When does cost of a vehicle to build matter to you?

[Sasquatch SC]

I built up from a brand new car. It is still a new car I guess, I just rolled past 10k on the odometer. It is a 2019 Subaru Outback 3.6R Touring - it was the top dog in the Outback line. I had a 2017 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited that was minding it's own business parked in my yard when an asshole drunk driver lost control and went off the road and crashed into my yard totaling it. Full disclosure - the sticker price on it was a bit over $40k - I didn't pay sticker and the only dealer adder I opted for was the routine maintenance plan which I got at a pretty good discount since this is my 4th Subaru and the second I bought from the same salesman at the same dealership. The biggest benefit on the Subie is that they guarantee your car's value after the first year and it is generally pretty generous and is higher if you follow your scheduled maintenance at the dealership. My payments are fairly low since I put down $15k and traded in a bike from my motorcycle collection. I have installed skid plates, a bull bar, some aftermarket wheels, 30" all terrain tires, a 2" lift, Bilstein struts, and RalliTek springs on it. However - if I decided to go a different route - I could reverse all of my modifications and put it back to stock in a single afternoon. As it is now, I like having an overland rig that I can also use as a daily driver. I have no problems with it on the roads or parking garages and it has performed pretty damn good offroad even when it is having the shit beat out of it. Also, I like having all the new technology.

The only scenario where I could see myself trading my rig in was if somehow I came into a good chunk of change or it was my lucky day and I found a legal US version of a Land Rover Defender 90 that could be my overland rig. If that was the case, I would probably still have a Subaru for a daily driver. I would just keep the Defender in my garage for the weekends I need to explore the mountains. This is all big money dreaming though. In that same fantasy I would have an Aston Martin parked next to the Land Rover and I would own a mountain all to myself.

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

My wife keeps bugging me to buy a new Jeep. I keep telling her I like the one you bought me as a surprise for my birthday 24 years ago. She threatens to go write a check and get me a new one for my birthday and I keep telling her NO. I built it, I know it, I trust it. I have never had a payment on my vehicles and never will.

People who have gone through hard times are reluctant to borrow money. I'm hoping to retire soon and don't want any debt.

That's exactly how I feel. Your truck feels like your best friend after 25 years of loving care.

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

I built up from a brand new car. It is still a new car I guess, I just rolled past 10k on the odometer. It is a 2019 Subaru Outback 3.6R Touring - it was the top dog in the Outback line. I had a 2017 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited that was minding it's own business parked in my yard when an asshole drunk driver lost control and went off the road and crashed into my yard totaling it. Full disclosure - the sticker price on it was a bit over $40k - I didn't pay sticker and the only dealer adder I opted for was the routine maintenance plan which I got at a pretty good discount since this is my 4th Subaru and the second I bought from the same salesman at the same dealership. The biggest benefit on the Subie is that they guarantee your car's value after the first year and it is generally pretty generous and is higher if you follow your scheduled maintenance at the dealership. My payments are fairly low since I put down $15k and traded in a bike from my motorcycle collection. I have installed skid plates, a bull bar, some aftermarket wheels, 30" all terrain tires, a 2" lift, Bilstein struts, and RalliTek springs on it. However - if I decided to go a different route - I could reverse all of my modifications and put it back to stock in a single afternoon. As it is now, I like having an overland rig that I can also use as a daily driver. I have no problems with it on the roads or parking garages and it has performed pretty damn good offroad even when it is having the shit beat out of it. Also, I like having all the new technology.

The only scenario where I could see myself trading my rig in was if somehow I came into a good chunk of change or it was my lucky day and I found a legal US version of a Land Rover Defender 90 that could be my overland rig. If that was the case, I would probably still have a Subaru for a daily driver. I would just keep the Defender in my garage for the weekends I need to explore the mountains. This is all big money dreaming though. In that same fantasy I would have an Aston Martin parked next to the Land Rover and I would own a mountain all to myself.

As long as we're dreaming, My name would be Hugh Hefner and I'd build Trumps wall all around my place on the mountain top to keep all you horny OB guys out of my camp. I"d let @grubworm in though, because he would bring the SPAM..