Owning a Corvette

I have a neighbor who had saved his money while working during high school so that he could buy a corvette when he graduated; however, he was drafted into the military, sent to Vietnam, and when he returned, his parents had spent his money on something else that was needed.

When my wife and I downsized two years ago we moved in beside this neighbor and he shared the story with me because at 74 years old, he had acquired the money to buy his corvette.  The VA had finally approved his 100% disability claim and reimbursed him back pay to when he had first file the claim.

That money had given him enough to buy a $130,000 corvette that had 500 HP and could easily drive at 200+ MPH.

I understand the dream of corvette, but I do not understand the need to spend that much money for a car, especially when one is in one's seventies and cannot appreciate the value of owning a vehicle like that as one might value in their twenties or thirties.

Each person is entitled to live their lives according to the plan they have put together for themselves...