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[–] Trashboat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is why the play is to have a cheap car as your dream car. First gen Miata my beloved ❤️🥺

Not that I can afford one yet anyway but still, achievable

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My dream car is a T-top, any make/model, and afaik the only vehicle even remotely in my price range that has a T-top option and isn’t old as shit is a corvette. I priced it out well over a decade ago and it would cost more than my house did just a couple years prior..

Yep, doubt I could ever justify that even if I had that kind of money, just because of the mental money breakdown of what a car should cost relative to a house..

What’s sad is fast forward to today and just about -any- new car is in that same price range.. yet my wages never really increased by that much.. hmm..

[–] Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is a Honda Del Sol close enough? I know it’s a one-piece roof instead of a two piece, but it’s still a cheaper car with a removable hardtop.

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the suggestion, it probably drives very similarly to my civic, I’ll keep it in mind! But honestly it’s not really something I want to pursue at this point even if it is a dream car thing. Maybe in the future when things are more stable all around, and I can afford to keep it running properly, get it a nice wrap, you know, dream car stuff :)

For now it can stay in my dreams; I’m gunna either drive my current car into the ground and figure it out whenever I have no choice, or (hooooopefully) pick up a reasonably cheap used EV soon before they get more expensive. I have big power outlets in my garage that a charger could plug right into (town is mostly hydro power, though I have space for a couple small solar panels too and with how much I drive that’s probably more than plenty), and it could work as a battery backup for certain things in power failures. Win win.