So I turn 40 today. I bought my first Corvette ('76 C3) at 26, and another at 28 (C4 convertible) so what should I do for a mid-life crisis? I do plan to take a welding class this winter.
So I turn 40 today. I bought my first Corvette ('76 C3) at 26, and another at 28 (C4 convertible) so what should I do for a mid-life crisis? I do plan to take a welding class this winter.
Clearly you need to go racing. If you do race, you need to do some racing that's wackier than what you already do. Bonneville, Big Bend Open Road Race, Targa Newfoundland, something worthy of telling stories about.
Happy birthday Jeff!
Yes...go racing. I was at a LeMons race, my first ever, the day I turned 40.
I'm right with you, I bought my first Corvette ('80 C3) at age 27.
Not a motorcycle.
If married, not a girlfriend.
Racing is probably the safest and cheapest thing you can do. Happy Birthday man!
Well... during previous midlife crisis... I've taken up rock climbing, gone wheel-to-wheel racing, run a couple half marathons, built a couple race cars from junk, bought a red 911, and the one I'm having now involves an ADV bike as a DD for winter and an epic 2 wheel journey somewhere as yet TBD come spring.
Future crisis plans involve a triathlon, the national ski patrol, a raft and the Colorado river, and the 24hrs of Thunderhill.
I like to think I excel at the mid-life crisis. I try to have one every six months or so. If you need any help planning one - let me know 
Happy birthday!!
Happy Birthday! Sounds like you are doin' it right!
Racing is always the answer, isn't it? I ran the Silver State classic for my 30th Birthday, One Lap of America before that.
I turned 30 on the 10th, we're getting older.
Gearheadotaku wrote: Racing is always the answer, isn't it? I ran the Silver State classic for my 30th Birthday, One Lap of America before that.
It was but where do you go from there? Where does a 47 year old get his hands on a jet fighter aircraft? I'm left with decrypting 2048 bit passwords while getting a blerjab from a supermodel with a super villian holding a gun to my head.
That's the problem with raising the bar. Don't raise the bar, build a bar!
Happy B'day. As of this moment you are closer to 50 than 30.
...bastard...
Happy birthday, Jeff!
Gearheadotaku wrote: ...bastard...
I have been called worse things.
You only plan to live to 80? Sorry about that man. I'm 45 and I don't plan on my crisis for another 5 years so that I can live to 100.
^ good plan. Some days I'm amazed I made it this far.
Kia_Racer wrote: Happy B'day. As of this moment you are closer to 50 than 30.
And, time flies faster as you get older. So he'll hit 50 far faster than he hit 40.
You guys aren't helping....
For a true mid-life crisis, you must buy a Porsche.
I work there, does that count?
mazdeuce wrote: Clearly you need to go racing.
Did you ask Gearheadotaku if he had a large fortune??
How can you work for Porsche but only own domestics? Isn't that a breach of the rules? That's a disruption in the very fabric of the space-time continuum.
They don't pay me that much. The guy at the Toyota dealer makes the same, (or more) than I do. However, I have much cooler business cards. 
Maybe add a red firebird convertible to your stable?
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