What did you do today?

[SiC]

BMW still looks nice!

Local, too. Haven't seen it before, though.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1903
Or the equivalent thread is also on AS too.

[PhilA]

What bike is it btw? An ancient chicken chaser?

20220314_175807.jpg (726.96 KiB) Viewed 946 times

Just stuck a couple new inner tubes onto it.

I need to learn the Russian phrase for "this thing is a death trap". Bicycle? Engine? Da. Brake? Nyet.

[mercrocker]

You can't flash that on here without an accompanying video of that pea-shooter in action.....

[PhilA]

You can't flash that on here without an accompanying video of that pea-shooter in action.....

I'll have to shoot a short movie, yes. It's hammering down with rain today so it'll have to wait a while.

Phil

[SiC]

I did a bit on the Moggie wing about two weeks ago. It had several layers of sanding/filler but completely stalled.
Real work has been super busy and has sucked up some of my evenings. Others destroyed by still having the covid exhaustion giving me a kicker.

This got me thinking about what Nibblet mentioned a few weeks back on how reducing/eliminating made a big difference to him. If I did, apart from storage, I'd cut back on maintenance/insurance/etc expenditure. But how much would I save...?

So I'm now auditing my CC and debit card bills (mistake?). From an initial quick scan, I think some big changes to my fleet may be coming in soon. I.e. getting rid of most.

[paulplom]

It's your hobby. How will you fill your time?

[SiC]

Just done a quick add up. It's a bit nuts.

Parts, servicing, road tax, insurance, storage and transportation comes to just over 12 grand. That's not including purchase cost of cars which is a tad more complicated to work out. Nor does it include fuel.

It's your hobby. How will you fill your time?

Well that is (probably) a decent amount of coke and hookers...

Something is going to have to change. That's quite a lot of money to anyone. Doesn't help them being a time thief and I end up being a slave to them.

[panhard65]

Welcome to my world I have spent over 10k so far this year and still only have one classic on the road and that only had a couple of hundred so far this year. It does include buying 2 cars though that should return me 15k plus when / if they get sold.

[mercrocker]

Don't go adding this shit up is my advice......You didn't spend the 12K all in one go. It's like adding up your earnings over 5 years and wondering why there's fuck all left. I subsist on a pissy little company pension and shouldn't really be contemplating an attempt on running five motors. On paper I can't even fully afford the Focus but somehow it works out.

[PhilA]

Yeah really.

Very little point in being Micawber in this case. Enjoy it or don't, that's about where it sits.