A good thought Bill. I am discovering some of these things as I go along here in my first few months. We have a fantastic private track south of town that I have really wanted to check out. I know the PCA here does some stuff there. Problem with the wife would be first just getting her INTO the car...which has presented a hurdle such that I don't quite understand. My unilateral decision making process certainly has something to do with that fact I am thinking.
It would have been so much easier to just trade for something else and be done with it, but the longer I have spent behind the wheel, the less likely I have found myself to do that.
Here's all of the arguments and counters so far....
"it's a bad winter car"...actually it's been a great cold weather car so far
"it's expensive to own"....actually it seems like it will be less than or equal to my last car
"insurance will kill you"...actually it's 20% less than what I was paying
"you can't even work on it"...actually it's really well engineered for that
"you don't need a race car"....it's NOT a race car!!
"there's only 2 seats"...but tons of storage space and lots of leg room and I don't have kids
"it's expensive"....it's less than a poor quality compact car
"the depreciation will kill you"....however it works out, it will cost me less in depreciation than my last 3 cars have.
"you have to use premium gas"....it gets great mileage
"tire cost alone will kill you"....they are likely to be replaced in pairs, and I don't drive much
the list goes on.
M.
Hybrid Mode
