Anyone ever had a regret about life and purchased a sports car?

[RB TexLa]

[Redstone]

1. Some of us have purchased a sports car, and regretted it.

Does that count?

Redstone

[jdlh8894]

4. LOL

MGs and Triumphs and still haven't learned!

[Redstone]

8. I had those AND an Austin-Healey, AND a FIAT, and even a Turner!

Dumb = me.

Redstone

[tridim]

15. I still have a Fiat

I've had one since the day I turned 16, five in total. I don't drive it much any more because I can't afford the gas for it.

[Redstone]

16. Damn, you must be poor, then. I've never heard of a FIAT that didn't

get good gas mileage.

I did enjoy driving my 124 Spyder, though. It was a sweetheart when it wasn't broken.

Redstone

[tridim]

18. Yes, I'm poor.. A victim of outsourcing.

Anyway, my Spider gets about 20mpg because I souped it up back when gas was $1.00/gallon.

[Redstone]

19. Damn, sorry to hear that. It's a 124? Tell me about how you hopped it up.

I was always afraid to try that because the car seemed so fragile.

Redstone

[tridim]

21. Basically I just put a bigger carb on it

and replaced the headers and exhaust with performance versions. Lowered it a bit too by cutting the springs.

I do regret doing that BTW.

Spiders aren't fragile as long as they don't have rust. I live in a salt-free state, so there's no rust on it at all. It'll last another 20 years.

Maybe I can convert it to electric some day! :)

[Redstone]

25. We have a guy in town who converted an MG Midget to electric.

It seems to scoot along pretty well. Thought at about 60 horsepower if I remember right, it's not hard to match the original performance of a Midget.

A rust-free 124? You ever want to sell it, I might be interested.

Redstone

[lizziegrace]

28. Bumper sticker seen on an MG

"The parts falling off this car are the finest Britain made"

:)

[devilgrrl]

2. Not personally but I've known people who have...

:shrug:

Why do you ask?

[Syncronaut Seven]

3. Bet your ass!

Fast BMW, worth every penny. Feel better too! :)

[Raine]

5. Years and years ago

my father purchased a 56 TBird when he was going thru a mid-life crisis. We still have the car, it's like one of the family. :-)

[rocktivity]

6. A sportscar, no.

An electric guitar--YES!!!

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[lapfog_1]

7. My first mid-life crises... when I turned 32

just got divorced, bought the sports car, dated a hot girl a few years younger than me, quit my job, sold the house, moved to the Caribbean.

Best year of my life.

Sort of.

[NNN0LHI]

9. Mid-life crisis - Black Mustang GT - Getting old is hard work n/t

[librechik]

14. and a stang GT makes it all worth it

got one myself--it was s gift--very classy...

[schrodinger_I]

10. I bought a Porsche

It wasn't due to a regret though. I bought a Porsche Boxster and love every
minute of driving it!

[MercutioATC]

13. '83 911 here...

Agreed, no regrets, just love driving it.

[adriennui]

11. yep, i have a bmw Z4

and i looooove it. i've driven sports cars since college, then when my daughter was a child i had a 4 seat stealth. then i began my love affair with bmw roadsters.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. My first car when I was 16 in high school was a sports car

An off-white 1960 MGA with wire wheels. I paid $600 for it back in the late 1960s, in excellent condition. I didn't buy it out of regret for life but to try to get chicks, who were very elusive at that time. I therefore answered 'no', that I didn't buy it out of regret for life.

I do think that sports cars ideally are for the very young and foolhardy, not for the posturing graybeards.

[ComerPerro]

17. Why so many copycat threads here?

[DemoTex]

20. '65 Porsche 356C and '78 Porsche 911SC

Both pristine. Extreme sellers remorse X2. I never learn.



1965 Porsche 356SC

[tridim]

22. I'm jealous

Always wanted a 356.. Soft top of course.

[misternormal]

24. Beautiful machine btw... n/t

[tech3149]

23. No my regret would be that Austin 3000 I could have bought

for $150 and didn't.

[havocmom]

26. When most have regrets, we purchase

a chocolate bar

people who can swing a sports car should just count their blessings :evilgrin:

I had a friend who was so depressed about losing a couple apartment buildings in a California quake that he took three weeks off THEN bought a sports car. We should all have such problems ;)

[Bombero1956]

27. no regrets here either

I have my new 2006 Mustang GT ragtop which I've posted pictures of a few times and a 1999 Mustang GT coupe. I had 2 T-Birds before and had a conversion van before buying my first Stang. The only foreign car I ever owned was a 1991 Nissan Maxima, it wasn't bad on fuel but it killed me on expensive replacement parts.

[havocmom]

29. I want a nice touring bike with fenders

maybe a nice wicker basket...

[Crabby Appleton]

30. I have a '90 Miata

115,00 miles, only routine maintenance, a clutch and a top. It used to be a daily driver, but now only occasionally drive it when the weather is nice.