<prompt> Human: Im sure a lot of you guys are fiscal camels, abstaining from insignificant wants so you can retire at 45, and spend the rest of your life traveling around the globe or set up a little oasis for yourself and shut out the rest of the world. But I know full well a good bunch of you are like me. Chock full of good intentions to live cheap, budget well, and save aggressively, but theres that ONE indulgence you just cant, or dont want to shake. If you want to give it up, whats stopping you? And if you dont want to give it up, whats your rationale, or how do you mitigate the expense or save in other areas to soften the blow?My Weakness Cars. Fuckin love em. Ive been a greasemonkey at heart ever since my dad gave me a red Corvette convertible model as a kid.Ive had 7 vehicles in my 7 year driving career. 6 of them were bought with cash, only my most recent one was financed. I currently own two. One I just bought, 10,100 financed, 2500 down at 2.24 for 4 years. The 2nd I bought when i was 18 and Ive probably spent about 16-17k on it including the purchase price. Its currently costing me almost nothing, just liability insurance, and is collecting dust in the garage awaiting a pretty significant overhaul shes got 183k on her.Do I want to give it up? Nope. Ive thought long and goddamned hard about it. Im fully aware of the fact that I could, and should, be driving a 97 Civic, and only a 97 Civic, for the next 5 years. The amount of money Id save would be staggering when adding up the payment, insurance, fuel and repairs I currently have. The reason I have decided not to, is frankly the cars are the only thing I work for. I dont like to travel, I dont care about clothes, and I dont give a shit what my house looks like. If I sold everything and bought a cheap commuter, Id spend the week at work with nothing to look forward to, and be bored out of my skull on the weekends. If youre not living your life doing the things that make you happy, whats the point of doing it at all?How do I mitigate the expense? While I was saving up the downpayment for the car I just purchased, I had this idea in my head that Id simply start saving again until I had enough cash for the projects I want to do on my other car. After the purchase however, I realized that the monthly expenses of the new car and commuting paymentinsurancegasmoney for repairs was going to command the maximum percentage of my monthly budget I was comfortable with. I made a rule for myself that any money spent on my old car, will have to be earned solely from additional sources of income, whether its flipping old cars for profit, detailingrepairing co-workers cars, or doing modifications for other enthusiasts in the area. That way my primary income has a very reasonable vehicular expense, leaving plenty of room for an emergency fund and long-term savings, and I still get to do what I want with my hobby, I just have to earn it... through my hobby.Making that decision alleviated most of the guilt of owning two cars. Now the only thing that gets me is knowing Im sitting on a car I could sell for a decent bit of money but 1. Id never recover half of what Ive spent, and 2. even more importantly, Id be devastated. I bought it at 18, took it to college, essentially rebuilt it by hand in various parking lots, met the love of my life in it, etc, etc.  <response>: Cycling.. I have a road bike thats worth more than the car Im driving.. 