History Main / MidlifeCrisisCar

* Naturally comes up in ''Radio/CarTalk''. One suggested midlife crisis car, the Mazda Miata, is personified in TheMusical by a LadyInRed who seduces the middle-aged protagonist.

* One of the more unpleasant characters in ''{{Cujo}}'' by StephenKing dubs this "sports car menopause".

* In an episode of ''{{Scrubs}}'', Dr. Kelso comments that during his midlife crisis he bought an overpowered cigarette boat.
* In an episode of ''BoyMeetsWorld'', Alan Matthews wants to get a midlife crisis ''motorcycle'', but he eventually decides against it.

* Stan's dad gets one in ''SouthPark'' when he and his wife divorce for the episode.

* {{Futurama}} During Lrrr's midlife crisis we briefly see him trying out a small red hovercar.

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--> '''Old Guy''': [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame "How ''cool'' are we!"]]
** In an earlier episode, Ross and Monica's father mentioned buying a Porsche when he turned fifty. A few seasons later he later gave it to Monica (as an apology for using the boxes with all her childhood relics to block flooding water in order [[SkewedPriorities ''to protect the car'']]).

** In an earlier episode, Ross and Monica's father mentioned buying a Porsche when he turned fifty. A few seasons later he later gave it to Monica.

** This whole sequence is a gigantic LampshadeHanging on the concept, with Peter's car being extremely phallic, him driving in and out of a tunnel repeatedly before the car gets crushed by oncoming traffic, and a group of cheerleaders giggling at him as he looks sad and mutters "Ow, my pride..."

* Giles replaces TheAllegedCar with one (a red, BMW M3 convertable) at the beginning of season 5 of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', Martha's father is driving such a car when he first appears.

* In ''DoctorWho'', Martha's father is driving such a car when he first appears.

* ''BillyAndMandy'' [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this by calling it "The Hot Rod Stage" of Harold's midlife crisis.
** "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Next stage is the Trophy Wife!]]"

* Ross bought one of these on ''{{Friends}}''. Too bad it was so small it got stuck in the parking space. Why they couldn't have grabbed some of their TwentyFourHourPartyPeople friends and just ''carried'' the thing out is beyond me.
** He also quickly abandons the car when an old, bald gentleman shows up driving the exact same car.

** I thought that was when he was in danger of getting too close to Lady Heather...

* ''{{Supernatural}}'': Though she totally counts as a CoolCar, Dean's beloved 1967 Chevy Impala may have been purchased by his dad as a MidlifeCrisisCar.
** Subverted later in the series during a flashback (well....kind of). John actually bought the car in his early twenties, primarily because a stranger at the car dealership ([[spoiler:a time-travelling Dean]]) convinced him of how badass a vehicle it was.

* The film ''American Beauty'' has one of these, but it's a classic muscle-car. In addition, he's not compensating for something, but rather pissing off [[StepfordSmiler his wife]] (who would later stop their first intimate encounter in years because she was afraid he would spill beer on her sofa).

* The Finnish comedy cartoon ''{{Pasila}}'' featured a chronic speeder who drove a SUV big enough to fit another SUV in the trunk. He claims the car is not a penis extension, but constantly [[FreudianSlipperySlope slips off the Freudian slope]] when he talks to anyone about it for any extended perioid of time.

* In [[TokyoXtremeRacer Shutokou Battle 01]], there is Sanjyushi, an entire gang of middleaged men with souped up MLC cars in the Wangan area.

->"No, Mimi, THAT'S. A. CAR... The penis's made of fiberglass".

* Giles replaces TheAllegedCar with one, at the beginning of season 5 of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

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* The Finnish comedy cartoon ''Pasila'' featured a chronic speeder who drove a SUV big enough to fit another SUV in the trunk. He claims the car is not a penis extension, but constantly slips with his words.