Spring Cleaning

 Automotive ownership is dynamic, there’s nothing new and surprising about that. People tend to change cars due to needs, wants and sometimes finance. You have these Asian dads getting Sienna when they get their first new born thinking they need a 7 seater to fit one child and guys with mid life crisis selling everything for a nice yellow corvette. I know it’s absurd to change cars more than once a year, even though every year itself is already a pretty short life cycle. However, it’s spring and I think I’m due for a spring cleaning. 

We decided to sell the family CRV and it really got me thinking regarding my shit. I’ve done a pretty good job at streamlining my side gig so now I barely carry shit in my 4Runner. Yes, there’s a day or two that I have used the roof rack and truly loaded my 4Runner to look like the recycle guy’s T100 pick up. With that said, I don’t really have any more use for the 4Runner other than to drive like an asshole over potholes and bumps. The car doesn’t particularly tow well and I have the Cayenne Diesel if I need to tow. I also do not enjoy off roading that much and rather be at the track with my junk yard civic. It’ll be on the dirt regardless of which event I go to. Lastly, I don’t camp and live like a hobo, I like my bed and internet. This leads me to a few things, I hate going to the gas station and I don’t need a 4Runner. It was short lived and I really like the car but the utility of the vehicle has ran out. It’s time to move on.

Second car I'm thinking about selling is either the GT3 or R33. I've had a long discussion about this with my good friend Alex regarding this. Realistically speaking, with the nature of my job, I get maybe 2-3 days a week to really drive my "weekend" car and enjoy it. I remember telling him that with limitation, I can't ever see myself picking the R33 to drive over the GT3. It's been about 2-3 weeks since I've had that conversation with him and after many bubble baths and bottles of wine, I've somewhat reached a conclusion regarding my 1st world problem. I enjoy both cars immensely and they both have their pros and cons. I'm going to leave out any of the cons with dealing with the public eye since tbh, fuck em and I don't give a fuck. Back to the car, I realized that I have this weird anxiety driving the GT3 around and that's not like me at all. I usually drive my cars and not care but for a car like the GT3, I care too much and I hate it. I try telling myself it's just a beetle with a beefed up engine but here I am washing it and shit. R33 on the other hand, I enjoy tinkering with it and "modifying" it. I'm not going to discuss value either because I feel it's irrelevant to view these cars as some type of investment and what they're worth. Lastly, no matter how much I modify the R33, it won't be as complete or as refined as something that was engineered in Weissach. Regardless though, maybe that's what I need, something imperfectly perfect and something flawed enough to feel relatable to. That's a topic for a whole different conversation that I have no business being in. Yes, in the end, I think after the dust has settled and my rose colored glasses with 1.5 prescription has come off, the R33 is still my go to regardless of the mouth breathers that come up to chat. Maybe this is the rabbit hole I need since I catch myself waking up at 5AM going on Rennlist to see nothing but old dudes talking about what they had for dinner. The fuck.




 


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