Too Much is not Enough - By Peter

I once owned a '65 Mustang.  It was one of the very first Mustangs to come out.  I bought it in 1974 from a high-school teacher friend -- just before I met Steve.

Several years later, Bonnie and I bought a 1980 Volvo sedan.  We kept both cars for a long time.  By the 90's, I was thinking about finally getting a new car, a station wagon.  I went to my friend, Steve, and asked for his advice:  Which should I keep as a second car?  Should I sell the old Volvo -- which looked awful but had a lot of advantages over the much older Mustang -- or should I hold onto the Mustang, which seemed on its way to being a classic? 

By that time, I had known Steve for 15 years -- and it was the first time I ever saw him perplexed.  Genuinely confused.  He listened.  He tilted his head -- like Hudson might do -- trying hard to understand.

Then he couldn't hold himself.  He blurted out:  "Peter!   Stop!  What are you doing?  Here's my advice:  You keep both.  You buy the new car.  He paused:  "And then you get MORE."  I couldn't help smiling when I heard a week after Steve died that the family still had not located Steve's old Chrysler.

You don't seek advice from Steve Dantzker on getting rid of cars.