Don’t tempt me
Tuesday afternoon, Kyle called home between appointments.
“My client – the closing I just had – he’s an auto mechanic.”
“Mmmmm.”
“He has a ‘76 Mercedes – completely restored it. It’s a red convertible, V8 engine, 183,000 miles.”
“Nice!”
“He’s selling it – needs the money for his daughter’s first year of college.”
“Ah.”
“Seven thousand dollars. He said it’s really powerful – so much that you have to be super careful with it. Of course, since it’s a convertible, there’s no place for the kids.”
“Wait. Are you suggesting that we BUY this car?”
“Well…”
“You KNOW I’ve always wanted a Mercedes. Since I was a CHILD.”
“Right! So…?”
“If I thought this idea was even in the REALM of possibility, I’d go for it. But there’s just no way. You’re a car tease.”
“Okay. But you’ve got the rest of the afternoon to think about it.”
Methinks Kyle’s been talking to Mary Tsao’s husband.
August 24th, 2006 at 3:15 pm
LMFAO! but it’s only 7 grand and it’s already restored, so in theory.. he wouldn’t have to put any more money into it. RIGHT???
do it with restrictions
August 24th, 2006 at 5:49 pm
I knew a guy who’s wife was going through menopause…
and she leaves him out front in their beautifully manicured lawn with their three children… she waves good-bye tooting her stationwagon’s horn…
She returns 3 hours later in a Lambroginni sportscar… and has mortgaged the house to the hilt to pay for it…
He comes into work and he says’Pendullum, this change of life… She’s a no good… what am I supposed to do??? How long does it last???’
I was all of nineteen at the time…
I just shrugged my shoulders… and when he left….. I laughed… Sad but true…I laughed…
August 24th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
Man! What’s in the air in the blogosphere, huh? “car tease” … I love it.
August 24th, 2006 at 8:08 pm
The first thing that popped in my head was Mary’s hot new convertible! Hey…better a convertible than a Harley?!?
August 24th, 2006 at 8:19 pm
Oh, no. Don’t do it. We inherited an old, mechanic-owned-and-restored Mercedes from my mother-in-law. It was a good car. For a while. Then it started having little problems and every single one cost a bajillion dollars to fix. Ordinary mechanics look at the German engineering and scratch their heads. They have to order parts, or better, “locate” some.
Eventually, it was going to cost more to fix than it was worth. We donated it. One of the happiest days of my life.
August 24th, 2006 at 9:14 pm
that and a silver seventies Jag are my two DREAM cars. please do it. if only so I can live vicariously.
okay, I kid, b/c I know how foolish it would be to do something so rash.
(please do it anyway)
August 25th, 2006 at 1:46 am
entertaining the notion of being frivilous is kinda fun isn’t it? i have no advice. but, for me, if it were a porsche 911 carrera, i’d be right there witcha.
August 25th, 2006 at 5:06 am
I would have said to him “sure, if you want to take the money out of the kids’ college funds!”
August 25th, 2006 at 5:20 am
My husband just said something similar.
And I answered pretty much the same way.
August 25th, 2006 at 7:54 am
That’s exactly what I was thinking; about Mary’s husband!
Those boys and their toys, huh?
August 25th, 2006 at 11:55 am
What can I say but… “Go for it!”
August 25th, 2006 at 1:51 pm
What is it with men and cars? Husband wrecked a tricked out Camaro when he was 17. The other day we saw one the exact year and model that husband had, right down to the racing stripes for sale in our neighborhood. For weeks, everytime we came back home he would detour past that house. He never suggested we buy it, but I know he wanted to. Badly. It finally sold, and that was the day his dream died. He was despondent for a week.
August 25th, 2006 at 4:26 pm
ACK! ACK! Not the Mercedes. Look AWAY!
August 25th, 2006 at 5:11 pm
So did you get it? lol
August 25th, 2006 at 9:52 pm
I bought a 1984 black Trans Am two years ago. We could not afford it, it is environmentally irresponsible…but the joy, oh the joy…..
August 26th, 2006 at 8:03 am
Ah… my husband is so pragmatic, he’d never suggest the sort….although he might be tempted to dip into the college fund if it was a boob job I was asking for. *snorts in disgust*
August 28th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
Hey, I sense a new trend in the blogsphere. J, if you are reading this, I’d really like some cute little convertible…
September 1st, 2006 at 10:13 am
Yup. I got some sushi because of Mary’s porche. But a Mercedes does sound nice!