{"id":774948,"date":"2026-07-21T01:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T01:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/774948\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T01:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T01:35:09","slug":"heres-how-your-dream-cars-change-as-you-get-older","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/774948\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s How Your Dream Cars Change As You Get Older"},"content":{"rendered":"

I used to only love miatas, now I love miatas and sick wagons.<\/p>\n

Suggested by Russell Garcia<\/p>\n

Miatas are great, but sick wagons are even better<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I went from wanting a restomod 68′ Camaro SS to anything that gets good mileage and won’t require shooting the parts cannon at it every year. I want my mechanic to be lonely.<\/p>\n

Suggested by Rusty Shackleford<\/p>\n

I\u00a0feel bad for your mechanic, but that’s probably a good goal. I could learn a thing or two about that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As I’ve gotten older I’ve shifted toward choosing driving feel over power or performance numbers. I “peaked” at owning a 6MT CT5V BW, followed by a 6MT G80. I now drive a Fiesta ST and a couple of other older hot hatches and am enjoying this much more than I ever did the larger more powerful cars.<\/p>\n

Suggested by NewDirection<\/p>\n

CT5-V Blackwing is a pretty great hooligan car<\/a>, but I\u00a0found it got old after a few minutes of launches and burnouts. I agree, a Fiesta ST is a much more fun car to drive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ultimately, class consciousness and climate disaster have made car enthusiasm a really tough thing to maintain, and so my car dreams have become much more realistic. These days I’m yearning for a Nissan 300ZX or a Volvo 780 Bertone, maaaaybe if I get lucky I’ll someday get my hands on one of the GTS model R32 Skylines that pops up around here from time to time.<\/p>\n

Suggested by HakosukaDreaming<\/p>\n

These are things I struggle with on a daily basis. Humans are beautifully vast, layered, and delightfully full of contradictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A supercar like the F1 or Veyron would be amazing, but at the same time terrifying (out of my league) and eventually heartbreaking.<\/p>\n

If you’re buying a sports car on credit, and have to think about the payment, that car is out of your league. You won’t be able to maintain it properly, and it will break your heart. After you break the car for everyone else.<\/p>\n

Cut your price point in half, and look again.<\/p>\n

Suggested by Dan Zivkovic<\/p>\n

If a monthly car payment is even a little bit of a stretch, you should not be getting that car, no matter what it is. That’s just smart money.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yes, I always thought those V8, muscle cars were so cool, now I realize they handle like a boat, and use too much gas! Miata is my favorite car now!<\/p>\n

Suggested by Frank lopez<\/p>\n

I\u00a0maintain that an LS-swapped ND-generation Miata is the best car I’ve ever driven, because it’s the best of both worlds.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I used to only love miatas, now I love miatas and sick wagons. Suggested by Russell Garcia Miatas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-774948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}