Blog post #1

At a very young age one of my first memories as a young boy was going with my mother, father, and twin brother to pick up a vehicle that my parents had purchased.  I don’t know where we went, but I remember being together in a car for what seemed like forever. Although I was restless, I liked it at the same time. These trips became more and more frequent to me and were like a new adventure. I was so fascinated with the new big shiny truck my parents bought, or the new loud motorcycle that dad bought to ride. I also remember my dad always asking me where we were, which also led to a great sense of direction.

My parents own a used car lot and are always buying and selling new vehicles that have caught my eye since I can recall. Buying and selling is in my blood, it’s who I am. As I grew up and learned the tricks of the trade on vehicles, it made me want to be part of the business. But since I couldn’t actually own a business, it became my hobby. At age fifteen I had already owned, bought, and sold over twenty vehicles.  I like to throw this fact in here because I couldn’t even legally drive any of these. I did this with all of my own money that I earned working on a farm since age 12 and saved enough money to buy a very cheap car at the auction. From that car I worked my way up and now own a 2011 Chevy Camaro SS. I learned to constantly buy and sell, making a couple hundred dollars here and there. Even though there were times I wanted to hold on to a nice vehicle, it was more beneficial to get rid of it to keep working my way on to bigger and better.

This to me isn’t considered a job or just a way to make money. This is a hobby of mine that can be very rewarding unlike other hobbies that only cost money and don’t pay off. I go to the Flint Auto auction every Wednesday and bid against hundreds of people on thousands of vehicles. Sometimes I win and sometimes I lose. I also have started buying and selling dirt bikes, snowmobiles, trucks, cars, four wheelers, and basically anything I can get into on Facebook pages. The benefit of this is that people will trade for things, unlike at the auction where you have to straight up buy it. I can go to the auction and get vehicles and trade them for other things I am interested in owning for a little bit.

The biggest benefit of buying and selling vehicles is that I am always driving new things and once I get sick of it, I sell it. I am glad I was born into this lifestyle because it’s not really something that anyone can do. I wouldn’t trade those long car rides as a child for anything.