[Martinjlm]

Yesterday a couple guys driving a black ‘22 SS pulled into one of my neighbor’s driveway. I of course had to go be nosey. Turned out he’s a wide receiver for a Big 10 school. Definitely someone who will be drafted into the NFL. Turns out he’s dating my neighbor’s granddaughter. Anyway, I start talking with him about the car. He knew it had a V8 and that it is scary fast. I gave him a bit of Camaro 101 and pulled my car around. He was impressed with the paint, the stripes, and the cold start. If he comes back through I’ll continue his lessons.

I didn’t have the heart to tell him that the parents of a starting offensive lineman on his school’s arch rival lived two doors down from his girlfriend.

[TXCSSU]

Originally Posted by jamala00

Got a nice compliment from my new boss at work. Finally got the car out of winter storage and brought it into work this AM. Boss says... Is that your Camaro out there you got out of storage. I said it sure is. He says that is one sharp car... that color is beautiful he said. . The HBM sure gets a lot of compliments.

Now that the boss knows you drive a big gas guzzling V8, you can kiss that big pay raise away.

[jamala00]

Originally Posted by TXCSSU

Now that the boss knows you drive a big gas guzzling V8, you can kiss that big pay raise away.

Right..!

[Aragorn]

A couple months back a drove it to a customer meeting and sure enough a lot of comments were made. I was like, cmon, it’s a camaro, not a mclaren. Should have driven the old truck.

[jamala00]

Originally Posted by Aragorn

A couple months back a drove it to a customer meeting and sure enough a lot of comments were made. I was like, cmon, it’s a camaro, not a mclaren. Should have driven the old truck.

Not a fan of compliments?

[tommcd24]

Originally Posted by jamala00

Not a fan of compliments?

I'm guessing the comments were more along the lines of "If you can afford to drive a nice car like that you are charging us too much".

[jamala00]

Originally Posted by tommcd24

I'm guessing the comments were more along the lines of "If you can afford to drive a nice car like that you are charging us too much".

Ahh.. Ya, that could be

[TXCSSU]

Originally Posted by tommcd24

I'm guessing the comments were more along the lines of "If you can afford to drive a nice car like that you are charging us too much".

After having worked at GM for several years, I decided I'd rather give IT a shot. My first job was working for Apple. Considering that I could easily clear about $2.5K a week after taxes back in 2006 (working practically 40 hours of OT) I could easily afford an LS2 GTO (Employee discount also helped). Since it was early in my IT career, I found myself working with a lot of people that were maybe 5-10 years younger than me. The supervisor I was assigned to was also on the young side. To give you an idea, he was living with his fiancé's parents and I believe that they drove him to and from work. When he found out what I drove, he turned into a complete asshat. I'm just glad he didn't know that I was already living in a house by myself at the time. I can only imagine how he would've reacted. It helped that shortly after college I was working as an engineer for the semiconductor industry around the time that HD TVs were just coming out. I was cranking out a lot of OT then as well. A hundred hour work weeks wasn't too uncommon. It's really easy to build wealth when you don't care about your social or personal life and just crank on the hours. A lot of people don't like to see other people with nice things though. Oh well.

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by TXCSSU

It helped that shortly after college I was working as an engineer for the semiconductor industry around the time that HD TVs were just coming out. I was cranking out a lot of OT then as well. A hundred hour work weeks wasn't too uncommon. It's really easy to build wealth when you don't care about your social or personal life and just crank on the hours. A lot of people don't like to see other people with nice things though. Oh well.

One is much more inclined to put in crazy hours in their youth, before they realize the only limited commodity we all have is time, and in fact you don't even know how limited it may be...

That supervisor of yours lacked some perspective, that's for sure. It's not like the same avenue wasn't open for him, right? He was already a supervisor after all.

[Chutzpah]

Today, a guy in his 50’s asked me if if my car is brand new, I answer yes. He smiles and tells me the car is ripped. I assumed that was a compliment and thanked him. The 1LE wheels really add a lot to the look. Even my neighbor, who’s not a car guy, said the car looked mean.

[TXCSSU]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

One is much more inclined to put in crazy hours in their youth, before they realize the only limited commodity we all have is time, and in fact you don't even know how limited it may be...

That supervisor of yours lacked some perspective, that's for sure. It's not like the same avenue wasn't open for him, right? He was already a supervisor after all.

Oh definitely. I won't get that time back. Worse part is that you dedicate your livelihood for them and are still cut when they aren't making as big a profit as they'd like. I do miss those $20K quarterly bonuses, though.

[FlukeSS]

Originally Posted by TXCSSU

Oh definitely. I won't get that time back. Worse part is that you dedicate your livelihood for them and are still cut when they aren't making as big a profit as they'd like. I do miss those $20K quarterly bonuses, though.

I think I'm in the wrong job lol.

I'm happy I make the money I do, but Nice car + Decent house, and I still feel I live paycheck to paycheck. But I don't have a degree, just 15 years worth of experience doing what I do. I guess I'm a slow learner and took the long road. I just couldn't handle going through 3 more years of high school to get a 4 year degree. I mean I have certifications and all, but I really feel this is the first time in 15 years, I'm actually getting paid close to what I think I'm worth.

[Aragorn]

Originally Posted by tommcd24

I'm guessing the comments were more along the lines of "If you can afford to drive a nice car like that you are charging us too much".

Spot on. Bias here, but the car may look like it’s worth a lot more than what I paid in 2019 used.

[Aragorn]

Originally Posted by TXCSSU

After having worked at GM for several years, I decided I'd rather give IT a shot. My first job was working for Apple. Considering that I could easily clear about $2.5K a week after taxes back in 2006 (working practically 40 hours of OT) I could easily afford an LS2 GTO (Employee discount also helped). Since it was early in my IT career, I found myself working with a lot of people that were maybe 5-10 years younger than me. The supervisor I was assigned to was also on the young side. To give you an idea, he was living with his fiancé's parents and I believe that they drove him to and from work. When he found out what I drove, he turned into a complete asshat. I'm just glad he didn't know that I was already living in a house by myself at the time. I can only imagine how he would've reacted. It helped that shortly after college I was working as an engineer for the semiconductor industry around the time that HD TVs were just coming out. I was cranking out a lot of OT then as well. A hundred hour work weeks wasn't too uncommon. It's really easy to build wealth when you don't care about your social or personal life and just crank on the hours. A lot of people don't like to see other people with nice things though. Oh well.

Exactly, you never know how people are going to react and depending status and relationship, it could complicate things.