Mid Life Crisis

[El Bandito]

Tough day test driving...

 

Drove z4

Liked z4

Spec'd z4

 

Took about 30 minutes.

 

Spent the rest of the day test driving multiple 4wd ...La B is no closer a decision....

 

Honestly, can't even get time for a self indulgent midlife crisis..

[REZ]

Hello all!

 

Essentially I am just an ordinary, run of the mill, tubby, skirt-wearing, brain scientist, rocket surgeon. :D

 

Last month - I sold my business.

 

I wasn't the majority shareholder - but owned a fair chunk. So - I have done OK.

 

With luck, if I can prise the taxman's fingers off the cash, having done all of the sensible things, I will be buying La Bandita a nice shiney car and then this brings me then to my subject. 

 

Mid-forties, taking some 'more time with my family' - it strikes me as being time for a mid life crisis.

 

I have considered taking up pole dancing, parachuting, moving in on Action's Pimping...but they all seem too much like hard work...

 

So - I'm thinking, nice little sportscar.

 

Porky - I have considered the Harley option but;

 

a. On these sceptered isles, a lot of water falls out of the skies

b. Where would I put the golf bats? (This is a rhetorical question Bakon. Please don't answer it)

b. I have the natural balance of a Hippo on rollerblades - I just can't see the motorbike thing ending well B)

 

So - I'm thinking...

 

 

 

 

La Bandita and I are going test driving tomorrow...(both for one of these and a proper car)

 

Questions will be:

 

1. Is there anyway the rocket surgeon can enter and exit the car without a crane and preserving his modesty

2. Will he appear...

 

a: a Geroge Clooney-esque man of a certain age with a fetching roadster?

b: a desperate-looking Hefner esque slime ball?

Good for you Mr Bandito!

 

You only live once and sounds like you deserve one, drive it for a year and see how you like it  ;)

 

Ps - Please you should never care what people will think, most are idiots anyway!

[bakon]

I agree with Rez last four words.....I am the king of that group...

 

Always liked BMW. In 1988 I had a 320 (Straight six version, NO 320i, carberator version)  while stationed in Germany. We had a love/ hate relationship up till the day I sold it for $50 BUCKS. Started as a used buy from another service guy shipping back, he had flogged her, head cracked two months later, $1100 on used head which took 5 months to find and rebuild. 320 were mostly 4 cylinders and a six was rare. Then she got upset and carb problems, lucky for me I was moving on base that weekend and a parade on base at same time, hiccupped a bunch so I pulled over and adjusted her wrong, backfired through air cleaner (which I didn't put metal top back on being 1 block from my new place, fire breaks out, but lucky parade was 1 block away too, firemen from base and German town out to impress each other poured 100 thousand gallons of water on engine. SO as a boat, pushed her down hill to auto shop...where she sat until sold for $50.00 

[El Bandito]

Sit in this little Puppy.

 

Feels like your ass is on the Asphalt, press the start button and feel 247 Horse power shake your 'thang'...

 

Smiled at that point...not quite stopped yet...

 

Oh drives OK too

 

:-)

[scottinpa]

So?????

What happened????

did you decide on a car yet???

[El Bandito]

Jury still out on La Bandita's car....

 

If I'm going to have an intensely impractical 2 seater - then need her to have picked something sensible! She is also on the cusp of stealing my colour scheme!

 

We are away in Ireland for a couple of days from tomorrow - so hopefully we can get commitment with a little distance!!!