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On March 29 2007 21:31 TheosEx wrote:
budget is something like:
$500 school
$1000 cars (3 cars + gas)
$300 rent (less actually but I want to be safe because sometimes my roomates and I go crazy on electricity and water :-/)
$500 food (since I actually overspend on this, it's more like $700-800)
$700 misc
where the fuck are you living that insurance + gas on three cars comes to under 1000 a month. not to mention under 300 a month for rent/uti, WTF
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Right now, I'm in Tennessee, so rent is cheap. I also live with three other guys cause I'm still in college, so it's pretty cheap. $700 for a duplex split between four guys = a little under $200.
Also, most of that money for cars is for my 2006 Honda Accord I just bought last May. It's $250 a month because I put down a huge down payment. The insurance for this car is pretty expensive actually. $500 a month because of my "bad" driving record. The other $250 is for two project cars I have. One isn't street legal so I don't even have insurance on it. The other car isn't even driveable because it's in the shop getting all fixed up right now, so I don't pay insurance for it. It's a 2002 350Z being converted, but the details are a secret :-p
Still, it doesn't matter where I live. If I were to go back home to NYC where I'm originally from... I'd be making more money. I was getting paid $15.50 at Circuit City last summer compared to the average $8-9 I get paid here in Tennessee. Crazy, I know. To the average Tennessee adult, $10 is like a career salary.
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what type of career? -.- no engineer or medic wouldbe making that
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There's not much of those careers here anyways. I don't know alot about those specifically, but here's the comparison of what I do know
NY Nurse starts at $60,000 while TN Nurse starts at $40,000
NY Accountant starts at $50,000 while TN Accountant starts at $25,000
NY Store Manager starts at $35,000 while TN Store Manager starts at $15,000
NY School Teacher starts at $40,000 while TN School Teacher starts at $20,000
So basically, it's about half the salary. Of course, it's not always like that, but if you find a TN Accounting job for over $35,000 you can pretty much consider yourself lucky to be working for a big company right off the bat. Pretty much, most of the rich people around here own their own companies. I use the term rich loosely though because since everything around here is so much cheaper, you can live decently for the salary you get paid.
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lol engineer or medic sure make over that a month, i dont know how do u manage to work that much + college but O_o?
funny debate between theosex and likeaboss which turned out from a tranny to a car tuning knowledge. All cars have potentiels its only that the new cars(2001-now) doesnt have as much aftermarkets parts as the old cars(1980?-2000)
Back to topic
Model: Honda Civic SI 2dr Coupe 1.6L SoHc (127HP Approx. 113t/lbs)
Mods: All stock beside teinted window, koni spring/shock + h&r spring coming up, the typical h/i/e coming up soon, and rims. All that pieces have already been bought just waiting for delivering since i bought it today :/ Good stuff for daily drive and not expensive.
NO current pix on the car but it kind of looks like this
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All cars have potentiels its only that the new cars(2001-now) doesnt have as much aftermarkets parts as the old cars(1980?-2000)
That's exactly what I was trying to say. That's part of the reason why I'm getting tints, speakers, and rims installed first. Also because it's starting to get hot as fuck in TN so I need tints, speakers because I have been planning on putting them in there for a long time but I've been procrastinating it, and rims because I got some stupid stock hub caps on them now that make it look like a grand-ma car. It just so happened that I was at Circuit City getting my system installed when I saw this thread. He's arguing with me like I'm just stupid ricer when I'm in the same boat as him. I hate ricers too. Just some misunderstanding I guess, oh well. Not a big deal to me.
And as for working "this much" it's not really that much at all. I take corresponedence courses right now, which means I actually only do them online. Since I'm the type that likes to learn by myself anyways, I can get a class project done in a day which means I only spend about 1-2 (3 tops) hours a day for one class. That leaves me with the rest of the day to do whatever I want. No more "class from 9-2 or whatever, then homework" crap. I would say I only work about 40 hours a week total anyways. Three years ago when I was a freshman, I wouldn't have believed it if someone told me it was possible. I did alot of digging around and I found a setting I am comfortable at for atleast right now until I get an accounting degree. Maybe it's just me being so time efficient comming from NYC, but it's not so bad. I have time for school, work, social life, video games, and my girlfriend. Not a bad deal at all.
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Man it's amazing how much the new civic models look better than the old ones. When my sister told me she was getting a civic I was sure she was joking because the most important aspect in the car for her is the looks but then when I looked at the new models I was really surprised how much better it looks than the old shit box called civic. The 4 door actually looks very nice now and the coupe looks like a racing car.
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2006 RX-8 Shinka Edition W/Nav and various MAZDASPEED upgrades.
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I actually prefer the old type civics for several reasons. My favorite is the '93 Hatchback Civic. I was going to get that instead of my Accord, but I couldn't find one in time.
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BMW 745i
Picture taken by my nigga Kyle...
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On March 30 2007 23:04 Kingkosi wrote:BMW 745i Picture taken by my nigga Kyle... Something is wrong with your rims, they're huge.
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On March 30 2007 14:06 BG1 wrote:Man it's amazing how much the new civic models look better than the old ones. When my sister told me she was getting a civic I was sure she was joking because the most important aspect in the car for her is the looks but then when I looked at the new models I was really surprised how much better it looks than the old shit box called civic. The 4 door actually looks very nice now and the coupe looks like a racing car. Old : New:
blehck, i dont reall go for the rounded look the new civics have take on.
too many cars resemble the prius, eck, i hate that car.
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2006 Mazda MAZDA 3
just purchased today ^_^
edit: pic isn't taken by me but it's the exact same car 
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On March:54 mahnini wrote:Show nested quote +On March:50 Pressure wrote:On March:58 EscPlan9 wrote:
How the hell do you guys afford those cars? I drive an economy car - 95 mazda protege 5-speeder. Extremely boring and bland car, but it's cheap, reliable, and energy-efficient, so I'm happy with it. i own 65$ sneakers  my familys mad poor, i probably won't get a car when i turn legal age You own $65 sneakers. Ever wonder why your family is "mad poor"? 
i got them for 20 at chinatown mahnini
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I refuse to buy a nice car before a house.
When my 81 dies, I willl probably buy a 96.
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No current picture handy, but I drive a 2003 Civic EX (manual).
Oh and check my mods: a Darwin fish (was silver, now faded to black) and a Thundercats sticker.
I'm tha 1337 modd3r. Now I'm saving up for fuzzy dice on the rear-view.
Speaking of Civics and how the look has changed, yeah I like the look from a few years ago, but the new ones are a little too weird looking. But yeah, in the early 2000s the look got a lot better I think.
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