These days I am driving my BMW M2 so infrequently that I’ve been entertaining thoughts of selling it. It’s rather irresponsible to keep such an expensive car around - plus the relatively high cost to insure it - only to have it sit outside on the curb most of the time (looking mighty pretty, I have to say). I don’t think I can go car-less, but switching to another that’s far less costly to purchase and own would be most financially ideal.
Not ideal for my car enthusiast heart, however. The push and pull between my love of cars and financial responsibility have been an ongoing struggle since my very first turn of the steering wheel. This “hobby” of ours is undoubtedly expensive, and our exravagent spending on cars isn’t suppose to be rational. Heck, car buying in general isn’t rational. If everybody bought only the right car for their purposes, we’d all be driving small, compact SUVs made by Japanese manufacturers.
Toyota is going to sell boatloads of the Corolla Cross.
Of course, cars are so much more than just mere transportation, even for those who aren’t the enthusiastic type. It’s an extension of our personality, a representation of ideals, for better or worse. Manufacturers are great at attacking those points with marketing. Everyone have notions of what a typical BMW driver is (again, for better or worse), same with a Toyota Prius driver. The latter of whom is probably hogging up the right-lane going way too slowly.
Must you own a cool car to be a car enthusiast? Even if all it does is just sit? These days I’m really pondering on those questions. I’ll certainly miss it greatly if I were to sell the M2, which is ultimately why I haven’t yet done it. Oh and the fact I’d be taking a bath on depreciation. Sunk cost fallacy is real and immense.
Lens flare that JJ would be proud of.