Getting fed up of high-perf , being happy with less

In my mind it's always a question of striking a balance. Where is the spot where the extra horsepower starts to interfere with what I want to do with the car.

I like the gas station conversations.
Last year my wife and I drove across the country mostly on 2 lane blacktop. I sure was glad she chose the Plum Crazy paint! Every little stop somebody would come over and strike up a conversation - lots of Dart stories from their long gone one, to Aunt Sadie's Dart, to my grandpa's Dart... Part of seeing the country was meeting hundreds of folks and having conversations.
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