Older And Wiser or just Tighter and Deafer?

Just because our driving skills have diminished over the years does not mean we can not appreciate a Lotus.

Some here, and elsewhere, are assuming that we (the people) are being given (by media, etc) full and correct information, and with no addenda to do otherwise.

For me the big moves are in the past. For the past ten years (I’m now 65), I’ve shifted mostly to DIY audio in order to side-step upgraditus-- by way of modifications that improve and extend the life of already excellent commercial components that have been in my system since the mid-2000s. The major exception has been upgrades to CPU audio-- a technology that continues to advance rapidly. After thirty-some years of systems evolution, it should certainly be reasonable to be near an end-point. I attend a couple of audio shows each year to remind myself that my system is close enough to SOTA. The virus has added further perspective on consumerism.

When in my mid-40s and in an aggressive systems-building mode-- I recall a wise audio salesman describing the typical arc of many of his customers: constant equipment churn during the high income years between 40-50, followed by increasingly painful addictive purchases as income declines, followed by the big sell-off after penurious retirement or a postmortem fire sale by disinterested spouses or children.

At this point in life I am shifting to projects that more fully involve family. Two-up motorcycling with the wife. Working with my son-in-law on a Renegade Hybrids LS3 V-8 conversion to a mid-’80s Lotus Turbo Esprit. When that car is finished it will be a gift to him.

@vegasears .....+1 re the Lotus mention....👍....
...and the analogy....;)

To hell with all this stuff. That's how you do things. 
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