Anyone else get to that point in their project where they consider burning down their shop to collect the insurance money?

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Ybor_Rooster@reddit

You have a shop? Must suck to be rich.

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ratrodder49@reddit

Haven’t had room to work on it for a year now, prior to that I didn’t have time to mess with it for at least six months

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TootBreaker@reddit

what if you put up one of those 12x20 plastic carports in front of that door, then roll the car out to do work, roll it back in when taking a break?

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FesteringNeonDistrac@reddit

The problem is that in as little as 15 to 20 minutes, empty garage space can fill, leaving nowhere for the car to return to.

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TootBreaker@reddit

Oh yeah, forgot about that! So also need a collection of inflatable pool toys to 'hold the space' until it's needed again for the car

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spokismONE@reddit

Mann if only having a shop = rich

I would really like that :(

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Right? I had a 2 car garage that was split with my wife’s car and storage until we moved. I now have a 2 car detached garage that I am slowly getting setup as my shop, but it still has to serve as storage for things like kids bikes, seasonal decorations, etc.

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Famous_Confection441@reddit

I have the same exact setup Haha.. I feel better now 😂

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Ybor_Rooster@reddit

I have a driveway of broken and cracked cement with no overhead cover. Then, my tools are kept in the shed outback and they're transported using a garden wagon over uneven grass.

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4R4nd0mR3dd1t0r@reddit

Wait are you telling me there is a time before that feeling sets in lol.

In all seriousness it gets better sometimes I walk away from a project and do one of my other hobbies. The big thing is to not compare yourself and your progress to others (especially online) and just take small steps. We have years and projects never truly finish, we will always find something else we want to change. The project is for fun I always tell myself not to make it my job.

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xj98jeep@reddit

your progress to others (especially online)

Some of the builds I see on IG And the autotopia YouTube channel are so good they make me wanna give up lmao

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spokismONE@reddit

Secretly, most of those just look really good and don’t actually work well.

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GunnerValentine@reddit (OP)

Yeah that's what I did today. Drove up to the family ranch that has some neglected chores and ran some trash to the dump. Then I stopped by the shop and decided to pop in the front springs on my daily driver I've had stashed for months. Felt amazing to take a cheat day and step away from something I've been toiling on non stop since December. And my daily truck rides a million times better now that I've got better coils with some new bushings. I was steering towards the bumps on the ride home.

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JcProject@reddit

This is good advice. I have done it myself, and it saved a project. Im currently doing the same for another project that's one in waiting because of frustration and other because on skills needed. Im working on skills needed todo better on project a while project b waits.

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84FSP@reddit

LOL - my FIL scribbled "Set on fire for insurance and sell to the Lochness Monster for Tree Fiddy" on my car work list on my project Rabbit a few years back. Had to save it as it was hilarious

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KittiesRule1968@reddit

Dat gotDAMN Loch Ness Monstah!

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84FSP@reddit

HAH - 84 Mk1 GTI all setup for Scca autox with a 13:1 JH swapped motor and lots of suspension.

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KittiesRule1968@reddit

Gorgeous car!!!!!! I very nearly got my parents talked into getting me a brand new 84 GTI as a graduation present lol.

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84FSP@reddit

Thanks sir! Had her 20yrs and just finished restoration number two. Have fresh hoosiers to hit the autox course staring in May!

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hunted_fighter@reddit

Uh no

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PegLegRacing@reddit

Ah you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!

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Dinglebutterball@reddit

That’s usually when I stop, drink a beer, ignore the thing that’s torturing me, and work on something dumb and fun.

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GunnerValentine@reddit (OP)

Exactly what happened today and it was awesome. Got a lot of side shop/home/personal vehicle shit I've been putting off for months. With a very good amount of RR in between.

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TomGissing@reddit

That's when you go buy another project. 👍

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GunnerValentine@reddit (OP)

Made this comment to my buddy while scrolling thru Facebook marketplace today...

"ya know if we just pulled one more project into this shop, we could really get some shit done."

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brybrews@reddit

I swear the dash on mine is lubricated with curse words. Still have nightmares on that dang thing. Joys of being so mad at one thing you can’t think about anything else so it must be a version of relaxing. I could see a skit that parody’s Robin Williams “golf” skit only about project cars.

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