I used to lust after cars so bad. The dream car was always the next one I had to have. Fortunately I was also plagued with being stingy and hating debt, so I lived frustrated, apart from many dreams.
jeep ZJ. Bought it too late in life. Loved it. But it was tired and needed to be taken out back and shot. Loved it. Traded it eventually. My son cried and cried when it didn’t come home.
turbo s60. Definitely a good dream and experience. Bought it cheap, fixed all the things. Blended it traffic, super comfortable to drive, an elegant vehicle, and it had the goods. It was a mistake to part from it.
2 s60s before that. Sigh. One was a mistake (sold the ZJ for it). The other … was a frikken warhorse that I bought cheap, fixed all the things, drove for a few years then gave to my teenage daughter. She drove the wheels off of it until the cost for parts alone started eclipsing its full value. It was towed off last year.
I lust for bmws. Yet every time I just about buy one, ergonomics just end the deal - can’t get right in the seat, fingers hit the windshield while steering, or in one case, the passenger seat back flew apart on my wife and the cooling fan was detached from the… car.
I bought my f150, exactly as I wanted it. Extended cab, full bed, 4x4, larger gas tank. It’s a great truck in so many ways. I dreamt of it for 3 years. I plan to keep it a long time, but the “shine“ wore off.
I figured it out. I have fallen out of love with every car I’ve “loved” in precisely 18 months.
I bought my Lexus after another failed bmw hunt. The GS is a good car. I’ve considered trading it several times. I can’t. I can’t risk it - it’s been sooo gooood. I could see myself trading it for a newer one, and I’d at least like to test drive the smaller 4 turbo.
lust for trucks seems to have past. It’s a tool. I like mine. The midsize, sleek sedans? Dangit this thread is not a good one for me.