Young drivers and fast cars (especially Mustangs) don't mix

[Brock Samson]

  I wasn't gonna respond, I'll just say I LOVE Mustangs. and let it go at that... 

[Lord Warlock]

its not that i hate GM, just chevrolet.  I tried to go to the darkside a few times, got a 70 1/2 Camaro Z-28, and it was the car from hell, an estimated 3k car turned into a 10k hole in the wallet.  Sold it for 5k.  Bought the wife Pontiacs, an 88 Bonneville SSE which we had for 7 years then a Dodge Intrepid, then another Pontiac, this time a Grand Prix GTP.  Pontiacs have been nice cars, but for some reason they start acting strange around 100k and usually get replaced soon afterwards. 

When i drove the charger, every weekend i'd get challenged constantly by camaros, chevelle SS 396's and the odd corvette, the charger won every race.  However, the one time it lost was to a 55 chevy with an aluminum block 427 in it, he had 5k into it and it beat me by half a fender.  I didn't get emotionally scarred the chevy got hit by a train later that year. 

[hemihead]

Just reading the posts I have to say count me in with the Chevy haters club.
Most musclecars are bought because of the " midlife crisis " call it what you like .
And I can't believe the number of grown men that have to ask their wife's permission like they are their mommy's and they are little boys . 

[Mike DC]

   
IMHO people will poke fun at you for wanting a cool car just the same no matter what age & life position you're in. 

If you're a child, then the car-obsesssion gets called "childish."  As a teenager & young adult, it gets called a hormonal/testosterone thing.  When you're older, it gets called a midlife crisis.

It just gets belittled as a different illegitimate motivation depending on your age.

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Women? 
Most of them insist that they don't really care about a guy's car. 

And it's true -- most women really don't care about some dude's BMW very much.


But the fact that the man is able to AFFORD that cool car they don't care about? 
Hmm . . .   

[Lord Warlock]

getting permission isn't like anyone is a mommy, but knowing that a car is a toy basically, and having 2 kids to get thru college, a mortgage to pay for, and a crapload of monthly bills to pay, even making income in the top 10% spending 30k to 50k on a car isn't something likely to get approval for, especially if she'd driving a 6 year old beater herself.   In my case she should be able to drive a more expensive car than me...since she outearns me by 30k a year. 

Before you say anything, I'm just stating getting her to accept your decision to splurge on yourself every now and then is a big way to have a marriage that survives long term.  If you've been married 4 years and do it you aren't risking anything, but if you've been married 24 years there is quite a bit more at risk. (30 years since dating started).  People that say the hell with it and damn the torpedos, who cares what the wife thinks, don't stay married that long.  (OR they've been married 40+ years already and are eager for death to claim them at any time)

[hemihead]

If you have all that financial responsibility then you need a cheaper hobby . I was married 10 years and I never asked my wife anything I TOLD her . I was the man . And yes , I am divorced now . The reason being I TOLD her if she didn't like it , there was the door. I didn't lose the hosue , the kid , not even the dog . I TOLD her if she came after me for anything I would hunt her down and kill her. I guess being a man works .

[Lord Warlock]

I picked the hobby before i got the wife, and she's managed to figure out a way to keep it thru the tougher early years.  Then again, i have 3 cars to consider, and a 3 to 1 ratio isn't too bad.  Think the hunt her down comment was a bit harsh, can understand why she left.  but I don't know her either, she could be one that elicits that type of a reaction from you, i've never felt that way myself.  Always considered being a man was ....more.  Cars are just a way to pass free time, and enjoy occasionally.  The rest of the time they are work like anything else.  Kids are what life is for, that and the game...he who dies with the most toys wins. 

[hemihead]

The reason why she left was I worked 70 hours a week because she wanted money . Then she was cruising the bars for men while I was working . Nice huh ? I am not an abusive man . Harsh about hunting her down ? Maybe . But I ' m not one to cower in the corner or give in . Women always say they want equality a relationship . They want to do what they want . They have their own jobs , and their own money but a man has to " ask " his wife if he wants to buy something ? I have one mother , I don't need to date or marry a woman that tells me what I can or cannot do . If you demanded that your wife or girlfriend ask permission for everything she does or buys , you would be blamed for being " too controlling " . And yes  the kids always come first . I have raised my son alone the last 8 years . That is also part of being a man . Accepting responsibility . And no matter how toys you have , you still never  win . Nobody does .

[Silver R/T]

what a waste of nice mustang

[Lord Warlock]

If there was something I truly wanted, the wife's opinion isn't going to stop me from getting it.  But in my case I already have several expensive toys laying around, and currently there are other things money is better spent on than my own wants.  When the kids are out of college, then i'll be free (somewhat) to buy more toys. 
She didn't have much choice in the decision to build a 2nd garage on the property (to house the charger) and spending 30k wasn't chump change.  I prefer to pick my fights, and avoid nagging as often as possible.  Anyone can yell their way thru a conflict, If i get angry, all three of the women in the house have learned to stay out of my way, but on the other hand, I have to deal with 3 women on the rag every month so I get my fair share of the suffering. 

[1FastCharger]

I guess I got lucky. My wife loves muscle cars. She is always on the lookout for me for parts or other projects.