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Originally Posted by JARE_ee
Hello everyone
I recently sold my automatic fr-s which i had since i was 22 years old. I found a buyer that was really interested in my car including mods. I was shopping around for other cars but I can't help but come back to this car. I am now in the process of buying a series blue brz.
I am 26 years old. I am getting a lot of push back from family and friends on this purchase because it is not practical, two seater (pretty much) , rear wheel (bad in the snow), and not professional. This would be my first manual car, and something i always wanted to learn. I will be buying this car regardless, but the push back and reasons i am getting aren't necessarily untruthful.
A lot of the criticism are:
"You are getting too old, you should be looking for something more practical."
"This car doesn't look professional.. you will look like still a young kid with a tuner car"
"You will regret it driving a manual car in the city"
"You won't survive in the winter"
"Why are you getting the same car, didnt you learn your lesson?"
I am sure there are many owners on this forum who can block this out because at the end of the day they know what they really want. But I would like to know what kind of criticism you had to deal with to purchase this car, a long with how to cope with these. Many of my friends are moving on and getting SUV, or like luxury sedans, and they think i am still silly going for these cars, and modding. I dont feel really old, but I don't think i am living in the past either. I feel like i can still drive this car up until my first child, which can be quite a while a way.
What are your thoughts owners? Did you get any criticism? I hate it when other try to push upon their right way of living onto you.
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While they might not even be aware of it on a conscious level, these are people who have abandoned their dreams in life for some perceived notion of growing up and fitting in. A good example of this is that once one person in a peer group gets married, then has kids, the rest of the peer group tends to succumb quickly. Ditto with the divorces.
Your best path is to pity and ignore these creatures.
MG Midget>MGA>MG Midget>MGB>MIATA>FRS and a steady diet of redheads to fill the passenger seats.
Screw growing up, you will be dead soon enough.
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Daughter grew up in the front seat of a Miata. I was told that I could not put a car seat in a Miata. We have great memories.