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Originally Posted by spazzyfry123
Interestingly enough, I'd say that my experience is inverse. I would consider myself to have been much more a "car enthusiast" in the first five or so years of driving than as I sit right now. I'd say the longest I held on to a car was about six months, and this allowed me to experience quite the spectrum of vehicles in the <$20k market AND people. If I wanted a car, I'd find someone else with a title and we'd trade or I'd sell it. I'd tinker with it, get involved in its respective community, and then repeat the process. I've got so many stories, trips, experiences, friendships out of this and had an absolute blast. Granted, this was before the state of Georgia had sales tax on private sales, so it cost me effectively nothing. If it did cost me something, the math generally came out to be fun > expense.
Now, I'm holding on to cars for years. I still love cars with it being very high on my "List of Importance." It's just not at the top anymore. So, now I'm a "lesser" enthusiast, but I'm holding on to the cars. Maybe I've become lazy. Maybe it just doesn't matter as much. Maybe I'll rebound my love. I still have a list of cars I lust for, but I think the next one I get is going to be a perpetual project. I think I'd rather add to the collection than replace.
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I've actually just hit that stage recently, at one point I'd clamour to test the newest or upgrade even if it was 20HP and I'd enjoy shopping about, talking about cars, researching, going on track days or trying out the latest model.
Unfortunately now I'm able to afford some very nice cars I also couldn't care less, I'd happily trundle to the shop in a Yaris.
I think modern cars and modern driving is a part of it, for a start the roads here are overpopulated. Traffic jams, highway cruising and potential accidents are all too common, safety regulations have tightened to address said issues and you're stuck with a powerful car thinking what's the point?
I'll keep my F30 3'er until it dies because IMO we have hit the land of diminishing gains but higher price tags. An upper end "premium" car from the last five / ten at least is highly competent, has everything you actually need and often wayyyy too much for the road.