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I know, right? Kids, so no motorcycle for me, so I got a 4-wheeled motorcycle instead.
It's not for everyone for sure, but once an enthusiast feels how this car moves, it's hard to go back to a 3,000+ lb car, regardless of how fast it is. Fastest isn't the funnest to everyone. |
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The Exige, while badass, is a bit of a one trick pony and certainly not a dual purpose car. It's a barely legal race car for the street.
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I bought an e36 M3 in my 20s (in the 90s) around AUD$100k from memory. Repayments were more than my rent. You only live once. Things somehow sort themselves out in the long term. Many fond memories. I do have an irrational love of cars though.
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Like you, I’m not the audience. A lot of men wear beige trousers though. The Venn diagram would be interesting. |
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Watch this video. It is weirdly related to the thread. Just came into my feed. His repayments were 1400 pounds a month and his salary was 2000 pounds a month when he got it.
See. Everything sorts itself out in the end. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WL4SPv-msKw |
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There is much to love beyond the driving too, the chink of the door closing, the sound of the air-cooled six, the distinctly German interior, it's just that none of it, and I mean NONE of it does anything for me. I'm 53, so you'd think the 50's/60's cars do it for me, but they don't. I was coming of age in the 80's, and it was the zippy little Japanese cars that did it for me, and still do. The RX-7, MR-2, Starion, 280Z, etc, that's what we could afford (used), and they just feel right to me, and the 911 feels all wrong. |
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This thread resonates with me; although I'm an older pensioner, I've still spent an inordinate amount of money on my cars. I *think* at age 77 I am done, though, and will continue to drive what I've got.
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I want to add one more bit of fuel to the fire of this thread. Something I've found to be true later in life.
When I was a young man I assumed that the things I wanted then would be things I would always want. No one told me this, it was just an assumption, a human assumption that the vast majority of us make. But that's not how life works. Yes, it's true, some things you want as a young person you'll still desire when you're older, but the invisible truth for most people is that many things they desire when they are younger they will NO LONGER WANT when they are older. So once you figure this out you'll stop thinking there is so much time to do or say or feel this or that, because there really isn't. You must try to get the things that you want, the things that will make you happy NOW, or you'll miss the opportunity for them to ever make you happy because at some point they will not mean to you what they mean to you NOW. I recently made a similar post in the "you know you're old when" thread. Yes, you're old when you can no longer do the things that young people can do, but you're also old when you NO LONGER WANT TO. The hidden truth of this thread, to me, is a reminder to get what you want while you still want it, because it may not always be so, and that's a missed opportunity at a happiness you can't define. But having said that, you also have to dial it back and be smart as well, you can't just blindly get everything you want now and sacrifice your future (like much of the new generation is doing). So you must choose, and that comes down to the individual and how they feel about the things they want. It's not an answer you can get from someone else's self, it can only come from your self. Choose wisely. |
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Young people have a superpower that few take advantage of and that is the power of compounding. Every $1 wisely invested at 25 is worth around $2 at 35, $4 at 45, $8 at 55, $16 at 65.
Would you rather have a mid-range bmw now, or a m3 in 10 years, a porsche in 20 years, or a lambo in 30 years? |
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Having owned 6 cars from brand new, I've seen all of them come to me "factory perfect" and then watch them get rock chips, dings, and rattles, and I come to dislike them usually after about 2 years into ownership. It's gotten to the point where I want to finish my current lease, pay out the car and then either keep it long term or find something else, used. I have become so critical and anal about new cars and finding their flaws that I just can't appreciate them and enjoy them fully for what they are. Having said the above, the obvious best scenario for me would be to buy a track car, and a DD as well, both of which are paid off. At this stage of my life, I think that's what I would be happiest with. Hopefully in the next 3 years I can make it happen. Stage 1 is keep saving bit by bit so hopefully I can drop the cash against the residual on my lease at end of term and get away from payments. All things are relative to the time. I say pursue what makes you happy at the time. Spend smart, but don't necessarily be cheap. You hear stories of marathon runners dying of a heart attack in their 30's, and you'd think they'd be in peak health. Nothing is guaranteed, and you can't spend when you're gone. Set your goals, make sure you keep to them, and enjoy the rest. I'm overleveraged with my car payment making up 22% of my net income which professionals would say is way too much, but we don't have children, I'm putting away 12% per month for retirement into RRSPs, saving here and there, may end up seeing inheritance, and should have our house paid off when I'm 51. I'll probably work until 65 because I don't know what I will do with myself having no work to do. As long as you have a plan in place that works long term, don't cheap out today hoping that you can enjoy tomorrow. |
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Just for perspective, women are far more expensive than cars.
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Long story short, Porsches are crazy expensive to maintain (especially out of warranty ones) if you can't do the work yourself. Luckily they are easy to work for a DYIer on minus any major engine work or a PDK repair. In that case, you're often looking at a five figure repair. With that said, I'm keeping my Cayman forever. If the engine blows, I'll have a 400hp 3.8 built ($25K) and it will be an absolute monster for less than the cost of a current gen base model Cayman and with GT4 levels of acceleration. These cars are just so damn good, even with a paltry 265hp.
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After we all go out tonight, lets head back to my house, I mean parents house, we'll need to be really quite and hopefully mom isn't laying on the couch in her pajamas.
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LOL. Well yeah I get it. I'm older and married now so it wouldn't work - but I was still finding a way when I was there. And free food is not overrated.
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