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Post by Big Blue on Jul 14, 2021 12:43:43 GMT
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Post by michael on Jul 14, 2021 13:29:36 GMT
I'm pleased they missed out the all to easy target of the large SUV buyer.
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Post by Tim on Jul 14, 2021 13:54:13 GMT
Oh dear.
I got my mid-life crisis car a bit early, either the Fiat at age 34 or the 370Z at 45.
I also had the silver prestige vehicle in the shape of a 530d saloon at 43 although being more specific its prestige days were well behind it.
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Post by Blarno on Jul 14, 2021 13:59:09 GMT
By the time I was 23 I had progressed well past the shoddy car and had the Legacy Turbo.
32 is almost right - I was smoking around in the 406 HDi then.
40 - definitely no people carrier here, but there is a very smart business motor in almost silver.
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Post by racingteatray on Jul 14, 2021 16:38:05 GMT
Nope, not really fitting that.
Age 23 - well past shoddy - was on my third car, a well-kept Tornado red Mk3 Golf GTI
Ages 32 - nothing remotely resembling a sensible silver business car - blue 135i coupe, black 156 GTA, black 500E and a green Z1 (yes at one point I owned all of those at the same time - those were the days)
Age 40 - nope definitely no people carrier - treated myself to the 440i for my 40th.
Thankfully still some way to go until the next milestone on their list!
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Post by Martin on Jul 14, 2021 16:51:00 GMT
Doesn't quite match me either, although some might argue with that at age 32. I didn't even have a shoddy car at 17, it was a 3 year old Astra and although it had done 90k miles, it was in great condition.
Age 23 - Not shoddy, brand new company car
Age 32 - Passat Sport (Ferrari seats and I didn't hate it.....)
Age 40 - Two kids but no people carrier, had the 520d at that point (but not for much longer)
A couple of years away from 51, but I do hope I've got something rather more 'sporty' by that point so might be a bit closer to the stereotype.
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Post by Martin on Jul 14, 2021 17:11:10 GMT
Nope, not really fitting that. Age 23 - well past shoddy - was on my third car, a well-kept Tornado red Mk3 Golf GTI Ages 32 - nothing remotely resembling a sensible silver business car - blue 135i coupe, black 156 GTA, black 500E and a green Z1 (yes at one point I owned all of those at the same time - those were the days) Age 40 - nope definitely no people carrier - treated myself to the 440i for my 40th. Thankfully still some way to go until the next milestone on their list! I didn't realise you had them all at the same time. Doesn't that make you want to cry a little bit?! |
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Post by PetrolEd on Jul 14, 2021 17:48:10 GMT
Age 23 - like Racing, a Golf mk3 Gti in tornado red
Age 32 - I really went far with a Golf Gti mk5 edition 30. Company car but I didn’t hate it.
Age 40 - Cayman so probably hit the mid life crisis a bit early, thank goodness I sold my Mk6 Golf Gti just before I turned 40 or this post would have had a mighty depressing theme.
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Post by racingteatray on Jul 14, 2021 18:15:49 GMT
Nope, not really fitting that. Age 23 - well past shoddy - was on my third car, a well-kept Tornado red Mk3 Golf GTI Ages 32 - nothing remotely resembling a sensible silver business car - blue 135i coupe, black 156 GTA, black 500E and a green Z1 (yes at one point I owned all of those at the same time - those were the days) Age 40 - nope definitely no people carrier - treated myself to the 440i for my 40th. Thankfully still some way to go until the next milestone on their list! I didn't realise you had them all at the same time. Doesn't that make you want to cry a little bit?! Perhaps, but equally at least I did it while I could... |
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Post by Martin on Jul 14, 2021 18:38:58 GMT
I didn't realise you had them all at the same time. Doesn't that make you want to cry a little bit?! Perhaps, but equally at least I did it while I could... That’s true. It’s like the phrase…. ‘Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all’. But even though it included a very expensive divorce which took me back years financially, I much prefer ‘better to have loved, lost and upgraded’!  That should apply to cars as well! |
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Post by Andy C on Jul 14, 2021 18:58:32 GMT
Age 23 - Clio 172 Cup and ST . I got the ST 4 months before I was 24 (I think!)
Age 32 - ST . I did debate a Yaris GR but the lead times would’ve meant I’d have been 33 when it was delivered anyway . Nothing sensible here, it’s my wife who got a RAV4 when she was 28, not me .
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Post by Roadrunner on Jul 15, 2021 7:47:59 GMT
I don't really fit the model:
Age 23 - Rover P6 3500 and Land Rover Series IIa 3.5 V8
Age 32 - Vauxhall Astra company car and Mercedes 190
Age 40 - swapped my Jaguar 4.0 Sovereign for an MG ZT-T sensible family estate car, but kept my Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
Age 51 - Mercedes E320 estate and Standard Big 9
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Post by Tim on Jul 15, 2021 8:33:10 GMT
Redoing it properly:
Age 23 - MG Maestro
Age 32 - Fiat Punto HGT (1st ever brand new car)
Age 40 - Fiat Stilo estate, M5 and Fiat Coupe
Age 51 - M5, Fiat Coupe, 320d estate, Toyota Alphard campervan, Nissan Micra, 530d estate.
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Post by PG on Jul 15, 2021 10:04:12 GMT
I start inline but then deviate -
Age 23 - very, very crappy Ford Cortina MkII. Later followed by a Rover P6 3500 (much better).
Age 32 - Vauxhall Calibra
Age 40 - I think I was in the Audi A3 Tdi130 at that time.
Age 51 - Jaaaags
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Post by LandieMark on Jul 15, 2021 10:25:35 GMT
23 - Vauxhall Corsa Sport.
32 - Subaru Legacy.
40 - Land Rover Defender and TVR Chimaera. Both proper midlife crisis vehicles.🤣
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Post by michael on Jul 15, 2021 10:30:07 GMT
23 - an immaculate and much loved Fiat Punto Sporting 16v
32 - 325ti, loved that too.
40 - Land Rover Discovery 4
Got a while before the next one but it'll no doubt be some electric crap.
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