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Re: Mr. Miagi Balance... Wife&Baby Vs. Scirocco
bravo DAVE!!!
I know I am "new" to the list but I too have a wife (6
years of bliss) who stays at home with our two
wonderful children. I make roughly the same as dave so
our budget is tight as well.... but I am still able to
play with my toys (4vw's)..... you really learn how to
do repairs yourself as well as where to find the
bargains :)It also helps if your family is into cars
cause they will help out in the garage.
We have done alright...We just bought our first new
home alittle over a year ago and we still get to eat!!
BTW, I got my scirocco for free!!! The kid I got it
from couldn't get it to run and gave it to me..... all
it needed was a tune up (and the firing order
corrected)...... yeah it's a mk2 8v and over 250,000
miles but it's a blast to drive and it just needed
some love.
enjoy the baby!! They grow up so fast!!
Morio
1996 GTI 8v daily
1990 Jetta GLI (wife's daily)
1986 Golf GL (soon to be ITB)
1985 Scirocco (new to me toy)
--- Dave Ewing <rabbit16v@prodigy.net> wrote:
> I don't know if anyone else out there is ahead of me
> but I can give you some
> GREAT help in this area. I have been married for
> almost 10 years, have
> three wonderful kids, one on the way, my wife stays
> home with the kids and I
> make a grand total of around $2500 a month (if I
> show up for work). How the
> heck do I do it? Well, we live in a mobile home
> that is rebuilt extensively
> with a deck, carports, shed, additions, fenced yard
> and room for parting out
> cars or working on cars. Usually all of my "job"
> money goes to bills (rent,
> food, insurance, gas, van payment, student loan,
> etc) and the stuff I make
> on the side I get to spend on toy stuff. Sometimes
> I will spend money out
> of my check but a lot of my extra money has gone to
> bills also. BUT, I
> would have to say that my biggest savings are in
> swappin' and tradin'!! I
> can find awesome deals on stuff then turn around and
> trade or sell it again
> or install on someones car and make a profit and use
> the extra or the parts
> that I traded for for my own car. Another BIG BIG
> advantage is being
> mechanically inclined. I have done ALOT of work to
> this dump we live in to
> make it liveable (we only pay $400 a month with
> cable and sewar and water
> paid) and work on everything from the Chrysler Town
> & Country to fixing the
> broken off steering wheel on the Barbie Vet. Oh,
> and don't be so proud to
> not shop at Goodwill or Garage sales once in a
> while, I will find things
> that actually sell on Ebay for big profits and both
> of those!! But, you
> need to know what to look for (books, music, tools,
> toys, etc.). There are
> a lot of ways to make money that isn't followed
> closely by the Government
> yet so make sure you take advantage of them if you
> can (selling on auction
> sites, sell parts once in a while to friends or
> listers, work on cars if you
> can, OR do what you know on the side for a few
> bucks!! I once installed a
> hard drive in someone's computer for $150!!! It
> took me about an hour!!
> And if you want more info look up on ebay or amazon
> or someplace for books
> on living on a budget. Plus, if you don't make a
> gob of money and have a
> kid or two or three the government is REALLY nice to
> you. I haven't paid
> much taxes in the last 4 years!! Of course I don't
> get paid interest on the
> money I LOAN to the government but it is better than
> NOT getting it back!!
> I didn't get the $300 check or whatever it was but
> over the last 3 or 4
> years my income tax returns have added up to about
> 12grand!!
>
> You don't have to have gobs of money to be happy,
> just enough is fine for
> me. My biggest priority on earth is my family so as
> long as they are
> healthy and happy, so am I. Having the fastest car
> in Olympia is a
> considered a benefit to me or maybe even a reward
> for the work I put into my
> family. I wouldn't have it any other way!!!
>
> I hope this helps and anyone has any specific
> questions LMK, my wife is VERY
> good at cutting corners also.
>
> Dave
>
> > Ok... so I suddenly(some say finally) got married
> and
> > I've got a kid on the way to boot! WOW! Imagine a
> > mini-me running around!
> > So, how the hell am I going to get away with still
> > doing car stuff? She(the wife) enjoys shows and
> such
> > so my real problem is $$ for good stuff like my
> 2.0L
> > that I keep not doing. Aaaah! How do you all who
> > have kids do it? I'm already getting real close
> to
> > considering selling the MK1 which I still haven't
> > totally finished. I had dreams of making it a
> > mad-bastard beater but oh well.
> > If I can find a new job SOON I'll probably be OK
> but
> > the move to Jacksonville is now OFF. Ugh!
> > If any of you Confusciouses out there can help me
> > please give me ideas. I will not rule out
> starvation!
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Dan May - Greensboro NC
> > 1987 16V Scirocco
> > 1979 Scirocco -D.I.Y. Paintjob Complete!
> > 1997 Tacoma 4x4 V6 Xtracab VWHAULER
> > 1972 Harley Davidson Rapido
> > http://members.aol.com/scirocco87
> > "I love it when a plan comes together" - Hannibal
> Smith
> >
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