, use the gas mileage to visit the girlfriend every chance I got.
As for the truck - take your time, you have so much invested already. just keep it tuned up!

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I had a '95 Nissan Hardbody that I bought in June for $1000 as a daily driver. It was in pretty good shape,but had high miles. I GAVE it to v8mazda4ever as partial payment towards the air ride on the Mazda. Now that we're not doing that,he's agreed to pay me $1000 for the truck. After getting rid of the Nissan,it left me with just the Mazda and needing to buy another beater. I was going to go out and spend like $1500 on another shitbox so I could put all my money into the Mazda,but as my track record goes,in 5 years,I've owned 14 cars and never had any one of them for more than a year and a half. Most of them last 3 to 8 months if I'm lucky.

My parents and grandparents talked me into buying a newer car. I needed/wanted something practical,reliable and good on the highway. I drive to work an hour and 15 mins each way every day,so I need a nice comfy cruiser,and with my girl living over 2 hours away,I do tons of highway driving,all of which the Mazda can't handle. I came to a toss up between the Cadillac or a 2000-2000 Cavalier Z24 coupe and I figured for the money I'm going to spend,I better make damn sure I like the car and for that money,if I have a choice between a Caddy or a Cavy,I think I'd choose the Caddy. The Caddy is pretty good on gas too,actually,even better than my Mazda. The Caddy is the nicest car I've had since my first car,which my dad bought for me and was an '87 Toyota Celica GTS. Ever since that car,I bought all my own and they were total shit boxes and I wasted so much money. The Caddy was a smart choice because it's not a car that I will be tempted to play with too much,and it's practical,yet still a car I can be happy to cruise around in during the summer.

Well mikey, this was a good decision on your part for the situation your in. I'm sorry to see the green machine go but life goes on aswell and you'll find something down the road for sure when you get time to yourself. Hopefully you can get that debt all done with and focus on some more important things in life right now.

Dale

mikey - 14 cars in 5 years?
you know you've gotta change the oil, right?

kidding, dude, sorry. but knowing that now.. yeah, the cadillac sounds a lot more reasonable with the track record. my situation, completely different.. my $900 85 honda "rustbox edition" was the most reliable car I've ever owned. Anything I spend over say..three grand on.. breaks down. Hard. And newer cars are more expensive to fix.. so i've been double-screwed that way.

I think you made a good choice in the caddy, in your place, actually. Especially over a cavalier, because they suck. no offense to anybody who owns one. (but i still say they suck)

Selling the truck is a tough choice, but you've definitely thought all this through, way more than the rest of us have - I'd snap your truck up if I had the money, and finish what you started with it.. I hope it goes to a good owner, man. Or stays with one.

Well my plan is this... take off what I'm willing to sell and put stock parts back on and sell the truck whole maybe for less than I'd ask if it had everything on it,and sell a bunch of parts seperately. This might get me more money,but it might also make the truck harder to sell,but who knows,if the right buyer comes along and the price is right....

I've decided that if it does not sell by December 1,I will keep it. I don't know what I will do with it,but I will keep it,atleast till the spring and maybe advertise it again,I dunno. Maybe I'll get a 2nd wind with the truck and want to start on it again... Who knows. Right now the truck isn't a priority.

I hope selling parts and/or the truck helps me out,and hopefully over the winter,not needing to spend thousands of dollars on vehicles,I can put that money away and have a bunch saved up to get my own place closer to my girl. This is the fresh start I've been waiting for. There's a lot of things I want to put in the past and move on with by moving away from here and starting out again on my own two feet with a wonderful girl at my side. I think if all goes well with the move and such,that lucky girl might just be seeing a ring on her finger within the next year.

I hate to say it but I would live in my truck before I sold it. I call it a mobile home. You have taken the time to way your options and made your decision. Thats it, and nothing else matters. What happens down the road happens down the road as long as you know that what you're doing is right in your heart.

Thats all that matters. Theres only one person in this world that you have to deal with in your whole life. Thats yourself. Objects come and go.

dude,I barely have enough room to sit in and drive my truck let alone live in it,lol. I could live in the Caddy though,lol.

Yeah,I spent a lot of money for nothing. My parents hate the truck and think I'm an idiot every time I put a dollar into it,so they love the idea of me selling it.

you know,I got home from work tonight and saw the truck sitting in the driveway as I pulled in with the Caddy and got out and walked around it and still thought to myself "damn,that's a cool lookin' truck."

Its not about what others think. Are you gonna regret it down the road if you sell your truck? Are you gonna wonder what it could have been? Live your life for yourself not others. Who cares what they think. Its what makes you happy that matters bro never forget that.