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If he stops paying you can hire a lawyer. Eventually it will go to court and you will probably win and receive a judgment award. If he does not pay the judgment you can hire a lawyer again and get his wages garnished (if he has any wages). The process could take several years, you will spend thousands in legal fees, and there is no guarantee that you will get a penny.
A person who cannot get $18k of credit either has no credit history or has a history of defaulting on debts. They are the last person you would want to lend to.
Only a moron would do this.
A person who cannot get $18k of credit either has no credit history or has a history of defaulting on debts. They are the last person you would want to lend to.
Only a moron would do this.
But yes, I wouldn't do it either.
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No need to apologize. I enjoyed reading your point of view.
Back on topic, I agree that running without any cat converters is selfish, especially if the car spends much time on *populated* public roads. Following a catless car (especially a rotary) for any length of time should convince anyone.
Back on topic, I agree that running without any cat converters is selfish, especially if the car spends much time on *populated* public roads. Following a catless car (especially a rotary) for any length of time should convince anyone.
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Call me selfish for having an emissionsless car, but ask yourself why you own an FD (or any sports car) in the first place.
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We are all selfish in many of the decisions we make. We each have to decide how much we are willing to let others suffer while we thrive. The $3.50 that I spend on a latte could feed a family instead. Selfishly, I buy the coffee. I think it is important to realize that I'm choosing my own caffeine over the lives of others. I'll still choose to buy the coffee, but I won't choose to be blinded by ignorance to the consequences of my decision.
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Whoa there...you're touching on a whole other topic (which is obviously completely irrelevant to this thread, so I'll tread lightly).
How we let others suffer? I've busted my *** to get where I am today. Should I be responsible for other's decisions? Whether poor or otherwise? Absolutely not. I chose to buy this car because that's what I enjoy. It's hardly selfish. The underlying thing here is going to be greed and money. I'm not greedy, nor do I hoard money. But society, popular opinion, etc make it such that you NEED money. It's sexy to be wealthy and greedy and arrogant. I'm neither of those things (certainly not the former) and take offense to the suggestion that I'm the latter two.
Do you know that I do give to charities? It's not much, but it's increasing. Do you? Does anyone else? Not spending every other dollar on someone else hardly makes one selfish. That's rediculous. Maybe by that definition, I'll quit working, get on the street and hit you up for change every day and we'll see how far that selfishness goes. Don't be hypocritical here.
How we let others suffer? I've busted my *** to get where I am today. Should I be responsible for other's decisions? Whether poor or otherwise? Absolutely not. I chose to buy this car because that's what I enjoy. It's hardly selfish. The underlying thing here is going to be greed and money. I'm not greedy, nor do I hoard money. But society, popular opinion, etc make it such that you NEED money. It's sexy to be wealthy and greedy and arrogant. I'm neither of those things (certainly not the former) and take offense to the suggestion that I'm the latter two.
Do you know that I do give to charities? It's not much, but it's increasing. Do you? Does anyone else? Not spending every other dollar on someone else hardly makes one selfish. That's rediculous. Maybe by that definition, I'll quit working, get on the street and hit you up for change every day and we'll see how far that selfishness goes. Don't be hypocritical here.
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That is selfish. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with it, I'm just pointing out the obvious inconsistency in Dave G's original selfishness argument. My entire point here is every single one of us does basically what we want to do. I think Dave Hays said it best:
"We each have to decide how much we are willing to let others suffer while we thrive."
It is what it is, don't try to hide it.
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How we let others suffer? I've busted my *** to get where I am today. Should I be responsible for other's decisions? Whether poor or otherwise? Absolutely not. I chose to buy this car because that's what I enjoy. It's hardly selfish. The underlying thing here is going to be greed and money. I'm not greedy, nor do I hoard money. But society, popular opinion, etc make it such that you NEED money. It's sexy to be wealthy and greedy and arrogant. I'm neither of those things (certainly not the former) and take offense to the suggestion that I'm the latter two.
I do it all the time. I went sailing this afternoon. I have a boat, spend money on moorage fees, burn diesel going in and out of the harbor, and today we stopped for ice cream on the way home. All that represents money that I have selfishly decided to spend on my own pleasure instead of using it to help others. I can live with it, but I'm not going to fool myself into thinking that how I live doesn't affect the lives of others. I'm not wealthy but I could keep an entire village alive in some parts of the world just with what I spend on recreation.
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We live in a world with 7 billion people. I don't believe it's sustainable, so therefore in some way each person using resources is selfish. But I'm not a fool - I don't advocate that everyone reverts to bicycles and transforms their backyard into a garden - I'm just saying that each day I make decisions that affect how the resources I consume. I think a little bit about which ones use the most resources (not just in cost, but in consumables and pollution). As a result I'm limiting my highest consumption for things that directly make me happy. Along those lines, removing the emissions equipment on my FD doesn't make my autocrossing it any more fun (since my class doesn't allow deletion), nor does it make street driving more fun. When I decide which car to take to work in the morning, I can take a Nissan that gets 25mpg or my FD which tends closer to 16mpg. I rarely take the FD to work just because I know that trip isn't as enjoyable as others.
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