but he'd still have plastic patio furniture

Well I'm used to building to a price point to keep a margin.


Still I detest painting so I would have to hire someone to paint, which costs more than powerwashing vinyl.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Built a 24x24 garage about 15 years ago.
$5000 for material
Labor- free from friends
$3000 liquor and food

Helped friends replace their barn that collapsed a few years ago- the insurance basically paid for all the materials. It was a classic barn raising- his wife and her friends cooked all day, he and his friends built the walls and gable ends, and we all sat down to massive feast and kegs of good beer.
They did it again a couple of weeks later to get the roof and siding on.
Tons of fun- the two non drinkers ran the saws cutting everything to length, organized the piles of pieces, and the rest of us basically nailed a kit of parts together with the understanding that it was our own problem if we mashed the crap out of our fingers because we didnt know how to run a hammer.

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95 E300D gave away
77 300D, 227k, station car
83 300CD 370k, body gone away to the rust gods, engine is in a Yota pickup, going strong
89 190E 2.6- 335k, no more
79 VW FI Bus- 154k summer driver
59 VW Beetle ragtop- 175k
12 VW Jetta- 250k
74 MG Midget-78k