Scaled thought
Let me tell you about my car collection. I love little cars. Hot Wheels and the like. I especially love lowriders and trucks and I have a TOTAL hard-on for Chevy Impalas. Preferable a '61. I'm a grown man, but I will never lose my need for these things. I remember when I was a kid, I was always playing with little cars. I had a shitload of them. I must have gotten at least ten every holiday and anytime I had money, that was mostly what I bought. I burned them, painted them, blew them up, disassembled them, combined them with other cars, smashed them...pretty much everything but fucked them.
Now, the thing that is funny is that I don't really want real cars. I fucking hate working on them and don't really customize my cars the way a "car guy" does. I barely clean them. My current car has never been as clean as it's 1:64 scale counterparts. Funny, huh? I am sure that if I had the cash, I'd buy a nice car, maybe tinker with it...then lose interest.
Now, I buy alot of speciality cars on eBay and some of the cars I have gotten from people who are selling out their collections. I open all my cars, which is a no-no. It isn't an investment to me and I don't understand why people would just sell their cars. But I think I have a clue...
It's the hunt they love. The idea that these cars are valuable to anyone other than an over-ripe child is silly. I have bought alot of cars, but I learned to buy only the ones that I really wanted, otherwise I would spend my whole check, which won't do - I have a bike to pimp out! I used to buy every new issue in a given year...no small feat. But most of the cars, I didn't even like. So then I bought only hot rods, trucks, drag racers and lowriders. But still, I was spending too much money. After awhile I widdled it down to only collector issue cars, limited run cars. For the past year or so, I have only bought Impalas and the last sseveral cars have been '61's and '62's.
So now you know what to get me for christmas (Solstice for you Romans).
And while I'm here, Paul, return some calls, buddy. People are starting to worry.
~J
Now, the thing that is funny is that I don't really want real cars. I fucking hate working on them and don't really customize my cars the way a "car guy" does. I barely clean them. My current car has never been as clean as it's 1:64 scale counterparts. Funny, huh? I am sure that if I had the cash, I'd buy a nice car, maybe tinker with it...then lose interest.
Now, I buy alot of speciality cars on eBay and some of the cars I have gotten from people who are selling out their collections. I open all my cars, which is a no-no. It isn't an investment to me and I don't understand why people would just sell their cars. But I think I have a clue...
It's the hunt they love. The idea that these cars are valuable to anyone other than an over-ripe child is silly. I have bought alot of cars, but I learned to buy only the ones that I really wanted, otherwise I would spend my whole check, which won't do - I have a bike to pimp out! I used to buy every new issue in a given year...no small feat. But most of the cars, I didn't even like. So then I bought only hot rods, trucks, drag racers and lowriders. But still, I was spending too much money. After awhile I widdled it down to only collector issue cars, limited run cars. For the past year or so, I have only bought Impalas and the last sseveral cars have been '61's and '62's.
So now you know what to get me for christmas (Solstice for you Romans).
And while I'm here, Paul, return some calls, buddy. People are starting to worry.
~J
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