Might be getting rid of the Z.

peleincubus

About to get a Z. Didn't know that was going to give me boy racer status.

Mt Tam I am

OP:

All good reasons but it is always tough to hear when somebody must give up what they like.

Good luck.

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mults

I've also regretted getting rid of a car that I was very fond of, but as others have said, it's just a car. In the future when you get settled and have time and money to enjoy another "favorite car", it will be just as sweet.

I think that you "gotta do what you gotta do" at this particular time in your life. This shows maturity, and as we progress through life, there will be other obstacles that one must overcome and you can always look back on this incident to know that you did the right thing.

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Tazicon

Yeppers at 49 I a have the boy racer status as well.............no big deal.


OP do what you need to. I found that after just a few years my needs and wants in a car change. What I thought I could never get rid of will be gone and replaced with another car I "will never get rid of" This has been going on with me since 1978..............

JohnsZ

It doesn't have to! I can totally understand all of the OP's reasoning behind wanting to get rid of his Z. Other things like family and home should take priority over an expensive car. That's a mature decision! But when he got to the part about everyone wanting to race him and he was concerned that "honestly", he would feel the need to oblige, that's where I have to comment. I don't live too far from the OP so I know all too well that many young car owners out this way have a Need for Speed. Speaking as one of the "older statesman" Z owners here and maybe this is just an older "mature" person's view, I don't feel I need to prove that my Z is faster than anybody elses by racing. The Z is a beautiful car at any speed. I think once you start beating the crap out of it, you start to loose appreciation for what the car is overall. It can either be treated like a fine piece of expensive jewlery that you want to keep forever or costume jewelry that's easy to throw away. My Z is a daily driver but I treat it as yellow gold. I'll be keeping her for a long, long while until perhaps another Z catches my eye!