I sold my car yesterday, after a few weeks of answering calls and emails about it, then forgetting it was on the market. The buyer is awesome, and I’m really happy about how it worked out.<\/p>\n
I’m going to miss my GTO. It was fast and loud and orange. It had 8 cylinders and 400 horsepower. People tried to race me on the highway all the time. I loved it.<\/p>\n
What I decided after years of having pretty awesome cars, though, is that the future is way more important having a nice vehicle. That future, specifically, that involves moving to an island and owning our own business. So now I’ll drive a completely nonfancy car (whose main ‘feature’ will be air conditioning – that and a warranty are my only requirements) and I’ll have an extra $8-9k a year. That’s a pretty excellent tradeoff, I believe.<\/p>\n
Feel free to race me in my new car. I guarantee you’ll win.<\/p>\n
P.S. I realized yesterday that while I’ve been pulled over more than once in my Saab and Mini, I’ve never been stopped by a cop while driving the orange muscle car. That’s really strange, considering my respect for the speed limit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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