Get the ol lady a Mercedes.

 

Make a pact with your inlaws. Tell them you won't be judgemental about their decisions if they won't be judgemental about your's.

 

as a means of transport - your wife has a point, it's not practical - so don't argue it - you can find other fast cars with more room.

However it's a hobby - a relaxation tool - it's stress therapy from working all the hours - it's different - and it's your choice.

My friends play golf and spend hours away from their wife and kids

- I have my S2000.

 

your wife will come around fairly soon after her first ride. in a week or so you will notice that you are adjusting the seat and mirrors before leaving the drive. screw the in-laws, you two need to do what is right for you.

i waited till i was 45 to finally get a toy car and wish i had made the move years ago. don't make the same mistake.

jss

ps - kobe, i golf like a fiend also (manage to get two golf bags in the trunk). i suppose you can have it all.

 

.......please do NOT listen to your wife.....and definitely do not listen to her parents....get the car you want NOW...later it could be a different story.

 

It's always great to respect the decisions of your wife... I went through the same thing with my parents before I bought the car. They HATED 2-seaters... they hated the specs of the car... they thought i was too young for it... blah blah blah... basically, they hated everything about it... but haha, too bad... cuzz VIOLA! i came home with the S one day and i can still remember seeing their heads started smoking with flame.

once you get it, you'll love it more than you think you would.

 

My wife always thought convertibles were impractical, especially in the NW, yet beautiful (she loved Boxsters and TT Roadsters) So I caved and bought a fully loaded Grand Cherokee last year...after three months and seven trips to the service department, I was fed up and wanted to look for a new car. So my wife and I went to test drive some alternatives...we went to a Lexus dealership with an S2000 that was just traded in for an SC430 by a 55 year old woman.

I drove off in that car an hour later......work as well as car troubles had been stressing me out for months....my wife told me later that night that if buying a sports car would result in "that huge permagrin on my face the whole way home", she would have urged me to get it a long time ago. She drove it later that night and fell in love with it as well.

BTW, I'm 27 as well....

 

As the famous commercial say "JUST DO IT". If you can afford it, and it won't put a financial strain on the relationship what else is there to worry about. You will get more enjoyment out of the S2000 than you can imagine. You work hard for your money so you should enjoy it. I know my wife wasn't keen on the idea of the S2000, that was until she went for her first ride. Now we are planning vacations around this little beauty. As for the in-laws oh well tell them to just deal with it.

 

I was wavering as well - wife doesn't like the car, in-laws think it's a waste of money (I never told them I bought it, by the way - they'll figure it out someday).

I got a fortune cookie one day that said "A huge fortune at home is not as good as money in use". Now that doesn't exactly apply to my situation, but in a way it does. I can afford the car, so why not? What am I saving the money for anyway?

I always told myself that one day when I was wealthy I would buy an expensive toy like the S2000. Well, why wait? Go for it now, while you can enjoy it! I'm 28, and I already wish that I had bought it earlier!

These are the decisions that you look back on later in life and regret like hell if you didn't do it...

 

when else will you buy toys for yourself, when you're trying to put kids thru college? when you're 90 and bedridden? buy it and enjoy life while you're young! older ppl always say youth is wasted on the young, don't waste it!!!!!!