Can you be into cars on a budget? [4k]

Cars aren't cheap. I can't imagine how much money I've spent on cars over the years. Yet, I find myself continually wanting to spend more. I can never have enough money to buy all of the parts or cars that I want to buy. So can you be a car enthusiast if you don't have the money to be able to buy cars or car parts?

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[eppicmann]

"you don't even need a car to be a car enthusiast"

*almost tears up "Finally someone who understands"

[jamesmarshall]

Get your kids into cars and they'll never have enough money for drugs. The truest quote of all time.

[YahLovesYou]

I am just getting into cars and after being in the custom PC scene for awhile now, I see a similarity between the two hobbies: money and performance.

[novakittymew]

"If you have a car that can put a smile on your face, I'd say that's all you should want."
Amen to that.

[youngfoxguy]

I’m 15 and my mom letting me drive her Pathfinder when we check the mail puts a smile on my face.

[speedstars]

I'm only 19 and I had to work really hard for a couple of years to pay off my first car - a 2016 Nissan Versa (jesus christ the Nissan Versa is HORRIBLY BORING TO DRIVE), I then sold it, and I've recently purchased a 1995 Mazda Miata. Now all together I probably lost some money along the way by selling a virtually new car for an old POS that leaks oil and has more rattles than a rattle snake. However, even though the car has some minor problems I absolutely adore it. Tomorrow I'll be buying my first ''car parts'' a set of new tires and new shocks. Now, if you're a young car enthusiasts watching this video, hang in there, you just have to wait, work hard, and your time will come.

[djhero]

Unpopular opinion: you don't always have to mod your car to be a car guy. Stock can rock

[romulas-cushmanproject]

The thing that suck is that I work at a car dealership as a porter and NONE of the the salesman are into cars.
i could spot a nice looking classic car at the stoplight and, all they just see some old guy trying to relive his youth.

I hear a guy zooming down the road in a nice C7 corvette, and they think it's just some rich teenager trying to show off

[minimini]

All cool cars have one thing in common. They are all clean! I have never thought of that, but it is so true.

[connormccullough]

I think heroin is the most expensive hobby

[toaster]

I wish one day I could build an awd, 500 hp, honda HR-V, because why the fuck not

[IneptVirus]

I think half the reason that cars is such a hobby for a lot of people is because there is always something next to do that is sliiightly out of reach. Its similar to the reason people like to gamble - there is always something else just around the corner to get. If everyone could afford whatever car they wanted and whatever mods they wanted, I dont think car culture would be as vast as it is today. People always aspire to that next mod, it keeps them coming back.

[MeneCenter]

How can we afford it?
Me, an intellectual: *only eat ramen and drink water from the sink*

[bmwe]

Shout out to easter Europe car guys, they work for $300/month and they are happy. someone owning an BMW M car there is considered rich, so enthusiast go with base models and mod them.

[lawrencevicar]

My 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS has 140 horsepower, rear wheel drive, has primer for a paintjob, and has a less than decent interior. It's my first car, and yet every time I start it up in the morning, or just rev the engine a little, it puts a huge smile on my face. My car is laughable by today's standard, but I love it all the more because of it. Because of what it means to me.

[Bru]

That thing about "being a car enthusiast that doesn't own a car" is very true I have many friends that dont even have a car but sill love cars and know a lot about them.

[Tjulfar]

When I was 12 our local racing Team needed an additional Driver in the youth Divison. I knew the Owner of the team back then and he just asked me one day if I want to race some stuff. (we raced bigger Go Carts in the Youth Divison) . Well turns out i'm 24 now and addicted to this shit. Damn.

[raresbranzan]

At 15 years old, people around me are saying "no, you aren't a car enthusiast, you are just a kid with big, impossibe dreams, nfs isn't the reality"

[thatcopenguy]

I don't envy a 1000hp Mustang, I envy a manual trans Mazda 2. But yeah, all that matter is the smile on my face. And for me, it's driving at 6 in the morning at a mountain road, even though my car is an automatic 110hp hatchback.

[HalfandHalfM]

Loving these videos guys. Makes it easy to explain to none car people why I love cars so much. Keep up the amazing work 👍🏻