I was reflecting on this and wanted to share something similar maybe as a bit of 'it's not all bad'.

Very similarly I bought the S with my first wife. She loved the car, and then hated the car. Towards the end of our marriage she cheated with an employee. When we divorced, and it was quick, I found myself ripping up the mountain roads in the S.

Fast forward a month, and I meet the perfect woman for me, who oddly enough loves the convertible. Fast forward another 7 and we're engaged. Life is messy my friend. It really can get a lot better. I've found that just before something good happens in my life, I'm put through something very hard.

 

Great stories, guys. It's nice to see that all people don't give up when times get hard and stay positive and focus on what makes them happy. The S truly is a special car.

 

My story is eerily similar. I'm glad it all worked out and I'm happy the S seems to bring us all some types of happiness

 

I usually don't read long stories like this but I decided to read yours and I'm touched by your story. Beautiful story man. And if your ever stationed in SA hit me up to check out some car meets together. I know quite a few S owners here in town that like to ride together

 

I hear you loud and clear My S has been a grt friend . I feel the exact same way ....I sold my S once ...ONCE never again

 

Take it from somebody who has been married/divorced and swaps cars every 2 years. I don't regret many of the choices I've made, but I've sold two vehicles that I regretted, a '97 delSol and a Honda Big Ruckus. I drove to Nebraska on Superbowl day in 2012 to replace the Big Ruckus. I bought the S the weekend after closing on my house, after watching it sit on Craigslist at a dealership for 3 months. They were just about to put it on a truck heading to California.

They're going to take this S's keys from my cold dead hands.

 

Good read! Hearing things like this make me even happier to be a proud owner. I smile everytime I go out to my car. I'd like to keep it forever and I'm working hard to make sure I can. Being 23 - turning 24...I know that there might come a time when I will have to pass it along for someone else to enjoy. I want a family, I have an amazing g/f who I will wife up in the near future, priorities change, whatever the case may be - there might a time where I will have to consider selling it. As "scary" as that sounds, it just makes me appreciate what I have now and where I am in life. There's always people who have it worse than us. Its good to know what we have and not take it for granted.

Oh...and this goes without saying, but the S2ki community is by far the best enthusiast community I've ever belonged to. Seriously <3 you guys.

 

Thanks for sharing your story sir and thank you for serving our country. I'm not much older than you and its totally cool to be car crazy. I can't think of selling my car. I love spa yellow on the AP1s.

 

19 is too young to be married...

Good story though

 

Ahhh yes, the long nights of random cruises. After my ex and I split I went on countless drives to clear my mind in the S.