I've had fun cars all my life starting with my first '65 gto but never hung around "car" people; they always thought of me as different. Now I'm pushing 60 I don't care what anyone thinks now. A young guy I work with said that this is not my midlife crisis but it's my end of life crisis. That's

 

I have had my 99 vette for 1 week and I have already heard the mid life crisis thing 5 times. BTW I'm 39. I have a 04 4x4 Tahoe, that cost almost twice as much as my Vett and nobody says jack. One guy that said it, is 45 and last year bought a Harley. He gets "all leathered up" his words, and cruises around town. Says he likes the way people get out of his way when he walks into a resturant or store. (turd)
My friends and faimly are really happy for me. My Mom who is 70 couldn't wait for a ride. She and my dad had a 57 until kids came. Dad regretted selling it and always dreamed of buying another. He died before he realized that dream.
Bottom line this car makes me feel great and my wife and kids love it.

 

one word to sum it all up JEALOUSY!!!! its a car that everyone dreams about owning at one point in there life...its just some can afford to get it and others can't...but when people see corvette owners they usually assume negative things...(unless your older) if don't have white hair they assume your a drug dealer for example...and if you are older they assume mid life crisis.... ...i say drive it...smile... and think about the compliments and positive comments and forget about the negative...i think with whatever high end car you own you will always have the haters!!!

 

Wow, a lot of great comments.

I got my first vette (so far) last year on my 50th birthday. My wife and I have raised three kids and they are all out of the house. We felt like we deserved it. She took me to the dealer a week before my birthday and said to pick out the one I liked, so I did!

I think you can tell a lot about peoples character by the way they react to your vette. My family (in-laws too) have all been very supportive. True friends seem to be happy for you. Oh sure some have laughingly made the mid-life crisis or the small ***** comment, but congratulated me on getting the car.

I found it amazing when so called "friends" reacted negatively. I was actually shocked in some cases. I thought I knew them.

One person just said "Oh, I would never have a vette" and proceeded to talk non-stop for several minutes about why a vette wouldn't be right for her.

Another took it as some type of challenge and proceeded to tell me about his three 4 to 6 year old BMW's (one he uses for parts, ugh), in a tone that was condecending. Unlike him, I congratulated him and walked away.

Man, I love these cars. I get excited everytime I see one one the road or in a parking lot. They are the definition of cool.

Congratulations to all of you.

 

Dave, I know it probably bothers you but don't let it. I had to cut a buddy loose quite a few years ago, we were pretty tight. But when his little white lies about trivial things gradually turned into outright wild azz stories I never knew when to believe him so I had to cut him loose. To this day I guarantee you he still has no clue why. Dude was always trying to impress people with these wild stories about shet he had or was going to do. Always had some get rich quick scheme too. Couldn't hang with that anymore.

Enough of that drama let's get down to the Vette. I've always wanted one ever since I can remember. But priorities didn't allow it until just recently so now I am loving life like never before. I got the car because I love Vettes, always have and always will (hope they change that friggin front end of the C6 ). Yeah, you have to deal with the mid life crisis bs and the small ***** cracks (then you whip it out and shut them up ) anyways who cares. I am secure enough in my manhood that I just laugh at them and enjoy the Permagrin TM. Make sure when you type Permagrin you use the TM, something I learned from the Great Knight himself Neon Green. Oh yeah, when someone is hatin on me I just say "Blo Me" with a smile.

 

There is a good quote and it goes something like this, "I used to worry what people thought about me untill I found out that people really didn't think about me at all."

The older you get the less you'll care what other people think.

 

Well said,

 

My Coupe is the least expensive of the three cars I own (thank goodness for the C6 induced discounts). The Acura and Volvo never raised an eyebrow on any of my friends, neighbors or co-workers when I bought them. But the second I got the Vette, well all the jokes and snide comments came out with in a day. I finally got so sick of it, I just started snapping back, "Its the cheapest car I own". Over half realized pretty quick that they didn't say anything before the Vette and then they shut up about it. The rest, I now ignore and no longer talk to. I will never understand why some of them treated me different when I became a Vette owners considering how many of their 4 door sedans (M45, Q45, 5 and 7 series, S80, RL and Hummers) cost them more.

 

Who cares what people think

I have worked hard my whole life and am very happy with my family, personal life, and career.

Performance cars have been a love of mine since I was a young kid (My dad and uncle are both car nuts) I have wrenched and drag raced cars for many years.

I paid more for my GMC Envoy than for my vette but the vette has a special place for me. I could afford a Viper if I wanted one but have always loved Corvettes.