You'll like this Midlife Crisis

[Me!]

If you are taller than 6 foot OR take any passengers over the age of 10 in the rear seats ... You will find it a squeeze !!
Was going to hire one for a road trip a couple of years ago and having tried one for size .... it was a no go !!
Try one for size first .... it’s a bit of a squeeze !

But the grin factor caused by the right foot is well worth it !!
A workmate had one and he switched off traction control and tried it ..... he said it was very scary but fun !! He won’t do it again tho !!

He’s not. Fatty is 5’5 in his Cuban heels. His waist is bigger than height.

 

[Minkey]

to me a mid life crises is either giving up work and going to live in a cave

or buying a Morgan

 

[Me!]

to me a mid life crises is either giving up work and going to live in a cave

or buying a Morgan

Rolo, sorry, Poo plough has moved to a cave in Wales to ride his cobs.

 

[Pow-Lo]

I’ll keep the gentlemanly ‘Benz’ over your Fiat. Albeit I did like the City steering you had as an option as you couldn’t move your arms with your belly so close to the wheel. Look on the bright side... being as obese as you are will save you from kidnap.

There's nothing gentlemanly about a two-seater SLGay. It's a bender's car. Fact. I hope your family enjoy it because we both know you wouldn't fit in it even if both seats were ripped out. Fatty.

If you are taller than 6 foot OR take any passengers over the age of 10 in the rear seats ... You will find it a squeeze !!
Was going to hire one for a road trip a couple of years ago and having tried one for size .... it was a no go !!
Try one for size first .... it’s a bit of a squeeze !

But the grin factor caused by the right foot is well worth it !!
A workmate had one and he switched off traction control and tried it ..... he said it was very scary but fun !! He won’t do it again tho !!

I'm 6' on the nail. With my dog in the front, my 5' 11' wife would be relegated to the rear, so it's sounding like even more of a bad move.

If you're serious about a hairy chested, midlife crisis musclecar then you're looking in the wrong direction.
You should be looking down under for inspiration. One of the VRX8's.....preferrably the GTS.

I've spent enough time in Australia to know I don't like those things. Basically, Vauxhall Carlton's with huge engines. Nah, no Vauxhalls for me, thanks.

 

[Me!]

There's nothing gentlemanly about a two-seater SLGay. It's a bender's car. Fact. I hope your family enjoy it because we both know you wouldn't fit in it even if both seats were ripped out. Fatty.

I'm 6' on the nail. With my dog in the front, my 5' 11' wife would be relegated to the rear, so it's sounding like even more of a bad move.

I've spent enough time in Australia to know I don't like those things. Basically, Vauxhall Carlton's with huge engines. Nah, no Vauxhalls for me, thanks.

He is not 6’, fact. He wears Cuban heels that are 4” so even with his heels on he is 5’5 and a 46 waist.

 

[Cougar377]

There's nothing gentlemanly about a two-seater SLGay. It's a bender's car. Fact. I hope your family enjoy it because we both know you wouldn't fit in it even if both seats were ripped out. Fatty.

I'm 6' on the nail. With my dog in the front, my 5' 11' wife would be relegated to the rear, so it's sounding like even more of a bad move.

I've spent enough time in Australia to know I don't like those things. Basically, Vauxhall Carlton's with huge engines. Nah, no Vauxhalls for me, thanks.

Like I said.... You're not ready yet, young Padawan.

 

[Pow-Lo]

He is not 6’, fact. He wears Cuban heels that are 4” so even with his heels on he is 5’5 and a 46 waist.

I think you're mistaking me for yourself. Shorty.

 

[Pow-Lo]

Like I said.... You're not ready yet, young Padawan.

Dunno about not ready, just not interested in anything suggested so far. Maybe I'll buy another watch instead.

 

[Cougar377]

Dunno about not ready, just not interested in anything suggested so far. Maybe I'll buy another watch instead.

You're supposed to do something out of character for you mid life crisis....

What about a hair transplant.?

 

[Pow-Lo]

You're supposed to do something out of character for you mid life crisis....

What about a hair transplant.?

I know but there's nothing out of character I can be arsed doing. I thought about nice to people for a day or two but that's never gonna happen.

I'm happy being a slaphead and my ego isn't that fragile so I don't need a hair transplant.

 

[andyBeaker]

Pow-Lo stop pratting about and get a DB9.

 

[Oldandbald]

Hell of a car. But don't do it if you need any money left over at the end of the month to feed the wife and/or dog.

 

[Minkey]

Pow-Lo stop pratting about and get a DB9.

has to be a convertible

 

[Squag1]

has to be a convertible

So you can leave the top down when you want to wash the seats!!!

 

[andyBeaker]

Hell of a car. But don't do it if you need any money left over at the end of the month to feed the wife and/or dog.

It ain't ncesssrily so.

I scratched my Aston itch by having a DB9 for a year before i packed up work. It wasn't horrifically expensive to run and insurance wasn't anything like as bad as I had expected. I suppose if you drive like a loon it would gulp petrol down like there was no tomorrow, but Drive it the way as Aston should be driven and the fuel,economy would comfortably be in the low/mid 20's.

Only expense I had was new brake pads all round.....£500 for parts! Although I could have saved a lot if I had gone for a cheap option.

Got my money back when I sold it, but that was more because I paid the right price on the way in than anything else.

 

[DLN1965]

You could always ‘build’ a lookalike car .... An AC Cobra perhaps ???
I wonder who may be doing that

 

[Pow-Lo]

has to be a convertible

I don’t like convertibles.

You could always ‘build’ a lookalike car .... An AC Cobra perhaps ???
I wonder who may be doing that

A fuckwit like me build a car? Are you drunk? I can‘t put an IKEA table lamp together!

 

[Pow-Lo]

It ain't ncesssrily so.

I scratched my Aston itch by having a DB9 for a year before i packed up work. It wasn't horrifically expensive to run and insurance wasn't anything like as bad as I had expected. I suppose if you drive like a loon it would gulp petrol down like there was no tomorrow, but Drive it the way as Aston should be driven and the fuel,economy would comfortably be in the low/mid 20's.

Only expense I had was new brake pads all round.....£500 for parts! Although I could have saved a lot if I had gone for a cheap option.

Got my money back when I sold it, but that was more because I paid the right price on the way in than anything else.

I do recall a post where you said you’d had ‘some pretty horrific fuel bills’ in the Aston. Now, whether that was on a specific run up to Old Trafford or whether it was in general, I can’t remember. Either way, an Aston ain’t for me. Nice, just not my bag.