I did a study on this issue. I found that much of the hype on these bags selling for more than their new price tend to have 1 thing in common. The previous owner was a well known celebrity. Anyone else's bag? You can ask but most likely you would not receive.

Cars? Well it depends on what type of cars.

Definitely agree with you. My wife is already 59 (same age as me) and act like a young kid when it comes to handbags!! On other things she is quite sensible when using money but when it comes to handbags, she goes crazy.

In Sydney there are a lot of people involved in restoring old cars - in my area i see a lot of people doing it in their backyards. I don't know much about car restorations so i can't comment much. I see an old Rolls Royce Silver Spirit (probably around 1984) in someone's backyard near my place but that guy has not done anything yet (been sitting there for about 15 mths).

Everyone has their vices I suppose? Sometimes these vices are how people motivate themselves or use it as a means to treat themselves.

Many people are indeed getting into this hobby these days. That 1980s Rolls for example is a good point of entry because these cars are worth very little on the open market. If it is a Silver Spirit in UK you could pick one up for under 500 quid and most likely roadworthy condition though in a tired state. There is someone in Bangsar that offered me to take away a 1982 Silver Spur that had not been driven for 20 odd years. I of course gave him the wide berth. Probably cost upwards of 200 times what it is worth to put right.

Most likely that guy person near your place is sourcing for some of the major parts and trying to do so on the cheap.

Yes - you are probably right. I don't see that car being driven at all but the car looks very cool!!

Over here in Sydney, there are quite a lot of cool cars. Due to the pandemic and having to stay at home a lot more, i have been looking at car reviews (which i don't normally do) of Porches and Maserati. There are a few things that i haven't done since my younger days and looking at car reviews is one of them but lately with the pandemic, i have been spending a lot of time on my laptop. Covid has changed quite a lot of things in my life (having to stay home more) - luckily financially i have come out quite well off (due to the payout). I see a lot of poor souls struggling financially nowadays and there are so many street beggars in the city nowadays!! Very sad.

RRs are not easy cars to maintain and operate unless you have deep pockets. Older ones are not the easiest to repair unless you are mechanically minded and it requires a certain craftsman mechanic to work on it if you want to keep it in pristine original condition.

Yes Covid changed a lot of things in our life. Many of us need to wake up to new realities. Myself, my family has 2 operational petrol stations that I am the main PIC. The reality of it is people are struggling. I have close family that are struggling, some asks for lifelines but not all can be helped or rather I feel most of them do not deserve any help as many asks for jobs and when you give them a job they start taking the piss.

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Yes - i didn't realise family members are a big burden in Msia. Only found out in the last couple of years.

I have 3 siblings in Sydney (aged 65, 73 and one deceased) and all are doing okay (one is on the aged pension while the other is quite wealthy).

I have 4 siblings in KL and they seem to be all struggling (though they are all 70+). I give them a little (like a few hundred ringgit once every few weeks) and they all look to me like hungry chicks. They were all financially quite okay 10-15 years ago. Two of them have children but never dare ask their children for money - probably feel malu (or maybe feel siblings are better to rip off). Two of them are on their own.

Helping close family seems to be a way of life in Msia - might have to polish my skills to say no when relatives ask for money in future when i retire in KL .

You do have a fair few siblings.

I have 3 younger sisters myself, the elder one together with her husband and 2 kids are now living in our parents' house. The 2nd is the one that tries but never makes it. The youngest is the spoiled brat and no idea why even the husband can be a spoiled brat.

I have got to that point where if you want me to help you need to show how you have helped yourself first and especially what you have cut back on, otherwise you are on your own as it really becomes a money pit.

My deceased mum left me quite a lot of inheritance and told me my only obligation is to help my 71 y.o. sister who is unmarried.

I try to help others wherever possible as I have quite a generous personality.

Looks like a 18' X 65' or 20' X 70' type house layout.

I wonder if my aunt knows your sister.

My late grandma prior to her passing passed on around 70% of the family wealth to me and told me to take care of the 4 aunts as the eldest who is 71 and a widow without a kid, the 2nd now a widow lost the only kid and husband to leukaemia, while the younger 2 never married. Thing is all 4 of them have more than they know what to do with their money as the eldest her deceased husband left her land and a quarry, the 2nd is a retired headmistress, the 3rd was a deputy public prosecutor and the youngest used to be a diplomatic officer. All have sizeable monthly income or pensions that they do not want any help.

Myself and generous? My mum used to say am worst than a chetty. I guess am not the type that likes to help people that much when I know they have not helped themselves first.

-double.

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true lol , so many rumah kos rendah owner upcar to 2 storeh

Wow. Your aunts are all quite well to do.

My sister never goes out of the house except to get food and never socialise with neighbours - i am the one who goes around chatting with all my neighbours (when i am back in Bangsar on holidays). I love to socialise esp during morning walks, i tend to chat with other people. The only thing is previously i was only back in KL for about 6-8 weeks (2-3 times a year) so the time spent in KL wasn't enough to really know people.

You were mentioning that you restore cars - where do you keep all your cars that you are restoring? Do you have a special place for keeping the cars?

Cars that are undergoing restoration? Depends on what stage they are at and how major a restoration.

The MGB for example, the car was stripped to the bare shell at my late grandma's house which has an underground 5 car car garage. The body shell was then placed on a flat bed and sent to Thailand where it was acid washed, underwent its usual welding and rustproofing before it was painted as a ready to reassemble shell.

The engine and gearbox, I brought in rebuild kits from England and did it at that garage. The car was reassembled at the same garage and the interior retrim was done by someone that flew in from England, only had to redo the seats, dashboards and door cards as the wood was still in good condition.

That car ever since it was finished is always parked at that house under the main foyer.

Other cars? Currently that 5 car garage is used to store cars that are being preserved in its original form as 2 years ago I updated that garage to have a wood floor and climate control.

The ones that are being restored I now do it at a light industrial shop as unlike the MGB that was done primarily by hand tools only these days I tend to rely more on powered tools.

Shit! You must know your cars very well.

I can't imagine myself doing all that at my age. Kudos to you

Older cars are not difficult to work with as have to remember these were mostly cars that were made by men rather than machines.

Also they were designed to be repaired therefore it is fairly easy to learn how to restore them if you are somewhat mechanically inclined.

I always say if you can unhook a bra you could fix a car.

Good to know you are in the car restoration business - if in future, there may be people looking for contacts in a new import/export car restoration project, i will know who to contact

Is impossible as DBKL wouldn't allow anything more than 3 stories..You can build but will never get approval or CCC

FYI, local authorities will request the architect of the owner to submit a dilap report prior to start work..
1. For damages: Owner has to repair
2. Noise: Permissible working hour is usually up to 6pm..Monday to Sat. Noise in any case is unavoidable even for small reno. However if is really disturbing for wtv reason u can first take it to the owner and then to the local authorities..Some council even request for certain piling methods (example micropile which will reduce the noise considerabily but is expensive)

Whether is money well spent for the owner is a diff story..can elaborate on it later