What do I do about the 40 year thing?

[Pkaaso]

Originally Posted by jwetering

Fact is you're (hopefully) at an age also where not many people are telling you what you can and can't do. One thing is for sure....at 40 you are no longer a kid.

Hey, hey, hey... I just figured out how to BE a kid! I'm pushing 50

[burgermeister]

My wife refers to it as a "cult", not a club ...

[berettafan]

i'd rather have a mid-life crisis than be one of the sheeple.

you can work you life away to be a consumer (latest mini-van, latest flat panel, latest house in latest community, latest phone, latest deck furniture, etc. etc. etc.) OR you can get out and experience the things that are extraordinary in this world.

people that do this are the ones that have it figured out. not saying a 911 means you have it figured out; it's according to what calls to you. i too have fond memories of lusting after various cars in R&T, C&D, etc. and owning a real, honest to goodness sports car is almost a fullfilment of destiny.

oh, and the 'dumbass grin' bit seals it. you belong in a 911. i dare say spending money on ANYTHING else is foolish if it inhibits the 911 pchs.

[jmz]

NOT A CRISIS. IT'S A CELEBRATION!

Who cares what anyone thinks or says go out and get it.

[GothingNC]

If you can afford it, go for it.

I picked up mine 2 1/2 years ago and have no regrets.

Just don't listen to Suzy Orman or else you will have all your debt paid off, house remodeled and no toys

[red 2.7]

As a fellow Canadian I feel your pain. I agonized the same as you do now. I am 54 this year I bought my 77 911 last year and have never been happier about my decision. Even though I am fanatical about getting it running perfectly the way I beleive it should. I am setting up just the way I want (right or wrong.) I was into racing in my 20's and gave it up to raise a family. Now the kids are taken care of and there is more money around I am spending freely on my baby car. If there's 1 bit of advice I can give to you it would be to buy a Canadian car. I searched for a year in the US and found that they had too much milage. Don't forget a well loved sports car in Canada is stored 6 months a year and not exposed to any salt ever. If you can do it then do it. the search is half the fun. Sellers are motivated at the end of the driving season. I bought mine in Oct. I drove it for 3 grinning weeks then the snow came and I read every scrap about P cars I could find and shopped at our sponsor's all winter and installed all the new bits in spring. What a blast. My first year with the car is nearly over and it's soon time to store it again. It will be a loooong winter. Good luck.

[911Rob]

Hey Kevin,
At almost 50 now myself.... I've owned a Pcar since I was 30; I ALWAYS tell people.... "There is no such thing as a mid-life crisis!" ..... "This is just the earliest age I could afford it"

No regrets,
Cheers

[jwhcars]

I bought my first Porsche way back in 1975 when I was 23....and have had these last few decades to build a lot of memories. Buy one now because one never knows when your time is up.When you get older at least the Porsche will still be able to get UP and go.

[DanielDudley]

Make sure you get a good one, and it will vindicate your decision.

Bad ones have been known to make grown men cry, and then there are the I told you sos that come with that.

Now is a great time to buy, so do your homework and PPI...

[Rikao4]

first, your here...thus your more than done,
it's just a matter of time before we see your first pic,
this disease, sometimes slow, sometime fast,
all I can tell you
I have loved every minute and dollar spent.
would have ,could have, wanted too, BUT
is not something I'm going to say on my deathbed.

Rika

[jwetering]

I don't know what your budget is, or if your mind is set on a classic 911, but this one is in AB and if I was buying right now I'd be all over it..

FS -1995 Carrera 2 (CANADA)

No affiliation, just been watching this one for a while.

[Sonic dB]

good thread here, im always interested in how everyone approaches the inevitable things that we all approach. I got my first 911 at age 33, even though i couldnt really afford it at the time, soon enough i was able to afford it...so putting the chicken before the egg is a good thing sometimes. Now i am closer to 40 and on my 2nd 911... and the one thing that has just jumped out at me recently is: how freaking fast the past 20 years have gone. I can still remember my dad driving me up to school/college for the first time, very vividly. So much of the past 20 have been geared towards education and establishing something...but now that that is over... I feel that sooo many good things lie ahead for my 40s... its like im finally a man in every sense, and that is a wonderful, liberating feeling. I admit, recently I would wake up out of a sleep wondering what the hell has happened to pass time so quickly...but I have come to appreciate that I still look young, feel young and have many many years ahead of me....and I hope you all do too. In many senses, life has really just begun.

[jwetering]

I agree - when I turned forty things were just starting to get interesting. My second child had just been born, my second Porsche was on the way, I'd made a significant advance in my career.

I realized that my forties would be "the meat in the sandwich of life".

It's a make or break time whether we like it or not.

[azasadny]

Buying my 911 6 years ago (I was 41) was one of the best things I've ever done. Lots of great people, fun drives, interesting experiences, new skills and the fun of driving the Targa on a beautiful day (like yesterday). I wouldn't trade that for anything!

[HardDrive]

Kevin,

Why does it matter if you are having a 'mid-life crisis' anyway? Do you find the label disagreable for some reason?

Hell, I joke about it (I'm 38). I have been shopping for a motocycle, and I tell my wife that I am going to get a lic. plate that reads, 'MIDLIFR'. As a guy you spend the first 2 decades of your work life getting pounded with the idea that you should be responsible and boring. I think a lot of guys get to the late thirtys and say 'To hell with THAT'.

Get an AIR COOLED Porsche. Even if it turns out to be not your thing, you will have owned one of the fines automobiles ever made. A real piece of art. I have not owned one in 2 years, and I still stop and stare when they go buy. I will certainly have another in the future.

Oh yeah, btw. Those women who say its not cool? Some women will always hate a guy with a sports car, but so what? There are plenty of other gals who LOVE old Porsches. In fact here in Seattle I see a fair number of women driving them.

If you have the means, GO FOR IT. I have zero regrets about owning my 1982 SC, other than I bought a Targa in one of the rainest places in the country.

[kach22i]

Good question and great replies.

Just do it!