When you can afford to buy your dream car... but resist the temptation! and instead focus what's important! #284
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We could get this one: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201701111193000 And drive down to Portugal in the Summer ... 😮 |
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Or the more practical "Phase 2" Car: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610309281716 If we buy it in Portugal it's a lot more expensive (Thanks to BREXIT!!!): |
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https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201711050967353 This is more like it! 🤣 That was a fun "break". ⌛️ 🍅 |
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@carolrmc I agree, Don't worry, I wouldn't get a 944. 🙄 Most importantly, you will have an awesome retirement place with real activities, food & nature! |
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Sounds exciting. What must I do to help?
…On Sun, 29 Apr 2018 at 20:10, Nelson ***@***.***> wrote:
@carolrmc <https://github.com/carolrmc> I *agree*, Don't worry, I
wouldn't get a 944. 🙄
I would only get a 356 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_356> or a
912 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_912> ... Sadly, the prices are
climbing *fast*... 📈 💸 😕
Gotta invest all the money I have into "Phase 2" for the foreseeable
future ... 🌱 🌳 🥑 🍅 🥗
But that's a *good* thing because the investment will pay off *much*
better than a classic car! 🚗 >> 🏡
And by the time I have *garage space* to *store* a Porsche, I'll buy it
with pocket change. 😜
*Most importantly*, *you* will have an *awesome* retirement place with
*real* activities, food & nature!
that will make "Groenkloof" <https://groenkloof.net/the-villages/george/>
look like a prison camp!
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@carolrmc as soon as you get back from your SA trip, 🛬 |
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2018 at 20:47, Nelson ***@***.***> wrote:
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I agree either of those cars is the real thing😜. You’ll have to give me
dates.. we’ll be back on the 15 or 16 August. Will need to have a holiday
after SA, which is never really a holiday in the true sense of the word.
What kind of sewing are you thinking of?
… @carolrmc <https://github.com/carolrmc> as *soon* as you get back from
your SA trip, 🛬
you should book a *weekend* in Braga for a *real* holiday ... 😉
(*though there might be some sewing involved ...*) 😜
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Don't pre-occupy yourself with the sewing, lol! |
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2018 at 21:04, Nelson ***@***.***> wrote:
Happy to help😘
Don't *pre-occupy* yourself with the sewing, lol!
… It's only "basic" stuff which I will have mostly figured out by then ...
But you will *enjoy* it as we'll be making *practical* things. 👍
Cool when you get back and have "unpacked" hop on the Train (or drive up
if you like) to Braga! 😉
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That feeling when you've put in the hours (years!) of work
and you look at your bank account and think:
I can (easily) afford to buy my dream car
and go on the ultimate road trip across the world!!
Since I was a kid (ask @carolrmc) I've dreamed of having a Porsche 356 Coupé...
As far as I'm concerned it's the most beautiful yet understated automobile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_356
Occasionally when driving home from work with my dad as a child,
we would take the scenic route and stop by the Classic Car dealer in Johannesburg
http://www.hamptons.co.za/pages/showroom/?zDispID=zSch_|_Y||zCat1_|_PCatPorsche||zCat2_|_PCatsold
where they had a black 356B in Mint condition...
I would stand and
staremarvel at it through the showroom window..."This is what I will drive in my 30's, I promised myself".
The 356 wasn't the most expensive car they had by long shot;
that title was won by their Lamborghini Countach! (the ultimate "look at me" car of the 80's!)
I love the 356 because it's proportions and shape are perfect; there isn't a flat panel on it!
the interior is "basic" but complete and the engine is a modest air-cooled 1600cc! unlike most italian "super cars" which are 4L V8s!
A Classic Porsche is a work of art that you can drive!!
When we went to university these cost around €9k and have sky-rocketed in value since!
If only I'd had money then and bought ten of them in 2002 ...
would have made a fortune re-selling them now!
When I turned
28I could afford one but instead we bought a house.(a prudent investment in a long-term asset, I'm sure you will agree!)
In 2013 I could once again afford to buy one,
but instead re-invested the money.
Now I can afford to buy a few of them
but I think I will
continueto resist the temptation.and re-invest in something way better: https://github.com/dwyl/phase-two
I used to "begrudge" how my "lucky" friends (those who were born into lots'a'money)
got cars for their 18th/21st birthday (some of them really nice cars!!)
but now I realise how lucky I am that I was born into a "hard work" family (without money!).
I learned how frustrating it is to be on minimum wage for years
and never be able to accumulate any savings because life is expensive!
I had the "crappy" (zero-hours) dead-end jobs where you can be "let-go" without notice.
I know what it's like to have to work 3 jobs to get by.
Obviously, I know how lucky I am. I'm not blind! dwyl/stars#2
There are plenty of people who can't even get one job,
it's practically selfish of me to "take" 3 of them...! Right...?!
Anyway, all this to say that occasionally during my "pomodoro break"
I open mobile.de do a quick search and let my imagination go...
It's good to dream!
what
ifwe just took a month "off"and did a GT-style road trip across Europe in a Classic Porsche...?
So What?!
I don't talk about my obsession with classic cars to anyone ...
I suspect most "guys" would love to own a Classic and go on a road trip. no "news" there!
But today when I was doing my search, I got spammed with an advert (yes, I don't use ad-block!)
and I felt compelled to write about it...
does anyone
elsesee the irony in getting a "Makers Academy" advert on this page...? 🤣Maybe I should pay to attend a
ruby-on-railscoding bootcamp to get my "dream job"... 🤔Or maybe all learning should be free to anyone
and there shouldn't be an absurdly high barrier to entry into the Creative Technologies!!
>> https://github.com/dwyl/the-book
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