Ever get tired of cars?

[pencero]

the other day I saw my caddy that I tried to sell like 3-4x was leaking coolant, so even though it was like -22* F I put some in and went to fire it up - to maybe see where it was coming from hopefully & put some stop leak, but because it was sooo cold the ignition system detected friction or something and flashed 'security'' and I just got so mad that I had frozen my hands halfway off and stood in the cold wind for a failed start that I snapped and smacked the whole damn grill out of the car in one punch (it gave way super easily in the extreme cold because it was extra brittle) and little pieces of plastic went skittering everywhere. I think of giving up on cars all the time but I never do. My brother has a Fusion Sport with under 40k miles sitting in front my house that he walked away from to live in NY and take public transportation. He just got tired of driving and finally said he wanted to take a break from driving and use the bus / train instead.

 

[jae]

I've gotten burned out on cars / hobby the past 2.5 years due to work, relationship, dealing with con artists in the hobby... But think the main reason was I've been doing for over 20 years as hobby & working in industry so needed a break.

During that time I didn't talk, work on or wanted anything to do with cars, trucks, bikes unless it was something I'd never did before & wanted to learn, like the FWD engine swaps. Did help on friends BB Chevelle & 442 W30 & when another friend got his SuperBird it sparked a little interest but not enough to get me fully back in.

What was good was the time overseas for the new job; over there you mostly walk and when I was driving to the office it was in small runabouts like a Prius C (wasn't in the states yet) so I was REALLY out of the hobby.

I thought about selling the cars before I left but didn't b/c I knew I'd kick myself the minute they went around the corner. Being back the house will come first, whatever maintenance it needs, then the DD then the cars. But am getting back in slowly by posting back on the forum.