Yup.

John didn’t buy that classic car because he’s in a midlife crisis. He bought it because it’s been his dream car since he was 12, and, with the kids out of the house, he can finally get it without having a bad conscience. (It just costs $80k now instead of $8k back in 1972)

Unrelated, but one of the most interesting graphs I've ever seen was road deaths, by gender and age, when I was studying for my drivers license.

There's a huge, like 10x spike in male deaths, specifically at 50. Turns out a lot of people hit that age, think "oh fuck I'm 50", go and buy a really powerful car, and get in a bad crash.

So buy the car, but just keep the graph in mind haha.

I looked up a premium car rental site once and saw that some vehicles there had an age restriction of... 40.

As in: you need to be past your thirties to rent this vehicle.

Yeah same with motorbikes. Someone had a 125 when they were 16, hit 50 and decide to get a 1200cc superbike, then come off.

Three other problem is they haven’t ridden for 34 years, but feel like they are just as skilled as they ever were.

$8k is a crazy amount of 1972 money for a car.

It's the $3000 cars that are going for $80k.

Oddly enough, the luxury high end cars at $8k in 1972 is the equivalent of $60k in 2024. With average new car price being ~$48k today, if the average automobile price stayed the same from 1972 the average new car price would be $26k today.

Something went off the rails. Ah...tarrifs. nvm

Midlife is when everyone starts doing cool stuff because that's when the prefrontal cortex that inhibited you starts really breaking down.

Fun by any other name would still be fun

In a way, a midlife purchase is more smart financially than an early life purchase.