Dilemma

Am I a bad person?

Alright, maybe that's not the right question, but here's my dilemma: where do you draw the line between being a good doobie and not being a good doobie? Let me put it to you this way: we try to lead a pretty low key existence. We live in a small, old house that we're constantly trying to make more efficient, we work as close to home as we possibly can, we grow our own vegetables, we donate a fair bit of moolah to charities, we buy locally whenever possible. We try to be good, community building type citizens. We've got really fuel efficient cars and I ride my bike to work as long as the weather permits. We spend our money on our house, and traveling (ok, I admit we both have a weak spot for shoes and jackets, but in the grand scheme? Could be worse.).

So the problem is that I have a deep and enduring love affair with cars. And at the top of thelist of cars that I have consistantly lusted after since, oh, about the age of 6 is the VW GTi. Yep. The original pocket rocket. I mean look at the classic 1984 Rabbit GTi!

How could you not want one?! Even after 25 years I still want to drive that bad boy. All 90 horsepower!

My new buddy Aaron, who lives across the street and-oh-by-the-way is also a sales rep for Scott Bicycles (did I mention I love him?) has the pinnacle, ultimate, incredible and most drool-worthy of GTi's ever built.

Only his is black.

See, the thing is, we're not just talking about your run-of-the-mill GTi here (not that any of them are run of the mill). This is the rare R32. Not only does this baby have 240 horsepower, but it has AWD. It's like an Audi TT with the functionality of a hatchback. And I think it's better looking than a TT. And the sound?! Oh my God, the sound. It has this throaty, gutteral, growl that makes my heart go a flitter. Seriously? An AWD GTi?

So, Aaron has offered this sweet machine up for sale and I am in major internal debate as to whether or not I should take the plunge. Really, the ONLY hang up is that it isn't great on gas. It's not TERRIBLE, but it definitely isn't going to be winning any awards for daintily sipping petrol. I mean, it's still probably better than your average compact SUV. And about 1000 times more fun to drive.

So, my wise, loyal, and gigantic readership (i.e. Junebug), what should I do?

The current thought is that we buy the dream car, but I commute in the Civic. Junebug would adopt my beloved TDI (I mean, it really wouldn't be fair if I made Junebug drive the Civic when I have a sweet TDI AND an R32. Right? Right? Or would that be ok....) But 3 cars? Does that make me a bad person?

Am I over thinking this? Is there really any chance at all that I would regret owning that car? If I could paste an audio clip of the exhaust sound, you'd have your answer.