I have been fighting this urge terribly. I have always been a car guy. I have had some fun ones over the years, but it’s been nearly a decade since I had a sports car. This has largely been due to living 5 years in a 5th wheel so a sports car wasn’t practical. Now, we just signed a year long lease at an apartment and we have a garage.
Not only that, my income is high, though my work as a contractor is volatile. I’m currently saving close to $15k/month. Even at $30k it gets you into some options I’d really like (super low mileage 2004 Ford SVT cobra for example) So now - I finally have a garage, I have a high income, etc.
For our DD’s, we have a 99 Camry and 17 4Runner (with tons of mods, we took it on an 8000 mile, two month camping trip in 2017). I’ve also considered trading the 4Runner in on something fun like a Raptor that could also be a DD for the wife (she drives very little) and I could still drive the Camry and Raptor on the weekends.
I know, I know, all terrible ideas. I spend hours and hours every week just researching and researching everything about cars. I waited anxiously and non-stop for the new 2020 GT-500 to be released, heck, same with the Gladiator, or new super duty.
Anyways, its such a tough call, do I buy the car I will truly admire and enjoy, or continue on with Fire? I’m working 60 hours a week right now and it’s hard to enjoy much aside from my running/workouts and weekend date nights with the wife.
In the future as we move a lot, we may get an airstream for both sabbaticals and to live in full time on contract projects. With that, I would need a tow vehicle and could justify a fun truck (as mentioned before, we lived in a 5th wheel for 5 years and are familiar with the lifestyle)
Sigh.. I’ll probably keep dreaming..