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					Originally Posted by  mountainman
					 
				 
				obviously many people have a lot more disposable income than I do and look at their cars more than drive them.    I have 3 porsches and collectively put probably 40K on them annually which translates to lots of oil changes, maintenance, etc.  Needless to say, my garage is a working garage, not a display area.  I barely have time to clean it up before the next project begins.  So for my main garage right now, it is just a bare  sealed concrete floor which I hope one day to find time to add a couple coats of good epoxy paint.   I have a second garage that I use more for extra vehicle storage, parts and tire storage, etc that I painted with a good quality epoxy gray paint for around $150.  It has held up good and looks great, but as I said, it doesn't get the abuse the work garage does.  If I ever do anything else to the work garage it will probably be the same epoxy paint since it is economical and when it does get messed up it will not be the end of the world.  If I can't do what I need to do on it for fear of messing it up, it isn't worth much to me.  Got to go mess up my garage floor. 
			
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					Originally Posted by  JayG
					 
				 
				Wow, how do you spend $40k on maintaining 3 cars? Are you tracking them? 
 
At that cost, you could just buy 2 Boxsters and a 996 every year and keep the old ones for parts 
			
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					Originally Posted by  BruceH
					 
				 
				He said that he puts 40K on them. He drives a lot   
			
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					Originally Posted by  steved0x
					 
				 
				I think he means 40,000 miles. 
			
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Oops, brain fart.   
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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