Baby I earned it

[midlifecrisis]

Hello all,
Actually signed up a few months ago and forgot to do my intro until now. From Pennsylvania and purchased a '75 spider back in May with my pandemic savings. I really didn't need another car, under other circumstances probably would've spent the money on a vacation but that wasn't happening. The wife loves convertibles and I love classics, so when I saw this beauty come across cragslist I couldn't help myself. But since I'm 41, when I come home with a sporty, shiny red little convertible, everyone had the same lame joke as if they were clever "what? having a mid-life crisis?" Funny, when I bought a completely impractical '66 Mustang as my daily driver at the age of 29 no one said that, hmm... But rather than get butt-hurt about it, I decided to own it instead, hence the username, and I'm even thinking of making it a vanity plate if it's not already taken. But on that note, I've always been into cool old cars, but primarily American muscle (yes I still have the Mustang but it's seen better days). Never really been in to the eurosport scene before, but I'm already 100% in love with this car and I'm really looking forward to learning more about it here and elsewhere, thanks!

[georgeramos]

Welcome. Funny some friends said the same thing to me when I bought my Spider.

Looking forward to seeing pics of your car.

Where are you located?

[18Fiatsandcounting]

But since I'm 41, when I come home with a sporty, shiny red little convertible, everyone had the same lame joke as if they were clever "what? having a mid-life crisis?"

Too funny! My dad bought a red '69 spider when he was 40, and when his son (me) took it away to college when I was 18, my mother had to buy him a '78 spider to "help him get over it."

Freud would have some insight on this, or perhaps some scenes from Hamlet. I still have the '69 to this day, and it runs just fine even after 52 years. Might leak a drop of oil now and then.

-Bryan

[bobplyler]

I bought a motorcycle for my mid-life crisis. Almost 23 years ago.

I explained to my wife, I was going to acquire one of the following, in order of cheapest.
1- Motorcycle
2- Airplane
3- Mistress

She agreed to 1. Grudgingly.

[Matt]

I’m in the same boat as the OP, having purchased my Spider in April of this year. I think it was kismet, as the car and I were both born in February, 1977. So we’re enjoying our midlife crisis together.

I also started the conversation with my wife like this: “hey, how about a motorcycle?”. But that was a negotiating ploy more than anything, and let’s be honest, we both knew it.

The airplane and the mistress are out of budget, but the Fiat has been fun.