Growing up in the Detroit area, the car culture was part of my DNA. I remember every car purchase, from my first cigar-infused, Ford 4-door with three on the panel, for which I paid $250, to my current BMW 3Z (bought used), which won't be paid off until March 2010. Good thing those German makes run for 300,000+ miles because it's the last car I'm buying.
When business required that I buy/lease a respectable car, I leased the same make and model that my sister's boyfriend, Chuck, owned in high school because he was so darn cute -- an Olds Cutlass, in case you're curious.
For years, calling on the domestic automotive industry prevented me from buying an import. Loyalty was a big deal back in the 80s. When I "retired" from advertising, my first car purchase was my dream car: a red Mercedes 560SL. I identified with both the Six-Million Dollar Man and Malibu Barbie!
Suffice it to say, cars reflect one's personality and self-image, so I'm delighted to learn of a new book geared to the midlife car fanatic called, Top Gear's Midlife Crisis Cars by Matt Master (BBC Books) and available at Amazon.com.
As you can see, midlife crisis cars are not limited strictly to the midlife man.
For sheer Baby Boomer nostalgia, you might like Crap Cars or My Dad Had One of Those, also brought you by the editors of Top Gear.
