I've been driving a '95 Dodge Stealth since 2002 because there's nothing out there that gets even vaguely close to what I want for what I'm willing to spend. Plus, my dad really fucked me over. He bought a Mooney M20F for $60k. So now I price everything in relation to what fraction of a fucking light aircraft it is. Scion FR-S? Half a Mooney Unit. 370Z? .8 Mooney Units. Prius C? 1/3 a Mooney Unit. Corvette C7? 1.2 Mooney Units. I think the blue book value on my car right now is like 2 grand. Which is less than a third what I paid for the motorcycle. And there's nothing out there right now with a back seat, some style and some get up and go for less than 2/3rds the cost of a light aircraft. I mean, I'm 40 years old. Am I really going to try and pull this off? Which means one of these: And that right there is the very definition of "trying too hard." For 2/3rds to a full Mooney Unit. So here we are.
