That is a gorgeous car, brother!!
Talk Me Out of This
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Mine too, except that you forgot to include the final critical step:
Throw all that bullshit thinking out and go with what you know is right for you.
Had I followed those steps without the final critical one I'd have wound up going for the security and the money, maybe ending up as a surgeon, lawyer, politician, drug lord, or other popular occupation. Nope. 50 years as a working artist, a largely socially despised career choice, doing the social and financial high wire act. Wouldn't change that for anything.
Things provide pleasures, not happiness. Happiness is an inside job.
Poll after poll shows that between 80 and 90% of the population hates their job. That's a lot of lifespan spent doing something one hates just to survive, let alone "prosper". And they spend day after day, year after year, kidding themselves that it's all just fine and that they're content. No wonder things are so fucked up. But there may be change happening as people are reconsidering their lives, getting wise to themselves, and quitting their jobs in record numbers.
All of which is to say, if you really want that stupid hot rod, get the damned thing and enjoy the hell out of it. And if you don't, it's really because you didn't want it as much as you thought you did, and that's fine too. Some other bliss will eventually come along.
Hey if that works for you it's all good. That BS way of thinking is the reason that when I sold my landscaping business I sold it for four times what I had invested into it and when I had to sell my Camaro I sold it for almost double what I had into it. If it wasn't for those simple guidelines I follow I would definitely be homeless right now LOL
Do it! Back during the VW diesel debacle a few years back, they offered a deal I couldn't refuse on a buyback for my diesel Passat. So, like you, I did some internet searching for a used car as a replacement and somehow ended up with a Mustang GT convertible that was a year newer with less miles for around the same price as the buyback offer on the VW. I love it and if I lived down south like you, instead of up here in MN, I'd be driving it 365 days a year.
It didn't take long to get over the concern of what people thought of my midlife crisis issue. It's a blast even with the top up but there's nothing like having the top down on nice autumn day. Don't know about the Ferrari but if you're on the fence about a convertible, I say get one. Especially a fast one.
The Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV Ferrari 308 GTS is also my dream car. If you can swing the maintenence, you should absolutely pull the trigger. Even if you only have it a year or two, you will have owned that car and driven the hell out of it.
Most of us here are at the age where the bucket list rule applies. This would definitely be a bucket lister.
Most of us here are at the age where the bucket list rule applies. This would definitely be a bucket lister.
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And I did pretty well in property investment, while working full time at art, with which I also did pretty well. Money is nice, but it really doesn't buy happiness. Some of the most miserable people I've met are extremely wealthy.
I agree. I actually know quite a few very wealthy people, and all but maybe one guy just seems miserable. And, that one guy has no technology in his life at all.
However, I do know quite a few very poor people who seem to be enjoying the shit out of life.
While, I will bump elbows with rich people all day long, when it comes to having fun, I'd much rather hang out with poor folks.
Oh definitely 100% I've done a ton of work for these people who have everything you could ask for and it's funny when your in their house they act like your almost invisible. The children cussing out the parents, the nagging wife who does nothing and makes her husband miserable, the overworked husband who's throwing money at anything and everything he can to try to have something he can pretend to enjoy. I've seen a lot.
I think the point I was just trying to get across is just make sure that " gotta have" next thing isn't going to get you in trouble or you lose your ass on it. I've "wheeled and dealed" for many years and it sucks when I get what I want only to find out that's not really what I wanted or needed. I bought it on impulse and have buyers remorse and if i try to sell it I take a 50% hit. Basically just gave my money away and now im stuck with a headache.
Me as well, one and done with a Forester. I had to pull the motor off the motor mount, to change the sparkplugs, and leaky valve cover gasket. But a piece of cake compared to a mid-engined Ferrari.
Ive mainly worked on American muscle cars so the first time I had to work on a 1991 Nissan 300zx it's was definitely a learning experience. The Subaru just pissed me off. It's like the engineers put a hidden camera in the engine bay and they are laughing their asses off watching you work on their death trap ?
If you do get the car, make sure you can swing a date for mrs. Cosmic with Mr.Selleck. ?
I know many very wealthy people that are happy in life. It's not the money that makes them happy. It's the sense of accomplishment, their family, their relationships that make them happy. Money is a pleasant footnote.
I know many very wealthy people who are not happy in life too, but I choose not to allow them in my personal life because as people they kinda suck.
.Stereo-typing any class, race, gender, etc. is simply manifesting our own individual ignorance. There's an ancient text with dubious origins called "Blind Men and an Elephant". It's a good parable and worth reading.
YMMV
Oh, and @That Guy , this wasn't directed at you. You just happen to be the last of several to comment on the subject
I don’t believe you. Give me a billion dollars and let me see for myself.I know many very wealthy people that are happy in life. It's not the money that makes them happy. It's the sense of accomplishment, their family, their relationships that make them happy. Money is a pleasant footnote.
I know many very wealthy people who are not happy in life too, but I choose not to allow them in my personal life because as people they kinda suck.
Stereo-typing any class, race, gender, etc. is simply manifesting our own individual ignorance. There's an ancient text with dubious origins called "Blind Men and an Elephant". It's a good parable and worth reading.
YMMV
Oh, and @That Guy , this wasn't directed at you. You just happen to be the last of several to comment on the subject
On the open road, the Valkyrie is quite capable, but if I am running to the store, the SYM is there and back before the 1.5 liter is even warmed up.
