Miata Mailing List: March 1995, Message #68
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   From: "Karyl K. Severson" 
Subject: Re: mid-life crisis (fwd)
   Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 16:30:32 -0500

> In my case, I wanted a red sports car since the first time I saw 
> one...about a 58 Vette, I think. But being of Scots heritage, I am at 
> once practical and cheap. So's my dad. Consequently, my first car was a 
> Nova 6 cylinder automatic - reliable, relatively cheap insurance, good 
> miliage were dad's words.

Dear Miata Life-ers:

Two-seaters are proof that cliches don't really apply to most of us.  I'm 
47 and I've wanted a sportscar ever since I saw "Monkey Business" with 
Marilyn Monroe & Cary Grant.  Then, my uncle got one of those MGs and 
restored it, and was I upset, when I found out (at my tender age of 14) 
that he had the nerve to sell it to somebody ELSE!

Fast forward to 1991, The New Yorker, and an ad for the BRG special 
edition.  I said to myself, better get this car now before it's gone and 
before you can no longer be considered a safe (???) driver.  Being of 
Scots heritage also, I had to do a few deep breaths to convince myself 
that the price tag was worth it.  And since then, I lost a couple of jobs 
and was underemployed for a long time, and have managed (in spite of hell 
and high water) to keep the car.  Crisis?  What crisis?

> If I was 26 and could swing it, I would have done it then.

If I had a license and could drive when I was 14, I would have done it then!

Cheers to all of us, regardless of age!

Karyl Severson
Portland, OR
'91 BRG SE