As a suburban former soccer mom whose kids have finally grown and gone to college, you were finally able to ditch the mini-van.

Although you have that empty-nested loneliness of not “being needed” on a daily basis, you wanted to have a fun car with a little “pep” in it. However, you are still a humble woman and didn’t want your husband to shell out too much, or have the neighbors think that you were unstable now that the kids are gone.

So, with the top down you can go “cruise” to the supermarket to pick up the groceries – not as many of course any more with the kids gone and so the smaller car makes sense. The wind blows your hair back and you feel twenty thirty years younger.