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20-06-2017, 03:29 PM
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Re: Do You Think Old People Look Ridiculous Driving Sports Cars?

I must admit whenever I see a sports car I always assume it is going to be a young, fit Adonis who gets out, but no usually someone a lot older. If they can afford it why not go for it, I bet they don't worry what any one thinks anyway.
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20-06-2017, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Muddy ->
Absolutely not !
We are old not dead .


I agree, Muddy.

If it has always been their hobby, why on earth shouldn't someone drive a sports car just because they are a little older than they were.
Do old fishermen give up their hobby, or old golfers, or old anyone else, so why should a car fanatic stop dreaming, just because to appease onlookers?
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20-06-2017, 03:51 PM
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When I was 38 I had a purple spitfire , driving through town one hot day with the top down I was waiting to pull out from a busy junction when two yobs decided to jump into the car , one jumped on the back as the other tried to jump into the passenger seat , I pulled away so fast they both fell into the road . I did laugh afterwards but it did shake me up .

My handsome son drives a Porsche , he arrived to take me out one morning for a drive with the top down . We laughed as I said people would think either mummy has bought the car or he's got a really old girlfriend .

Rosie who's 6 goes off with him for a drive taking her teddies with her , she now says she's having a Porsche for her first car

I wouldn't want one now because I'd feel I'd have to wear my make up just to go out to get bread and milk
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20-06-2017, 04:13 PM
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Re: Do You Think Old People Look Ridiculous Driving Sports Cars?

Originally Posted by Rehab44 ->
It's the older age group who have the extra disposable income to afford such cars, plus years of no claims on insurance, edit just spotted Tiffs post,

I guess we will be required to only wear beige clothing and nothing that looks vaguely 21st century.
When ever we see a really 'posh' sports car, we, Daughter & I, always look to see that the driver looks like, sometimes we are rewarded with a rather tasty driver, but mostly it's old guys.
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20-06-2017, 04:35 PM
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Re: Do You Think Old People Look Ridiculous Driving Sports Cars?

Originally Posted by Artangel ->
Should you take your age into consideration when deciding what car to buy?
Hi Arty, are you trying to tell me I shouldn't buy that Morgan +4 that I've wanted to own since I was a spoty teenager

Originally Posted by Mups ->
No, I don't think so at all.
If I'd always like that sort of car, I don't see why I should feel obliged to give up the pleasure of owning/driving one, just to appease a total strangers opinion of my image. Blow that!
Yes Mups, I'm with you on this completely. As it happens now is the only time in my life when I could actually afford a Morgan +4 (Or even a +8) however I will never have one now for all sorts of reasons, chief of which is the fact that my dogs wouldn't fit in

But if I didn't have a wife and two huge dogs and a bad back I would likely be driving around in one now
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20-06-2017, 04:39 PM
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When l was in my late 50's, we had a black Porsche Carrera and a black Range Rover Vogue.
I have to say, at that age, I felt a bit embarrassed driving the Porsche but l loved driving the Range Rover.
Please don't think l am showing off because that was then and these days the bus does me just as well!!
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20-06-2017, 04:42 PM
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Re: Do You Think Old People Look Ridiculous Driving Sports Cars?

Originally Posted by Losos ->
Hi Arty, are you trying to tell me I shouldn't buy that Morgan +4 that I've wanted to own since I was a spoty teenager



Yes Mups, I'm with you on this completely. As it happens now is the only time in my life when I could actually afford a Morgan +4 (Or even a +8) however I will never have one now for all sorts of reasons, chief of which is the fact that my dogs wouldn't fit in

But if I didn't have a wife and two huge dogs and a bad back I would likely be driving around in one now
Losos, l hate to tell you but old drivers of sports cars are described as 'Tools'!!
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20-06-2017, 10:12 PM
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Re: Do You Think Old People Look Ridiculous Driving Sports Cars?

Originally Posted by Artangel ->
When l was in my late 50's, we had a black Porsche Carrera and a black Range Rover Vogue.

Please don't think l am showing off because that was then and these days the bus does me just as well!!
But can't be more than two or three years ago
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20-06-2017, 10:12 PM
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I can't remember the last time I saw a young person driving a sports car..... isn't it a mid-life crisis purchase?
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20-06-2017, 10:14 PM
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Re: Do You Think Old People Look Ridiculous Driving Sports Cars?

How do people feel about a 77 year old riding a 1500cc Goldwing?
 
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