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Yup. John didn’t buy that classic car because he’s in a midlife crisis. He bought it because it’s been his dream car since he was 12, and, with the kids out of
by rrr_oh_man 2y ago
Yup.
John didn’t buy that classic car because he’s in a midlife crisis. He bought it because it’s been his dream car since he was 12, and, with the kids out of the house, he can finally get it without having a bad conscience. (It just costs $80k now instead of $8k back in 1972)
- JusticeJuice 2y agoUnrelated, but one of the most interesting graphs I've ever seen was road deaths, by gender and age, when I was studying for my drivers license. There's a huge, like 10x spike in male deaths, specifically at 50. Turns out a lot of people hit that age, think "oh fuck I'm 50", go and buy a really powerful car, and get in a bad crash. So buy the car, but just keep the graph in mind haha.
- nprateem 2y agoYeah same with motorbikes. Someone had a 125 when they were 16, hit 50 and decide to get a 1200cc superbike, then come off.
- ip26 2y agoThree other problem is they haven’t ridden for 34 years, but feel like they are just as skilled as they ever were.
- Tade0 2y agoI looked up a premium car rental site once and saw that some vehicles there had an age restriction of... 40. As in: you need to be past your thirties to rent this vehicle.
- datavirtue 2y ago$8k is a crazy amount of 1972 money for a car. It's the $3000 cars that are going for $80k. Oddly enough, the luxury high end cars at $8k in 1972 is the equivalent of $60k in 2024. With average new car price being ~$48k today, if the average automobile price stayed the same from 1972 the average new car price would be $26k today. Something went off the rails. Ah...tarrifs. nvm