Midlife crisis thread for me too!
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Midlife crisis thread for me too!
by Tailhappy Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:15 pm
So I am getting bored with my wagon, and want something else. Maybe. Its getting old, the trans needs a rebuild (shaft bearings are noisy, synchros are worn), the clutch shudders sometimes, rust keeps growing, interior rattles keep appearing, but the engine is damn strong, but slow.
I'm going to turn over 200,000 actual miles tomorrow. The trans has way more than that, the body slightly less than the trans, and the engine is around 100k or so.
So my options that I like (in the order I like most to keep costs/time down) are:
A. Fix trans and keep driving it till it hits 300,000 miles.
B. Find Forester with bad motor/good manual trans and swap good motor/parts into that, and part out the wagon to recoup some of the costs.
C. Find WRX drivetrain, swap THAT into my wagon OH HO HO! Might even lower it again. But with swap I'd have to fix a bunch of other stuff...
D. Dump wagon somehow, and get something smaller, sporty, and good on gas with a back seat for around $5k. (3rd gen Eclipse, Mini Cooper, RX-8hahahahahahahaha, etc.)
So what should I do? I really want to get something else, as I seem to do every year or two, but that costs the most.
I love my wagon but its age is starting to worry me.
I'd love a Fozzy, but a cheap one with a manual needing a new motor comes around only once and a great while, and I am impatient.
Soooo what should I do???
I'm going to turn over 200,000 actual miles tomorrow. The trans has way more than that, the body slightly less than the trans, and the engine is around 100k or so.
So my options that I like (in the order I like most to keep costs/time down) are:
A. Fix trans and keep driving it till it hits 300,000 miles.
B. Find Forester with bad motor/good manual trans and swap good motor/parts into that, and part out the wagon to recoup some of the costs.
C. Find WRX drivetrain, swap THAT into my wagon OH HO HO! Might even lower it again. But with swap I'd have to fix a bunch of other stuff...
D. Dump wagon somehow, and get something smaller, sporty, and good on gas with a back seat for around $5k. (3rd gen Eclipse, Mini Cooper, RX-8hahahahahahahaha, etc.)
So what should I do? I really want to get something else, as I seem to do every year or two, but that costs the most.
I love my wagon but its age is starting to worry me.
I'd love a Fozzy, but a cheap one with a manual needing a new motor comes around only once and a great while, and I am impatient.
Soooo what should I do???
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Re: Midlife crisis thread for me too!
by Honor Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:36 am
Thats a nice thing about not having kids, I get to spend all my money on me. If I had kids I'd probably be driving an old Corolla or something.
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Re: Midlife crisis thread for me too!
by Honor Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:41 am
Haha, this thread gets no love.
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Re: Midlife crisis thread for me too!
by Tailhappy Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:03 pm
Been finding JDM front clips off 99+ STis for $4,000ish. Eeek.
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Re: Midlife crisis thread for me too!
by thewalrus Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:33 pm
fuck. Put this thing out of it's God-damn misery already.
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Re: Midlife crisis thread for me too!
by Turbojett Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:45 am
alas, we hardly knew ye.
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Re: Midlife crisis thread for me too!
by Honor Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:35 am
you guys must be planning on only living 60 years or so if youre making midlife crisis threads already.
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Re: Midlife crisis thread for me too!
by thewalrus Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:35 am
clockbreaker wrote:you guys must be planning on only living 60 years or so if youre making midlife crisis threads already.
This is AF. Do you really need to ask whether our members are planning on making it past 60? Hell, I'm sure Underpants is already dead. And I'm willing to bed* the rest of our members start dropping like flies once they hit their late 30s.
(*this was supposed to be 'bet', but the error was too funny to change)
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Re: Midlife crisis thread for me too!
by Talon Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:34 pm
RIP Pantz, Aris, Soliz, Matt, & Sircurse. 
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Re: Midlife crisis thread for me too!
by thewalrus Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:57 pm
Talon wrote:RIP Pantz, Aris, Soliz, Matt, & Sircurse.
Oh yeah, Aris is also definitely dead. I'm figuring Soliz is nice and domesticated in suburbia somewhere. Matt still yanking it after figuring out what a boner is. Sircurse...who the hell knows. And I'm sure Colvin Design is lying in the fetal position somewhere, covered in shattered hopes and broken dreams.
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Re: Midlife crisis thread for me too!
by SBF Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:33 pm
clockbreaker wrote:you guys must be planning on only living 60 years or so if youre making midlife crisis threads already.
You know why I'm going through a midlife crisis? Because I've been through enough bullshit in the 29 years of my life to probably write 3 novels and have 6 Lifetime specials. I'm turning 30 this year, 30 is the new 50 for midlife crisis.
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Re: Midlife crisis thread for me too!
by JaysonAych Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:10 am
thewalrus wrote:Talon wrote:RIP Pantz, Aris, Soliz, Matt, & Sircurse.
Oh yeah, Aris is also definitely dead. I'm figuring Soliz is nice and domesticated in suburbia somewhere. Matt still yanking it after figuring out what a boner is. Sircurse...who the hell knows. And I'm sure Colvin Design is lying in the fetal position somewhere, covered in shattered hopes and broken dreams.
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