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I get bored easily
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I have attention-deficit-disorder and shiny things catch my eye
6.25%
I'm never satisfied
11.11%
Must have the latest and greatest out there
4.17%
My financial status keeps improving
6.94%
Mommy buys me whatever I want
3.47%
Buyers remorse
2.08%
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20.83%
It's an illness
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Car Whores... What Drives You?

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Old 09-08-2007, 09:09 PM
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Default Car Whores... What Drives You?

Since 2003, we have had 9 different cars.
Over the years, I've fit multiple of the poll choices.

Currently, I'm a little bored and fighting the urge to pick up a $7000 Land Rover for off-roading and blizzards. Limited garage space is the only thing holding me back right now....
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There is something wrong with me. I test drove a Z4M coupe yesterday and now I have to have one. Ive already convinced myself it'll be a dandy daily driver and Im getting rid of the S4.

In the past 16 months, Ive had two S2000s, a silverado (ya i know), the S4, and now the M coupe as my daily drivers.
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i cant answer the poll because 7/9 are true
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Stress relief-hobbie...

I love checking out car forums of so many different types of sports cars and always imagine myself being a potential owner of the car I'm checking out.

But in the end I always say to myself that the S2000 is better suited for my needs-driving pleasure

If I had the money I'd def. buy a 2007 STI Limited though to park it next to the S!
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I have many of those problems myself. Sometimes I am not satisfied. Its like I have to have 1 of each car ever made. That would be the life.
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I just made the decision recently that I would not ever own more than 3 cars at one time. One of them is a daily beater (truck for hauling and home depot) One is for the wifey that we share on occasions that we are together. The other is mine exclusively.

For me.... it's about the experience of driving/owning different cars. Different car, different experience. Once I look BACK when I'm old and grey, I want to be able to recall on those experiences and know that I enjoyed every minute of them. I defer to my motto in life.. "you only live ONCE"


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Change of pace and it's just nice to experience different cars. I use to believe that every time I purchased a car and that it was 'the one'...then several cars later I realized that will never happen.
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Originally Posted by kumar75150,Sep 8 2007, 09:27 PM
There is something wrong with me. I test drove a Z4M coupe yesterday and now I have to have one. Ive already convinced myself it'll be a dandy daily driver and Im getting rid of the S4.

In the past 16 months, Ive had two S2000s, a silverado (ya i know), the S4, and now the M coupe as my daily drivers.
Yeah, I've had 4 cars in 5 years. The s2k is my latest and greatest. The reason I'm interested in flipping soon is that I want something different. I have no serious issues with the s2k.

Btw, Kumar dont ever sell that Ford GT!!! That has to be in my top 5 exotics ever. Wow, just wow man.
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Toss up between 1 & 2, I chose 2. I deliberately don't drive the S much so I'm not at all bored with it, but my DD's get old quickly. I'm only doing 2 year leases from now on, 3 years is a killer.


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