Gardenlover
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Guess you can't take it with you, but where do you draw the line? (Edit: Not my car)
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Going through a mid-life crisis
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Robb.hisself
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The 'line' you are looking for is different from mine or anyone else's. Your line, like all others', is where you find it and are comfortable with that. I was happy with anything that kept me from having to use the public bus and wasn't a 'hey, look at me car'. I did not need the publicity.
Tish
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It's still cheaper in the long run to some young floozy.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
dilettante
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One of my kids is still single, approaching his 40th before he knows it. He's had good jobs, and he has a 2nd car not quite approaching that category. I worry a little but he's supporting himself and not in any kind of trouble. So I don't offer unsolicited advice.
Gardenlover
The world needs more love
My youngest son, mid thirties, is still single as well. I think this younger generation has a different mindset. He travels a bit and has close friends. Happy is as happy does.
PeppermintPatty
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I was going to say, so buy a new car but I see you already did. 
Gardenlover
The world needs more love
No. Although it would be nice to carefully drive it around the block.
Gardenlover
The world needs more love
My apologies - I reread the post and it sounds like I bought the car. It was meant to be more of a pondering on how people, a lot of times men, try to recapture their glory days.I was going to say, so buy a new car but I see you already did.
hearlady
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I wonder if it comes with a can opener.
Gardenlover
The world needs more love
My apologies - I reread the post and it sounds like I bought the car. It was meant to be more of a pondering on how people, a lot of times men, try to recapture their glory days.
rgp
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I'm thinking more along the line of a jar of Vaseline & a large shoehorn.
Lewkat
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If nothing's seriously wrong with it, use it forever. It looks great.
oldaunt
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I always wanted a red Ferrari, but couldn't work hard enough to afford one. So I settled for a 4wd GMC
PeppermintPatty
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No worries. It’s still a nice car and since it’s not yours, I shall hop in and drive awayMy apologies - I reread the post and it sounds like I bought the car. It was meant to be more of a pondering on how people, a lot of times men, try to recapture their glory days.
Brrrrrrruuuummmmmmm!
Brrrrrrrruuuuuuuuummmmmmm!
fuzzybuddy
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If it runs, and gets my butt down the road, I'm OK with that. I've never been a car nut. I've noticed that in October, when you see a guy in a little sporty convertible, he's old and bald. If it's a she, she's 'blond" and "tan" with skin that looks like leather. I drive a Hyundai, I'm old with thinning hair.
dilettante
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Yeah, I hear that. Even this is "sportier" than I was after, but these days they make more off SUVs so normal cars are getting thin on the ground.
Coming up on 6 years old now, but still getting 40 mpg. Not bad for a non-hybrid.
I did "customize" it: I replaced the orange side-lights with clear (with orange bulbs).
Coming up on 6 years old now, but still getting 40 mpg. Not bad for a non-hybrid.
I did "customize" it: I replaced the orange side-lights with clear (with orange bulbs).
Colleen
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I've always been a car person. I think it comes from my dad that worked at the Chevrolet plant in the town where I was raised and every October, we'd go to Detroit for the new car show. I could tell you every make and model back then but now everything looks the same.
My late husband and I owned a lot of cars/trucks over the years. Here's a few and the last one is the truck he leased 6 months before he died. Actually, the Corvair was like my very first car.
My late husband and I owned a lot of cars/trucks over the years. Here's a few and the last one is the truck he leased 6 months before he died. Actually, the Corvair was like my very first car.
oldaunt
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My very first car was a red Chevy 2 super sport convertible. My last actual car was a 78 Z28 Camero. Otherwise its all been one form of 4wd or another, presently a Jeep.