My home boy swears that owning a luxury car doesn't cost more than owning a regular car

[unit321]

everytime I tell this nikka that luxury cars cost more in repair because of the price of the parts he goes "but but but you can offset that cost by cutting out the labor and just fixing the car yourself!"
then I gotta bring up the fact that this nikka bought a BMW and couldn't afford to fix it when it fukked up and he goes "but but but you don't know what was wrong with my car!"
this nikka legit said he would rather take a chance on a foreign car rather than buying something known to be reliable

Well, your fren was partially correct. If you know what is wrong and you have the tools and ability to fix it, then the cost of ownership goes down by doing the labor yourself. Import car parts are still pretty pricey. Things like oil changes can cut your "oil change budget" by 1/2.
If you plan on owning a BMW, you should get a reset tool. That tool also is an error code reader too. It's an internal combustion engine, problems and symptoms will usually be the same in a European, Japanese or American car. How to fix it will be similar. Failing fuel pump, replacement is the fix. How to replace it depends on your car's model. How easy it is to fix depends on your car's model too. Accessing a part is sometimes 95% of the battle, and physically replacing the part is like 5%. For those who are grease monkeys like me, you know what I'm talking about.

 

[Womb Raider]

You need a new homie to kick it with. Hanging around dumb people serves no purpose and will only drag you down.

It would only drag me down if I was dumb enough to agree.

Well, your fren was partially correct. If you know what is wrong and you have the tools and ability to fix it, then the cost of ownership goes down by doing the labor yourself. Import car parts are still pretty pricey. Things like oil changes can cut your "oil change budget" by 1/2.
If you plan on owning a BMW, you should get a reset tool. That tool also is an error code reader too. It's an internal combustion engine, problems and symptoms will usually be the same in a European, Japanese or American car. How to fix it will be similar. Failing fuel pump, replacement is the fix. How to replace it depends on your car's model. How easy it is to fix depends on your car's model too. Accessing a part is sometimes 95% of the battle, and physically replacing the part is like 5%. For those who are grease monkeys like me, you know what I'm talking about.

Yeah but he isn't a grease monkey. He only uses that argument because it's the only one he has, he already had to sell his old BMW because he couldn't afford to fix it. Now this nikka wants another one

 

[unit321]

Yeah but he isn't a grease monkey. He only uses that argument because it's the only one he has, he already had to sell his old BMW because he couldn't afford to fix it. Now this nikka wants another one

What a goofball.
A couple tips for your friend.
1. Buy a set of metric sockets for 3/8 and 1/4 drive.
2. Buy a set of metric wrenches.
3. Buy a reset tool.

If you suggest that and he balks, then tell him he's can't fix/maintain a car if he doesn't have tools.
Me, i bought a used 3 series. Didn't know a lot about cars. I already had metric tools. But, I bought a Haynes repair manual. Figured stuff out. Got my hands dirty, literally and figuratively.
I did simple stuff in the beginning. Replace the air filter and spark plugs. Then, I moved onto replacing the wires, fuses, headlight bulbs, wipers, distributor cap and rotor.
These are relatively simple things, but if you don't do the simple stuff, you can't do the hard stuff.

 

[ORDER_66]

Nah im pretty sure the main reason you not pushing a foreign is cause you gotta sell your ps4+games to make ends meet

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/sell...s-the-retail-price-450-update-sold-it.417543/

You aint gotta fake the funk for the show room bruh

$8000 for brakes and rotor change I paid $500 to get my brakes/rotors changed on my audi a7 sound like yall getting hustled

Dont worry about what I'm driving lil nikka, play your PC, drink your mountain dew and enjoy your doritos.......

I'm building an empire laying the foundations...

Meanwhile you driving in the Audi. I'm eyeing the Hellcat... but I gotta build first there's no rush... #AmericanMuscle

 

[itsyoung!!]

Dont worry about what I'm driving lil nikka, play your PC, drink your mountain dew and enjoy your doritos.......

I'm building an empire laying the foundations...

Meanwhile you driving in the Audi. I'm eyeing the Hellcat... but I gotta build first there's no rush... #AmericanMuscle

im bigger and older than you how you gonna call me lil

Thought Hellcats were getting discontinued

im eyeing an i8 or maserati for my next car (all subject to change, but that black i8 )

 

[philmonroe]

what a dumbass....

Its true thats one of the major reasons why I wont buy one of them european cars... Parts and upkeep is outrageously expensive...

Why don't you just say you can't afford one currently and its nothing to do with parts either. Something tells me if that book blew the fukk up you would so therefore gotta hit you with this just requested song by me to you.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

What a goofball.
A couple tips for your friend.
1. Buy a set of metric sockets for 3/8 and 1/4 drive.
2. Buy a set of metric wrenches.
3. Buy a reset tool.

If you suggest that and he balks, then tell him he's can't fix/maintain a car if he doesn't have tools.
Me, i bought a used 3 series. Didn't know a lot about cars. I already had metric tools. But, I bought a Haynes repair manual. Figured stuff out. Got my hands dirty, literally and figuratively.
I did simple stuff in the beginning. Replace the air filter and spark plugs. Then, I moved onto replacing the wires, fuses, headlight bulbs, wipers, distributor cap and rotor.
These are relatively simple things, but if you don't do the simple stuff, you can't do the hard stuff.

IDK man. Thing with learning cars is the cost of fukking up can be high. Like with the distributor cap/rotor/spark wires. Say you get the order wrong and can't figure out what the problem is (since you never did it before). Wat next? Trip to the mechanic.

That wrench life is either in you or it ain't. Gotta get your hands dirty early. Plus even if you know.... who wants to be spending their free time chasing car problems? Life is too short to do car problem diagnostics for free to save some money. You have to really enjoy the shyt. OP's homie needs to humble himself and get a lil Corolla or something. They got em with leather now :scumbag:

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Why don't you just say you can't afford one currently and its nothing to do with parts either. Something tells me if that book blew the fukk up you would so therefore gotta hit you with this just requested song by me to you.

Its not about what one can or cant afford. I could have got a decent 3 for what I paid for my Civic. I got the Civic because I need to get to work every day. I'm not gonna gamble on reliability to impress nikkas.

 

[unit321]

IDK man. Thing with learning cars is the cost of fukking up can be high. Like with the distributor cap/rotor/spark wires. Say you get the order wrong and can't figure out what the problem is (since you never did it before). Wat next? Trip to the mechanic.

That wrench life is either in you or it ain't. Gotta get your hands dirty early. Plus even if you know.... who wants to be spending their free time chasing car problems? Life is too short to do car problem diagnostics for free to save some money. You have to really enjoy the shyt. OP's homie needs to humble himself and get a lil Corolla or something. They got em with leather now :scumbag:

Yes, you have to use your brain to properly replace the wires on a distributor cap. The thing that I did was replace one wire at a time. This way, there was no way to screw it up. Now, if your brain is made of cheese, that simple idea may not seem so simple. I know people like that, so yeah, doing your own car repairs isn't for everyone. They are about as stupid as female blonde.

Blonde honey: "Oh wow, you're so smart. I would have never thought of doing it that way."
Me: <thinking in my head> You are stupid... <saying out loud> Yeah, I know. I just used my brain.
Blonde honey: <stupid giggling> Hee hee.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Yes, you have to use your brain to properly replace the wires on a distributor cap. The thing that I did was replace one wire at a time. This way, there was no way to screw it up. Now, if your brain is made of cheese, that simple idea may not seem so simple. I know people like that, so yeah, doing your own car repairs isn't for everyone. They are about as stupid as female blonde.

Blonde honey: "Oh wow, you're so smart. I would have never thought of doing it that way."
Me: <thinking in my head> You are stupid... <saying out loud> Yeah, I know. I just used my brain.
Blonde honey: <stupid giggling> Hee hee.

Im just saying, theres a lot of shyt that's easy to fukk up on a car.

Doesnt matter anymore though, most cars just use coil on plug.

 

[unit321]

Im just saying, theres a lot of shyt that's easy to fukk up on a car.

Doesnt matter anymore though, most cars just use coil on plug.

Yeah, you can ruin your car while trying to repair it.

I haven't totally fubar'ed any of my cars, but I have ruined some bolts in the process of repair and replacing them was a pain.

 

[philmonroe]

Its not about what one can or cant afford. I could have got a decent 3 for what I paid for my Civic. I got the Civic because I need to get to work every day. I'm not gonna gamble on reliability to impress nikkas.

Its moreso about what one can or can't afford. Of course that's not the case for everybody (that goes without saying) but most people that are younger they would get nicer cars (relative to what circle they run in). I've seen that play out way too many times for folks to tell me that's not how it goes when people can do it. Y'all dudes really gotta stop pumping this narrative of all luxury cars money pits and every regular car super reliable no problems ever. Its about as true as cats with Lambos got one cause their dikk small. While I'm sure that's true for some (law of average) it don't mean most got one for that reason same with the civic or luxury car. Also wish you'd stop with this impress nikkas shyt. Why can't you get a luxury car cause you want "nice" things same way you want a "reliable" car? Why you gotta only get a luxury car cause you trying to impress people? If we going to stereotype like that it should be nothing wrong with me saying people can't get a luxury car cause they can't afford them and I don't mean just buying them either.

I guess everything you own is the cheapest reliable stuff you can afford instead of the better stuff? I doubt it

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Its moreso about what one can or can't afford. Of course that's not the case for everybody (that goes without saying) but most people that are younger they would get nicer cars (relative to what circle they run in). I've seen that play out way too many times for folks to tell me that's not how it goes when people can do it. Y'all dudes really gotta stop pumping this narrative of all luxury cars money pits and every regular car super reliable no problems ever. Its about as true as cats with Lambos got one cause their dikk small. While I'm sure that's true for some (law of average) it don't mean most got one for that reason same with the civic or luxury car. Also wish you'd stop with this impress nikkas shyt. Why can't you get a luxury car cause you want "nice" things same way you want a "reliable" car? Why you gotta only get a luxury car cause you trying to impress people? If we going to stereotype like that it should be nothing wrong with me saying people can't get a luxury car cause they can't afford them and I don't mean just buying them either.

I guess everything you own is the cheapest reliable stuff you can afford instead of the better stuff? I doubt it

I have seen and heard enough to know a lot of people buy luxury whips just to be seen. The car doesn't really matter. You hear it here. nikkas talkin about how dudes in their neighborhoods only drive 5s and up so they cant ride in the 3. Jay calling the X5 a baby mama car. That didnt come out of nowhere. All the silly ass cars I've seen in the hood. A old Rolls from the early 80s in front of Coney Island projects. The manager at the Bojangles I go to with the old box S class with 22s and cardboard on one of the windows. You really gonna sit here and lie to me and say luxury buyers, ESPECIALLY YOUNG DUDES, dont buy these cars to be seen in? Come on bro.

And no not everything I own is the cheapest I can afford. My house is huge and very nice. But it was still well within my budget and I bought it responsibly Plus its fukking house, not a car that loses value. Im not saying its wrong to want nice things or even to want to be seen.... but from what Ive seen and heard a lot of people do the luxury car thing very irresponsibly

Like if it wasnt a rare thing this meme wouldn't make any sense

You couple in these 8-10 year loans they have for cars now, buy here pay here etc.... come on breh. This is not an out of the blue thing, Americans in general live way beyond their means and try to show off

 

[philmonroe]

I have seen and heard enough to know a lot of people buy luxury whips just to be seen. The car doesn't really matter. You hear it here. nikkas talkin about how dudes in their neighborhoods only drive 5s and up so they cant ride in the 3. Jay calling the X5 a baby mama car. That didnt come out of nowhere. All the silly ass cars I've seen in the hood. A old Rolls from the early 80s in front of Coney Island projects. The manager at the Bojangles I go to with the old box S class with 22s and cardboard on one of the windows. You really gonna sit here and lie to me and say luxury buyers, ESPECIALLY YOUNG DUDES, dont buy these cars to be seen in? Come on bro.

And no not everything I own is the cheapest I can afford. My house is huge and very nice. But it was still well within my budget and I bought it responsibly Plus its fukking house, not a car that loses value. Im not saying its wrong to want nice things or even to want to be seen.... but from what Ive seen and heard a lot of people do the luxury car thing very irresponsibly

Like if it wasnt a rare thing this meme wouldn't make any sense

You couple in these 8-10 year loans they have for cars now, buy here pay here etc.... come on breh. This is not an out of the blue thing, Americans in general live way beyond their means and try to show off

Yeah I've heard dudes say that about cars because unless its you on that fast and furious shyt most AA not really pushing them smaller cars like that. Almost everybody on here that's loving them smaller cars seem to be non AA. Maybe its a culture thing or they hang with them types of dudes. I bet in your circle its a bunch of cats pushing civics and other small ass cars cause people don't deviate far from their group. That's not other people's group so I don't see the problem with it esp since we ain't paying nobodies bills out here. Yes people want to be seen but you do too. Now if you come in my circle with a civic its Comedy Central but in yours you probably get props that's just how it is. That's life certain things play in certain spots.

A house only has value if you sell it which you may never do. Its also not like a house can't lose value and people value things differently. Everybody don't have to do things like you cause that's the "right" way to do them. I also think you want to see and hear people do it wrong cause those that aren't doing it wrong make you and others fell some type of way. That's all I can gather because ofttimes online and even off when cats have things of status its always the well they probably broke, its leased, they just want to show off (like those other with less are sooooo humble), whatever else to downplay people with nice things.

I can see your side and don't really care much since I'm not paying for it but I also see my pov.

 

[Womb Raider]

For y'all nikkas arguing over the reasoning for buying luxury cars, my homie specifically stated that he would rather gamble on the life of a luxury car rather than something with a reliable rep just because he wants to stunt. The nikka doesn't know much about cars either. When I said that I wanted a Ford Fusion or something of the like until I graduate he laughed at me and asked me if I know what Ford stands for (Found On Road Dead). Also, he's currently in barber school.

Basically, he's in no situation to be buying a luxury car. He doesn't even have a job, but smokes weed every day and spends his refund check from community college on shyt like Jordans and weed. Compound his situation with his poor reasoning and it's completely