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please talk me down (1 Viewer)

Do you use the chips?

Honestly, I understand where your coming from and can appreciate the sediment as my answer to that question is no. I'm getting to a point that I'm considering getting rid of some extra stuff. Extra cars, properties, and yes, chips.

I'm in town visit family in Chicago and brought a set to use because someone asked, otherwise I wouldn't have. It is the first time I've used one of my sets since PnBBC, June 2018. Having a bunch of sets that aren't being used, especially while I'm trying to build a rare/expensive set like the Bellagio one seems like such a waste. I felt differently about them a few years ago when I was hosting almost every week.

Thankfully chips are $0/yr in cost unlike land or cars and is part of the reason I haven't sold anything else yet.
 
I'd buy a Telsa if I could afford it. But right now I have an electric Ford, and it's good enough for my needs. All the money I don't need to spend on gas, I can spend on...chips!
 
Rhodeman77 said:
Cars are disposable for the most part, rarely something kept for 5 years, let alone 20+.
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My daily driver is a 2005 Honda Odyssey minivan.....I drive cars until the wheels fall off. I'll drive this one until I'm faced with a $3k repair - (the value of the van). I do buy new, because I drive them for so long.
 
Rhodeman77 said:
Cars are disposable for the most part, rarely something kept for 5 years, let alone 20+.
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I probably have more seller's remorse from getting rid of cars than I ever would have selling chips.

'68 Mustang fastback
'70 Ford LTD Convertible
'72 Chevy Impala; Mag wheels, air shocks, nitrous hook-up
'96 Grand Prix GTP; Limited Edition

Like chips, some are way better than others. Some are easy to part with, others haunt you.

Now on the Tesla note, I do question their ability to run in 20, 40, or 50 years. Changes to battery designs may make them useless.

Then again, in 50 years gasoline may be obsolete. Poker won't be.
 
aaronroch said:
On the other hand, if you want a car that is pure fun, zero heartache and only requires unloading 1-3 sets of chips, you can do no better than a 1990-2005 Miata. Frankly, on the street it is more fun than a Cayman....
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Ah, yes. Especially a black '95 R package (aka Type R, only 465 built), with Yokohama R-001s and a Hard Dog HardBar that fit under the removable hardtop. Oh, and a 13-ball shift knob for good luck.

Drove and raced mine for 15 years, and I still miss it...

"What was special? The R-Package is another version of the Miata that isn't technically a special edition, but was limited production enough to earn a place in the hall of fame. This is basically the factory hardcore autocross/track pack. It included Bilstein shocks, heavy duty springs, stiffer sways, a rear spoiler, front air dam, alloy wheels and the Torsen LSD. You could not get power steering, an automatic, or a leather interior. Air conditioning was optional."

I'll be getting a new Miata Club next year, when the lease on my Alfa runs out.

EDIT@1433: Oooh, I forgot the Borland exhaust system -- absolutely essential.
 
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I have about 60 hrs / 3000 miles behind the wheel of a model 3 long range (not the AWD performance). It’s got some neat tech, but doesn’t seem worth its price point yet. Keep those chips a couple more years and see where electric tech is at in 2022-2024.

My experience with the 3:
-Electric cars are quick...this is the slow Tesla 3 and it feels faster than my 500 hp mustang
-The interior isn’t bad, but it feels cheap for the price point
-the autopilot thing is not at all an autopilot. It’s a very good cruise control but anyone who uses it to drive while they do something else is nuts. It’s a long way off from where they advertise it is and where you expect. It struggles with traffic doing some pretty terrible lane changes even on a sunny day on wide Texas highways.
 
Chips are a shared pleasures that you can enjoy with groups of others and talk about with others (unless you really are hoarding the. In a dark closet) while nice cars are private joys (or to impress others). I am not sure if that means anything to you, but people often like to indulge in one type of thing or the other.
 
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