Money for your car...

[Prophcy0]

I was just wondering how everyone gets the money to work on their cars. I understand that most people here are out of school and have jobs and all that good stuff. I'm only a junior in high school, and a good job is hard to find. I'm hoping to work with my uncle this summer doing landscaping and stuff (last year he paid me 8.50 an hour tax free). However, I don't know if he'll need my help this year.

Does anyone have any good ideas for a summer job? I'd like to make at least $2000 this summer so I can get wheels and a body kit, but that may just be wishful thinking. :paranoid:

(Sorry if this post is off topic. I couldn't find a better place to put it.)

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Moving to Off Topic forum...

[Prophcy0]

Sorry, at first glance I didn't see the off-topic forum listed.

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

No prob...

Anyway, seems like you're on the right track for making money. Pump gas, take out groceries, etc. $2k in a summer isn't that much...

[Wasim521]

Freelance writing is a way I earned some money...but then again back then internet opportunities were booming. In college I'm doing some glorified security work to bring in the cash during the semester, and for the summer I got an internship that's going to get me $5k or so. Of course I'm not spending all of that on the car...I think.

[Racing Rice]

What 94Accord said. Do anything you can. When I was in school I worked 30+ hours a week at a restaurant and went to school too. Now Im just an old married man that works and pays bills. Ive never put a ton of money into my cars like some of these guys have though. My problem is I always have to many projects at the same time.

Do what you can with the money you have to work with. Dont get yourself to deep in debt with your hobbies. If you do, the hobbies arent fun anymore. Enjoy life and enjoy modding your car, but try to keep your priorities in line at the same time.

[mt.biker]

work and loans

just about to take out a loan for 15k and get something sportier

[Wren57]

You could be a runner for a law-firm, grocery-bagger, invest in a lawn-mower and you could cut yards (huge money) etc... tons of stuff out there, the big money is always made in doing stuff that other people cant/dont want to do...

[pdiggitydogg]

As much as I complain about my job during the school yr, in the summer its pretty decent. (School custodian) There are zero kids in there and all you have to do is go in and clean some furniture and scrub some floors w/ some zamboni thing. If you can land a building that has others your own age it can even be fun.

Or take my alternative summer job...Driving Range golfball picker-upper car driver. Its fun and you can egg on the people to hit you...and when they dont tell em that they have no skill. Youre outside, can listen to music and you get to cruise around in an armored cart...fun stuff man...trust me.

[JamieS697]

^ that job sounds fun as hell. Im a manager at a sporting goods store jobs not that great but i get paid and unlike the few before me im spending all my money on my car and in return getting nowhere:mad:

[eXNBP]

I'm a waiter. Pretty much everyones ***** for 5 hours. It pays OK for what I do;)

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by eXNBP
I'm a waiter. Pretty much everyones ***** for 5 hours. It pays OK for what I do;)

Yeah, my parents own a restaurant, and the waiters there can pull down very good money with tips.

[eXNBP]

Originally posted by 94_AcCoRd_EX
Yeah, my parents own a restaurant, and the waiters there can pull down very good money with tips. We are a step below strippers ;)

[Shot 2 Hel]

Originally posted by eXNBP
We are a step below strippers ;)

LOL

[Prophcy0]

Thanks for all the input... it looks like lawncare may be my best bet. That's something I don't really mind doing, and there's plenty of lawns around here that need to be mowed.

I could also do some auto detailing on the side... like washing, waxing, cleaning the interior, etc.

[Spitz]

yeah i work at a childrens hospital and i get like 12.00 an hour to play with kids and take their blood pressures and stuff. And i am still a senior in high school. I got mine through coop or work study try to get one of those they pay pretty good.

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by Prophcy0
I could also do some auto detailing on the side... like washing, waxing, cleaning the interior, etc.

If you're going to actually be serious about detailing, you need to learn some stuff first. You also need a very expensive array of products.

Check out http://www.autopia.org forums and articles.

[TonitrusEN]

I sell babies on the black market.......
















Actually I'm a Control Center Operator for a Biopharmaceutical company.

[Prophcy0]

I applied to UPS a couple of weeks ago, and they finally gave me a call back today. 3.5 - 5 hours days, 5 days a week, 8.50 an hour. The cool thing is, I'll be working from 5PM - 9PM, which means I can still do some other work during the day.

[pauls-si]

Originally posted by TonitrusEN
I sell babies on the black market.......



LOL

[pimpinprelude]

i stand out side of kroger and bum people.......


ps.. if u want to give me money email $$ info to redlinenprelude@yahoo.com;)

[Prophcy0]

heh

[alpine3069]

i work for an eletrical contractor for $10 an hour. which is not bad i am just there little b*tch for 10 hours a day

[VR4_Craver]

Right now i am a cook at my moms restraunt and i am a dietary aid (glorified lunch man) at a nursing home..... Cook is 6$ an hour and 7.50 for my other one....And im still broke...Next year i will placed in a factory starting off at 12.20 an hour doing welding. Easy shit man let me tell you...:yes: :yes: :yes:

[maikoshi]

Right now I work at a grocery store, and you know what - that would explain why everything in my car is still stock. Um, no money. And for all of the shit I have to put up with, and the amount I make per hour...bleh not working out.

I'm trying to get back into what I used to do.... clean houses. Yeah, kinda stereotypical but I made a hell ova lot of money doing that, just at the time I didn't save as much as I should have.

Finding a different job is a pain in the ass, though. No one will hire me :paranoid:

[Mirkwo0dForest]

are u hott...?
i'd hire u if u were hott...
NEway.
i JUST got a freakin job..
been searching for like 4 months... major stress relief
waiter at Friendly's if NEone know wut that is..
w00t!
must start to save for my Teg
:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:

[pimpinprelude]

^^^ hahahaahahaahhahahah:yes:

[VR4_Craver]

The whole waiter thing can bring in alot of money. Sometimes i am jealous of my girlfriend when i make 6.50 and hour and she makes like 2.50 and she still walks out the door with like 70 bucks for 5 hours of work....Then come friday the ***** gets a check too!!!! GOD how i hate her.....:paranoid: :paranoid:

[maikoshi]

Originally posted by Mirkwo0dForest
are u hott...?
i'd hire u if u were hott...


No, I'm not hot. Not even with a double T.