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bought my ja for 7k yellow respray fiberglass bumper big cooler retrim front seats rims exhust hit a tree smashed front left tower over 2inches bent rail got straightend for 700 bux painted repaired myself...did rear seal fuked that changed that put motor back in spun balance shaft bearing found in sump with alot of other metal said fuck this stripped motor got total rebuild balAnce shafts removed tco6 upgrade new clutch new paint hmm 11 grand am i a fucken dick head i just look at it like this vs statsman 10 last year 7 grand this year i think a starion will hold its value or just climb i dunno post your money bucket storys so i dont feel bad dirving a starion

That hurt my brain to read.

No formatting makes baby jesus cry.

I'm with you on money spent on cars though. I have easily spent over 20k combined on my starions that I have had thus far and the latest one isn't finished yet (not by a long shot) so there is more more more money to come.

I've lost count over 70k on my Ja

slow down take a breath, now tell me what happened again. jokes

I'm getting real close to 30 on a car that hasn't run for about 3 years.

1 engine conversion sold
ic, then bigger i/c
suspension, and bushes
computer, then remap.
apc for a month, ouch
custom bits for everything to fit,
paint, arghhh, needs to be redone again, only took a week for a mate to chip it
new evo engine and associated madness
now at redzones...........

It doesn't bear thinking about.
I weigh up how much I have spent & lost compared to how much I enjoy the experience of both modifying and driving.
I think I lost $8-10K on my old JB, but I did get 2-3 yrs of reliable transport out of it + a swag of fun. Do the same in ANY new car and you will lose more.

70k your crazy post some pics id like to see your paint

JA - had for 5 years, extent of work done: new rings and basic head rebuild cost about $250, had turbo recon'd at same time, replaced power steering interpreter and radiator core about another $250 all up. recently installed new KYB shocks and kingsprings.

Other money spent on non nessicary bits like bov, boost control, rsm etc.

haha,

bought 1 jap import-$2500 (full of rust )
1 JA parts car $1200

Bought some bits to make it go faster....suddenly im down 14k and i have only driven it registered on the road for about 20 mins

2lturbs wrote:70k your crazy post some pics id like to see your paint

kits car: just get the may issue of fast fours magazine (this years)


my orange car owes me about 18 grand, did everything myself other than paint (5 grand) awesome car, absolutely sweet.

my JB is probably gonna owe me about 20 by the time i`m finished with it. but u see i cant leave anything stock!

hell yeah they`re worth it. as anthony said, its all about getting the rewards for your hard earned cash. u could spend the same money doing up a commodore, then look at the finished article sitting on the side of the road and think "shit, there goes another vb vc vk vl or whatever that looks exactly the same as mine!"

that wont happen with a starion! rofl

Somewhere around the 30k mark, going to try to top it off around 45...*sigh*

Spent probably 13.5k on car, then another 10k on upgrades. Will be spending another 3k on it in feb, then maybe only another 3 k after that

I spent $15 on new plugs the other day.

car - $600
mpi setup - $180
microtech - $1100

WHAT $70 k !!!!?????

ill shut up now, shit i hope i dont spend that much :x

$12k among 3 starions, I've really only started to pour money into my current one.