cardude
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- Feb 21, 2006
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It's getting old telling people I retired from the car business because they automatically think I went broke and had to get out. My business was getting progressively worse each year for the past few years and I could never find a buyer the factory would approve, but during the good years I saved most of what we made and invested it OUT of our business instead of plowing it back into the business lilke most owners do. GM and Chrysler were constantly trying to make us invest in new facilities and spend crazy money on all sorts of stupid stuff, but I always refused to do it and used profits to fund our retirement portfolio. In the back of my mind I always thought these little dealerships like I had would be hard to sell, so I didn't want to invest anymore money into in than I absolutely had to. So, when I didn't want to deal with it anymore I just shut the thing down and walked away.
That's a long story to have to tell people why I retired from the car business at 44.
I haven't figured out what else to tell people when I get the "what do yo do?" question so I don't have to go into all that detail. I think I might just start telling people I'm a self imployed money manager, or maybe a hedge fund manager (all my funds of course!).
That's a long story to have to tell people why I retired from the car business at 44.
I haven't figured out what else to tell people when I get the "what do yo do?" question so I don't have to go into all that detail. I think I might just start telling people I'm a self imployed money manager, or maybe a hedge fund manager (all my funds of course!).