Honestly it's a combination of a few things.. in the craigslist ad I just put "wife can't drive stick" - which isn't the real reason, although, had she been able to drive it, she may be more into it. Fact is, she doesn't even have her license yet.
Didn't really want to spew my personal issues on craigslist, so i simplified it to that. But I feel like you guys are my FR-S brothers, so I can say it's a combination of things.
First off, her car is a $500 craigslist corollai bought for her to learn on so there's a bit of jealousy / bitchiness there, even though i did plan to purchase a new rav4 for her when she got her license. That's wife/husband bickering i won't bore you with.
Personally, we have a tonne of debt. I justified getting the car (to her and myself) because the monthly cost was a savings. We were driving a tundra.. and the fact is, insurance, payment and fuel on the FR-S is less than what we were paying for just fuel on the Tundra. So, in my mind.. we were saving money.
Fact is, the 18k of equity in the tundra, should have gone to paying our debts. Had i been putting our family and future as #1 (like a good husband, dad should), I should have done this from the start. You know how it is though, when a guy is putting 90% of his paycheque to debts, mortgage, daycare.. the craving to have something for yourself is strong. Just looking at the car gives me goosebumps.. makes me nervous like a first date. I love it.
And I'll love it again.. perhaps even more, when we've worked off our debt, and i can buy another one free and clear (and get it in the asphalt i always wanted).
And., as someone mentioned, appease the wife a bit more with the slap and tickle, before i do buy it!
