I read your original unedited post and would like to concur in part and dissent in part.

I agree the years seem to accelerate as we get older. Did I buy my G last summer, or in 2018? Why is my daughter taller than my wife now, she's just a baby? And so on.

On the other hand - maturity of a project - having something that you've futzed over for years until you get it *just right* - is both a mark of success and a point of pride. Enjoy what you've built. It took me a very pricey few laps around a place far away from home to (re)realize that my enjoyment, my hobby, is driving cars hard and fast. Not working on them. Not accumulating parts. Not accumulating knowledge about the technical workings. Not engineering stuff. That's all enjoyable, but it pales next to the visceral discipline and purity of speed.

I'm not sure what your pleasure point is with cars, but I suspect you're looking at the ancillary tasks and feeling down because they're done... or moot... or the next best greatest thing is peeking around the corner. Find the part that gives you joy and *focus* on that. The rest of it... at this point in our lives, pay someone to handle the stuff that isn't as important to you and concentrate on the important bits.

Also - bro, you ain't that old. The oldest track racers in the SCCA are in their 80s wheeling around vintage metal worth millions of dollars and doing it WELL. My retired father-in-law completed a 70 mile bike ride for his 70th birthday at an average speed over 30mph. Age is *literally* a number, and an artificially valued one at that. Although the grey hair (if you have any) does attract a certain amount of female attention that we didn't get when younger LOL.

 

All good advice, Mike. Thank you.

 

Wish you were closer, or I had work travel that took me north of DC. Sounds like you need a beer or two with some car people

 

Same.

However, I am taking a 4 hour trip this weekend with the G, to connect with an old friend I haven't seen in a few years. He'll be driving his F-Type R, so there will be lots of car talk.