Bah Kinja messing up my replies.

I run Forgestar CF5s, 18x10 and under 20lbs per wheel.  They’re pretty cheap.  And there are much lighter ones out there in the same price range like the legendary RPF1s.  Traditional materials can still get very light and strong wheels at a fraction of this price... yet there are still…

My ‘91 Cutlass Supreme coupe had one as well.

Wheels are great, my eye jumped right to them.  Nitpicking though they clash with the rattlecan paint job...

That was my thought as well. I get that he already had the speakers lying around, but unless there is a legal issue with Clarion, sell that stuff and put it towards the build.  You can get a BT speaker plenty powerful enough to fill that tin can for under $100 these days.

Hi. You don’t seem to be too familiar with the Z car, so some background for you: the Z34 is so similar to the Z33 in specs and parts that most consider it a refresh more than an outright new model. This is why I used the word “basically” in my post. The Z33 debuted as a 2003 MY car with production starting in 2002.…

To be fair to the 370 (which is hard), for basically an 18 year old car... it’s performance numbers aren’t THAT far behind. The Supra is about 3300 lbs, 335/365 hp/tq, and does low 4's to 60 and low 12's in the quarter. The Z34 is about 3400 lbs, 325/270 hp/tq, does high 4's to 60 and low 13's in teh quarter.

So yeah…

As for burn-in, we typically rotate pictures every few days just for fun. Considering the rate at which display tech is advancing, by the time this thing has any display issues due to constant use, it will be past obsolete and sold on craigslist anyway. Who has 10 year old TVs?

As for burn-in, we typically rotate pictures every few days just for fun. Considering the rate at which display tech…

Something to think about if you’re doing over the fireplace is that for the illusion to work, you want this thing flat on the wall. Usually TVs mounted above a fireplace want to be able to swivel to angle down towards your seat; but The Frame only comes with a flush mount and was meant to be mounted that way to the…

Something to think about if you’re doing over the fireplace is that for the illusion to work, you want this thing…

We splurged for the 49" about a month ago for this price. We have had no fewer than three adults who came in while the TV was on for kids, and I turned to picture mode after, say “where’d the TV go?” or something similar. Like, they legitimately were confused because they heard a TV when they came in and didn’t notice…

We splurged for the 49" about a month ago for this price. We have had no fewer than three adults who came in while…

Beat me to it. Unmistakable.  

I always tell my wife the best part of eating a fudgy brownie is washing it down with a cold glass of milk.  Love that stuff.

Sure we can do that. And while we’re at it, we can also factor in what depreciation costs on a new car, what interest costs on a new car, as well as what higher insurance premiums cost on a newer car.

That may be true!  I literally pulled up CL and searched for cars between 4-6k with under 120k miles and threw up some that, with 120 seconds of thought, appeared like they’d get you comfortably from A to B for a while.

I’m not debating the sweet spot of how much to spend on used, I’m just challenging the “unrealistic” term Tom used when describing keeping your car budget to 10% of take home. It’s not unrealistic at all. I commuted daily on something that was 2% of mine from 2016 to this summer. Didn’t put a dime in it because I did…

Neither. Higher cost of living isn’t just coastal.

I’ve driven used cars my whole life, as as my dad (got my miser DNA from him). I can’t remember ever changing a bushing. Old cars and new cars eat tires, wear belts and brakes, and dirty fluids at the same rate so those are basically a wash with the older car maybe needing one extra set of tires/belt/brake pads over…

That seems a little insane. But honestly that tells me either car prices are too high overall, income is too low, or both.

I think that’s right, I’m just really confused about the specific term I put in quotes, “unrealistic”. That term makes it sound like “pfft, no one is going to drive around a car only worth 10% of their take home pay”. When in fact, that’s what a lot of people have done for years and continue to do (or even less than…

So you think that he says it is “unrealistic” because the average consumer is not able to wrench, and so the risk is too high? If so, it would be nice for him to clarify. His next paragraph is all about being able to afford more if you tie yourself down to monthly payments for five years.

So by “unrealistic”, you think that Tom meant that there is not inventory to support buying in this way? Read his sentence again that I quoted. He said saying that they should do it is unrealistic. Not if they could.