I Covet

[shanendoah]

www.motoplex.net/pages/newvehicles/viewmodel/14/142/34258/2011/canam-bombardier-spyder-rss.aspx


I am not going to buy one. I am not even going to save up money to buy one, at least not any time in the next few years. I have wants that take precedence - like knocking down a couple walls, redoing the kitchen, then painting the whole inside of the house, and finally redoing the floors.

But I still covet. Is there anything you covet, but for practicle reasons know you will never own?

[Deleted]

What is it?

[moneymaven]

Grr baby...

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[shanendoah]

Archie: It's a Can-Am Spyder - its a reverse trike motorcycle. Oh so sexy, and stable, none of that needing really good balance like on a regular cycle...

IMM: Also very sexy.

[Sum Dum Gai]

It's a motorcycle with training wheels.

They are pretty cool looking though, I think.

[shanendoah]

Dark: While I'm a pretty good passenger on a regular bike, DH and I both have inner ear issues that affect our balance and make us not good candidates for traditional bikes. (Except maybe a Goldwing, I swear they're going to start making those with 4 wheels any year now.)

[thyme4change]

I saw those all over San Diego last summer, and now I'm seeing the ads on TV. I expect to see a few this winter out here. I might be able to talk my hubby into one. My bucket list includes a cross-country motorcycle ride, but was taken off the list when a friend was killed in a motorcycle accident.

[Sum Dum Gai]

I might be able to talk my hubby into one. My bucket list includes a cross-country motorcycle ride, but was taken off the list when a friend was killed in a motorcycle accident.

Just because those things are more stable doesn't mean you'd live through an accident. The thing is still basically a powerful motor, a seat, and some handle bars. If you hit something, or get hit, you've got a helmet, cute leather jacket, and a prayer between you and the afterlife.

[dancinmama]

Jun 21, 2011 15:11:42 GMT -5 shanendoah said:

I am not going to buy one. I am not even going to save up money to buy one, at least not any time in the next few years. I have wants that take precedence - like knocking down a couple walls, redoing the kitchen, then painting the whole inside of the house, and finally redoing the floors.

But I still covet. Is there anything you covet, but for practicle reasons know you will never own?

I honestly can't think of a thing.

I would eventually like to trade my bought used car that I've had for almost (10) years for another bought used car and I know that eventually it will happen; but my car has less than 85K miles so it won't happen for a looooong time. The weird thing is that if I had to go out and buy a car today, I have absolutely no idea of what I'd buy anyway.

[Cookies Galore]

Wow, all I covet right now is a new cell phone.

[kent]

Jun 21, 2011 15:11:42 GMT -5 shanendoah said:

www.motoplex.net/pages/newvehicles/viewmodel/14/142/34258/2011/canam-bombardier-spyder-rss.aspx


I am not going to buy one. I am not even going to save up money to buy one, at least not any time in the next few years. I have wants that take precedence - like knocking down a couple walls, redoing the kitchen, then painting the whole inside of the house, and finally redoing the floors.

But I still covet. Is there anything you covet, but for practicle reasons know you will never own?

I'm with you on that ride! I got rid of my Harley a couple of years ago and still miss the open road (I know, organ donor). The problem with the Can-Am is that it's certainly NOT cheap.

[KaraBoo]

I covet:

An Island in the tropics.

A yacht with crew.

A castle.

A mountain retreat (this one's a maybe.......someday........)

A cabana boy or three.

[thyme4change]

Just because those things are more stable doesn't mean you'd live through an accident. The thing is still basically a powerful motor, a seat, and some handle bars. If you hit something, or get hit, you've got a helmet, cute leather jacket, and a prayer between you and the afterlife.

I know. The also seem lower, which would probably make you more likely to get squashed here in the land of Urban Cowboys, SUV Mom's and Contractors. Hardly a sedan in the whole city. I didn't give up on my dream just because it was dangerous. My DH asked me not to follow through on my dream until a later date. (Please don't tell him the danger is the same.) You know that whole "I want to be killed in a spectacular manner" thing I had going on in another thread. Well, motorcycle accident at 67 years old sounds pretty good, too.

[thyme4change]

Is there anything you covet, but for practicle reasons know you will never own?

High rise loft, downtown. I probably won't ever get there - especially if our downtown keeps floundering. But, I will continue to dream.

I always say that once my kids move out, I'll go - but I can't imagine I would live somewhere that they couldn't come and visit and stay with me. So, unless they stay in town, I will have excuses, excuses.

[Sum Dum Gai]

Is there anything you covet, but for practicle reasons know you will never own?

The list is both long and not very original. Except maybe my thing for half Japanese girls.

[Deleted]

I would like to have a really big, really beautiful, fully automated dart frog enclosure.

[Gardening Grandma]

I covet a gardener. Actually someone who can weedwhack, weed w/o pulling up desirable plants, edge the lawn. Do all the mundane maintenance and leave me free to do just the fun stuff. Not in the budget though.

[shanendoah]

Jun 21, 2011 15:36:16 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Is there anything you covet, but for practicle reasons know you will never own?

The list is both long and not very original. Except maybe my thing for half Japanese girls.

Nope, not original, at least not among the geek set.

[cronewitch]

A home on a good fishing lake with a nice dock and no stairs on acreage, near shopping and hospitals and good public transit for when I am too old to drive.

[shanendoah]

thyme: Don't know that they're much safer than motorcycles, but being wider, they are definitely easier to spot on the road, which I appreciate.

kent: No, not even close to inexpensive. I suppose I might be able to pay less if I drove up to BC to buy one, since that's where their headquarters are, but then I'd have to pay all the fees to bring it back to the States.

[debtheaven]

A beach house. *sigh*

[nalto]

Jun 21, 2011 15:55:44 GMT -5 @debtheaven said:

A beach house. *sigh*

This, or a mountain house. I'm torn.

[debtheaven]

Here it's cheaper to rent a mountain house than a beach house LOL.

[thyme4change]

You know, those motor-trikes in the OP are only $15k new. I bet you could pick one up (used) in a couple years for half that. That would hardly be the biggest, most expensive money dream out there.

[kent]

Can-Am site

en-us.spyder.brp.com/Home.aspx

Build and price - from $16,500 to $28,099

en-us.spyder.brp.com/showroom/build-your-spyder.aspx

[shanendoah]

A 2009 model is $15k new. There aren't any used ones within 50 miles of me. No place lists the price of the new ones.

Maybe in a couple years they will be less expensive, but never at a point where they're really reasonable, considering I live in Seattle and would really only be able to ride one 4-5 months a year anyway.

[hurley1980]

Jun 21, 2011 15:11:42 GMT -5 shanendoah said:

Is there anything you covet, but for practicle reasons know you will never own?

A boob job. Don't laugh....

I know they're not that expensive, but I can't justify dropping $8k just to make myself feel more evenly proportioned. I do hold a grudge since I'm the only woman in my family NOT blessed in the boob department, but push up bras are so much cheaper....

[Sum Dum Gai]

It's only $8k, I say get the boobs!

*** Disclaimer *** I loves boobs, which may or may not be biasing the above advice.

[nalto]

Jun 21, 2011 16:25:34 GMT -5 @debtheaven said:

Here it's cheaper to rent a mountain house than a beach house LOL.

I'm a stones throw from the mountains and the coast (Pacific NW) but I guess I do have time on my side to figure it out!

[thyme4change]

Well, in 3 years or so, maybe you can pick one up for $9k ish, drive it for a few months, and then sell it for $8500.