matty
Border raider.
64 years on this planet, and i am yet to own a brand new motor bike or car/ truck.
Had new Guns but proportionately most or them are secondhand .
Newest bike i have owned this last decade was a 2016 tiger 800XCX, it was off my nephew and was when i got it third hand( Now sold).
I own my own place Family owned farm house, on the same land my direct ancestors have owned for well over 200 years, and although not rich nor have i ever been a professional or ever in a mega well paid job as such. i / We have always been busy industrious at times wheeling and dealing and a few livestock etc as well as working more or less constantly in my adult life.
History lesson out the way and???
How is it i just can not see my way, as in just could not warrant in my mind to buy a new bike and most certainly a new car or truck.?
Its not so much the costs involved the New purchase Hit / Loss, in a way thats not a factor directly as i ussualy keep things a long time, and even the older tat i run and ride are well past their sell by date when i kill them and dispose of them(mostly referring to cars here).
Besides the price point aspect, i genuinely never seem to hanker after the latest and greatest of anything, and often the shining newest models just leave me cold much of the time. Its rare i sort of want a new bike, i think the last bike i acctualy wanted quite badly when new out was The yamaha SR400, (Still want one just not found one i must have yet).
Cars and trucks, my curent desire is for a user daily beater 2014 2.0 JTD Diesel Alfa romeo Gulia to replace my curent daily runner Vauxhall astra estate car 1.7 CDTI . Preferably before september the 1st so i got it for this next seasons waterfowl hunting to chase geese up and down the country in.
I Look at the £70 000 £80 000 new cars and not only do they do nothing for my soul i just wont ever consider owning such a thing. I mean not even a new bike, its simply not on my radar i want older stuff , and its always been like this with me and her indoors as well. I remember back in 1980 my father saying i should buy a new Nissan bluebird diesel for £5 750 IIRC on the road with 6 year waranty. I bought a 1971 Peugeot 404 estate to go with my 1951 lr series 1 i bought for £50 in 1973 as a 15 year old kid and coverted myself to diesel fiting a 1500 BMC engine in it from a Austin J 4 van i paid £30 for and scraped for £10 with the old LR petrol engine in the back. he series was £70 and my time i had that until the mid 80s.
A WWw pic with the exact same type and even colour cars we had when first maried.
I could relate similarly to bikes i just never wanted new shiny stuff.
Are you into the used or a must have new person, ? Am i just a cheapskate with different priorities to what seems to me to be prety much the whole world these days.
Had new Guns but proportionately most or them are secondhand .
Newest bike i have owned this last decade was a 2016 tiger 800XCX, it was off my nephew and was when i got it third hand( Now sold).
I own my own place Family owned farm house, on the same land my direct ancestors have owned for well over 200 years, and although not rich nor have i ever been a professional or ever in a mega well paid job as such. i / We have always been busy industrious at times wheeling and dealing and a few livestock etc as well as working more or less constantly in my adult life.
History lesson out the way and???
How is it i just can not see my way, as in just could not warrant in my mind to buy a new bike and most certainly a new car or truck.?
Its not so much the costs involved the New purchase Hit / Loss, in a way thats not a factor directly as i ussualy keep things a long time, and even the older tat i run and ride are well past their sell by date when i kill them and dispose of them(mostly referring to cars here).
Besides the price point aspect, i genuinely never seem to hanker after the latest and greatest of anything, and often the shining newest models just leave me cold much of the time. Its rare i sort of want a new bike, i think the last bike i acctualy wanted quite badly when new out was The yamaha SR400, (Still want one just not found one i must have yet).
Cars and trucks, my curent desire is for a user daily beater 2014 2.0 JTD Diesel Alfa romeo Gulia to replace my curent daily runner Vauxhall astra estate car 1.7 CDTI . Preferably before september the 1st so i got it for this next seasons waterfowl hunting to chase geese up and down the country in.
I Look at the £70 000 £80 000 new cars and not only do they do nothing for my soul i just wont ever consider owning such a thing. I mean not even a new bike, its simply not on my radar i want older stuff , and its always been like this with me and her indoors as well. I remember back in 1980 my father saying i should buy a new Nissan bluebird diesel for £5 750 IIRC on the road with 6 year waranty. I bought a 1971 Peugeot 404 estate to go with my 1951 lr series 1 i bought for £50 in 1973 as a 15 year old kid and coverted myself to diesel fiting a 1500 BMC engine in it from a Austin J 4 van i paid £30 for and scraped for £10 with the old LR petrol engine in the back. he series was £70 and my time i had that until the mid 80s.
A WWw pic with the exact same type and even colour cars we had when first maried.
I could relate similarly to bikes i just never wanted new shiny stuff.
Are you into the used or a must have new person, ? Am i just a cheapskate with different priorities to what seems to me to be prety much the whole world these days.
I like that .