What Behavior Have You Changed?
I have done a lot of things impulsively. I never thought about the consequences. If I had just waited a day I might have saved myself a lot of challenges. Cars have been one of my most impulsive purchases. Kept my first car, a 4 year old Datsun 280Z all of a few months because I got it in my head that it was going to break down. Not that it sounded like it, just in my mind it was. I thought I loved that car, but no. Traded it for a Chevy Vega. Now there is a great deal, have a larger car payment now when nothing was wrong with the first one. I kept the Vega a couple of years and then driving home one day from work I came to a stop light. I looked over at the Nissan dealer and thought, why not? Went in, looked at a new 300Z and bought it, didn’t even test drive it. I loved that car. I kept it 6 months and then traded it in for a Ford Escort. Needed a lower monthly payment to pay for future marriage expenses. Do you see a pattern, sports car then small car for a perceived future event? Had the Escort a few years then out of the blue bought a Chevy IROC Z. That was a fun car, kept it nine months. For a while I drove my wife’s Mazda because I got her a Ford Explorer. We had some stability in cars for a long time. Then one day I decided she needed a new Ford Explorer. I drove to the dealer, saw one I liked and bought it. Didn’t test drive it, was there maybe 30 minutes. I did give it to her and got her old Explorer.
The old Explorer lasted a long time, but I wanted something different, so I bought a 3 year old BMW 525. I liked that cat a lot. Managed to hold on to it for 3 years. Traded it in for a Honda Accord.
It has taken a few decades, but I am keeping that Accord until the wheels fall off. I have owned it for 7 years, the longest of any car that I just drive. It is a very reliable car.
Do I have other behaviors I had to change, of course. If you thought I went through cars, you should hear my history with houses.
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