How old are you? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

blinkwatt · 10-08-2005, 08:11 PM

By the way this poll may be weighted unfair because the younger generations are more pron to the internet,so in reality there are more well aged Boxster owners in real life.

WoBoxster · 10-08-2005, 10:02 PM

I think i might be the youngest on here. 17 and i drive a Box

pecto3 · 10-09-2005, 07:59 AM

Hi to all! I'm 27 right now and got my Boxster 3 weeks after my 27th b-day. It's a 1997 with 35k miles on it. It's been 6 months now and so far, its has been trouble free. I joined this forum (along with other Boxster forums) to gain knowledge of the car we love to drive and praise it's faults...and also learn DIY stuff since my car is way out of warranty and no extended warranty company would provide one. I regret to say that I'm not going to pay $200 for an oil change. Not to be labeled as cheapeskate but I just bought a house earlier this year (before I turned 27). BTW, I'm single.

deliriousga · 10-09-2005, 08:11 AM

I guess the mid-life crisis is still in tact. 30-45 range seems to be higest so far. :dance:

berj · 10-09-2005, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by deliriousga

I guess the mid-life crisis is still in tact. 30-45 range seems to be higest so far. :dance:

Mid-life? God.. I hope I make it further than 66. *shrugs* who knows, though. Could get hit on the head with a coconut tomorrow.

10-09-2005, 10:02 AM

If owning a Boxster, or any Porsche for that matter, is a equated to a mid-life crisis, I would venture to guess that there are a lot of people out there who would love to be having a "crisis"!!

I think I heard it here on this forum once..."it is more of a mid-life celebration!"

See, it is all about perspective...isn't it!

insatiable · 02-12-2006, 04:10 PM

I'm 68,a retired Mech. Eng. , the son of a Motor Mechanic & have owned a lot of great cars over the last 50 odd years, so I guess my mid life crisis started when I was 18.
My big regret is I waited so long to graduate to a P.M.L.C.. Only bought my '03 Box last month and love it to death. My wife however tells everybody that I also received with the car a free mebership to SOFA (Silly Old Farts Association) .
I refuse to be intimidated, I figure your never to old to have fun and whilst I can still get in and out of the damn thing then fun I will have, after all you are a long time dead!
I wonder if I qualify as the oldest owner?
Cheers

rbennett · 02-12-2006, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by insatiable

I'm 68,a retired Mech. Eng. , the son of a Motor Mechanic & have owned a lot of great cars over the last 50 odd years, so I guess my mid life crisis started when I was 18.
My big regret is I waited so long to graduate to a P.M.L.C.. Only bought my '03 Box last month and love it to death. My wife however tells everybody that I also received with the car a free mebership to SOFA (Silly Old Farts Association) .
I refuse to be intimidated, I figure your never to old to have fun and whilst I can still get in and out of the damn thing then fun I will have, after all you are a long time dead!
I wonder if I qualify as the oldest owner?
Cheers

I hope to living hell, I have your enthusiasm at 68

God bless you!!!

TriGem2k · 10-09-2005, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by WoBoxster

I think i might be the youngest on here. 17 and i drive a Box

Got mine on my 16th b-day 3 years ago...

limoncello · 10-10-2005, 04:55 AM

Brucelee or others -
Wonder if these numbers are typical of Boxster sales overall? It's a decent sample size - I would think it would match fairly well.

Biz-z Z · 10-10-2005, 05:29 AM

"Mid-life crisis? No! Life long obsession!" I read that in one of the forums sometime ago and it's a great response. In fact, for many it is true.

As I see it, no matter how old or young we are, when we climb behind the wheel of a Porsche, we're all the same age.

RandallNeighbour · 10-10-2005, 07:22 AM

if you do a search on this site for "mid life crisis" you'll find a very long thread devoted to it. In a nutshell, I'm 43 have had this comment come from:

a) Older women, or
b) Divorced women

Call me a cheauvanist pig if you like, but I gotta call 'em like I see 'em.

It seems to be a comment born out of ignorance of the person in question (if you knew me you wouldn't say that), a lack of tact (keep your judgements in your head, not on the tip of your tongue), or from someone who has experienced a lot of unresolved hurt and has bitterness (yeah, your ex-husband WAS a complete jerk in my book too, but don't lump us all together in the same ball of dysfunction!).

I have never heard this statement from another man. Men always say they wish they had the cash to do it because they've always wanted a Porsche.

I've seen men and women alike in the midst of a mid-life crisis and it ain't pretty. I'm far to happy a year after purchase for this to be a mid-life crisis!

Perfectlap · 10-10-2005, 07:52 AM

I heard this comment allot also.
I'm 32(pass for 25-27) and was dating some 21 year olds. Every girl over 25 just shook her head and said a Porsche and young girls? "mid-life crisis tisk tisk"