Unpopular opinion. I'm so frustrated I hate car shows/cruises.

moparmat2000 said

I cant bother w car shows. Hell I have not even worked on either barracuda in over 2 years. I'm just kinda mentally baked with life and everything else. ******* around with welding thin gage sheetmetal in this current mental state wouldent end with a good result anyways. I have went to a few shows thinking it would get me to renew my interest in this stuff, but it has the opposite effect. Maybe I need to switch to a different hobby, or just no hobby. Just burnt out w the car shows, and fixing cars.

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i have a friend that was where it seems like you currently are. he'd been in it forever, done a couple of cars that he'd sold. had one really nice B body, had a dart that was in pieces and had been for ages, just no motivation to finish. had another that was complete but massive project. the corresponding garage+ full of parts and detritus of 30 years of mopardom.

after years of flim-flamming about (aka me busting his balls), he sold the B body. i helped him put back together the exploded view dart in trade for the project dart and some parts. the rest of the stuff he sold off.

he bought a small travel trailer and took up camping as more of his focus hobby. i snapped the dart together as just a rough around the edges street bomber. about a year later he came back into the fold after i loaned him the beater dart for the weekend. about two years later he bought another, nicer dart to start a restoration on so now he's plugging away on that and has the beater dart to pound around in.

it's all a cycle man. sometimes you just need a break. go buy a cheap *** motorcycle and fix it up and get your mechanical mojo back. ****, go buy a chevy or ford where the parts are plentiful and dirt cheap. pound on that mess for awhile and realize you don't want to associate with them types.

it's okay to take breaks. the hobby and the community will still be here when you get back. and they'll all still be talking about how they all had a hemi such and such or how their 318 wheeze bag was faster than a 383 road runner.