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CoronitaParticipantIsn't getting the best return for the least risk always the best idea regardless of age?
No risk ==> low returns.
Higher returns ==> more risk.
If someone tells you something about high returns with low risk, that's a red flag right there. If it weren't the case, more people would doing it.
If you are young, you should really not worry as much about taking slightly more risk. Even if you lose, you have many more years to make up for it. If you put things all too conservatively, imho, you'll have a bigger risk of being eaten alive by inflation. (Taking slightly more risk doesn't mean being completely foolish and betting the house on one fund).
I have a book to recommend you read. It's called the Four Pillars of Investment by William J Bernstein. It's for most people (including average joe me). Others more savy might have other recommendations.
CoronitaParticipantIsn't getting the best return for the least risk always the best idea regardless of age?
No risk ==> low returns.
Higher returns ==> more risk.
If someone tells you something about high returns with low risk, that's a red flag right there. If it weren't the case, more people would doing it.
If you are young, you should really not worry as much about taking slightly more risk. Even if you lose, you have many more years to make up for it. If you put things all too conservatively, imho, you'll have a bigger risk of being eaten alive by inflation. (Taking slightly more risk doesn't mean being completely foolish and betting the house on one fund).
I have a book to recommend you read. It's called the Four Pillars of Investment by William J Bernstein. It's for most people (including average joe me). Others more savy might have other recommendations.
CoronitaParticipantIsn't getting the best return for the least risk always the best idea regardless of age?
No risk ==> low returns.
Higher returns ==> more risk.
If someone tells you something about high returns with low risk, that's a red flag right there. If it weren't the case, more people would doing it.
If you are young, you should really not worry as much about taking slightly more risk. Even if you lose, you have many more years to make up for it. If you put things all too conservatively, imho, you'll have a bigger risk of being eaten alive by inflation. (Taking slightly more risk doesn't mean being completely foolish and betting the house on one fund).
I have a book to recommend you read. It's called the Four Pillars of Investment by William J Bernstein. It's for most people (including average joe me). Others more savy might have other recommendations.
CoronitaParticipantIsn't getting the best return for the least risk always the best idea regardless of age?
No risk ==> low returns.
Higher returns ==> more risk.
If someone tells you something about high returns with low risk, that's a red flag right there. If it weren't the case, more people would doing it.
If you are young, you should really not worry as much about taking slightly more risk. Even if you lose, you have many more years to make up for it. If you put things all too conservatively, imho, you'll have a bigger risk of being eaten alive by inflation. (Taking slightly more risk doesn't mean being completely foolish and betting the house on one fund).
I have a book to recommend you read. It's called the Four Pillars of Investment by William J Bernstein. It's for most people (including average joe me). Others more savy might have other recommendations.
CoronitaParticipantcashflow,
No I don't know any trusted German car mechanic in San Diego. That is my problem exactly. I service my own german car, and take my wife's car (japanese) to a cheap mechanic.
There was this OT: thread http://piggington.com/ot_can_anyone_recommend_a_audi_vw_mechanic_specialist_except_the
but I haven't followed up.
If you don't care about finding a german car specialist, you try Gwin off of miramar. Cheap chinese/vietnamese place that can do routine stuff.
8448 Miracrest Pl # A, San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: (858) 457-2008 CoronitaParticipantcashflow,
No I don't know any trusted German car mechanic in San Diego. That is my problem exactly. I service my own german car, and take my wife's car (japanese) to a cheap mechanic.
There was this OT: thread http://piggington.com/ot_can_anyone_recommend_a_audi_vw_mechanic_specialist_except_the
but I haven't followed up.
If you don't care about finding a german car specialist, you try Gwin off of miramar. Cheap chinese/vietnamese place that can do routine stuff.
8448 Miracrest Pl # A, San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: (858) 457-2008 CoronitaParticipantcashflow,
No I don't know any trusted German car mechanic in San Diego. That is my problem exactly. I service my own german car, and take my wife's car (japanese) to a cheap mechanic.
There was this OT: thread http://piggington.com/ot_can_anyone_recommend_a_audi_vw_mechanic_specialist_except_the
but I haven't followed up.
If you don't care about finding a german car specialist, you try Gwin off of miramar. Cheap chinese/vietnamese place that can do routine stuff.
8448 Miracrest Pl # A, San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: (858) 457-2008 CoronitaParticipantcashflow,
No I don't know any trusted German car mechanic in San Diego. That is my problem exactly. I service my own german car, and take my wife's car (japanese) to a cheap mechanic.
There was this OT: thread http://piggington.com/ot_can_anyone_recommend_a_audi_vw_mechanic_specialist_except_the
but I haven't followed up.
If you don't care about finding a german car specialist, you try Gwin off of miramar. Cheap chinese/vietnamese place that can do routine stuff.
8448 Miracrest Pl # A, San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: (858) 457-2008 CoronitaParticipantcashflow,
No I don't know any trusted German car mechanic in San Diego. That is my problem exactly. I service my own german car, and take my wife's car (japanese) to a cheap mechanic.
There was this OT: thread http://piggington.com/ot_can_anyone_recommend_a_audi_vw_mechanic_specialist_except_the
but I haven't followed up.
If you don't care about finding a german car specialist, you try Gwin off of miramar. Cheap chinese/vietnamese place that can do routine stuff.
8448 Miracrest Pl # A, San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: (858) 457-2008 CoronitaParticipantI wish Porsche parts were made in the U.S.
Uh, no you don't. Otherwise you would end up with crappy parts like oil filters made out of glued cardboards, like those fram filters, which btw are OEM filters on all american hondas/acura except the S2000.
BTW:you shouldn't have to pay an arm-leg for parts on a european car at the stealership. There are plenty of alternatives, and I haven't found routine maintenance stuff for german to be much more than say a honda. Parts are cheap. Labor is what is expensive (and frankly unimpressive in san diego). That's why I usually DIY it.
Here's a couple for places you could look.
1) EuroParts: http://europarts-sd.com/
They are actually in Rancho Bernardo: . Owner is an older gentleman. Really nice guy and very knowledgeable. I go to him whenever I can. Pretty good prices.
2) Pure Motorsports: http://purems.com/
They are in Temecula. Kinda far for me, but the prices are usually pretty good, and for awhile they did some free shipping. I also highly recommend them, especially if you want to get parts slightly above OEM grade.
3) German Auto Parts: (not local)
http://germanautoparts.com/: Decent prices, but shipping will bite for heavy stuff. But they can usually get you things that you can't find locally.
4) ECS Tuning: (not local).
Also good. Oh wait, sorry Audi/VW specialist only.
These places usually do sales toward the end of the year (like now). So I usually stock up on stuff for the full year.
There are a bunch more places I can think of too if you really need to get specialty stuff, but most of them are tuners (like if you want to do ECU upgrades, bigger turbos, suspension, etc). I've long stopped using stealers because I voided my warranty long ago by running a non-stock ECU, larger turbo, and an upgraded sports exhaust (no it's not one of those found on hondas that make the car sound like a sewing machine- it just removes some of the flow restrictions to allow the turbo to spool better, and the sound is virtually unchanged…I hate riceboys).
goapr.com
shop.achtuning.com
www.torque–factory.com (transmission upgrader. Highly recommended. BUT if you have a tiptronics transmission in a porsche, you should be shot, no offense).
CoronitaParticipantI wish Porsche parts were made in the U.S.
Uh, no you don't. Otherwise you would end up with crappy parts like oil filters made out of glued cardboards, like those fram filters, which btw are OEM filters on all american hondas/acura except the S2000.
BTW:you shouldn't have to pay an arm-leg for parts on a european car at the stealership. There are plenty of alternatives, and I haven't found routine maintenance stuff for german to be much more than say a honda. Parts are cheap. Labor is what is expensive (and frankly unimpressive in san diego). That's why I usually DIY it.
Here's a couple for places you could look.
1) EuroParts: http://europarts-sd.com/
They are actually in Rancho Bernardo: . Owner is an older gentleman. Really nice guy and very knowledgeable. I go to him whenever I can. Pretty good prices.
2) Pure Motorsports: http://purems.com/
They are in Temecula. Kinda far for me, but the prices are usually pretty good, and for awhile they did some free shipping. I also highly recommend them, especially if you want to get parts slightly above OEM grade.
3) German Auto Parts: (not local)
http://germanautoparts.com/: Decent prices, but shipping will bite for heavy stuff. But they can usually get you things that you can't find locally.
4) ECS Tuning: (not local).
Also good. Oh wait, sorry Audi/VW specialist only.
These places usually do sales toward the end of the year (like now). So I usually stock up on stuff for the full year.
There are a bunch more places I can think of too if you really need to get specialty stuff, but most of them are tuners (like if you want to do ECU upgrades, bigger turbos, suspension, etc). I've long stopped using stealers because I voided my warranty long ago by running a non-stock ECU, larger turbo, and an upgraded sports exhaust (no it's not one of those found on hondas that make the car sound like a sewing machine- it just removes some of the flow restrictions to allow the turbo to spool better, and the sound is virtually unchanged…I hate riceboys).
goapr.com
shop.achtuning.com
www.torque–factory.com (transmission upgrader. Highly recommended. BUT if you have a tiptronics transmission in a porsche, you should be shot, no offense).
CoronitaParticipantI wish Porsche parts were made in the U.S.
Uh, no you don't. Otherwise you would end up with crappy parts like oil filters made out of glued cardboards, like those fram filters, which btw are OEM filters on all american hondas/acura except the S2000.
BTW:you shouldn't have to pay an arm-leg for parts on a european car at the stealership. There are plenty of alternatives, and I haven't found routine maintenance stuff for german to be much more than say a honda. Parts are cheap. Labor is what is expensive (and frankly unimpressive in san diego). That's why I usually DIY it.
Here's a couple for places you could look.
1) EuroParts: http://europarts-sd.com/
They are actually in Rancho Bernardo: . Owner is an older gentleman. Really nice guy and very knowledgeable. I go to him whenever I can. Pretty good prices.
2) Pure Motorsports: http://purems.com/
They are in Temecula. Kinda far for me, but the prices are usually pretty good, and for awhile they did some free shipping. I also highly recommend them, especially if you want to get parts slightly above OEM grade.
3) German Auto Parts: (not local)
http://germanautoparts.com/: Decent prices, but shipping will bite for heavy stuff. But they can usually get you things that you can't find locally.
4) ECS Tuning: (not local).
Also good. Oh wait, sorry Audi/VW specialist only.
These places usually do sales toward the end of the year (like now). So I usually stock up on stuff for the full year.
There are a bunch more places I can think of too if you really need to get specialty stuff, but most of them are tuners (like if you want to do ECU upgrades, bigger turbos, suspension, etc). I've long stopped using stealers because I voided my warranty long ago by running a non-stock ECU, larger turbo, and an upgraded sports exhaust (no it's not one of those found on hondas that make the car sound like a sewing machine- it just removes some of the flow restrictions to allow the turbo to spool better, and the sound is virtually unchanged…I hate riceboys).
goapr.com
shop.achtuning.com
www.torque–factory.com (transmission upgrader. Highly recommended. BUT if you have a tiptronics transmission in a porsche, you should be shot, no offense).
CoronitaParticipantI wish Porsche parts were made in the U.S.
Uh, no you don't. Otherwise you would end up with crappy parts like oil filters made out of glued cardboards, like those fram filters, which btw are OEM filters on all american hondas/acura except the S2000.
BTW:you shouldn't have to pay an arm-leg for parts on a european car at the stealership. There are plenty of alternatives, and I haven't found routine maintenance stuff for german to be much more than say a honda. Parts are cheap. Labor is what is expensive (and frankly unimpressive in san diego). That's why I usually DIY it.
Here's a couple for places you could look.
1) EuroParts: http://europarts-sd.com/
They are actually in Rancho Bernardo: . Owner is an older gentleman. Really nice guy and very knowledgeable. I go to him whenever I can. Pretty good prices.
2) Pure Motorsports: http://purems.com/
They are in Temecula. Kinda far for me, but the prices are usually pretty good, and for awhile they did some free shipping. I also highly recommend them, especially if you want to get parts slightly above OEM grade.
3) German Auto Parts: (not local)
http://germanautoparts.com/: Decent prices, but shipping will bite for heavy stuff. But they can usually get you things that you can't find locally.
4) ECS Tuning: (not local).
Also good. Oh wait, sorry Audi/VW specialist only.
These places usually do sales toward the end of the year (like now). So I usually stock up on stuff for the full year.
There are a bunch more places I can think of too if you really need to get specialty stuff, but most of them are tuners (like if you want to do ECU upgrades, bigger turbos, suspension, etc). I've long stopped using stealers because I voided my warranty long ago by running a non-stock ECU, larger turbo, and an upgraded sports exhaust (no it's not one of those found on hondas that make the car sound like a sewing machine- it just removes some of the flow restrictions to allow the turbo to spool better, and the sound is virtually unchanged…I hate riceboys).
goapr.com
shop.achtuning.com
www.torque–factory.com (transmission upgrader. Highly recommended. BUT if you have a tiptronics transmission in a porsche, you should be shot, no offense).
CoronitaParticipantI wish Porsche parts were made in the U.S.
Uh, no you don't. Otherwise you would end up with crappy parts like oil filters made out of glued cardboards, like those fram filters, which btw are OEM filters on all american hondas/acura except the S2000.
BTW:you shouldn't have to pay an arm-leg for parts on a european car at the stealership. There are plenty of alternatives, and I haven't found routine maintenance stuff for german to be much more than say a honda. Parts are cheap. Labor is what is expensive (and frankly unimpressive in san diego). That's why I usually DIY it.
Here's a couple for places you could look.
1) EuroParts: http://europarts-sd.com/
They are actually in Rancho Bernardo: . Owner is an older gentleman. Really nice guy and very knowledgeable. I go to him whenever I can. Pretty good prices.
2) Pure Motorsports: http://purems.com/
They are in Temecula. Kinda far for me, but the prices are usually pretty good, and for awhile they did some free shipping. I also highly recommend them, especially if you want to get parts slightly above OEM grade.
3) German Auto Parts: (not local)
http://germanautoparts.com/: Decent prices, but shipping will bite for heavy stuff. But they can usually get you things that you can't find locally.
4) ECS Tuning: (not local).
Also good. Oh wait, sorry Audi/VW specialist only.
These places usually do sales toward the end of the year (like now). So I usually stock up on stuff for the full year.
There are a bunch more places I can think of too if you really need to get specialty stuff, but most of them are tuners (like if you want to do ECU upgrades, bigger turbos, suspension, etc). I've long stopped using stealers because I voided my warranty long ago by running a non-stock ECU, larger turbo, and an upgraded sports exhaust (no it's not one of those found on hondas that make the car sound like a sewing machine- it just removes some of the flow restrictions to allow the turbo to spool better, and the sound is virtually unchanged…I hate riceboys).
goapr.com
shop.achtuning.com
www.torque–factory.com (transmission upgrader. Highly recommended. BUT if you have a tiptronics transmission in a porsche, you should be shot, no offense).
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