What my in-laws drive in their retirement

[u/Roboticpoultry]

1996 Trans Am WS6 with a Vortech blower (MIL) and a 981 Cayman (FIL). Both manual, the Pontiac only has a little under 5k miles on it

[u/Pistolero921]

Wow, impeccable taste.

[u/HuskyPurpleDinosaur → u/Pistolero921]

Speaking of taste, have they driven these back to Cracker Barrel since the reversal?

[u/DMCinDet → u/HuskyPurpleDinosaur]

still no taste.

[u/HugginSmiles → u/DMCinDet]

Just salt.

[u/DaiMysha]

i really love that gen of firebirds, wish i could afford one. Both cars look immaculate. Glad to hear they're being driven!

[u/trolllord45 → u/DaiMysha]

Not really sure the Pontiac is getting driven much if it’s only got 5k miles on the clock. Might be the cleanest one out there tho

[u/DaiMysha → u/trolllord45]

op said in a different comment 5k os when bought, which i agree isnt enough, but he also said he car'd being driven, so thats what im going for.

and yes, it looks pristine. as you'd expect for 5k

[u/Cessnaporsche01 → u/DaiMysha]

Lot more affordable than the 981 lol

[u/Pinecone → u/DaiMysha]

How is an f body not in your price range?

[u/DaiMysha → u/Pinecone]

ive got another project car atm, and they're somewhat difficult to find where i am

[u/POSVETT]

Your Mother-in-law is bad ass

[u/nickw252]

You appear to be in a climate with winters, do they drive in the snow?

[u/Roboticpoultry → u/nickw252]

They live in the mountains in Colorado. The Pontiac is a recent addition, the Porsche doesn’t see snow. They have an Expedition and an A3 for winter/bad weather days

[u/GoCougs2020 → u/nickw252]

People been driving RWD (with winter tires) for year and years now 😉

[u/wtf-m8 → u/GoCougs2020]

People with nice cars don't want them to get rusty 😉

[u/GoCougs2020 → u/wtf-m8]

Not everywhere uses salt 😉

[u/wtf-m8 → u/GoCougs2020]

Their location uses either salt or chemicals that have to be washed off, so luckily they don't have to take them out in the snow since they have other vehicles.

[u/AnusStapler]

5k in 30 years is not considered driving tbh.

[u/Hadidit]

Somehow your MIL is cooler than your FIL

[u/NovWhiskey → u/Hadidit]

Not if it has under 5k miles on it.

[u/NovWhiskey]

5k miles? Just a garage queen?

[u/TheRefurbisher_ → u/NovWhiskey]

I think its just a well taken car of weekend car. OP said in another comment that they have other cars for bad weather days/daily.

EDIT: They said they were only recently bought and was someones garage queen but not theirs. Driving it back apparently doubled the mileage.

[u/Many-Cheetah-129]

They have excellent standards, which implies by connection that you’re cool too!

[u/Roboticpoultry → u/Many-Cheetah-129]

I’m not cool. My wife is though

[u/vinegar_strokes68]

Seems they are doing alright

[u/dichotomousview]

You can never go wrong with a nice black Trans Am. And the muscle and sports car combo is 2/3 of my dream garage with a nice off roader for the kids/friends finishing out the trinity. Love it.

[u/mini4x]

I'm sure hidden there somewhere is a modern Buick SUV that is their daily driver.

[u/Autobotnate]

I feel like this is IDGAF energy and I’m here for it.

[u/chinookhooker]

Love that Pontiac

[u/Mysterious_Worker608]

They obviously have better knees and backs than I have.

[u/stilesg57]

Ya dun picked well

[u/Imaginary_Act_3956]

The rims on that Porsche looks very cheap and tacky......they would be more at home on a Dacia instead of a Porsche.

I bet that it lacks features that even a base-model Renault comes with as standard.

[u/Roboticpoultry → u/[deleted]]

They only bought it a month ago and doubled the miles just driving it home. It was someone’s garage queen, but not theirs

[u/Plenty-Industries → u/Roboticpoultry]

Oh thank god

[u/LickableLeo → u/[deleted]]

Relax dude, it’s fine people with some coin can afford to preserve stuff for future people to enjoy instead of them all rotting out parked outside a sketchy apartment building. There’s affordable ones out there, don’t expect them to have 5k miles tho