Should I Stop Driving My Car? 

"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion) 03/08/2019 at 21:46 • Filed to: bring a trailer full of money

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Yet another of my car’s siblings, a manual 325 wagon, appears on the most inflated of markets, Bring a Trailer. Yet, it is a market nonetheless. Should I just be polishing my car, fixing all the little details on it and cashing in on the Manual Wagon Craze? It’s at $4,600 with two whole days left! I doubt I’d get half that in my local market.

Nah, I’ll just keep driving it, and ignoring all of its imperfections. Mechanically, I’ll keep it up. But it’s a driver. It’s a kid / ski / bike / trash / dog hauler. Let it live its best life....

I should probably wash it, though.

Don’t worry, I’ll keep driving it like !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > functionoverfashion 03/08/2019 at 21:48

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Ugh! the salt! Can’t unsee that.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > functionoverfashion 03/08/2019 at 21:52

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its a car... its meant to be driven till it dies

saving them is for boring rich people

functionoverfashion > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 03/08/2019 at 21:54

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Precisely. I’ll keep enjoying it by driving it like a lunatic all winter. 

functionoverfashion > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 03/08/2019 at 21:56

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Meh. That’s mostly dirt at this point. Still. yeah. 

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > functionoverfashion 03/08/2019 at 21:59

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The BaT price sounds low for my area for anything that runs/drives well enough to commute in.

facw > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 03/08/2019 at 22:02

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That’s cleaner than most of the cars you see in New England right now. I have no idea how long it’s been since it was washed, but that could easily be less than a week of salt build up.

Chariotoflove > functionoverfashion 03/08/2019 at 22:02

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Good plan. 

functionoverfashion > facw 03/08/2019 at 22:05

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Exactly, it’s actually been sitting for a week - the last snow melted off and “washed” it pretty well compared to our Volvo which was driven right through the worst of it and also all week - I’d post a picture but it’s probably NSFOppo

shop-teacher > functionoverfashion 03/08/2019 at 22:36

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Yeah, definitely keep driving it.

I heard a story about Brock Yates daily driving his Ford GT before he got sick. Someone questioned all the miles and wear and tear he was putting on such an expensive car. He ba lked at that and said something to the effect of, ‘I love driving this car. When this one gets worn out, I’ll just by another one from some sucker who saved it for me.’

phenotyp > functionoverfashion 03/08/2019 at 22:37

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Definitely keep driving it like that. 

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > functionoverfashion 03/08/2019 at 22:43

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A ship in a harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are for.

I’m currently driving my 4runner with a nearly perfectly clean frame in the salt. I know. It hurts. 

functionoverfashion > shop-teacher 03/08/2019 at 22:49

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ha, exactly

Captain of the Enterprise > functionoverfashion 03/09/2019 at 07:48

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If you like driving it just keep driving it. Unless there’s something you want to replace it with I’d ignore the bring a trailer prices.

functionoverfashion > Captain of the Enterprise 03/09/2019 at 20:37

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Bingo. It’s interesting to see these prices though. Sometimes I’m tempted to sell it while it’s in as good of shape as it is, and just have one less mouth to feed. I could drive our Volvo wagon every day. But this car doesn’t cost much to keep around, I’m putting less than 10k miles on it per year, and I love it! It’s also very nice to have a third car for logistics when we both need to have a car every single day.