Am I going crazy?

[Mike_Yi]

Originally Posted by shaman1204

On a side note, a friend just told me the other day that a mutual friend sold his Nissan Z and Ford F150 to buy one car. I asked what he got and my friend asked "what car do you think of when I say midlife crisis?" I nailed it with the Vette. But I guess the same could be said for any sports car. BTW, the guy's 32.

I guy I used to work with saw my Firehawk and said, "I should get a midlife crisis car." I thought, "I'm not having a midlife crisis. I just never grew up."

[renzop]

I think the Vette is a very good car. Especailly when you factor in value. But there are two things that stop me from considering one:

1) Excess power is not important to me. I had an Evo 8 and after a few weeks the joy of full throttle acceleration lost its appeal. The vette is more of the same. I amperfectly satisfied with my 245 bhp Boxster. I much prefer precision handling to all out acceleration. Granted the vette has high cornering limits but not the same kind of placement control as the Boxster.

2) I don't like to be thought of as a Vette kinda guy. Several women I know have the same reaction when they see a guy driving a vette: "Sorry about the small p@n!s"

[Hops]

I'll echo this last post... The last thing I want is more power. I have a 987S, and a friend has the original year 986. His car feels underpowered in certain places, say coming out of a tight turn going up a grade. However, I enjoy driving his car because you can use all the power and wind it out even in street driving.

Im my car I can only get on it for a few seconds before doing excessively over the posted limits (say 30+ over). So, I am constantly having to hold back. I can only imagine how much worse that would be in a Vette or a Viper.

Obviously, I am talking about street driving. If you spend a lot of time on Autocross or Track, you would at least have an outlet for all that power.

[Brucelee]

I have been in a mid-life crisis for about 35 years. What does that mean?

[dmcutter]

I think what it means is that for most of us, we couldn't afford that type of car until we hit this point in our lives. Heck, I've been going at excessive speeds on bikes for 20 some years, because they're cheap speed. I think refined tastes come later in life.