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PaperclipPerfector  2mo ago (text post)   3041 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 21, 2024

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How could you care so little about something you do so much?

I don't drive much (about 5K miles per year) and don't care much when I do drive. I bought thoroughly mediocre Scion tC (basically this model) ten years ago, it serves me well, and I have pretty much zero interest in replacing it anytime soon. In the post-Covid era, I think I've probably put more miles on it from the occasional roadtrip than anything local. Thanks to the inflation in the used car market, the private party value of it is ~65% of what I paid for it new, so even considering replacing it makes no sense to me.

Notably, I actually really enjoy cars and car history. I grew up really loving them, but by the time I had enough money to buy anything particularly interesting, I had grown out of the phase of my life where I cared much about what I personally owned. I'm a lot more interested in having a sweet bike and fresh racing shoes than I am in what I drive. No matter what I drive, the vast majority of my driving is going to be smashing the cruise control button at 77 MPH on the highway and bullshitting with my wife until we get where we're going.

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