Not Weird. I've wanted a Volvo Wagon probably since I was 16. Seems like 16 was forever ago, but only 8 years. God how life changes.
I wanted to a mechanic...a "car fixer"... Then I wanted to be a guitar player(started at 4). I had a few bands, and managed to record an album at home, then the next year recorded and released a professional album and toured Northern Minnesota playing and selling it. But I wasn't happy with my personal life...mooching off friends, couldn't find a decent job (or keep the crappy ones...)... I met a girl on MySpace, and moved to Kansas and married her. I still play guitar but mostly for fun (and a little money).
At the same time, I got my first car at 14, a 51 Chevy Styleline...that really got my car juices flowing...sold it for a 49...then a Corvair, then another Corvair... I have the confidence (and some credentials now) to fix just about anything now. Just don't have a garage :-(
I just finished school for Collision Repair...don't really wanna go work in a Collision shop though. I wanna do something in the paint/fab field but there's no money there cause everyone is poor.
I also have a dream of becoming a Log Home Hand-crafter. I've been buying up tools and saving to pay for a course in Northern MN.
My 7 year old self would be proud of what I've learned, and what I've accomplished but probably disappointed that I don't have a title yet. "Mechanic" "Professional Musician" or whatever.
But I own a Volvo! LOL!