Cars - Status Symbol or Transportation? GG input requested
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 6:43 pm
Hi all,
Now that I'm in my 50's and my midlife crisis was not resolved with a red sports car, but by femme clothing, I have a question chiefly for the GGs on this forum.
Do you look at your car as a status symbol or as a means of transportation?
I started driving in the late 60's with a 1960 Plymouth Valiant, got my first new car, a Chevy Cavalier hatchback in my 30s (wife talked my out of the station wagon) that lasted 8 years, a red Ford Escort wagon (lasted 12 years), and last year a red Ford Focus wagon.
I like the small wagons because I give rides to elderly people and 4 doors beats 2 for entry and exit by older folks. I also have helped people move and picked up things for rummage sales. When I fold the rear seats down, I can fit lots of stuff in.
I look at my cars more as transportation than status symbols.
My wife has a 12 year old Ford Tempo that was a gift from my late mother when she moved up to a senior residence by us. She looks at it as transportation and only drives when she has to, not getting her license until she needed it for work after college graduation, 3 years before we were married.
My youngest sister in law likes her minivan which has "nooks and crannies where a woman can store things" like gum, tissues, maps, etc. for quick and easy retrieval.
What are your views toward cars/vans/trucks?
Jadeanne
Now that I'm in my 50's and my midlife crisis was not resolved with a red sports car, but by femme clothing, I have a question chiefly for the GGs on this forum.
Do you look at your car as a status symbol or as a means of transportation?
I started driving in the late 60's with a 1960 Plymouth Valiant, got my first new car, a Chevy Cavalier hatchback in my 30s (wife talked my out of the station wagon) that lasted 8 years, a red Ford Escort wagon (lasted 12 years), and last year a red Ford Focus wagon.
I like the small wagons because I give rides to elderly people and 4 doors beats 2 for entry and exit by older folks. I also have helped people move and picked up things for rummage sales. When I fold the rear seats down, I can fit lots of stuff in.
I look at my cars more as transportation than status symbols.
My wife has a 12 year old Ford Tempo that was a gift from my late mother when she moved up to a senior residence by us. She looks at it as transportation and only drives when she has to, not getting her license until she needed it for work after college graduation, 3 years before we were married.
My youngest sister in law likes her minivan which has "nooks and crannies where a woman can store things" like gum, tissues, maps, etc. for quick and easy retrieval.
What are your views toward cars/vans/trucks?
Jadeanne
