This weekend, I sold my beloved BMW 328i.
And bought a Dodge Grand Caravan.
You see, the BMW just didn’t make sense. My wife didn’t drive stick, and with the baby seat in the back, the front passenger seat didn’t really have a lot of room. And the car itself only had room for three adults, and when we went to Virginia Beach in May, we had to fill up the front seat with luggage that didn’t fit in the trunk. In short, it was just too small for us, and only one of us could drive it anyway. It made no sense to keep it.
::sigh::
I bought that car as a bachelor. It was a zippy, great-looking sports car. It had LEGS… I once got a ticket in New Jersey for… well, let’s just say I was going very fast, and leave it at that.
I love my family, and love my life as it is now. But I have to admit to some twinges of nostalgia as I signed papers this weekend.
Ah, well. Maybe, when the last child is out of college, we can get another one.
Rick,
Welcome to the club. For me, it was a beaut of a '77 Beetle. Great shape, but small, dangerous, and no AC. I traded that for a Buick Skylark.
My recent job has brought me a (regular) Caravan as my company car, and while I just can’t feel cool and object-of-all-women’s-lust in it, I have to admit that it’s pretty comfortable to drive for many hours (plus the company pays for the gas, no matter what). Of course, this is after I’ve had a soft-top Tracker (loved it) and an Isuzu Rodeo (again, loved it).
The kicker, though? Once we’re sure I’m secure in my job and will get to keep the company van for a while, Mrs. Stof is going to get to trade her Altima and my Rodeo in on a mid-sized convertible. Yes, that’s right, soccer mom will be driving with the top down while high-profile, sexy, old-enough-to-know-better-but-still-thinks-all-women-lust-after-him salesman dad will be driving the Caravan.
Life just ain’t fair for those of us with testosterone 
Don’t do it!
Keep the Bimmer and just get the Caravan too!
You’ll regret it forever if you sell.
Then you’ll be like me and two years later you’ll buy yourself a compromise car like a Sebring convertible.
and that’s just sad.
Net of net you’ll spend more money and you still won’t be happy.
-Scylla
(who sold his cherry, smoke silver '92 Mercedes 560 SL when he had a kid,)
Welcome to the club Bricker the wife and I are shopping for a minivan this weekend. But I’m keeping my bimmer, we’re trading in HER car. It gets old renting vans when we want to go out as a family, not to mention expensive.
Hah! It’ll never happen here! They are gonna bury me in my Spider! (Actually, I intend on passing it on to my son, age 9 mo now, so he can drive his wife and mother crazy!)
Wife and I are looking for a good family rig, and plan to trade-in her toyota tercel (2 doors and automatic! can’t pass a turd!)
Thinking Subaru WRX or Volvo maybe? Whatever we end up with, it will be parked next to The Fiat in the garage.
BRicker, funny you should mention the Beamer. I arranged to borrow my mom’s 325i for a trip this coming weekend. Nice big trunk, plenty of room for the carseat and it hauls ass! Wife complains that her ass doesn’t fit in the seat too well. This has got to mean something…