Holy shit.
Midlife crisis car and you're even considering an auto?
edit: sounds like the appeal to the spouse for approval of spent cost cause..... "then she can drive it."
definitely not. it just opens up the pool of cars out there to choose from.
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what's too much on a midlife crisis car?
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definitely not. it just opens up the pool of cars out there to choose from.
just pretty rare. and the two i could find while googling were both automatics.
How’s the manual trans pool in your search in general?
seems about 60-40 tilted towards the triple pedals. but several restomods were retrofitted with more modern manuals, instead of an outdated automatic.
That’s a lot better than I would have guessed
maybe its just in what i am interested in. mostly ignoring the common rolled-rear Chevelles and Novas, concentrating a lot on the B body Mopars, mid-60 Chevy/pontiacs,
WTF?
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If i want to put more miles on it, and/or used more regularly then auto. No question, A manual will be more entertaining to drive, but using it day to day when you have other nice auto cars is less compelling for a quick run to town/ run errands with.
Somewhere approaching 40, my manual trans cars began sitting a lot. Disclaimer, I do have a 6 speed CTS-v project on the back burner in the corner of my shop, and i have no interest in letting go of, but I see it as take if for a quick 45 min rip on the back roads once a week or so, with an occasional solo/ travel lightly quick roadtrip type use, and if i gotta run errands on saturday afternoon, i'll probably take something else..
my old man used to have manual vehicles all the time, somewhere around about 60 he said, "im too old to shift anymore". im not his age and i think i can still shift.... BUT...... i could see where you are coming from with a quick run around in an auto.
Mikenike
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Im not sure i ever saw one with a manual that body style or even if they ever came with them those years. But they do tick most of your boxes if you are open to autos and seem to be cheapish as classics go. That said....
Personally i will never give up my manuals barring loss of limb or paralysis. I have never understood why people consider them "inconvenient". I have bad knees and i still love to drive one and take mine out for a rip as often as i can. And being a camaro it sucks to get in and out of. But even those things combined don't stop me rocking it somewhere once a week. Personally for what you want and the no pony cars i would seek out a Fairlane or a galaxy. But im a ford guy. If you are a (blegh) chevy guy impalas did come with saginaw 4 speeds. The gear ratios are pretty wide so it wont win any races but they are most of what else youre looking for and have all the right bones for an easy modern trans swap.
WTF?
degenerate at large
It's not that I'm too old, more just too lazy.
If I can walk, I can operate a clutch. I had 3 pedal commuters for about 20 yrs, and it made a boring fuel sipper much more tolerable. After going full time remote/work at home, the stick got <1k mi/yr added to it til it burned a started and turned into a lawn ornament.
WTF?
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It just occurred to me I also have relevant experience formulating my input; At one point in my late teens I had access to dad's midlife crisis toys; 2 mild-ish driver quality resto mods- a 66 mustang droptop with a 302/toploader 4 speed and a 65 C-10 on 98 5.7 vortec/4l80e/ 8 lug drivetrain. The c10 got driven 50-100x the miles driven annually, because it was an easy cruiser, and that's spread over dad, relatives and myself- the mustang was more fun and more of an event to drive, and turned more heads, and even with the hurst shifter on a fresh fully rebuilt trans, and disc conversion was about as easy to drive as something of that vintage gets, but the c10 was superior in ease/comfort of operation.
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This!! Spend $3k on a nice XR400 and go screw around on something that teaches you terrifying new skills. If it scares you and gives you a sense of accomplishment, it’s probably good.
i try new things all the time. but my free time is limited with a company and a cattle ranch/farm to run.
my kids are little and we are getting into sports and id like to do more and different things with them. simple things, like going to go camping in a tent in November at the ranch. But i have to do some fencing and welding prior to that.
The car is something that is a dream and there are many times I feel like I don't want to do it because I have always lived frugal, if not outright poor and broke.
Did you know that when a parent dies and leaves behind a minor child, they get their social security checks until they are 18? i did know that. for a long time thats how we lived and it was very little.
so, this is kind of my mindset... i waiver on buying it and i also worry about what kind of message it sends to different people. im not really one who has ever driven a head turner anything, quite the opposite. a well put together Plymouth GTX is not subtle.
Don’t listen to that dude, you know yourself better than he does.
I have a diagnosed issue of being emotionally attached to inanimate objects. The longer I have them the more unhealthily attached to it I am. I don’t even want to replace them with new stuff because I’m attached to the old stuff. I still have my first truck. My daily driver is a pretty rare beast and I’ve had it for 14 years. People ask me all the time how much I’d sell it for and every time without hesitation the answer is that it’s not for sale. I could make money on it after having owned and driven it for 14 years and I don’t care. It may as well be alive if you ask my mental illness about it.
Yup, same. Sold 2 vehicles this spring that I wasn't even that attached to, and it still sucked. I have my grandfathers 1974 Chevy C30 that he bought new, as uncool as it is, I can't part with it, or modify it much. I'm still mad at 16 year old me for cutting the dash for a CD player, even though I just rolled the metal back so I could undo it
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Didnt know thats something you could be diagnosed with.... but, I can see the bolded section from what you've shared from your gpa.
Talk to a therapist and they’ll tell you its a problem you should work on. I didn’t realize it’s a problem because I thought everyone did that. Thought everyone got attached to things they had for a long time. I don’t have objectophillia, there’s no sexual component involved. But I talk to them as if they can hear me and I anthropomorphize them as if they have a soul. I’m more on hoarder side than the objecto side.Didnt know thats something you could be diagnosed with.... but, I can see the bolded section from what you've shared from your gpa.
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Same honestly.
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I dont believe you.
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Didn't know that was an actual thing. Too bad health insurance doesn't cover
It’s probably actually worse than thatI dont believe you.
I don’t want to fuck cars. I get more enjoyment out of cars than I do fucking. Sitting in the hold waiting for the green flag to fly. Jumping a jump perfectly, flying through the air and landing nicely over and over for 20 minutes is the better 20 minutes.Penetrode Offroad
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You too busy thinking.
Now, does this relate to any sunk cost fallacies? The more money you have in it, the more you are attached to it?
Sh*t. I did not click on a midlife crisis car thread to get therapy. Excuse me while I cuss all the old projects in my shop.
2big bronco
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Funny, I am the complete opposite. Ive already had my bronco to long and am dreaming of the next best thing. I have 0 emotional attachment to 99% of my things.
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I've had cars in like and ones I dont.
For me if its just sitting and not getting used for more than 6 months then it needs to go down the road.
I've sold a few vehicles i regret selling, not enough to buy them back, or buy an identical rig Though.
Currently enjoying having a somewhat beat up 278k mile gmc 2500hd. I have almost nothing into it and 0 emotional attachment to it. It's functionally an appliance for me, just like my work truck. Going to roll with the beater until i get the wife overpriced kid hauler paid off and find the right deal on a better truck.
For me if its just sitting and not getting used for more than 6 months then it needs to go down the road.
I've sold a few vehicles i regret selling, not enough to buy them back, or buy an identical rig Though.
Currently enjoying having a somewhat beat up 278k mile gmc 2500hd. I have almost nothing into it and 0 emotional attachment to it. It's functionally an appliance for me, just like my work truck. Going to roll with the beater until i get the wife overpriced kid hauler paid off and find the right deal on a better truck.
Etyler2
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My whole life has been a midlife crisis.
Bought a boat this summer is about it. My needs are low.
I keep stuff until it’s dead.
Bought a boat this summer is about it. My needs are low.
I keep stuff until it’s dead.
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And that’s the correct human relationship to inanimate objects I’m told.
Sorry for the de-rail. You have a good 8 pages. Everyone already knows I’m vehicularly tarded.