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That's pretty amazing, your familty surly does their part to support the Corvette community. What's that (3) different C7 owners in your immediate family?
Yes. My son has a 2017 C7 Z06. My sister has a 2015 Stingray. I have 2016 Stingray. I am 70 by the way. My son is 49. The major issue any of us have had it the dashboard replacement on his Z06. He just elected to go with a 2LZ version of that. We all have a lot of miles on them. Good entertainment! I guess we are easily amused.
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As I've posted in others threads I think the fact that this is a forum skews the numbers too. Older people tend to post on message boards; all the young dudes are on Instagram. Jump on the gram and you will see tons of young Corvette owners, especially C7s.
Im looking now.... Not one yet.. FAKE NEWS!!!! LOL They can't afford new cars never mind an expensive one!
As I've posted in others threads I think the fact that this is a forum skews the numbers too. Older people tend to post on message boards; all the young dudes are on Instagram. Jump on the gram and you will see tons of young Corvette owners, especially C7s.
42 years old and this is my first Corvette. I do endure the “midlife crisis” and “old man car” comments frequently. I almost welcome it now, since it just shows how green with envy some people can be.
I just turned 54, which is hard to believe. My first vette was a 73 Stingray I bought at 22 when I got out of the Air Force. Have had 7 since, including my 2018 GS.
Bought my first in 1965 I was just 26 years and here I am on # 75... actually the age of Everybody is in Question—In my opinion when you are born you are 9 months old.—thus EVERYBODY is one year older the day after there Birthday.
IE my birthday is March 18, when I will be 80 BUT ACTUALLY on March 19 I will be in my 81st Year....
Everybody who collects Sociol Security is owed one more years payments and everybody who had died—there headstone is in correct.
Any Lawyer out there want to bring an action in Court for Me?????..That’s my opinion on this NEW YEAR....H
Now we need a poll for "How old were you when you bought your first Corvette". These "how old" polls are cool, but they are just part of the whole picture.
BTW, I was 29, 65 now. And the 23 that answered 75+ give me hope that I'll be driving a Corvette when I'm their age. Drive on my Corvette friends.
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I'm 75 going on 76 and have trouble getting in and out of my 2019 Z06 Corvette. I will only give it up when I absolutely can not do it anymore. Getting old is not for pussies.
65-74 years old is the majority here. No wonder whenever I have seen a Corvette Club it looked like everyone there should be in a hospice facility.
our local club, my first and last meeting.
At 47 I felt very out of place and the meeting was soooo boring. Most of them are older than my own parents (since their only 20 & 17 years older than me). Club events seem to be scheduled for retirees because a normal working person just can't make most of them. I get it and even look forward to doing the same thing at that point in life, but for now I see no benefit of being a member, err, I mean labor volunteer for events.
our local club, my first and last meeting.
At 47 I felt very out of place and the meeting was soooo boring. Most of them are older than my own parents (since their only 20 & 17 years older than me). Club events seem to be scheduled for retirees because a normal working person just can't make most of them. I get it and even look forward to doing the same thing at that point in life, but for now I see no benefit of being a member, err, I mean labor volunteer for events.
OUCH! But true, thanks for being honest (un like our leaders)....
OUCH! But true, thanks for being honest (un like our leaders)....
I have to agree. I attend about 6 meetings a year with our local club and am just about the average age of the attendees, 69. We have very, very few members under 55. It is definitely an Old Man's Club but I'm lucky, I fit in just fine.
I just joined one of the larger Corvette Clubs in my area, and yep, most everyone appears to be at least my age....being in the mid-sixties.
However, with that said, for some reason, many social or special interest clubs these days seem to be primarily populated by some of us...uh...older folks. A high percentage of the active folks in my cycling club are in their mid-fifties and up. I've considered re-joining the scuba club I was active in twenty plus years ago when I was in my late thirties to mid-forties. Judging from the pictures on their website, many of the active folks are now in their fifties and sixties.
I think "clubs" have a broader appeal to people of my generation, much as they did 20 to 40 years ago. I think many of the younger folks don't find that type of activity as a thing to do these days.
65-74 years old is the majority here. No wonder whenever I have seen a Corvette Club it looked like everyone there should be in a hospice facility.
Hope you live as long as some of us have and are as active as most of us are.... I'm 77 - put 20K a year on the C7 and about 10K a year on a 30-year-old Ferrari.....
Now we need a poll for "How old were you when you bought your first Corvette". These "how old" polls are cool, but they are just part of the whole picture.
BTW, I was 29, 65 now. And the 23 that answered 75+ give me hope that I'll be driving a Corvette when I'm their age. Drive on my Corvette friends.
Bought my first one at 21, got hot in a four-day poker game - that was in '61. Drove Porsches from '65-70. Went back into Corvettes in 1990 at age 60. Been DDing Corvettes since then. Amassed more than 700K miles since 1990, plus extra miles in pickup trucks - and 40K in a, now, 30-year-old Ferrari. I'm 77. Leaving tomorrow morning on a 1500 mile trip to attend a wedding....
Now we need a poll for "How old were you when you bought your first Corvette". These "how old" polls are cool, but they are just part of the whole picture.
BTW, I was 29, 65 now. And the 23 that answered 75+ give me hope that I'll be driving a Corvette when I'm their age. Drive on my Corvette friends.
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