Originally Posted by extrashaky (Post 2933302)

No.

I didn't read the rest of this thread, so this has probably been addressed, but...



Throw that term away. It's a stupid phrase coined by sexist women, envious young people with no money and covetous losers who have managed to trap themselves in lives they hate, all of whom think they know better how to spend your money than you do. It's none of their business, and you don't have to make any apologies to them by adopting their silly insult.

There's no "crisis." Those of us who buy sports cars in our 40s, 50s and 60s aren't panicking over lost youth. We never lost it. We have just reached the point where we can afford (both monetarily and otherwise) to do what we want, and we deserve to be able to use the fruits of our labor how we see fit without some judgmental fool slapping a label on us in an attempt to make us feel guilty about it.

/rant/

Originally Posted by TrackRider54 (Post 2932889)

What that car did was teach me the old Mr. Miyagi trick......"Balance Daniel San!". I had to learn to carry corner speed. To feel the car. To anticipate when the tires were going to let go (only put it in the ditch once). I had to have a big enough lead on my buddies coming out of the corner to keep them from easily passing me on the straight. For the most part, I was successful (damn rich friend that had a Corvette spanked me all the time).

Originally Posted by Ron B Avery (Post 2933347)

I will be 60 next month (there I said it out loud). I have had more cars than I can count. Last December I sold my DD (2015 5.0 GT Mustang, stick ,Performance pac, Recaro's, Ect. Ordered new) I bought my 2017 86 about 2 months ago, Out the door for well under $30,000. I have made a few mods has you can see below.
I am thinking about a Jackson Racing Super Charger next. This is a great DD, as is. I have some other cars as well. But this is the one I drive the most. Life is short. If you can afford it, go for it!
Ron

Originally Posted by shiumai (Post 2933311)

I finally gave up motorcycles after 20+ years of riding and half a dozen crashes which included a broken ankle, fractured wrist, 3 fractured vertebrae, 6 fractured ribs, 2 concussions, partially collapsed lung, torn rotator cuff and other soft tissue injuries. Folk see middle-aged guys going out an buying motorcycles and call that a 'mid-life crisis'. To me, giving up riding was a mid-life crisis. I just couldn't put my wife and kid through that kind of emotional trauma again, and consider myself lucky I'm still able to rock-climb 3 times a week (indoor gym). After the last crash, there was 6 months when I wasn't sure whether I'd ever be able to rock climb again (due to my shoulder), and that was a real crisis for me.

Folk refer to middle-aged guys buying sports cars and motorcycles as 'mid-life crisis', but I've never really understood that. To me, a real mid-life crisis is not being able to do that because you've been laid off, can't make mortgage payments, can't afford college for the kids, or don't have retirement savings etc. Being able to afford something you enjoy after you've put years of hard work into 'practical' expenditures is a celebration; not a crisis.

The couple of times someone saw my car and said 'mid life crisis, eh?', my response was along the lines of 'Nah, it's a mid-life celebration. It'd be a crisis if I couldn't afford to buy something I want instead of need. I've put my time in; I deserve it." :D

Originally Posted by extrashaky (Post 2933302)

There's no "crisis." Those of us who buy sports cars in our 40s, 50s and 60s aren't panicking over lost youth. We never lost it. We have just reached the point where we can afford (both monetarily and otherwise) to do what we want, and we deserve to be able to use the fruits of our labor how we see fit without some judgmental fool slapping a label on us in an attempt to make us feel guilty about it.