Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Daily driver divorce

[A.J. Merrifield (101pdt]

Remember, Dan, the first step in getting better is admitting you have a
problem... Repeat after me: "My name is Dan, and I owned a Porsche..."
;-)

- A.J.


On 10/2/07, Dan Warlick <edwf430 [at] bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Hi folks! For about 4 years now I have been driving for a daily driver a
> very clean 1990 Porsche 944 S2 Cabriolet. The taboo is that I fell in love
> with the car. Being in the business I NEVER am supposed to allow that to
> happen. Well, since the birth of my son about 16 months ago new concerns
> have propped themselves on the horizon. Things like rear seat room, accident
> safety, luggage space etc... Seems like the top down, wind in the hair,
> buzzing exhaust note and shiny red paint have been relegated to only
> weekends anymore. Melissa and I used to take drives on Sunday mornings down
> A1A/Ocean Drive but again since the new addition, this has ceased to be a
> reality. After long and hard thought and much gnashing of the teeth I
> finally forced myself to trade her (the car not Melissa) in yesterday. Yet,
> I think I found the solution to rectify some of the reasons I loved the
> Porsche so much. I decided to buy an MB CLK Cabriolet. Four (and I use this
> term loosely) "usable" seats, convertible top, larger V8 engine and much
> nicer amenities. Strangely enough, when I looked out in the drive this
> morning I didn't miss the Porsche so much after all. This is something I
> never thought would happen since I keep my cars for long periods of time. Am
> I just getting old? Does the buying process really bring this much emotional
> havoc for any of you guys too? I do this every day in business but for
> crying out loud when it's on a personal level it just about drove me crazy.
> Sorry if this seems frivolous but I didn't sleep worth a darn for almost a
> week trying to build up the intestinal fortitude to let the Porsche go.
>
> Dan Warlick
> 954-725-6331 Office
> 208-493-3529 Fax
> 954-793-3529 Mobile
>
>
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