Skippy,

Thank you for your thoughts and commentary. It is always interesting to get your perspective on a whole host of different topics ranging from philosophy, econo-box cars, and sports. I, myself, still have many life lessons to learn, as do many of us. One thing I have learned however is that life is simply too short. Living your life a 1/4 mile at a time inside a Dodge Challenger seems to me like a helluva good way to enjoy what's left of the ride in this crazy mixed-up world! We only get one chance to make the best of our brief time here...let's enjoy it to its fullest!

Oh and PS: We're gonna cut thru the Redskins this Sunday like a warm knife thru butter. GO PATS!!! : )

-The Beener


[quote]ORIGINAL: DamnSkippy

Sorry Albeeno, I'm probably too much a family man and home body home body but I have to agree with Jeremiah 29:11. I was raised to appreciate the value and verve of the art of the Muscle Car as expressed by Mopar from my step dad. He as you have expressed before was largely, Mopar or no car. I like that.

I have been waiting for two years, annoying the hell out of anyone who gets in ear shot of me about how cherry this ride is going to be and how I will finally purchase an impractical car. I've always had 4cyl econoboxes of the asian and german variety (w/ one Plymouth Horizon) save for my Sienna (I still laugh at myself as this represents the most powerful car I have ever owned @ 210 HP...my mother now own's my recently deceased stepdad's 69.5 superbee six pack w/ 11K original miles which is needless to say more powerful but this is her was his)...so this car represents a big step in my life (buying impractical cars is something that goes against my nature, love practical reliable transportation) but this is a big expenditure). So this represents a big thing in my life.

With this said, I don't believe this will make me happier than I can ever imagine. My philosophy is happiness is something you choose to be. There will be periods where it is a hard choice, but at the end of the day it is your choice to make. I'm happy wanting this car. I'm sure I'll be happier owning this car, but if I never owned, I'd still be happy.

I'm beyond fond of this automobile; down right obsessed. I will sleep better once I have it. But, even if I came to the sad conclusion I couldn't, I'd still manage happiness (hard choice).

I disagree with your 3 point. If he wants it enough, I could probably figure it out even on 35K (if he were living @ his parents house) or entered into a ridiculous loan. I've known plenty of people who had very little income, very little expense and a priority that seemed askew to me....but that's me (again practical) he could afford it w/ some poor choices (by my standards) at that level....

I agree w/ you on the forth point (provided he's single or w/o kids) youth is your time in life where your best lessons are learned through catastrophic mistakes, go out get under a ridiculous loan, fight, kick, scrap and at the end if you lose the car to some repo man, at least he can't take the memories you had in it and the stories you can tell your kids later in life....

I chose to make my mistakes elsewhere (not financial) and I kind of regret it....kind of......I will buy my SRT; go to SRT track day, have fun w/ this toy (the mrs is cool w/ it....should you get married, it'll take you 15 years or so..but you'll learn that choosing to be happy can sometimes involve an amount of obsequiousness....of course this would have been one of the battles worth fighting and winning)....

As for Redsox, I've recently mustered (with a lot of age) an attention span that allows me to watch and enjoy NASCAR, I haven't gotten as far as being able to endure non-penant race baseball....too much waiting....I enjoy Sportscenter Baseball...but that's like 5 minutes of 30 games .....so it's s pretty potent condensation of the best of hundreds of hours of footage..