November 14, 2005
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UNBRIDLED LUST
I am a happily married man and yet…
I have fallen into a pit of lust. It is a pit so deep that it has consumed me utterly and completely. I am but a shell of the man I once was and I now spend my days fixated on the object of my forbidden desire. She is a sleek beauty with perfect curves and a saucy attitude. She constantly tempts me to gently caress those curves and give myself over completely to her supple textures. Here she is, the object of my wanton lust:
My wife and I are doing some switching around on cars and I have to buy another vehicle in a few days. I have wanted one of these babies for a long time, but I’ve always talked myself out of it. However, the kids are out of college, so “why not?” I ask myself about 700 times a day. In order to head off an impulsive purchase, I think it would be prudent to look at this logically. I’m going to list all of the pros and cons and make an informed, educated, adult decision.
Cons:
The vehicle is impractical. It’s only a two seater and I couldn’t take clients with me in it anywhere.
In reality I would probably only drive it with the top down, maybe, 10 times a year.
It gets lousy gas mileage.
Insurance is expensive.
It’s a “high theft rate” car.
Maintenance costs are astronomical.
I’m too old to get in and out of a car easily that sets that low to the ground.
Pros:
It would be way cool.
So….
I’ll post some pics of me driving it when I get it.
Comments (19)
I kind of thought thats what you would decide…live for today Mia Lucia
Way cool wins. Can’t you keep your beater for your clients? Get it detailed a bit and spit-shined? Drive it only on alternate-Tuesdays when you need more than two seats, or it’s pouring?
I am a female car-nut. My dream is a new Mustang convertible, preferably in that cherry red metallic, with a five-speed manual. And yes, that too, is impractical for Michigan winters. But I’ll survive.
Now, off to buy that Powerball ticket…
OMG!!! ths is so the car I wanted to get. I am so jealous! and I know your wife would look so cute in that car sitting besides you, just dringing around you two looking cool!!! LOL hey we only live once. Also, keep it for a year – and if you need to, trade it in – at least you had a dream car for a year!!
…………………thats what I am saying about my new 2005 trailblazer – I love it!
Well that was easy!
Hmmmm… I love Beamers… but my fav is the X-5. This would be tough for me because my kids are still in high school and I still have college to pay for, so I tend to think very practically. However, if you can afford it without taking a second mortgage out on your house and without adding substantially to your debt, I’d say, go for it! Life goes around once… I can only hope to be able to do the same someday!
OK, obviously you DID NOT read my post of Nov 10, in which I talk about people in SO-CAL who drive THAT particular car! LOL…but you gotta do what you gotta do! Enjoy it, next year your back will hurt too much to get up out of or down into it, but, until then, it will be way sweet!
HAHAHAHAHAHA! I love that logic! Can’t wait to see pics of you in it.
That car is way HOT! Its beautiful!
Oooo. It’s pretty. But then, I just bought jeans that could pay half my rent because they had pretty, shiny things on them. I’m not a good one to consult on matters of impulse purchases.
My ex-FIL is 68 and drives a bright red Mazda Miata. If he can do it, you can!
I say GO FOR IT!! We only live once (in this life…ha ha) so we might as well indulge!! I was thinking about you yesterday as we hauled my ’64 Galaxie home. It has some rust spots and holes in the seat…but to me…she is beautiful! Hope you get the car you want!
Well Mark, you’re only YOUNG once…get it while you can and CAN all you get. Go for it!!! Maybe you can get you an 18 year old nursemaid to help you in and out of the vehicle…..hmmm Did I say that?
I’m still working on getting a burnt orange Chevy Avalanche…for the built -in Ice Chest and cool back end. hmmmm how sick is that?
Again, you have great wit.
Well, if you come to decide against the car, take a photograph of yourself in it anyway and freeze the lust for posterity’s sake. I should hope you get it, though. My mother is 70 and belongs to a Miata club and they meet and drive their treasures once, maybe twice a year. Is she too old for such adventure? Some may say it, but as Lily Langtry would say: “Let them say.”
Go for it.
Peace~
Oh heck yes….if I ever get all my kids grown and self-supporting, I’m going to buy me a convertible jag. What else is there that we haven’t already bought for ourselves over the years, but hot cars?
In response to the cons:
Do you really want to take clients with you anywhere?
You can have the top down in the winter. Just dress like Randy from “A Christmas Story”.
Everything gets lousy gas mileage. Say you’re getting it “til you can exchange it for the hybrid”
Insurance is less expensive than college tuition.
I drive a 95 Honda Accord with 3 hubcaps missing. It happens. That’s what the costly insurance is for.
Again, the maintenance is probably still less than having a son in college.
As for the last one, you’ll just have to stay in the car!
And there are your justifications. Have fun driving.
Welcome, ‘officially’, to midlife, Mark.
For my hubby, it was a drop-top 5-speed Firebird. (“they don’t make them anymore, you know”…..this was part of HIS logic process….) Because he couldn’t buy a new one, its presently at the body shop getting a new paint job so it will look better-than-factory new. I guess its better than a mistress. 
You’ll look great in that car. Once you’re in it. Try to park somewhere inconspicuous so that no one has to see the painful contortions of getting in and out.
xoxoxo
My wife is good at justifying, no?
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DO IT!
Ah, typical man, attracted to the fast and flashy! LOL!
And what do any of those “cons” really matter in the long run ? That car kicks serious ass.