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Winning at Cars and Coffee

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 How to you win at cars and coffee?  You win by knowing it's not a competition. For years I have judged my cars by the praise I received,  photos taken, magazine articles published.   It started innocently enough.  Just a surge of pride and validation when other appreciated what I had built, found or bought.   Whomever sits here may be the coolest car guy in the world. Sir, I envy you.  As I grow old  I face many existential truths,  like that my cars cannot be perfect. I can't afford perfection but also lack the patience  to find it anyway.  I certainly know I can't buy new cars,  that's just too stressful waiting for the value to drop.  So what they hell do you do when your a mentally ill car-guy?   One of the few Loti with a back seat. You can shove a very small child back there. .   Get over yourself, and enjoy being an enthusiast in a different way.   Expand your appreciation for oth...