Have I lost my mind?!

The reason I think about it all the time is because there are so many cars that I would like to own. In a perfect world, I'd keep the CRX and buy whatever else I wanted -- but realistically, I consider selling the CRX just to drive something different. I did it once before with my old CRX...went through some frustrations and wanted to drive something different, so I sold it and went through a couple of other cars before coming back to an Integra (close) and later trading the Teg for a CRX. So, I definitely missed having a CRX. It's a lot like a girlfriend...when you have one, you're checking out other girls, wondering what it would be like...but then when you break up with your girlfriend, you soon realize how good you had it and wish you had her back. Of course, some people can commit -- like Mark

There are a number of cars that I'd really like to own...but a lot of them are older cars and/or wouldn't be great daily drivers...so if I want them, I guess I'll need to keep the CRX around and save my pennies.

MarkWilliamson said:

Are you guys on crack?
How do you "lose interest" in a CRX?
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For me, it's about loving a number of other cars too. I'd love to own (and these are cars I could realistically afford, not dream cars) a classic Mustang (64.5-68, that is), a Porsche 944, a 300ZX, a 67-72 Chevy pickup (as a second vehicle/beater), and a ton of other cars. When I sold my first CRX it was because I had picked up a first gen as a daily just to try that out, as well as to buy a 1G DSM (Eagle Talon, in this case) because I wanted to drive a turbocharged AWD car just for kicks...and when you're not loaded, wanting to own a different car means selling the one you've got. It does make you realize how much you love the CRX if you miss driving one when you own something and pick up another one.

A lot of people here also love to work on their cars...and there always comes a point where you've done most of the things you want and can afford to do to a car, and a lot of people then feel the urge to start with a clean slate, to start modifying a car all over again from the ground up, and it's fun to do that with a different model of car, just to learn everything about it. It's the thrill of having something new and different and adding your own touches to it. I don't lose interest in CRXs as a whole, but I lose interest in MY CRX from time to time -- not as transportation, but as a project. It's kind like classic car and street rod guys -- they'll spend TONS of time building a car, finish it, sell it without making an profit (or taking a loss, a lot of the time), and buy another heap of junk so they can do it all over again. It's the car as a hobby and a project that it's easy to lose interest in, not as transportation.

Ollie, alot of us go through the "I want something different" phase. We're "car guys" so of course we want the latest in car technology. Hey, things like power windows and locks, cupholders, etc. would be nice. It's hard not to be distracted when you're friends are buying M3's, the latest Z's, or S2000's. They're all nice cars...

I've gone through this twice....I've come as close as leaving a dealership telling them "I need to think about it" (of course the biggest reason I changed my mind was seeing the fifteen mechanics that were surrounding my CRX, climbing in and out of it, when it was sitting in the coming in on trade parking spot). The first time I came close was on a Toyota Tundra 4x4. Don't ask...The next time was on a Acura RSX S. I looked at and drove both, actually sat down in the salesmen cubicles, but left after asking the question "Is this thing really going to be that mcuh more fun than my CRX?".

Here's what I finally realized - Want to make a "car guy" cry? Ask him about that one car he wishes he'd never sold. My uncle (a tough Vietnam vet) gets visibly upset if you ask him about the Sunbeam Tiger he sold in the late seventies. Sure he wanted to get rid of it at the time to get that "Smokey and the Bandit" TA but now realizes what collosal mistake it was. That's what my CRX is to me........