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Old 06-12-18, 07:01 PM
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I am reading a lot about 'old people'.
Can we define it please? I just want to know if I should include myself.lol.
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Old 06-12-18, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MedicalDoc
I am reading a lot about 'old people'.
Can we define it please? I just want to know if I should include myself.lol.
Since I'm an expert at being old send me your age and I'll tell you if you are old lol.
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Will u buy me a drink first?
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Old 06-12-18, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
While I certainly respect your opinion, there's probably no such thing as a truly "typical" driver or car owner. Each one is different.
Fair enough but my point is your preferences i would say are in a small minority... you like smaller wheels with tall sidewalls, you don't like almost any modern tech advances, and you don't like suvs.

but anyway, away from the personal, you didn't comment on the links i provided showing hundreds of car show all over for vintage and classic cars and cars typically not popular with young drivers like corvettes and miatas.

Here's one of my favorite all-time Harley ads, BTW...IMO an absolute gem. Whoever came up with it should have been given an award.

that's great!


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Old 06-12-18, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by MedicalDoc
I am reading a lot about 'old people'.
Can we define it please? I just want to know if I should include myself.lol.
ha... i'd say old on clublexus is 50+
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna


ha... i'd say old on clublexus is 50+
Well, it's official.
I'm in the club!
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In my post earlier I said I was getting older, not that I was "old." My dad died at 95. THAT was old.

"Older" to me means "wiser" as a result of having lived through many mistakes. It also means having cash to play with. And it means I can see my body gradually changing and not for the better. I am not at the end, but I can kind of make it out in the far distance, and memories of the past take on greater significance.
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Originally Posted by riredale
In my post earlier I said I was getting older, not that I was "old." My dad died at 95. THAT was old.

"Older" to me means "wiser" as a result of having lived through many mistakes. It also means having cash to play with. And it means I can see my body gradually changing and not for the better. I am not at the end, but I can kind of make it out in the far distance, and memories of the past take on greater significance.
A wise observation. As someone said, "I know I have more yesterdays than tomorrows".
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
as you describe yourself, you're not exactly typical. so respectfully i disagree with you and will say the overall market is not much like you. if there weren't a giant market for mid-life and older drivers who were performance and mod enthusiasts, a) there'd be few corvette and miata sales and b) there wouldn't be the THOUSANDS of 'classic car' and other shows all over this land. and as you can understand, a lot of these older enthusiasts have way more money than the young (who will spend their last dime on mods), so they can go wild. heck, near where i live, "the villages" giant community has THOUSANDS of highly customized and modified GOLF CARTS that people get around in!

look here JUST for corvette shows!

https://vette-vues.com/current-issue...lendar-events/

or run this search for classic car shows near you:
https://www.google.com/search?q=classic+car+shows

and we haven't mentioned the vast harley and other custom bike market, generally bought by older buyers.
We've been to a couple of cruise ins at The Villages. They have a lot of nice cars as well as the custom golf carts that you mentioned. I remember seeing a few custom and collector cars where the owners have their carts customized to look the like the car. You're proably aware of this but I read that the population of The Villages has topped 100k! Yikes.
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