I didn't even know how "easy" it was to transfer my US license to a Swiss one until it was too late.
It is still valid in the US though... sort of. And I had the chance to drive my brother's Monte Carlo... but it's been so long since I've driven I didn't want to take chances on the rainy icy northern Illinois streets.
By the way peoples..yesterday I fell in love with this Jag..it's and X-type R..all black with a black interior..and a sweet V-8 producing 396 gerbils. It was that pricey either...
Would you want a Classic Mobile Phone - Philips Easy Life; a Motorolla Brick?
Would you want a Classic Computer - an Amstrad 5412 with 20Mgb of Hard Drive?
So why would you want a lump of ferrous oxide that doesn't do anything except cost you dosh and know that a Ford Focus would run rings round it.
Cars are like wives; you get them thinking they are the ultimate and a few years later you want to trade them in for a newer model with bigger features, drive better and have more oomph in them.
Judging from your post, you don't seem to have understood the meaning of life quite yet. Certainly any car's purpose is to bring you from point A to point B...but the goal is not getting there..but rather the path that leads you there. (Damn, I'm so phylosophical today). Thus if you like a pansy focus..be my guest, but I just wouldn't feel comfortable in a dinky, uncomfortable gokart with airbags.
I've had a long love affair with British sports cars, but it it didn't start out that way ... these photos are from the net but I've tried to match the cars I actually owned as closely as possible.
My first car (it was that colour, too , only with a vinyl roof to hide the rust). I sold it when my foot went throught the rusty floor one day: 1973 Holden Kingswood HQ
My second car (again, that colour but with wire wheels, not those abominations). I was 18 and my head made a bump through the soft top: 1972 MG Midget
One of the prettiest cars I've ever owned (absolute dog to drive, though). It was a non-standard deep red, darker than this, but I loved it despite its non-concours specifications: 1959 MGA single cam
My all-time favourite of all the cars I've owned. This one was in completely original condition, except for the car phone that I installed without drilling any holes. For some reason, I can't find a photo on the web of the car in British Racing Green (as mine was), although the tan interior is right: 1969 Jaguar E-Type (XKE)
I also owned a succession of disastrous and extremely ugly cars, which belong in another thread ...
All your examples are electronic gadgets. You buy them for a certain functionality alone and every year comes something new with better functionality. A car is not only functional, otherwise there would be no such thing as luxury cars - transporting four people is easy and does not require a phantom...
So if you compare it, you need to choose the right examples: Would you prefer a century old Mansion that will cost you a lot to maintain or a brand new Minergie-House?
Oooh, just remembered. My first boyfriend owned a frog-eyed Sprite in British Racing Green. The door handle was a piece of string ... but I loved it. An ex of mine also owned a black Ferrari Boxer which was extremely difficult to drive as I think the gears were on the right-hand side (?) - the same guy now owns several Messerschmitt's, including one covered in snakeskin. And yes, he is a bit eccentric ... (he also owns an amphi-car)