Am I too old?
Miles of Smiles
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 3,180
Likes: 559
From: Omaha Nebraska
2016 C5 of the Year Finalist
! I'm 52...and am enjoying life more than ever! I must say that part of that enjoyment is from owning/driving my C5!! And more so of course, is from having my most lovely wife with me all the while!!
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 15,449
Likes: 1,716
From: Everywhere and Nowhere at all
I have been going through a mid life crisis since I was 18....Always into cars! Now, 31 years later I have owned some sweet vehicles, still want more... ditch the wife... they're overated...
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 6,473
Likes: 297
From: Orange Park FL
Are you going crazy ?? Too old...for real ?
I am 59 and still racing my Z and a Silverado with a 402. I just bought new rubber for both. Don't tell me I just wasted my money..
Think I better go take a nap now
I just took them both to Maryland, above is a couple pics.
I am 59 and still racing my Z and a Silverado with a 402. I just bought new rubber for both. Don't tell me I just wasted my money..
Think I better go take a nap now
I just took them both to Maryland, above is a couple pics.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,724
Likes: 2
From: Holland Landing Ontario
Not sure of the definition, but at 58 you may be beyond "mid-life". I know I am (65). I don't care what others think, I have always loved Vettes and always will.
Now if I could get a good deal on a CTS-V???
Now if I could get a good deal on a CTS-V???
Pro
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 726
Likes: 15
From: Newport MN
I am already buying thing sand doing things at 30 because I feel like im running out of time to do things. Every year I feel a little more pain and I wonder when a knee is going to go out or something else. YOLO
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Advanced
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 99
Likes: 4
From: Montgomery TX
Considered buying a used Vette in mid 80's but didn't because it wasn't practical for me to drive with two kids.
It wasn't until my brother-in-law bought his '66 Sting Ray a few years ago that I even thought about getting my dream car. Got my 2003 C5 in August and get a thrill EVERY time I drive it.
Yeah, I'm one of the old guys (63) driving a Vette but I say keep it as long as you still drive!
It wasn't until my brother-in-law bought his '66 Sting Ray a few years ago that I even thought about getting my dream car. Got my 2003 C5 in August and get a thrill EVERY time I drive it.
Yeah, I'm one of the old guys (63) driving a Vette but I say keep it as long as you still drive!
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 6,937
Likes: 21
From: Waldorf MD
I'm 63 years old and have always been a "car guy". I had an MG Midget when I was 16 and a 1964 Corvette Vert when I was 18 (1968). Kept it until it was stolen in 1972. Couldn't afford another Corvette, so I bought an Opel GT (looked like a little Corvette). Got married and had kids, no Corvette then, but I always said that I would get another. In 2002 I got my current 1998 Corvette. Used as a daily driver.
If you are a car guy, it's not a mid life crises!
If you are a car guy, it's not a mid life crises!
Last edited by Oldvetter; Jan 2, 2014 at 02:04 PM.
Race Director
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 19,864
Likes: 146
From: South East TN
I think I might tell my wife. " You know,,, I think you're right! I am going through a midlife crisis! And I intend to take full advantage of it! So tomorrow I'm trading you in for a couple of 25 yr olds!"
6th Gear
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 6
Likes: 0
From: Harrisburg South Dakota
I had a '64 yellow rag top back in the day but sold it when I got married. Now I'm 65 and single again and just bought a '98 C5 and wintering in Las Vegas. What else could a guy ask for? lol
Race Director
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 11,206
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From: Santa Rosa Beach FL
Bought my first '01 Vette a few months ago and I'm 58....always wanted one since the kid around the block came rumbling by the playground in that black '63 Split Window Coupe when I was around 10 years old. I had a '73 Z-28 Camaro back in the day so I guess once a gear head always a gear head...enjoy it my friend...I do...especially when I have my hot blonde sitting next to me...LOL !!!
