I need a new job
 

I'm clearly not making enough money...

And I need to make a new friend here in Houston

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I wouldn't like the stress of obsessing over every detail, and worrying about every stone chip. I would like to have a dedicated 5 car garage, but nothing in the living room/kitchen.

I seriously considered keeping my Speedster in the house. I had double front doors picked out that would have let me drive it in. I didn't get around to doing it, and then I got married ....

I have wanted to do that since I saw it on Dan Tanna.

On two other notes;

1. I hope AOC doesn't see this video, food for her 90% tax plan. Clearly by her standard he has too much money. He parks his cars in the living room. In the video he stated he had two McLaren's, a Ford GT, a Porsche of some sort a Ferrari especialle

2. While I do like the car I do not like the Gulf colors on it.

It is hard to imagine owning a million dollar car. On the other hand, it is relatively hard to imagine buying a $100K car for me...although I could.

I was just talking to my much younger brother (giving amateur financial advice...LOL)….since he is in his mid 40's and has no retirement saving/plan other than social security...and pretty much spends everything he earns. I was advising based on an assumed 24% ($165-$315K) tax bracket (trying to explain how to stay out of the next one 32% ($315-400K). Turned out that he was not even in the 35% bracket...but was in the $37% ($600,001 or more)...and has made that much for much of his working life. His housing and cars are not that different than mine (does not live in a high-cost city like NY or LA)...so I said, "I cannot even imagine that I could spend that much each year if I tried." He said, "I cannot imagine being able to live on a penny less." I always felt bad that I made much less than my older brother (lawyer) who was making over a $mil years ago (in DC)...but did not expect the same for my younger brother (engineer) who really seems not to be a real go-getter. We are all from a very poor family (rural Appalachia)..think Beverly Hillbillies before they struck oil.

I was to the point where I felt like my wife and I were doing well financially. Now I feel like a total loser (financially). I have worked in the public sector where salaries are capped. It seems to me that maybe I have chosen poorly...and need to find a new job/career as well (but am probably too old now). When did people start making salaries like this?

This would not work in a wet northern climate, and who wants exhaust fumes in their house making it smell like a garage?

Cool idea, been done before, obviously not for everyone.


1950's Living Garage
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1950s-living-garage.474318/
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Yea, the TV show "Vegas" made it look appealing.

Apparently, he can't afford a garage.

In reality, if I ever did something like that it would be more like a glass wall in the garage. I also thought it would be kind of cool to have a sixties F1 or Formula Ford as a static display in the family room.

Cars stink

ThAts stupid

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Maybe no coincidence there isn't a wife anywhere in the background?

Cool idea but execution could be better - i.e. access, lighting, ceiling height etc. I doubt that's up to code. If the car burns, your living area is immediately on fire.

Where do you even drive a McLaren in Houston? Are there any public roads with turns in a 500 mile radius?

I feel blessed with great driving roads right outside of town and several tracks couple hours away in every direction that are some of the best in the country. I do miss LA for better public driving roads - the San Gabriel Mountains were in my backyard there ...

I still like this garage best!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168285748.jpg


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You wouldn't want to store your daily driver in the house for sure. Here in the cold, soggy midwest we put our collector cars up for the winter. In my case the car would have been in the living room from December through March, and in the garage the rest of the year. The biggest problem would be the gas and oil fumes. The whole fuel system would have to be drained. The transmission would need a thorough cleaning, too.

Lots of nicer ways to do this.

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I put a couple of common patio door sliders in a wall of a garage for a guy to look at his car. The main overhead door stayed for access.

He wasn't married...at the time. Did a whole MCM interior reno for him too. Then he got married and moved to suburbia. The car was a Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS, IIRC.

no thanks.

i think a better execution would be a bad ass architectural glass panel wall between a living quarters and a garage. like what Tony Stark had.

Well, at least he used the correct pronunciation on one of cars he said was in his home the night before.

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Like these apartments in Singapore
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1551549094.JPG

Put to shame my carpeted mancave holding a few of my P cars.

Dont tell AOC or Bernie.

Ha! That's my neighbor here in Houston, he copied me when I brought my old Datsun into the house to fix the clutch during Hurricane Harvey.

OK, yeah, for a guy with a million dollar car, having to pull in and park the way he does is silly and poorly done. I'm not sure I care. Maybe when I'm hanging with him later, I'll rib him about his crappy garage.

Buddy of mine constructed a pole barn with a living area and a shop separated by a high-end roll-up door (pretty side facing the living room). He said when the door is closed you can’t tell it’s a door.

I haven’t been there but that seemed like a cool idea.

I'm ambivalent about the whole video except for the cute reporter.

Absolutely nothing about the guy, his family or his lifestyle as shown by the vid is anything that appeals to me.

Not to say I wouldn't mind having his apparent income, but my tastes (would) lean more towards the Ralph Lauren approach if money could be taken out of the equation.

I can sympathize. I thought I’d do pretty well as an engineer but then you hear about other salaries and get bummed out. Then I realize I enjoy what I do (most of the time), I work reasonable hours, get a decent salary and I’m not in a position or industry where I feel obliged to live above my means.

Do you mean like this!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1551564197.jpg

With my man cave build I designed in a 2nd floor glass partition wall to display a bright red Ducati, also wanted to have written on the glass 'In Case of Emergency Break Glass'

I don't even ride motor cycles :D but thought it would make a cool art sculpture, for the installation I would have had to take the bike in pieces up two narrow spiral stair cases

Mrs Ahab said no so I've had to resort to Plan B ;)

Anybody got a cigarette?

That may be the single coolest thing I have ever seen: Lotus?

If so, given me another fifteen minutes and I'll need another cigarette.

Flint,

There’s too much in your post re: engineer bro and his “salary” that just doesn’t “add up” for me. No idea what type of engineer he is nor who he works for but 600k+ for years doesn’t pass my smeller. I could be way off and I’m certainly NOT saying either of you are being less than truthful here. Now, IF he owns the co or is SO highly specialized and very few can do what he does, then maybe. Also, I’ve found when I subject myself to the comparative compensatory game with others in my field, or any other, then I can easily spin myself out. I don’t know what you do in the public sector but I’m betting you do it well and we (being in the public) are/should be grateful for people like you. As I’m sure you’re aware, there’s FAR more to life than money. Hope I didn’t overstep my bounds.

It's Jackie Stewart's BRM :cool:

https://blog.propertypal.com/is-your-house-driving-you-up-the-wall/

That McLaren is hideous. I really don't understand why anybody would drive around in something as "loud" as that.

A car indoors? Why not? I've always thought a garage themed home would be cool.
Imagine living in what appears to be an old school garage.

( The Blond is Aussie. We have lots of girls that look like that ;) )

Ahh, not exactly the way I envisioned it but, that would do just fine. :D

+1 on the mclaren being fugly

The blond is not even that great for an Aussie...

That car on the wall looks like it would be a biotch to dust. Could be a problem in an earthquake, too. :)

As for parking in the living room, it looks stupid in this case. I used to envision an industrial space where I could pull my car into the cave but in reality, the exhaust would kind of suck. Better to just have a great garage. That guy doesn't have a good garage or living space w that arrangement.

To each their own of course and it's his money but none of it gives me envy. McLarens are alright but in the garage, not the house.

4 out of 10...would not bang/drive. :)

If your car’s in the living room, what excuse do you use to go to the garage?

To visit the other cars?

I think I would find the old grandpa dude quite fascinating and eccentric and dorky as hell. He grows on you after a while because he's just happy. If I was him, I would drive those cars EVERYWHERE every day. He's not going to live long enough to amortize all of his stuff, so screw it, live life to the fullest.

I've studied Tony Stark's man cave at length, haha.. His is subterranean with a circular stair case from the living room and an elevator. I've thought a lot about putting a couch in the shop like that.

One of my friends that lives just a few miles from me has a really nice house, and a better garage. His kitchen is bigger than my entire first house. It does not have an island in the kitchen, it is a continent.
His garage is a separate building in the back the has his 11 cars plus a motor home parked inside. The living room area is nicer than my house and he has a full wet bar with two beers on tap and two large high def TVs.
Oh, and a full wine cellar.

He is s super nice guy. Very knowledgeable about his two 356s and his 993 911 Turbo S and the other Porsche’s.

No longer master of your domain! 15 minutes...pretty good for an old fart. But that Lotus on the wall is certainly reasonable justification! Beautiful. :D

I am being as candid with as much as I know. I guess lots of folks make that kind of money or we would not see so many supercars on the highway. His education is a BS in mechanical engineering...but he really leads a small team...and generally does sales (salary, not commission). He is considered VP of a small company that was bought by a larger one and tells me that he makes more than the actual President of the small company. I suspect he is considered a "rainmaker" of sorts as he seems able to push high-tech product. Oh...and I assume the $600K+ includes his wife's income which is probably quite good...but still likely close to $300K or more.

Yes, I am considered very good at what I do and have massive responsibility and impact the lives of very many people (compared to either of my brother/s)…but in the public sector, one must remember that even the head of an Agency Like DoD, DHS, etc. that are effectively a CEO for tens or even hundreds of thousand of people all over the world only makes $200K or less. I do max out the pay and have other income streams so I do pretty well...just not on earned income alone.

I seem to live as well as my brothers (just a bit more frugally)...other than I do/did not send my kids to fancy private schools or go on fancy vacations, etc...or have a new car every year or two. I actually save about 30% of what I make and have put together a retirement that will provide as much as I made while working (or more)...so I am far better off than most people. Unfortunately, how much one is paid seems the best way to keep score...and I am competitive.

On a positive note, it appears that he pays 12% more in Fed income taxes than I do.

I have to agree...as other than the car...it seemed meager. I guess it is about priorities. Maybe it is like the old joke (that I often saw growing up in the rural south)...about a Cadillac or Corvette (or nice new muscle car) parked out in front of an old mobile home (in the 60s and 70s).

I was searching for a pic of Ritchie Ginther's Honda hanging on the wall (which I'm pretty sure existed at one time anyway) and found this instead:

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Nelson Piquet Honda that he won his championship with.