I hoped for that scenario until recently. I have finally hit the wall in a physically demanding job, and plan on retiring this year. I kept working to justify multiple GTXs, and that ship has sailed.
And she was a redhead during my law school days…
I can understand your emotions.
This says it all.....you love the current car, do not sell it for any reason or you will be sorry. Everything you want or own is just a stitch in time, you have moved on from the other cars, stay moved on. Keep the hemi, always.
I think this is likely. But I won’t say for sure until the inspection is done.
Here's how I'd look at it, and you seem like a fairly logical guy too, but it seems to me you can afford to buy the dream car and keep the Hemi too, in your current situation, correct? I am considering this statement above, but bear with me. So let's say you buy them both, a car purchase isn't going to affect your decision or finances to retire, if you are that close on money, retirement wouldn't be an option. So think about this, buy the dream car, keep the hemi too, drive them both, experience them simultaneously, and when finances in retirement force you to make a decision to sell one, you'll have a clearer head as to which one to liquidate, not to mention they will have appreciated in value further reinforcing the decision and actually bolstering retirement financial totals in the end. None of my business, and just my opinion. Good luck whichever way you go and I hope I find myself in this situation at some point in my life, too.
You have analyzed my situation accurately. Money is not the issue. I owned a 440 car (Baby Blue, another love from back in the day) in addition to the Hemi last fall. Sold her to the right guy for the right reasons, hadn’t planned on it. Now that I have just the one, i like the situation better, less of a problem for my wife if I predecease her. Retirement will also eliminate the free storage a vendor gave me for the second car as part of our business relationship. So it will be just the one no matter what.
Friends always said I was more a Hemi kind of guy, years before I owned one, and I like them in subtle, rather than loud colors.
You couldn’t have said it better.
My wife (who is not into cars at all) always said I would torment myself if I couldn’t get the one that started the journey. She said buy it if condition and price match. If not, I’ll keep the Hemi and never look back.
I like this thinking.
Alas, not an option in my restrictive covenants ridden, snooty neighborhood. My wife liked it for the proximity to PSU. You can guess the culture and the attitude toward my cars.
My wife concurs with you. She thinks the odds are better than even I'll do a deal on the Demonstrator, that I'm in a better bargaining position than the seller, already owning what, by any definition except emotional attachment, is a far superior car. The Demonstrator has a checkered past. Back in the day, it was in several fender benders, and was a daily driven Pennsylvania rust bucket that looked like Swiss cheese in 1975. It got restored in the early '80s with NOS parts, then again in the '90s. So who knows. I'll put this to rest at 11:00 am Sunday morning, when I see it after 47 years. Also, the Hemi will go back to the friend who sold it to me if I make the switch, so I'm good with that outcome.
I went through that experience as well. Bought a '66 Corvette convertible 13 years ago. Never so glad to get rid of a car. I will be scrutinizing this situation with excruciating caution, believe me.
