Im actually serious. May be a few years til I get to it but I eventually will.
Make sure you also save up for a full assortment of specialized tools, a hydraulic lift, an air compressor, etc depending on your make and model, how old your vehicle is and what you can expect to be doing.
I try to do as many of my own repairs as possible but there's some shit you just can't do properly without the right environment and equipment, even with the right know how. At that point, it's worth just paying somebody else to save you the headache
Yea, probably not in the next few years, but eventually I certainly will have enough saved for all of that.
Plus I like cars in general. This will give me the skills to work on classic cars, which is something I've always wanted to do. I have a cousin that does that for fun so maybe we can work on cars together. He's done a few projects so far. I'd love to fix up an old F250 highboy or a 67 mustang or something.
You do know that we're talking more money in tools than for a house, right?
Like, it's not uncommon for mechanics to refinance for far more than they owe on their house to pay off their tools?
Theres no way it can be more than a house in california.
I would bet that, if you're a professional mechanic, buying tools off the truck for fifteen years, in California, it's half as much as the average house.
My dad refinanced his house for triple what he still owed, in Minnesota, and dropped over $150,000 to pay off all his tools. When the housing bubble burst, he lost his house. ---
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