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Old 06-06-2014, 12:51 PM   #85
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I was thinking to have one .308 lower receiver with two different upper receivers. One 20" heavy barrel for long distance shooting, and one 8-10" barrel because fuck yeah, tactical awesomeness! Also, a good camp gun that'll do some damage to bobcats, mountain lions, and hobos. The short barrel would drive an SBR stamp, I just want to make sure there's no real issue with swapping uppers occasionally. It's not a permanent mod, because it's seriously pulling two pins and the thing falls off. I was trying to find a POC at the ATF to ask them, but I wasn't trying that hard.
As long as you can readily convert to the original spec, you'll be fine.

Also, might want to look into the AR 'pistol'. Doesn't require the SBR stamp and you can't affix a traditional RE with collapsible or fixed stock, but you can use a pistol buffer tube with something like the SIG brace and it doesn't count as a stock per the ATF tech branch: sigsauer.com/SigStore/sb15-pistol-stabilizing-brace-552.aspx
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Old 06-06-2014, 12:56 PM   #86
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Too much time on m3f bro. Not everyone is a baller getting steaks and bjs.
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Wait, what thread is this again?
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Old 06-06-2014, 02:50 PM   #89
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...I agree that unless you are buying a fully depreciated $100k car then it will always be a dumb financial decision just like buying any new/used car that hasn't fully depreicated is not a wholely smart financial decision. ....
Ugm, is there really anything as a "fully depreciated $100K car"? Or even a fully depreciated $10K car for that matter?

I suppose at some point all cars bottom out and even trend up, but in most cases what you are talking about at that point is a 30 or 40 year old car that has some value as a collectible.

Once a car reaches the point where it is not depreciating (which means its value keeps up with inflation and stays flat or is appreciating in value) it is (to me at least) no longer a car but a museum piece.

A personal example, I would love to own a daily driveable MK1 MR2 again, and have seen several low mileage excellent examples come on the market in the past few years for what I would consider a reasonable price. I can't bring myself to buy it though because I know I would drive it like it was intended to be driven, and that just seems nearly wasteful at this point. I guess at some point I'll have to do restomod on one just to satisfy my itch while at the same time not destroying something that should be preserved.
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Ugm, is there really anything as a "fully depreciated $100K car"? Or even a fully depreciated $10K car for that matter?

I suppose at some point all cars bottom out and even trend up, but in most cases what you are talking about at that point is a 30 or 40 year old car that has some value as a collectible.

Once a car reaches the point where it is not depreciating (which means its value keeps up with inflation and stays flat or is appreciating in value) it is (to me at least) no longer a car but a museum piece.

A personal example, I would love to own a daily driveable MK1 MR2 again, and have seen several low mileage excellent examples come on the market in the past few years for what I would consider a reasonable price. I can't bring myself to buy it though because I know I would drive it like it was intended to be driven, and that just seems nearly wasteful at this point. I guess at some point I'll have to do restomod on one just to satisfy my itch while at the same time not destroying something that should be preserved.
I have a theory that no matter what year Jeep Wrangler you own it will never be worth less than $4500. That is a fully depreciated car in my mind. You could invest in an air cooled $100k Porsche 911 and it will appreciate.
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I have a theory that no matter what year Jeep Wrangler you own it will never be worth less than $4500. That is a fully depreciated car in my mind. You could invest in an air cooled $100k Porsche 911 and it will appreciate.
Or, people will decide that there are too many 911 museum pieces and their value won't increase.
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Old 06-06-2014, 03:23 PM   #92
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You could invest in an air cooled $100k Porsche 911 and it will appreciate.
Pls. I want to live vicariously through you.
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Or, people will decide that there are too many 911 museum pieces and their value won't increase.
You might be surprised if you looked. Not many 911s are museum pieces.
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Old 06-06-2014, 06:27 PM   #95
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well shoot, i guess I've been doing it wrong all this time, clearly cannot afford this house the bank owns or the car the bank owns.

At least the bank has to catch me to take the car back. (Hopefully they don't drive a v6 Camry).
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That's weird. I make less than 30K a year, yet I own my own condo, have an FRS, and plenty still left in savings. There are plenty of ways to make money and plenty of smart ways to spend it. I lived at home till 27, which let me save up about 32k for my condo down payment by putting the money I would have been spending on rent into a savings account. Additionally, I bought my place at rock bottom price and excellent mortgage rate back in October 2012. Then after getting the insurance check from my last car, I put that plus my entire tax return down on the FRS. All of this means that my mortgage and car payments COMBINED are around $875/mo. I also live with two roommates in my place until my girlfriend moves in at the end of summer (at which point they will leave), so my mortgage/HOA/utilities are all split 2 or 3 ways.

There is no magic trick to making or having money. It's about being smart with when and how you spend it.
Pretty much the same deal here but with higher numbers for me. I lived at home until I was 22 and saved up, then put 20% down on a townhome. I get 50% of my mortgage payment every month back from renting my spare room. My mortgage and car payment alone cost me $1500 a month sadly.
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I envy you guys.

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I envy you guys.

I have to work nights and sleep with random women just to make ends meet

Yeah, guy above paying $1500/month to own a brand new sports car and a townhouse, meanwhile my rent, utilities, and food costs more than that, toss in a car payment, some student debt and it's real easy to get in over your head out here.
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