foolish?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2014
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From: Over there
Hey Trip....I was gonna stay out of this but now I just have to chime in....don't be "TRIPPUN" (LOL) over this guy. Your spot on with your assessment of being a "Prove everyone wrong type of guy". As mentioned in another thread he is probably between 16 and 25 years old and when he has a problem he starts crying for Daddy...or his attorney. But there ain't no way he can be married cause thers no way no woman could put up with always being told she was doing the "Down and dirty" wrong....LOL. 
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Lake Worth Beach, Florida
Got my first vette when I was 55 and am on my second and probably last one (plan to keep it until it or I stop). I seldom get negative comments, but my brother-in-law who is a CPA and drives and SUV can't understand why I bought it. 
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2010
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From: Hollywood CA
Few pointers
Think you need to understand root of people's envy
-vast majority of general public is broke; like less than $1000 in bank
-vast majority of 60+ men can't retire, or even bend to sit or fit in Vette
-mid life crises are great; I'm all for leaving a nagging, bickering, obese wife, ingrate kids and taking up with your young secretary or babe
-plenty of young women love 60+ men; guys in 20s are mostly living at home or broke; 30s men half are making less than wife
-Older women are not going to be happy about anything that gives older men more attention; Vette, Harley, Boat.. Whatever
So......I think you need to be happy that your basically crushing it at 60+ and see others envy of your success.
Think you need to understand root of people's envy
-vast majority of general public is broke; like less than $1000 in bank
-vast majority of 60+ men can't retire, or even bend to sit or fit in Vette
-mid life crises are great; I'm all for leaving a nagging, bickering, obese wife, ingrate kids and taking up with your young secretary or babe
-plenty of young women love 60+ men; guys in 20s are mostly living at home or broke; 30s men half are making less than wife
-Older women are not going to be happy about anything that gives older men more attention; Vette, Harley, Boat.. Whatever
So......I think you need to be happy that your basically crushing it at 60+ and see others envy of your success.
Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2011
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Recently I have started to feel foolish when I'm in my vette. It draws a lot of attention as you guys know and peoples reactions to it has started to bother me. I'm 63 now and though most everyone likes the car they react to me with disdain. It's "oh look another old guy trying to hang onto his youth" or younger women doing all they can to catch up to me only to look over with a reaction of disappointment its an older guy's vette. I know-who cares what others think? Well we all care to some degree or you would be alone your whole life. Anyway just wondered if anyone else is dealing with this.You younger guys 'do you get negative reactions for other reasons? 
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 7,155
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From: If you wanna live life on your own terms, you gotta be willing to crash and burn Florida
Few pointers
Think you need to understand root of people's envy
-vast majority of general public is broke; like less than $1000 in bank
-vast majority of 60+ men can't retire, or even bend to sit or fit in Vette
-mid life crises are great; I'm all for leaving a nagging, bickering, obese wife, ingrate kids and taking up with your young secretary or babe
-plenty of young women love 60+ men; guys in 20s are mostly living at home or broke; 30s men half are making less than wife
-Older women are not going to be happy about anything that gives older men more attention; Vette, Harley, Boat.. Whatever
So......I think you need to be happy that your basically crushing it at 60+ and see others envy of your success.
Think you need to understand root of people's envy
-vast majority of general public is broke; like less than $1000 in bank
-vast majority of 60+ men can't retire, or even bend to sit or fit in Vette
-mid life crises are great; I'm all for leaving a nagging, bickering, obese wife, ingrate kids and taking up with your young secretary or babe
-plenty of young women love 60+ men; guys in 20s are mostly living at home or broke; 30s men half are making less than wife
-Older women are not going to be happy about anything that gives older men more attention; Vette, Harley, Boat.. Whatever
So......I think you need to be happy that your basically crushing it at 60+ and see others envy of your success.
Funk all the nice car hater's it goes for anything, society and social media has made regular shmucks into full blow narcissists everyone tries to one up no matter what. Same **** goes on here on the forum. One just buys a Z, some guy who cant get one insults it calling it a POS, and their rocking a car light years beneath. It never made sense to me why people are so bitter towards some peoples success. I don't like braggers etc, but most people that have coin are the last to show it off.
Advanced
Joined: Oct 2014
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Recently I have started to feel foolish when I'm in my vette. It draws a lot of attention as you guys know and peoples reactions to it has started to bother me. I'm 63 now and though most everyone likes the car they react to me with disdain. It's "oh look another old guy trying to hang onto his youth" or younger women doing all they can to catch up to me only to look over with a reaction of disappointment its an older guy's vette. I know-who cares what others think? Well we all care to some degree or you would be alone your whole life. Anyway just wondered if anyone else is dealing with this.You younger guys 'do you get negative reactions for other reasons?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 2,371
Likes: 14
From: Somerset Kentucky
Few pointers
Think you need to understand root of people's envy
-vast majority of general public is broke; like less than $1000 in bank
-vast majority of 60+ men can't retire, or even bend to sit or fit in Vette
-mid life crises are great; I'm all for leaving a nagging, bickering, obese wife, ingrate kids and taking up with your young secretary or babe
-plenty of young women love 60+ men; guys in 20s are mostly living at home or broke; 30s men half are making less than wife
-Older women are not going to be happy about anything that gives older men more attention; Vette, Harley, Boat.. Whatever
So......I think you need to be happy that your basically crushing it at 60+ and see others envy of your success.
Think you need to understand root of people's envy
-vast majority of general public is broke; like less than $1000 in bank
-vast majority of 60+ men can't retire, or even bend to sit or fit in Vette
-mid life crises are great; I'm all for leaving a nagging, bickering, obese wife, ingrate kids and taking up with your young secretary or babe
-plenty of young women love 60+ men; guys in 20s are mostly living at home or broke; 30s men half are making less than wife
-Older women are not going to be happy about anything that gives older men more attention; Vette, Harley, Boat.. Whatever
So......I think you need to be happy that your basically crushing it at 60+ and see others envy of your success.
I'm 52 and my girlfriend is 32. She helps me clean the vette and we do everything together!
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2006
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2015
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From: El Cajon Ca.
Recently I have started to feel foolish when I'm in my vette. It draws a lot of attention as you guys know and peoples reactions to it has started to bother me. I'm 63 now and though most everyone likes the car they react to me with disdain. It's "oh look another old guy trying to hang onto his youth" or younger women doing all they can to catch up to me only to look over with a reaction of disappointment its an older guy's vette. I know-who cares what others think? Well we all care to some degree or you would be alone your whole life. Anyway just wondered if anyone else is dealing with this.You younger guys 'do you get negative reactions for other reasons?
Coming from an old guy who refuses to grow up, the only time I feel foolish is when friends convince me to go to a Corvette show with them. I sit there really feeling foolish watching people look at my completely stock 2005 Vette. Correction; it was completely stock until this week when I replaced my original OEM chrome wheels with the gloss black C7 Z51 wheels you like so much.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2015
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From: El Cajon Ca.
I'm 66 and have been foolish a good while now with my '07 . I get thumbs up mostly and a lot of "that's what I want's" from guys with other rides. I'm a spirited, but careful driver (it's a Corvette, for goodness sake) and maybe seeing what a vette can do, brings back memories, excitement, and joy to "older" guys like myself .
. I get thumbs up mostly and a lot of "that's what I want's" from guys with other rides. I'm a spirited, but careful driver (it's a Corvette, for goodness sake) and maybe seeing what a vette can do, brings back memories, excitement, and joy to "older" guys like myself .I was driving mine the other day and a guy walking in the opposite direction stuck his thumb out. I gave him a dirty look thinking does that idiot think I would stop to give him a ride? After a block or two it finally dawned on me that he was giving me a thumb up
I guess I just had a senior moment. This is a true story
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 6,072
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From: Arizona
foolish?
Originally Posted by door2416
Great thing about getting older is just not caring what other people think. When I want to blend in I drive my 89 cadillac. I'll even drive it at 40mph and leave the turn signal on.
Intermediate
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 36
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From: St Petersburg Fl
LOL..I'm still trying to figure out why some people drive Priuses?
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Drifting
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,455
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From: omaha nebraska
I agree with you for the most part. So many negative people. I'm don't have much, but I got nothing but love for nice things. It's amazing how many younger folks have nothing these days. It's amazing how many couples live together and the only reason why they're doing it is to save a buck. I was shocked how many skanks I fooled around with that were living with homeslice because they cannot afford their own place or they don't want to give up their new car etc. No different than a *****. I live by myself, with two deadbeat roommates(cats) It's wonderful not to be a victim of societies expectations. You cant please everyone, so you got to please yourself. Living and making it on our own is not easy, but I wouldn't want it any other way Funk all the nice car hater's it goes for anything, society and social media has made regular shmucks into full blow narcissists everyone tries to one up no matter what. Same **** goes on here on the forum. One just buys a Z, some guy who cant get one insults it calling it a POS, and their rocking a car light years beneath. It never made sense to me why people are so bitter towards some peoples success. I don't like braggers etc, but most people that have coin are the last to show it off.
Funk all the nice car hater's it goes for anything, society and social media has made regular shmucks into full blow narcissists everyone tries to one up no matter what. Same **** goes on here on the forum. One just buys a Z, some guy who cant get one insults it calling it a POS, and their rocking a car light years beneath. It never made sense to me why people are so bitter towards some peoples success. I don't like braggers etc, but most people that have coin are the last to show it off.
Racer
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 253
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From: Atlanta Georgia
I drove two Priuses for 10 years and got 60+ mpg. Today I drive a Ford plugin hybrid, along with a semi-competition C6 and an AMG. I am very competitive [just ask my ex-wife] and competition comes in many forms. I have proved that I can turn competitive laps on a track in a race car, but how often can that be arranged? I can drive my hybrid every day and average almost 200 mpg, and for me, that's just another form of competition. I work just as hard driving the hybrid on the street for max mileage as I would turning laps at Road Atlanta or Atlanta Motorsports Park.
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Drifting
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: omaha nebraska
Coming from an old guy who refuses to grow up, the only time I feel foolish is when friends convince me to go to a Corvette show with them. I sit there really feeling foolish watching people look at my completely stock 2005 Vette. Correction; it was completely stock until this week when I replaced my original OEM chrome wheels with the gloss black C7 Z51 wheels you like so much.
I just went to a show with mostly vettes and there was a guy there with a '15 dsom zo6. I stopped and was going to ask him a couple things but he was too busy telling anyone who would listen how much he spent on it and how he just made a killing in the market. I couldn't leave fast enough. I'm pretty sour on car shows.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2015
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From: El Cajon Ca.
Well I'm glad you got some wheels on there that fit your style. You know, a vette owner with completely no taste. I just went to a show with mostly vettes and there was a guy there with a '15 dsom zo6. I stopped and was going to ask him a couple things but he was too busy telling anyone who would listen how much he spent on it and how he just made a killing in the market. I couldn't leave fast enough. I'm pretty sour on car shows.
I just went to a show with mostly vettes and there was a guy there with a '15 dsom zo6. I stopped and was going to ask him a couple things but he was too busy telling anyone who would listen how much he spent on it and how he just made a killing in the market. I couldn't leave fast enough. I'm pretty sour on car shows.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 1,106
Likes: 192
From: El Cajon Ca.
Recently I have started to feel foolish when I'm in my vette. It draws a lot of attention as you guys know and peoples reactions to it has started to bother me. I'm 63 now and though most everyone likes the car they react to me with disdain. It's "oh look another old guy trying to hang onto his youth" or younger women doing all they can to catch up to me only to look over with a reaction of disappointment its an older guy's vette. I know-who cares what others think? Well we all care to some degree or you would be alone your whole life. Anyway just wondered if anyone else is dealing with this.You younger guys 'do you get negative reactions for other reasons?
I'm 75, 4 months from 76. I bought my Corvette in Feb 2014 and it is my first. I've wanted one all of my life and It took me all of these years to justify buying one. I really couldn't care less what people think when they see me driving it. Maybe I am trying to hang on to my youth but I don't see anything wrong with that.
To be honest 63 doesn't seem like an old guy to me.
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Drifting
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: omaha nebraska
I'm 75, 4 months from 76. I bought my Corvette in Feb 2014 and it is my first. I've wanted one all of my life and It took me all of these years to justify buying one. I really couldn't care less what people think when they see me driving it. Maybe I am trying to hang on to my youth but I don't see anything wrong with that.
To be honest 63 doesn't seem like an old guy to me.
To be honest 63 doesn't seem like an old guy to me.
Now 50 sounds young. Glad you got your vette after wanting one so long. They are fun. Enjoy it all you can. It's good to see you didn't give up on your dream just because you are older. Too many of us do that.