Ben Sheehy breaks down some of the reasons why you should buy a sports car. Take a quick read and see if you're interested in changing how much fun you have on the road.

1. REASONS TO BUY A SPORTS CAR

2. YES, IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE
YOU’RE EXPERIENCING A MID-
LIFE CRISIS.

3. BUT OWNING A SPORTS CAR WILL
BRING YOU FAR MORE JOY THAN
ANY MID-LIFE CRISIS CAN INHIBIT.

4. STILL NOT CONVINCED? HERE ARE
SIX REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD
OWN A SPORTS CAR AT SOME
POINT IN YOUR LIFE.

5. BE WARNED: THE COPS MIGHT
HATE YOU.

6. THE PERFORMANCE IS
UNBEATABLE

7. SPORTS CARS ARE BUILT TO BE
FUN TO DRIVE.

8. THEY’RE MADE TO HUGE THE
ROAD, ALLOWING YOU TO BARELY
HIT THE BRAKES BEFORE TAKING A
180-DEGREE TURN.

9. THEY’RE LIGHTWEIGHT AND
LOW TO THE GROUND.

10. YOU HAVE FUN PLAYING SPORTS,
RIGHT? YEAH, THEN YOU’LL HAVE
FUN IN A SPORTS CAR AS WELL.

11. FRIENDS WILL LOVE TO HATE
YOU

12. HAVING A SPORTS CAR IS AN
EFFECTIVE WAY TO MAKE YOUR
FRIENDS ENVY YOU – AND YOUR
NEIGHBORS WILL BE JEALOUS,
TOO.

13. GRANT IT, THEY MIGHT HATE HOW
LOUD THE THING IS OR THE FACT
THAT YOU’RE TERRORIZING
SQUIRRELS THATARE SITTING IN
THE MIDDLE OF A QUIET STREET.

14. YOU’VE GOT THE POWER OF OVER
400 HORSES – EVERYONE WILL BE
WATCHING YOU.

15. THEY’RE PRETTY TO LOOK AT

16. SPORTS CARS ARE BUILT TO
APPEAL TO THE AESTHETICS.

17. THEY’RE CURVY, SITTING LOW
AND OFFERING THE FINEST
ITALIAN LEATHER.

18. EVEN THE PURR THEY GIVE
OFF IS APPEALING.

19. MOST SPORTS CARS ARE
EQUIPPED WITH FREE-FLOWING
EXHAUST SYSTEMS – AMPLIFYING
THE SOUND AND LETTING
EVERYONE HEAR ITS BEAUTIFUL
MUSIC.

20. WHAT’S MORE? WOMEN WILL
LOVE YOU.

21. YOU LOOK MUCH MORE
APPEALING WHEN YOU’RE
STEPPING OUT OF A CONVERTIBLE
VERSUS STEPPING OUT OF A
MINIVAN.

22. ONE AT A TIME, PLEASE

23. ONE BENEFIT TO HAVING A
SPORTS CAR: LIMITED
SEATING.

24. YOU CAN’T HAVE YOUR SON’S
WHOLE BASEBALL TEAM PILE
INTO THE BACK SEAT.

25. SPORTS CARS ARE MEANT TO
HAVE FUN IN – NOT TO LUG
AROUND LITTLE KIDS.

26. PLUS, IT CAN HELP YOU GET
OUT OF SOME ERRANDS.

27. I DIDN’T STRESS
PERFORMANCE ENOUGH

28. SPORTS CARS ARE BEAUTIFUL
BECAUSE THE CAR WILL NEVER
LIMIT WHAT YOU CAN DO ON THE
ROAD.

29. FOR INSTANCE: EVERYONE HAS
HAD TROUBLE MERGING ONTO
THE HIGH WAYAT SOME POINT IN
HIS OR HER LIVES.

30. THE REASON: YOU WEREN’T
DRIVING A SPORTS CAR.

31. STOMP THAT PEDDLE TO THE
METALAND YOU’LL GET
WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO ON
THAT HIGHWAY.

32. JUST BEWARE: COPS ARE
ALWAYS LOOKING OUT TO
CATCH A SPORTS CAR DRIVER.

33. DRIVING THE OLD SCHOOL WAY

34. NOWADAYS, IT’S HARD TO FIND
MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS.

35. DRIVING A CAR THE “OLD SCHOOL
WAY” BRINGS A LOT MORE FUN TO
DRIVING.

36. BY DRIVING A MANUAL
TRANSMISSION, YOU HAVE THAT
MUCH MORE CONTROL OVER THE
CAR.

37. YOU CAN FEEL THE CAR
BENEATH YOU.

38. IT’S LIKE YOU’RE PLAYING A
VIDEO GAME… IN REAL LIFE.