Or cars that shout out "I have a possible Mid life crisis occupant" before you even see whos inside...
I was looking through some reviews and saw the description of the BMW Z3/Z4 being a perfect mid life crisis car!!
Again this could well be true since by the time an average person like me saves enough to buy one,I would possibly be well and truely be rattling and creaking!
Any other cars that would instantly give you this impression???
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This'll be an interesting thread for me. I'm looking for one right now. It just needs to be something I can fit two kids in the back of.
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I had one of those last summer - a midlife crisis that is.
Bought an AMG CLK convertible. Takes two kids in the back in comfort - (5yrs & 2 yrs). Great car. Tyres cost a fortune and last about 3 days, but other than that its great.
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M3?
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M3?
I'd say M5.
M3 screams 'Drug dealer', not 'Losing hair and starting to worry about it'.
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Actually, to be perfectly honest. I wouldn't say M5 either, because I like them. I'd pick a car I don't like at all to insult!
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It just needs to be something I can fit two kids in the back of.
My own favourite if I didn't have the bike to let off steam in, Mazda RX-8?
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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Cannot think of anything more suited that the Porshe 911.
Carse
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911 = shorthand for I'm losing my hair and will soon be losing my wife when she finds out out I'm boffing my secretary.
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911 = shorthand for I'm losing my hair and will soon be losing my wife when she finds out out I'm boffing my secretary.
What's she like then Nsar?
MD
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I bought a really nice (ok it's all relative, but one owner from new, all receipts etc, no rust and no horrid body kits) old XR3i convertible, dark glasses and a hat. With the hood down it's great fun, cheap to run, goes plenty quick enough, good handling and cost pennies - new steering rack was £26. The hat and shades are so no-one recognises me. And who knows in 10 years time it might even be collectable.
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I imported a new Ford Mustang GT V8 for my midlife crisis and it is the most fun I have had with a car for years :D.
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Surely the car type that screams out Mid Life Crisis is a convertible!
I was thinking
If you are lucky and reached there with pots of spare cash , then i would have thought the XKR would be the one to pick.
And sits well on the lawns of the golf club!
Probably the choice of ageing Dukes/landed gentry!
On the other hand if like most of us with pockets that arent as deep , I would have thought the alternative would be an RX8.
Just seen a perfect example of M crisis last month ,resigned his job, chucked away the Volvo which he had for years and bought an RX8 , but cant say he does anything more than ?70 in it!
Havent seen S2000s driven by more than ?30 year olds for whatever reason.
Boxters seem to be preferred though,seen plenty of lardy beer bellies propping the steering wheel up and trying not to look uncomfortable...
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Trouble is any mid-life crisis car I buy is going to take every spare penny I've got. Got to be under 20 grand and reasonable to run. I think the running costs of an RX8 would get very wearing. I'm still thinking about a 320d M Sport...although a Saab convertible is still a possibility!
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Why not throw caution to the winds mlc and get a nice rorty Dodge Charger, black of course not red with a number, but with a discreet roll cage?
I feel there's too luch late-middle-age good taste and good sense in yr other candidates for a real mlc car...
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My thought process was this -
what has no taste at all? A 1.0 Corsa with body kit.
You want some power? Fit a 3.0 Litre V6 in.
Be a child again. Why not buy a Renault Clio V6?
Best practical fast car has to be a Ford Mustang or a Vauxhaul Monaro, if its image you want and not speed buy a convertable MINI. If both what about a Mitibushi Evo, fitted with neons of course?
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Off road bike. No scameras, soft mud and W-I-D-E grins.
MD
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Having had a REAL mid-life crisis (i.e. a heart attack in November last year) I got me a Saab Convertible as soon as I left hospital. It's a late 2005 1.8t Vector auto. Plenty fast enough for me, comfy and room in the back for Douglas Bader or two kids. Avg 22mpg round town, but much much more on a long run. Got me some wrap around sun glasses, and a hat. I don't think it smacks of a balding loser....or at least I hope it doesn't I think it exudes more of a "left leaning, organic eating, media savvy intellectual living in Islington" :o)
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...I'm still thinking about a 320d M Sport......
I thought you said you couldn´t afford one, midlife?
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I can't .....but what the heck, if I'm going to get in debt, I may as well be seriously in debt!! :)
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Hi johnx, A couple of years ago i bought a Z3. nice car, not very quick, and damn uncomfortable leather seats,which one slides about on taking a bend fast. The seats are so bad they gave me back ache.
I looked for after markets seats, but could not source any. For this reason alone, i sold it. Then bought a clio v6. WOW what a car, frightened me to death. Fantastic fun, totally different, and dam quick. On the downside, sups petrol, only 2 seats and expensive parts and servicing.People know you must be getting on a bit if you drive one of these as the insurance is so high. I kept it for 15 months, and then sold it......Great fun.
Cheers, Graham.
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Hi - Mine was a Corrado Vr6, and still have it 11 years on.
Downside was two chavs in a Peugeot van at Victoria in London (hot night ,windows open) saying '' Look at that old f--t driving a Corrado, and then slaughtering me when the lights changed.
Upside is every time I drive it! Still.
Regards DougB.
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