What do you guys do to afford your upgrades? I am going to school and working in the college food service warehouse, and minimum wage is killin me. Most are probably working full time and for above minimum wage, I would suspect. I'm mainly just curious as to what jobs I should keep my eye out for once summer rolls around. Right now I'm trying to line up a job as a network monitor at a nearby school district, which would pay $15/hour, which would be hella nice.

 

Like you, I have a minimum wage job as a Photo Tech at CVS. I dont even work at the time being, actually, so I have no money rolling in. I just save and go without until I can afford what I want

 

I work 40-60 hour weeks as a Shift Manager/Mangement Support/Cook at a restaraunt. I make decent money for only being 20.

 

i work here :http://www.4customexhaust.com/custom_exhaust.htm

bend tubing most days , this week im tearing out the floor panels on a 56' chevy Bel Air, THAT hasnt been much fun so far ...you would be surprised at HOW MUCH of the sand media from sandblasting a car stays inside even after you have spent 2 hours with a shop vac and air nozzles...

 

Yeah, it just seems like its gonna take forever till I can afford that engine swap. At least I can get suspension done in the immediate future.

 

i referee soccer games for 20$/hr

 

that sounds about 4million times more fun than what i do .

[:@]

 

It's all about doing it yourself. For example my rear drum-to-disc swap and upgrade in rotors and pads only cost me 500-600 bucks because I did it myself. Otherwise work work work!!!

 

lol...only cost me 200-300..........but again..you got all the cool upgrades which i didnt....so....


i work at a bookstore for only about 2 hours a day and that gives me about 100 a week...and ill also work part time for my mom doing graphic design every now and then...other wise ive been makign a lot of my money of ebay at the current moment. But danmatics right..work your self saves so much money and its all about finding the right deals....

you learn a lot more that way too.

 

i feel your pain man, right now im loading up my savings account with my rather meager wage as a casher at a truck stop, almost 8 bucks an hour so i cant complain alot but it doesnt buy much. And soon ill be leaving that to make less but work near my school, then ill have 20k+ in student loans to repay. So ill be able to put a lump of coal up my butt and squeeze out a diamond soon [:-] LOL.

Eric.