04-26-2008, 05:59 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ohio
Posts: 2,027
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Yeah, I’m one of those “really old guys…”, 53. Got grey hair, thinning noticeably in back, but I’m still trim, with the reflexes of a 20 year-old (OK, 30 year-old) and the common sense learned in no small part by living those 53 years. I stay out of trouble faaaar more consistently than I did when I was half this age. And, yeah, gettin’ the Box has knocked a few years off me, too. I’m pretty happy with where I am. You just watch yer back, sonny.
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04-26-2008, 06:19 PM
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#2
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Chicago suburbs
Posts: 1,675
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You can clearly see from my photo that my hair is not white...
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04-26-2008, 06:59 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: MA
Posts: 1
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hello everyone i just found this great site today and just wanted to say i am probably one of the youngest with a boxster im 16 turning 17 in august and i really love this car and if your thinking this kids a spoiled brat well i am not, i started off with a 1996 Mercedes Benz that my dad got for me for christmas then i starting buying cars for cheap and flipping them and got around 15k saved up and got me a boxster!! i really love and the ladies do tooo
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04-26-2008, 07:12 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 15
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Just got my Box a month ago, I turned 55 in January. Definitely have plenty of grey hairs, have not gone completely white yet.
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2008 Boxster S, Midnight Blue Metallic, PASM, Sport Chrono, Sport Design Package, Bi-Xenon, Sport Steering Wheel, Sport Seats, Bose w/ 6 CD changer
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04-26-2008, 11:00 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Du Monde
Posts: 2,199
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OK - I probably fit the profile - Gray, 50+, etc. When I drive down the street in my Boxster, I guess many think I'm mid-life crisising. But...
At 17, I owned a '66 289 Mustang Fastback as my DD, and a '62 Austin Healey 'Bug Eye' Sprite as my 'Fun' car.
At 20, I owned a '68 Camaro SS396 as my DD, and a '68 912 and a '68 Buick Gran Sport Stage I as my 'Fun' cars.
At 22, I owned a '68 Lincoln Continental Convertible as my DD, and a '63 E-Type and a '72 Dodge Charger SE R/T 440 Six Pack as my 'Fun' cars.
At 25, I owned a '72 BMW 320 I as my DD, and a '69 Lotus Elan SE as my 'Fun' car.
At 27, I owned an '80 Jaguar XJ-6 as my DD, and a '70 Datsun 240Z and a '70 Lotus Europa SE John Player Special as my 'Fun' cars.
At 30, I owned a BMW 636 CSI as my DD, and a '71 Ferrari Dino 246GTS and an '80 Porsche 930 Turbo as my 'Fun' cars.
At 35, I owned a Volvo 740I as my DD and an '85 Lotus Turbo Esprit and '83 Porsche 911SC as my 'Fun' cars. In addition, I acquired a '90 Euroswift Formula Ford for Racing.
At 38, I owned a '92 Corvette ZR1 as my DD, and a Ferrari 308GTS Quattrovalvole as my 'Fun' car.
At 40, I owned a '92 Lexus SC400 as my DD, and a '56 Austin Healey BN2 100M as my 'Fun' car.
At 45, I owned a '99 Mercedes Benz CLK 430 as my DD, and a '79 Maserati Bora as my 'Fun' Car which was replaced mid-year with my '99 Porsche Boxster. Sold the Formula Ford and bought a '90 Protoform Formula VEE racer.
Now, at 54, I own an '06 Jaguar S-Type Sport 4.0 as my DD, plus my '99 Boxster and Formula VEE as my 'Fun' cars.
So while people may see me drive by in my Boxster and type-cast me as a mid-life crisis, they have absolutely no idea how totally WRONG they are.
That's OK with me. I have always owned the cars I loved with no regard to what others may think...
PS - This probably belongs in the What cars have you owned thread, but I list it here to make a point.
Last edited by Lil bastard; 04-26-2008 at 11:29 PM.
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04-27-2008, 03:05 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ohio
Posts: 2,027
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Just can't make up your mind WHAT to drive, can ya Lil Bastard?
...it's no wonder you've figured out a thing or two about cars!
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04-27-2008, 09:03 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Du Monde
Posts: 2,199
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
Just can't make up your mind WHAT to drive, can ya Lil Bastard?
...it's no wonder you've figured out a thing or two about cars!
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That's just it - So many cars... So little time...
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04-28-2008, 08:54 AM
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#8
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: parkslope
Posts: 73
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I totaly agree with you..Boxster midlife crises?!? no way
Here is my list and growing..
26 97 Boxster
28 00 996 CAB
31 01 996 TT
32 89 Targa ****************ack car
35 00 Boxster S Ruf
Present - Ferrari 348 TS
future ??
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04-28-2008, 09:19 AM
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#9
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Puget Sound
Posts: 176
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I'm 56 and, as you can see, am not overweight. This is my first Boxster. First Porsche. First Really Nice Car.
My thinking is, if a person is really lucky, he (or she) will live to be old and drive a Porsche.
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2000 Boxster S, Speed Yellow, Michelin AS/3 tires, 60,000 miles...
... and climbing.
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