Adulthood suppression
Discussion
We grow beyond our childhood dreams. I think the reason for this is that as you grow, you realise how silly your dreams often were. Adulthood provides quite a different lens from which to view the world; a lens that shifts focus away from wonder and abandonment to a more grounded, rational viewpoint.
I genuinely do try to remain receptive to my inner childhood joy…. but often find myself planning the career, the future, being sensible.
Given £20 as a child, it was ice cream and remote control car parts.
Given £2,000 as an adult, it’s ISAs and SIPPs.
Where does it all go wrong?
Well, worry no more! If I’m going to allow myself to channel my inner irrational and joyous silliness, I shall do it properly. No half measures. This isn’t the adult brain making the decision, this is allowing the full inner child unfettered access to the bank…..
Those of you with an eye on valuations will have noted that such an ode to my childhood required a full-court suppression of adulthood tendencies.
458 spider? Beautiful, too new.
488? Turbo ruins the sound.
720 spider? Best vfm by far, best performance, best suspension …. STOP it. No! This isn’t about VFM or performance. This is about Childhood dreams, remember?
Aventador? Awesome beast. Solid car.
Murcielago? Manual? Ok… very very interesting, but NO!
The list goes on.
The Diablo for me is the pinnacle of 90s Supercar heyday. The most stupid, obnoxious, useless and epic thing to exist. I’m a bit young for the countach, the Diablo is THE defining supercar shape and ethos for me.
It’s utterly, utterly, stupid. I’ve only driven it twice so far, but the reaction it gets from people is just amazing. I’m clearly not the only person suppressing my childhood joy…. El Diablo may just be a key that unlocks a little bit of wonder to those that see her out and about. Hope it does to you too!
Thought I’d share, wish me luck
I genuinely do try to remain receptive to my inner childhood joy…. but often find myself planning the career, the future, being sensible.
Given £20 as a child, it was ice cream and remote control car parts.
Given £2,000 as an adult, it’s ISAs and SIPPs.
Where does it all go wrong?
Well, worry no more! If I’m going to allow myself to channel my inner irrational and joyous silliness, I shall do it properly. No half measures. This isn’t the adult brain making the decision, this is allowing the full inner child unfettered access to the bank…..
Those of you with an eye on valuations will have noted that such an ode to my childhood required a full-court suppression of adulthood tendencies.
458 spider? Beautiful, too new.
488? Turbo ruins the sound.
720 spider? Best vfm by far, best performance, best suspension …. STOP it. No! This isn’t about VFM or performance. This is about Childhood dreams, remember?
Aventador? Awesome beast. Solid car.
Murcielago? Manual? Ok… very very interesting, but NO!
The list goes on.
The Diablo for me is the pinnacle of 90s Supercar heyday. The most stupid, obnoxious, useless and epic thing to exist. I’m a bit young for the countach, the Diablo is THE defining supercar shape and ethos for me.
It’s utterly, utterly, stupid. I’ve only driven it twice so far, but the reaction it gets from people is just amazing. I’m clearly not the only person suppressing my childhood joy…. El Diablo may just be a key that unlocks a little bit of wonder to those that see her out and about. Hope it does to you too!
Thought I’d share, wish me luck
Love the colour and the wheels.
There was a yellow one around locally back in the day. I think I saw it on one of the main thoroughfares.
I friend gave me a lift home a few years ago and in the distance I could hear something approaching. It was a black Murcielago growling along at the 40mph limit. I heard it before I saw it.
There was a yellow one around locally back in the day. I think I saw it on one of the main thoroughfares.
I friend gave me a lift home a few years ago and in the distance I could hear something approaching. It was a black Murcielago growling along at the 40mph limit. I heard it before I saw it.
I love these.
At a time when people were starting to focus on usable performance and drivability somehow lambo missed the memo and went full retard.
As a performance car they're not "that" fast. It's probably horrible and scary to drive... but who cares when you're laughing like a child who's been given a kilo of blue smarties... and that sound.
It's interesting that a lot of hypercars are going full circle, back to noisy, inefficient NA engines rather than focusing on overall top trumps with forced induction and a farty zaust.
At a time when people were starting to focus on usable performance and drivability somehow lambo missed the memo and went full retard.
As a performance car they're not "that" fast. It's probably horrible and scary to drive... but who cares when you're laughing like a child who's been given a kilo of blue smarties... and that sound.
It's interesting that a lot of hypercars are going full circle, back to noisy, inefficient NA engines rather than focusing on overall top trumps with forced induction and a farty zaust.
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