Funding the DSM project

[rst95eclipse]

Originally Posted by scheides

Sounds s3cr3t!!! Do you work at McD's or what!?!?

Nope. Going to college but still make a considerable amount of money over the weekends. And MickeyD's doesn't pay well.

[DoughtCom]

I work as a software developer at a web development firm here in downtown Minneapolis. It pays well and it helps that I'll be living with a friend soon. Oh and I don't have a steady GF anymore, so it's all cars son.... all cars.

It doesn't help that I have a Subaru AND a Mitsubishi addiction though

[Halon]

I split atoms.

[Thor06]

Originally Posted by rst95eclipse

And MickeyD's doesn't pay well.

Not unless you've been there for 5 years like me. Hey, it was the only place that would hire a 14 year old (yes its legal) and cant argue with the 70-80 cent raises per year I got. I'm done there though, setting up cones, filling potholes, and blowing up beaver dams for ~$500 a week FTW! Thats all pretty much going towards college though.

[longemoco]

i clean the restrooms at your workplace, also your cubes, and every now and then i have to deal with people who dont know how to aim when they pee.lol but for 12 bucks an hour cant complaint.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

I work at a local auto body shop painting cars. Money management is Key for me, considering I don't make commision yet.

[Onefast99gsx]

I'm a Network Administrator for a medium sized bank in Wisconsin. I do pretty good there and plan on being there for a very long time. After my 1st year, I'm at 3 weeks vacation already. The benefits are very good there. My '99 GSX does very well. I haven't come to a point where I short changed anything on it yet. I do everything entirely by myself. I'm single and that helps too. Every girl I meet want's to get too committed. I pretty much believe in the saying 'Dump the bitch, let's go racing'.

[bluntedelvis]

Wow!!! Totally assbackwards for me. All you guys are in money management, I see it, I want it, I get it "if the funds are their, useally is". Scheides I beleive in some of your theroy, hide the recepits, But when I take the girl out and lift up the center console to get something and a Novel worth of recepits fall out the seceret is out!!! Anyone elses girlfriend want to burn your whip for spending too much $$$LOL.

[Scrmegl]

I am transitioning careers and will finish school in a month. For 7 years I was in the Fire and Water Disaster Restoration field and was certified in Psychrometry and related things. I Have dreamed of owning my own business as long as I can remember and I am finally almost there. The more I worked with insurance claims the more I saw people are not getting proper coverage and getting screwed over little things like going bottom dollar and not spending $40/year more for sub pump failure coverage and needing to find a few grand unexpectedly. I was inspired to make a change to help me and them out. I am getting the licenses to start my own insurance agency for Auto/Home/Life and in another year financial products as well.

As for funding the DSM it has been whenever a bonus came through or on a b-day or holiday I make the wife only get me car parts. In Winter months due to the horribly high energy bills I usually don't catch up until mid year again to buy mods. At least Shanna likes this car. She never liked the Iroc-z and the 442 was to cold without a heat core and needed too much work. The Talon has heat and A/C so we are both happy.lol. It's just a long slow 1 part at a time process for me. Credit cards are WAY TOO tempting when owning a DSM!

[Swifty1638]

I've been fortunate enough to have he GF actually enjoy the car scene-soo much, in fact, that she's looking to get a 2g of her very own!

I was working at Hopkins Honda, still miss that place. I now, currently work at Maple Grove Tire and Auto, making less then what I had at honda, but when you are out of work for 2 months, and bills stack up, I'm STILL playing catch up. I really don't know how I manage to modify my vehicle in the manner it's done up in right now. I have too many debts in places I don't want. I hope to go see a debt consolodator next week, so I can atleast roll my snap-on bill, school loans, credit card loan, and others all into one. I think Wells fargo will allow me to do this. Other then that, I'm looking for another job, doing anything I can. It's all about money for me. I want it, and NEED it badly! Anyone have ideas?

-A. Swift

[s1ngletracker]

College?

I'm a software engineer, and single as well. So I do alright with enough money to own a few cars and mod them. Enough is never enough though, and at some point it will have to be curbed to buy a house, maybe sometime soon. 4 car garage ftw. I have a roommate to cut down costs. And my house is pretty bare.

[Kracka]

I move around and play with millions of dollars per day for a Fortune 100 corporation.

I eat out too much, but I still have enough left over to save/invest and fund my car Sharing an apt helps!

[Swifty1638]

I pay rent to my parents! I need out!

-A. Swift

[sleepy2lazy]

I was an intern at the diversified products group at WellsFargo for a little over a year workin about 15 hours a week while bustin my ass in College. Today was my last day at WF, but anyways 1 week left, i'm out. 1 month to go, and I start my new gig as an auditor makin sure punks don't cheat the system =)

And i'm gonna live at home for the next 1-2 years. No rent = more to spend.

[Kracka]

Originally Posted by sleepy2lazy

1 month to go, and I start my new gig as an auditor makin sure punks don't cheat the system =)

Bring it!

[bluntedelvis]

Originally Posted by Halon

I split atoms.

How does that work?

Originally Posted by S2kracka

Bring it!

I know!! Always a way around the system.lol

[scheides]

Yea, 'hiding the receipts' is a relative term for me. Anna knows about almost every part I put on the car, she's just not always informed of the *actual* amount that it cost. It doesn't really matter though. When I had my 2G she ff*ing HATED that car. It was too loud, uncomfortable, I was working on it all the time (not as much as my 1G though!), etc. etc. So When I was looking at getting a 1G to drive when my 2G was on the fritz, she said, 'why not just get an Evo?' That my friends, is why I love her I ended up keeping the 2G for a while after buying the Evo anyways!!

[Halon]

Originally Posted by bluntedelvis

How does that work?

Nuclear Fission. Introduce a neutron into a certain uranium isotope nucleus, and then it splits and releases more neutrons, which collide with another nucleus, and so on and so on and the chain reaction has begun.

I deal more so with the fuel handling and fuel movement though.

And before someone asks, because someone always does, NO My "equipment" does not glow green.

[92EvilTalon]

Originally Posted by Halon

And before someone asks, because someone always does, NO My "equipment" does not glow green.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Well lets see here. I want to stop living from paycheck to paycheck. So next week I have to take a test to show that I am smart some what. I am trying to get into a Cleveland Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Center (CEJATC). So does anyone know where I can get some refresher's on Math? Thank you for that.

But right now I work at Target out here. After switching to Evening shift. I lost in hours and my paychecks are not what they use to be. And yes the cost of living is going up. Ugh it sucks....

So modding the car is going to be nil to none when I get it back. Thats if I get this new job. It be fun to play with wires and 110 or 220 volts. hahaha

[Hippofish]

I am a stay at home father, and managing money is what its all about. When I have the extra money I get what I want. The bad thing with me is that I don't install the stuff for like a year after I get it. I have a back log of parts to install on the car, and things I want to do to it that are just sitting around waiting for me to get off busy ass and get done. In my younger days, well about ten years ago I was into doing all the work myself and standing back and looking at what I accomplished, well now I just want it done, no matter what it costs me. On the side I am trying to get a part-time job someplace just a couple of days a week, for gas and comics, but I am still managing to get by without the extra money. However that means in the next couple of years while my wife gets her nursing degree finished, I will be getting no mods done to my car. It will all be maintenance from this point on for at least two years.

I store my car during the winter, and it only has 88,000 miles on it, and is in near mint shape I would say, that means no rust or ANY dents for a 12 year old car. Paint chips and crap like that are pretty much impossible to stop so those are there, but other than that its all good. So hopefully, knock on wood, I won't have to spend money on the car for the next couple of years, just drive it around and enjoy...

The Fish