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Told this before, working summers in HS, senior year was construction on new McMansions. I would work one hour and that was not enough for a Wendy’s meal. I told myself one day, I’m going to make enough to buy that meal. May sound like a joke, that didn’t happen until I drove for Dominos.Amen Bro. Many of the 20 and 30-somethings I work with are crybabies. They moan and groan about how expensive and how tough life is, then they "door dash" a single Coke from McDonalds and pay $10 total before getting into their new $65,000 truck and drive home yackking on their new $1000 I-phone.
When I was their age I literally drove $500 cars (some without A/C) over two decades and ate a sandwich sack lunch I packed at home daily for 20+ years. Oh, and I had a 10.5% mortgage rate from the 80's. I never whined about it. I built up from it.
I do agree with anyone who believes there’s value in the struggle.
My job at Caddy Olds, I made minimum wage, while car washers got $0.75 more per hour, and college kids who drove limos got $6.
Ps first car B20 OHV Volvo was $700, $2100 in 2025 dollars. And I loved it. It was all mine. Rust and all.
Edit here’s the engine I wanted and never attained, missed it by one model year. That’s real life, not always getting what one wants! Having a pent up demand. M2 Comp, M3 base stick, and Tahoe High Country are such as I type…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Redblock_Engine
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