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View Poll Results: What age were you when you bought your first vette?
-- - 20
14
5.38%
20 - 25
42
16.15%
26 - 30
33
12.69%
31 - 35
19
7.31%
36 - 40
21
8.08%
41 - 45
36
13.85%
46 - 50
32
12.31%
51 - ++
63
24.23%
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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Figured I would put this up seeing the recent thread on age again.

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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 03:30 PM
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22, yesterday
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 03:43 PM
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but I am still 15 on the inside.
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 07:01 PM
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Almost 62 here.......
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by c3spdrcr20
but I am still 15 on the inside.



I am only 8 years off anyway......
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 07:30 PM
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24 years old...the wife says im 12 though?
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 07:41 PM
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56 vette in 1958. Was 20.
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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63 when I bought my '02 in 2005. I plan to trade it in on a new 2030 model (assuming GM is still in business).
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25 for me.
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 08:18 PM
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 08:30 PM
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Should have bought it a long time ago.

Bought my first at that same age.
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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27 or 28 can not remember which one.
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 10:03 PM
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I was 46 when I bought my 1st one, 88 coupe. Just bought my second one at 54, 02 Z06.
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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I was 22, that was 32 years ago!
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 11:45 PM
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Looks like Old Guys Rule!
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Old Jul 4, 2008 | 12:13 AM
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In November I'll be paying my insurance with my social security checks
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Old Jul 4, 2008 | 01:49 AM
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I was 21 when I bought my 11 year-old 68. 22 years later, I bought my brand new 01.
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Old Jul 4, 2008 | 04:42 AM
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26 for the 1st one,I'm now 40 1/2 on the 3rd
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Old Jul 4, 2008 | 05:12 AM
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42 but drive it like I am 17
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Old Jul 4, 2008 | 06:00 AM
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Doh, I screwed up when I did this poll! I didn't read it closely enough and entered my current age, even though I was 21 when I got my first Corvette (an 84 model)
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