Geez, every time anyone see's my car, the first question I am asked is if I am having a midlife crisis. I am middle-aged but have had sportcars since 1979.
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03-10-2011, 08:05 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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It's Not a Midlife Crisis
Geez, every time anyone see's my car, the first question I am asked is if I am having a midlife crisis. I am middle-aged but have had sportcars since 1979. I have had 5 Rx7s before the 370Z and have had a sportscar continuosly all those years so this is not a new course for me. I start to tell them a mid-life crisis means a man turns 40, buys a red Porsche, ditches his wife, and runs off with a 25 year old blonde with big boobs. I must confess the Porsche would interest me but after being married twice, you keep the blonde. I want the car. Since the Porsche is out of my pay grade, I'll take the Z. As I begin to explain this, I ask myself, why do people think that (the whole mid-life crisis thing) and why am I defending what is not true? I have come to the conclusion that they are actually projecting their desire or dream on others. Anyone else run into this?
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03-10-2011, 08:21 AM | #4 (permalink) |
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I get the same thing. I have owned and been driving sports cars (mostly Z's) -- almost exclusively -- since 1976. You turn 50, have a 370 and a trophy wife (which I do) and everyone thinks you are in midlife crisis. I think I had mine when I was 35 anyway when I realized that, like dogs, we all die someday.
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03-10-2011, 08:28 AM | #5 (permalink) |
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Mid LIfe
Yep, its been told for me by my nutty menapausal live in friend. She always adds the 20 yr old woman into the conversations. I just say its an added benefit. Ticks her off. Im in great shape, a weightlifter all my life, no gray and have longer hair, financially set and own a black Z. Yeah, i guess shes right and i aint changing a thing.
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03-10-2011, 08:26 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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I tell people I bought the Z after my mid-life crisis, and that all the wisdom I gained during it helped me make the decision!
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03-10-2011, 08:31 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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03-10-2011, 08:42 AM | #10 (permalink) |
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People call it a mid-life crisis out of jealousy. The reality is that most people can only afford the noticeable 'toys' when they've reached mid-life. I mean, $hit...if I had a million bucks when I was 16, I'd have owned a Ferrari then.
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03-10-2011, 09:14 AM | #11 (permalink) |
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I just tell them I had a crisis of running out of hookers and blow because they got tired of my old car... So I needed something sleek and new, and the 370 was just that. So I'm back in the H&B business again.
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Leave it to Shado to drag out a Video I last saw over half a lifetime ago... Midlife has sure lasted a long time.. I have not had a car with more than two seats since 1987. Not going to start now.
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The Truth of the matter
I saw a guy in a brand new Corvette. Although I'm pass the age of "mid-life" 35-45 as defined herein, I am not 60 or 65 as the grinning man appeared to be. For some of us, it takes us that long until the kids are gone and we can afford such a car. I bought my first sportscar, a red Rx7 in 1979, a year out of college. Again, I am convinced that people are simply projecting their own predilection onto others. I don't let it bother me. I just tell them "Are you okay? You're looking kind of tired these days."
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