The original author said: > My philosophy is that you should do what you want to do today, instead of doing something you don’t want to do because of a hypothe

The original author said: > My philosophy is that you should do what you want to do today, instead of doing something you don’t want to do because of a hypothetical future repercussion. Even interpreting this absolutely literally, the hypothetical car would be a today problem — not a nebulous future one. “Survive the day” would, for most, seem like a present want.