I understand. The whole meaning of my quote relates to so many in this thread saying they wish they wouldn't have spent so much money on these types of things. These people might not have realized that if they never did it. So to realize that spending thousands on a truck or other non-essential just shows that you learned from your mistakes. The guys that are spending thousands to mod a new Super Duty will one day realize that there money could have probably been spent better elsewhere to. That is why I say that to get wise about how you spend you first have to realize how easy it is to spend it on needless things. I was kind of joking about you might as well have fun. To me the time/money spent on cars I have/do own are priceless, because most of it was in the company of good friends and my father.

 

Trust me I thought it was awesome to have all these things and toys when I was younger. That's all I cared about and all I wanted to do was "impress" people with my "cool" stuff. I've got much bigger things to worry about now.

The one and only thing I ever regret selling was my 2004 Suzuki GSXR600. THAT was a blast.

 

Story of my life!

 

But that's the circle of life,, with age comes wisdom. When I was young in teens/20's.. all I wanted to drive was what would wow the girls and make for a fun weekend. Oh the dollars spent, some worth it and others wasted..But as we age we see the error of our ways, but the journey was fun..Shoulda,Coulda,Woulda,,..as we age the eye on the prize changes but we will all get there in time,, some quicker than others but its a marathon not a sprint..But I cant get the teenager out of me thus why I drive a Super Duty..some things you never outgrow!!

 

Awesome post

 

Just remember that your elders said the same exact thing about you...

 

Actually my parents never said a thing. They've told me "We had to let you learn...." Not saying the didn't say save your money but my parents would let the consequences of my actions kick me in the butt vs. holding my hand the entire time. Sometimes I think they should've held that hand a little more, but that's the past.




Man this thread really went wild. Ha!

 

My dad told me life is short, you could die tomorrow with all your money sitting in the bank, haha

Now that I followed his career choice, I see what he meant...

 

I use elders in the generic sense. Every generation thinks that they worked harder, had a better work ethic, was worse off, etc than the next generation.

How many times have you heard seniors complain about kids and computers, smartphones, etc?

There are two sides to EVERY story. You don't know both sides.

 

MDsuperduty,IMO Your just over thinking it,And it's pretty simple.These are just very different times in peoples lives.

When I was 17 I bought a brand new motorcycle before I even had a car(My grandma cosigned for me).I would ride that thing day and night.I had a job and all I worked for was gas money.That's all I had to pay for,It was great!Ended up getting a better job as an heavy equipment operator and traded the bike in for a newer faster one.Then started to realize I needed a car.I saved up some more money and bought a piece of crap 1985 ranger for $800 cash.Drove that for a bit and had someone crash into me.Insurance gave me $2500 for it.Nice!!!I went out and bought a used 2002 Cummins.Again,single nothing to pay for but the bike,truck and insurance.Drove that for a bit and went out and bought a brand new 2004 F-250 powerstroke.Again drove that for a few years and traded it on a brand new 2007 F-250 powerstroke that I currently still have.

Fast forward to today at age 31....Married,house and talks about kids.Life is very different now.No dought I would love to have a new 6.7.But my priorities are different now.I have a perfectly good running paid for truck.Why would I go out and buy another one???If I was in this same situation when I was 20...No doubt I would be out buying a new 6.7.

I think it's just a matter of being in two VERY different places in life.

 

That's good advice there. I try never to waste a day. I can always sell toys when I out grow them. Even tools. I finally gave up my drywall stilts yesterday. Just too old now.

 

I started out with an 86 F250 Xcab when I was 16. Constantly chasing headaches on that damn truck. Never did much with it other than try to keep it running, but poured lots of needless money into it. Wound up getting a beater car, and then a fairly nice car (99 ZX2 w/46k), and still held onto the truck. In 2004, at 20 I bought a brand new F150 SC FX4, and gave up the old truck. My parents did cosign on the new truck due to a lack of credit, and really wanting to see the old one go away. But cosigning was the only part they had in it, I had been working at a local Mercedes-Benz dealer since I was 17.

Gave up on the Benz dealer, went to a heavy equipment dealer, bought a house, got married, traded the 150 on a used 2007 cummins Dodge, and sold it 3 years later for only $1800 less than I payed for it. Cashed in on the great market for those trucks around here and bought my current SD which, honestly, really is the truck I always wanted. But this ones only getting a few mods to fit my needs like the headache rack and airbags.

I did have a nice truck at 20, but I worked my *** off for it. While tons of my buddies were out blowing money on beer, strippers all that 21 and dumb crap I just kept my head down and kept saving, and keeping with that mentality has been very good to me. And i've still got that ZX2 I bought used in 2002. It's just never been worth enough as a trade to let it go.

I've had my slipups, and the biggest one still sits in the garage. It's a CJ7 on one ton axles with gobs of money in it. Been for sale for 6 months at pennies on the dollar pricing, and won't go. To have all the money poured into that thing back...........................

 

This thread is still making me laugh. I said this about younger guys owning very nice expensive trucks.

"do you have a fantastic paying job?". Meaning that you make pretty good money so yes these things are easy to afford.

Or

"do you live in your parents basement?". This being a fun joke (note the devil face)


So please STOP taking this as you don't deserve these things. Again I know most probably only read the initial post and lose your mind. I've stated a few times, this has NOTHING to do with whether you deserve this or not. It's sheer curiosity of how young (18-20yr old) people afford these trucks in the $30k+ range, not a 10yr old $10-$15,000 truck.

 

Definitely understand. For me it was 7 years of college (undergrad & graduate)vs heading right into the working world. I had a friend who headed into the working world and lived with his mom until 33! He had all the toys, cars, trucks.

My focus was on education vs working. So I see the difference. When I was a freshmen in college I was going to purchase a new F150 reg cab 4x4. Even with a good down payment I just did not want a payment that "forced" me to work to pay for it. That's how I thought. I didnt want to be married to a payment. But today's generation doesn't mind having payments i guess. I didn't have a vehicle payment until 24-25.

And before anymore panties get even more twisted. College is not better or worse then working. Many working non college people are very successful.

 

Oh! So now if I'm married to a payment I'm stupid!