glynnatkinson 0 #1 July 10, 2003 I've been skydiving now for 3 months and have an A licence and think I'm an addict. I need money to fuel my addiction so I've had an idea. My newish Renalt Clio is now worth £5000, which could be sold to give me money for a cheap banger my first rig, jumpsuit and a helmet. Is this a good idea, or do you think selling a kidney would be better? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #2 July 10, 2003 Heck just sell your soul. Most of us have already done that. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #3 July 10, 2003 Welcome to the forums! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kyros1 0 #4 July 10, 2003 QuoteI've been skydiving now for 3 months and have an A licence and think I'm an addict. I need money to fuel my addiction so I've had an idea. My newish Renalt Clio is now worth £5000, which could be sold to give me money for a cheap banger my first rig, jumpsuit and a helmet. Is this a good idea, or do you think selling a kidney would be better? Read some Faust .... you may get some ideas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #5 July 10, 2003 Sell whatever is necessary..as long as you have a way to get to the DZ and jump.__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
outofit 0 #6 July 10, 2003 welcome and i say go for it! It is better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
groovychic 0 #7 July 10, 2003 Sounds like something I would do, but before the rig, I would buy another cheap form of transportation...like skymama said, if you can't get to the dz, it will all be for nothing... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueEyedMonster 0 #8 July 10, 2003 QuoteHeck just sell your soul. Most of us have already done that. Thats not fair!!! I never had one to sell. Actually I take the GreyHound Bus to the DZ. I don't even own a car. No car payment + No car insurance + No gas money + No parking money = Lots of Jump Tickets! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frico 0 #9 July 10, 2003 Feed your addiction just like I did, I bought a brand new Toyota Tundra in late august last year, now I have an '85 mitsubishi that even the paint is coming off. I do miss my truck which was my dream car, but in the other hand I've met many people in this sport that I already consider my family. Now I don't have a monthly payment of $600.00, but I'm having the greatest time of my life ... Get out, fly, pull ... How hard can it be ??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBKid 0 #10 July 11, 2003 I've been needing a car for ages now, and my Mum offered to lend me some money to get a decent-ish little motor. However, I just bought an old Fiesta for £400 and I'm using the rest for a rig, when I get my Cat 8! Btw, I've been jumping at Peterlee too, do I know you? I'm one of the Durham Uni guys (about the only regular who hasn't had a mal!). Nick --------------------------- "I've pierced my foot on a spike!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fireflyer 0 #11 July 12, 2003 sell the kidney, unless you have 2 cars... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dracmyster 0 #12 July 12, 2003 Ive just sold my Minter of a Motorbike bought a £200 vw polo (ok a Banger) put down a deposit for a AFF go to spain next year to get me cat8 booked a month off work gunna get lot's of jump's in At the end of the day why drive £5000 when £200 does the same job and giz yer more fun and lets you do more of what you wanna do and thats JUMPING. Have fun be safe and walk round saying LOADS A MONEY hehe Go on sell it you no you want tooo Jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metalslug 36 #13 July 12, 2003 A lot of the comments being posted here are made in good spirit, albeit sometimes somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Personaly, I dont own a rig yet and I'm budgeting as tight as I can to afford one later in the year, but I would not do anything that is likely to negatively affect my job or career prospects. If a car in good working order helps you get or keep a paying job, then keep the car. If staying in college (as an example that may apply to others here) is going to help you get or keep a paying job, then ditto. In the short term its gonna pay to invest money in yourself.. so as to make money spent on skydiving more affordable in the long term. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagicLou 0 #14 July 12, 2003 Quotesell the kidney, unless you have 2 cars... Yeah, Cars and Kidneys are both highly overrated. Lou ___________________________________ . . . now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb - Dark Helmet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frico 0 #15 July 13, 2003 Jump more often ... Get out, fly, pull ... How hard can it be ??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiventom 0 #16 July 14, 2003 Sell both... get a better rig... "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana" -Groucho Marx- "Tom flies like a rock" -Tom Carson- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glynnatkinson 0 #17 July 15, 2003 You probably know me, Im one of the Newcastle guys, Not had a mal either! I can't recognise you from your photo though Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feuergnom 26 #18 July 16, 2003 There they go your wordly posessions... but on the other hand - you don't need them anyway once you are out of the planeThe universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #19 July 18, 2003 QuoteQuoteHeck just sell your soul. Most of us have already done that. Thats not fair!!! I never had one to sell. Actually I take the GreyHound Bus to the DZ. I don't even own a car. No car payment + No car insurance + No gas money + No parking money = Lots of Jump Tickets! Sounds like me back in the seventies. Rent a locker at the DZ, sell the sports car, get a nice rig, buy a beater car if you have to. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheShrubber 0 #20 July 18, 2003 Go for It I am selling mine on e-bay. But I have two cars so I have a way to get to the dropzone edited by Skymama. Please obey the "no advertising in the forums" rule. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyAnt 0 #21 July 18, 2003 Can I sell both kidneys? Haemodialysis is on public health down here. It won't cost me a cent. Mmmm its almost too easy! "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hukturn 0 #22 July 20, 2003 I have a friend who sold a car once to buy a rig. Probably a 1998 Mustang to buy a Vector/Sabre combo. Car is still gone, still has the rig, but he no longer jumps. Unless you plan on living at the DZ and never date...keep the car and find a used rig for less $$. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
b1jercat 0 #23 July 21, 2003 Dude you can always get another car, but you can't get back the time that went by while you were not in the air. blue skies jerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emma 0 #24 July 22, 2003 I just sold my beautiful Audi A3 a month ago for £6,500 in order to spend the money on training camps and tunnel time. I am about to remortgage my house (again) under the pretext of 'renovations' (ahem). I now have an £850 Audi 80, 1991 model, with the boot smashed in (a bit). Definitely a better position to be in! Sell the freakin' car dude! Who cares about what moves your ass around on the ground when you can invest in moving your ass around 13,000 feet above the ground?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChefJoeR 0 #25 July 25, 2003 How much are kids these days? Just wondering for ,errr, a friend, yeah that's it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
