I was wondering what is the average age group of most new mustangs owners? Some dry a**es where I work think I should *switch* to a minivan and "act my age"......... :D

Just curious to what age groups of peeps we have in here......... Oh yeah.....I turn the big "3-0" this year ! :)

Shella ~

30 and they think you should be driving a minivan lol [&:]i say the right age to drive a stang is 16-199. im 31 btw

You're still wet behind the ears. :) I'm 60. Act my age? Screw that! I'm having the most fun I've had in a long time.

Act your age ? I think people at your work are jealous! ha ha.Next time you leave work leave some black marks for them too.That will give'em something to talk about lol.

ORIGINAL: SaddleUp
I was wondering what is the average age group of most new mustangs owners? Some dry a**es where I work think I should *switch* to a minivan and "act my age"......... :D

Just curious to what age groups of peeps we have in here......... Oh yeah.....I turn the big "3-0" this year ! :)

Shella ~



Hi Shella,

Don't you just love yourMustang? Wellthey all love it too and are just jealous of your willingness to let go and be who you are. Those old peoplejust want you to be like them and suffer as they do. They can't stand the fact that you are having funwhile driving and they are screwed and stuckdriving a boring box full of kids and pets instead of blasting along with the wind in their hair. I bet you like and even enjoy sex more often than they do too! Screw them! They made a choice and you made yours, enjoy your pony and enjoy life!

Cheers!

"wet behind the ears........" Nice! I agree......I try to tell my *sophisticated* cohorts to loosen up, let their hair down.......Life is too short to go around conforming to everyone's *ideas* of proper behavior and presentation. I love my mustang and I like to have fun when I am in it..............I have always stuck out as *different*-----why change now??? [sm=devilangel.gif]

sorry to hear it :D

since your going over the hill, try tohave as much
fun as you can, while the gettin's good


ORIGINAL: SaddleUp

Oh yeah.....I turn the big "3-0" this year ! :)

Shella ~

I'm 49 and I'm all about driving the speed limit and all. The first mod on our GT was a radar detector. I turned the corner the other day and got on it a little and shut down at 25 mph because that was the speed limit. A cop was there with someone else pulled over and he shook his finger at me. I had my window down and just said............."WHAT???"

I'm 56 and have always had these types of cars in my blood. Istarted with my first new car a 69 Chevelle SS 396-375hp car. Now I have my 05 Mustang GT and feel 16 again everytime I get behind the wheel. I too get the smart remarks from a co-worker that doesn' t have a pot to piss in. To me it all comes down to jealousy but who cares because I'm the one having the FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is what the Mustang GT symbolizes tome.....when the world gets busy and crazy.....I can let go and have some fun..........and turn some heads while I am doing it! I am the only one that hasn't submitted themselves to the "Yukon, Tahoe, Expedition Club" at my job. Sure, I have a 4x4 (Nissan X-Terra) to get me around in the snow storms.....but summertime is for fun! Not to be all housed up...............Something about the Mustang just says "I am here to have fun"! Not all my co-workers are completely dry........but afraid to step out of the box? ABSOLUTELY!!!!! I even had one of the docs challenge me to a race in his Porsche 911.......I told him.....I might not win......but I will sure as hell look better in mine than you in yours ! Have fun and go chirp some gears for the girls!!!! Shella ~ (be proud of who you are............) :)

You are acting your age. Old enough to know better and still too young to care :D

<----- almost 32.

Im 31 and its great drivin my car... you just need to switch it up and think outside the box! they are jelous, Here at the shop all of us like going outside and doin some burnouts and power slides when its safe outside! hahaha we here are car people. They are just cookie cutter

I am 36 and I am still having fun with my 94GT, enjoy it while you can and screw the mini van.
Fast cars all the way![sm=badbadbad.gif]

I'm 43 so... forget about it! As long as your having fun, that's all that really matters.

50 and plan on not acting my age untill I die.

47 & lovin every minute in my stang. Your only as old asyou feel.[8D]

I have found my people..........LOVE YOU GUYS!!! ;)

53 orbits around the sun (I'm 53) and I'm having a blast. Between Steeda and B ama, I've got the car and performance I want. When I come to the office and go sideways into the parking lot, the folks in the office just shake their heads.....of course then again, I sign their paychecks!

You guys are gonna love this -

I'm out working this morning and I pull into a parking lot at a bank.
As I'm pulling in I notice a windveil blue GT sitting in a spot (my favorite color).
Then I see a little old lady, mebbe mid-70s, or older, walking that slow old people walk across the lot (that same walk I find myself doing more and more these days).
I do that quick trajectory calculation and I'm thinking, 'No way!'
Sure enough, she walks on up to the GT and hops in.
So I watch for a bit to see her pull out, thinking to myself, 'If that thing's a 5speed I think I'm gonna burst a blood vessel!'.
Well, it wasn't a 5speed, but it was one of the coolest sights I've seen in awhile, particularly when I saw her in the driver's seat with it all the way foward, up almost all the way to dash as she pulled out.
Kinda wish I'd talked to her; if I wasn't in my other vehicle I probably wouldn't have thought twice about pulling in next to her and asking if I could get a picture.


And yeah, I got gray hair (what's left of it) as well.;)

if you even considered the mini van, then that is most likely what you need.
For me at 47, a car seat for my grandbaby fits real nice in the backseat of my 03 Cobra Vert.

truly, what does acting your age mean.....to me someone should only be AWARE of their age when playing sports and they tear a rotator cuff swinging a bat....or a woman should not necessaryily act her age with clothing yet rather be aware of their body type and look before putting on spandex snakeskin pants with a halter top...as far as acting your age with a car....there is no age limit...enjoy it and have fun.... oh..btw 39 going on 40...with the mindset of a 16 year old in my car...yet the awareness of a 39 yr old

38 here havnt had this much fun in aslong as I can remember, hell I want itfaster :D

I'm 43 and my wife and I have a two year old son. He loves riding in "Daddy's Black Mustang!". Age is only a number. If you enjoy the Mustang and it works for your lifestyle.... who cares what co-workers or anyone else thinks. Life is too short. Have fun and enjoy the things that make you happy, including the Mustang.

I'm 46 acting like a fool and I'm not sure what I look like to others but who gives a rat's ass!;)

I'm 58, Have three regular kids, and five granddaughters. And I am acting my age, some of the younger guys in my area tell me I'm the youngest guy my age they know......Enjoy!!!!http://www.mustangforums.com/micons/m9.gif

62 next month
when i grow up i want to be dead
so im not growing up any time soon
it is nice to be retired tho
youth is wasted on you young guys

I know i chimed in already but i wish there were more females who loved cars so i can find me one! hahahah

36 here and I've been going backwards as far a practical goes. Went from grocery go-getter wagon to sporty 4 door and now a fun as hell 2 door.

Hell just yesterday had a mod from the classics section delete my post because "you young kids think everyone enjoys seeing naked women" refering to my avatar.

I'm 48, and when I turn the key, I feel younger already, and when I stand on it, my wrinkles go away! Seriously, they should just get a life. Enjoy your toy!

So does this meanthe morewe mod our cars the less we are acting our age?

40 here and my Dad is 66 he thought I was crazy for trading my pickup for it. He got aride in it with my wife while I was at work and they had a nice day together. He had a great time and doesn't think I am crazy anymore.

i'm 37 and this is my first gt.this is the most fun i ever had....you can never be to old.

34 y/o here. Love the stang and couldn't give a squirt of pi$$ what people think of me and my car.

45 here,
I like when some ass-clown ask, "oh, mid-life crisis ?"

I tell them "hell no, I've been this way my whole life!"

ORIGINAL: ANBAUTO

I know i chimed in already but i wish there were more females who loved cars so i can find me one! hahahah


LOL ! Dudes around here get a little shy around a girl in a Mustang.......they think I oughtta be in a Miata...... NOT! I love the Stang....would love to have mine souped up even more, but my mechanical skills are a little , well, non-existent ! :)

sounds like misery loves compay.

I act and look like i'm 21. I'm 34 and feeling it!

47. What do they want us to do?When I learned to ski this past winter out in Co I got the whole "at your age" thing. I told them that is why we have doctors. And I outlasted all three of my kids on the slopes. So go have at it!!!!

ORIGINAL: SaddleUp

ORIGINAL: ANBAUTO

I know i chimed in already but i wish there were more females who loved cars so i can find me one! hahahah


LOL ! Dudes around here get a little shy around a girl in a Mustang.......they think I oughtta be in a Miata...... NOT! I love the Stang....would love to have mine souped up even more, but my mechanical skills are a little , well, non-existent ! :)

You dont need skills honey. There are people who have the skills, you pay them to do it. All YOU need is $$$$$$$$$.

I just turned 37 about 2 weeks ago and I have never had more fun with my car!! I am still young enough to be wild and old enough to know not to be wild. HAHA

30....first muscle car/mustang....love it.

I had a 65 stang,a 70,and 73 ,now at 54 I have an 06 windveil blue GT,and still race motocross,and am still pretty fast,so I act my age say 25,I wish and know what I know now.

Shella - it aint the years - it's the MILES lol.

Having said that, i'm 29 - turning "big 3-0 in August", but feel like i'm 74 :D

ORIGINAL: RodeoFlyer

Shella - it aint the years - it's the MILES lol.

Having said that, i'm 29 - turning "big 3-0 in August", but feel like i'm 74 :D


Yeah.....my favorite saying to live by "YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY"-------- should have this embossed and embroideried into my headrests....... :) Best of luck hittin' 30........I am hitting it soon (july)---let the fireworks begin.........but hey, wait, you know what they say about women and being 30......... [sm=interesting.gif]

hehe - yep your fun is just beginning

Another "over the hill guy". I'm 59 and love my GT. I may get older but I'm not ever gonna grow up.

"Age is mandatory, maturity is optional, I refuse to grow up!!"

I'm 49, go at 120mph at least once per week, hit the dragstrip 1-2 times per month during warmer weather, and street race my son in his '87 GT from light to light when no one is around. Also play some bad a$$ guitar in a classic rock band (well, it broke up and I'm looking again) and jam with my other son's band when they let me. Who needs drugs and booze when I got the need for speed and down and dirty blues!

John

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so what do they mean? how old do you have to be to own a mustang or a sports car anyway? i am 45 and have no plans to buy a Buick any time soon. LOL the peoplethat say stuff likethat arejust jealous, because they want one or can't have one.

ORIGINAL: spuddogg

You guys are gonna love this -

I'm out working this morning and I pull into a parking lot at a bank.
As I'm pulling in I notice a windveil blue GT sitting in a spot (my favorite color).
Then I see a little old lady, mebbe mid-70s, or older, walking that slow old people walk across the lot (that same walk I find myself doing more and more these days).
I do that quick trajectory calculation and I'm thinking, 'No way!'
Sure enough, she walks on up to the GT and hops in.
So I watch for a bit to see her pull out, thinking to myself, 'If that thing's a 5speed I think I'm gonna burst a blood vessel!'.
Well, it wasn't a 5speed, but it was one of the coolest sights I've seen in awhile, particularly when I saw her in the driver's seat with it all the way foward, up almost all the way to dash as she pulled out.
Kinda wish I'd talked to her; if I wasn't in my other vehicle I probably wouldn't have thought twice about pulling in next to her and asking if I could get a picture.


And yeah, I got gray hair (what's left of it) as well.;)

Well, most of you guys are too young to remember, but back in my day Jan and Dean had a popular hit song about "the little old lady from Pasadena". It seems that in her garage, shekept a shiny new super stock Dodge. There was nobody meaner than the little old lady from Pasadena. She drove real fast and she drove real hard, she was the terror of Colorado Boulevard.

My first car was a 64 1/2 'stang, 289, 4 speed stick, 4 bbl Rochester carb.

I recently stepped up to the stang from a lexus SC400 and wonder why I waited so long!

59 y/o, Alabama

ORIGINAL: wthalliii

You're still wet behind the ears. :) I'm 60. Act my age? Screw that! I'm having the most fun I've had in a long time.


I feel better about being 43 :D

ORIGINAL: toxdoc

My first car was a 64 1/2 'stang, 289, 4 speed stick, 4 bbl Rochester carb.

I recently stepped up to the stang from a lexus SC400 and wonder why I waited so long!

59 y/o, Alabama




AMEN, dude...... [&:] Shella ~

tell them to find something in life that they enjoy- well, something besides telling others what they should do.

Dare them to take a GT stick for a testdrive and do so without grinning or wanting to buy it...

I'm 61 and I love my '06 GT 'vert 5 Speed. One of the consolations for being over 60? I wrote a check for it!

59 and haven't and don't plan to grow up. I enjoy punching the stick. Have fun and enjoy life.

ORIGINAL: Eleanor06

Act your age ? I think people at your work are jealous! ha ha.Next time you leave work leave some black marks for them too.That will give'em something to talk about lol.


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1, im 22 btw:D

42

Rochester carb on a Ford????????

im going to be a junior in highschool next year if that means anything to anyone....[8D]

Will be 44 in July....felel like 24...no problems here or with my stang...;)

56 getting into the car...22 while in the car...back to 56 when getting out of the car

ORIGINAL: forensicsteve

56 getting into the car...22 while in the car...back to 56 when getting out of the car

+1
And add 3 years.

I am only 20, am i the youngest one?

ORIGINAL: RetroS197

I am only 20, am i the youngest one?


We won't "flog" you, but yeah...... I think you are! I think I am middle of the road at 30. I really appreciate the insight from those that have "been around the track" a few times more than myself. I have decided not only am I going to continue to drive and dress-up my Mustang......but I am going to get a supercharger for it too. A little Whipple action for their thoughts on my immaturity........ :) Vroom, vroom, Shella ~ ;)

only thing stopping me from the sc is funds, my better half thinks her kitchen is a bigger need, I tried to convince her otherwise but she just isnt having it [:@] Unfortunately for her I'll end up spending that much modding other things(over time) instead lol.

I act like a 39 year old who has money to spend!

popular hit song about "the little old lady from Pasadena"

I love songs that mention cars! We need a new thread:

"I got a Sixty-Nine Chevy with a three-ninety-six
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot
Outside the Seven Eleven store"

Highjacked...

Whiskey Girl:

"Baby got a '69 mustang
four on the floor, and you ought to hear the pipes ring
I jump behind the wheel and it's away we go
Hey, I drive too fast, but she don't care
Blue bandana tied all up in her hair
Just sittin' there singin' every song on the radio"

and in case you don't know Fergie's GLAMOROUS:

"I still go to Taco Bell
Drivethrough, raw as Hell
I dont care, Im still real
No matter how many records I seal
After the show or after the grammys
I like to go cool out with the family
Sippin', reminscing on days when I had a Mustang"

Anyone who drives a minivan is suspect to me. My assumption is they are an idiot until they can prove otherwise, lol.[8D] I say, never grow up!:D

I'll be 45 later this month and never act my age. The only problem is the old body won't let me spend as much time lying on the concrete to work on the car as it used to. It doesn’t stop me however [sm=smiley20.gif]. This is my third Mustang BTW ('66 - High School car that I still have, '85 GT, '06 GT).

I never let the folks at work determine what I do outside of work. They think I'm nuts to modify a brand new (nearly brand new) car and take it to open track days whenever possible. I just smile back and say "maybe I am".

Yeah, I had one of my so called "friends" at work ask me when I was going to grow out of driving Mustangs. Yet, he drives a 4wd SUV that will never be off road, that's really mature, huh?

24 here, and loving every minute of it

ORIGINAL: RetroS197

I am only 20, am i the youngest one?


17 :) I think im the youngest, few days im getting an 07 white GT, manual :)

Just wanted to chime in, I was 29 going on 50.Had the instant family and a alcoholic wife, traded her in for a divorce but was left with a Stratus in the aftermath. Just wasn't getting the excitement Dodge promissed me. So I started a new job at Ford and logic says "work for Ford, drive a Ford" so I bought a 06 GT. Now I'm back to 29 going on my early 20's. But recently due to my age, wisdom caught up, and I had buy a economical car for work, a fargin Kia Rio. But at 43mpg I can't argue, and I can garrage my Stang now for weekend driving. I've only put on 23k miles in 9mo going to work. That car would've beenruined by 08.

Hey, 53 here, and my 2007 GT is my 14th Mustang, I can't give them up! It's
alot easieir doing the modsnow,since I can afford to have someone else do them.
I Just wish I didn't have to jack up the car to put in the Mobile 1. I can't figure out
why my belly won't fit under these carsanymore....

44 yrs young with two Stangs & a Camaro ...

Growup ??? ... Never ! ... [sm=lildevil.gif]

ORIGINAL: TN2007GT
I can't figure out why my belly won't fit under these carsanymore....

I bet it's the same reason why my dryer keeps shrinking my clothes.

ORIGINAL: doctorj77

Just wanted to chime in, I was 29 going on 50.Had the instant family and a alcoholic wife, traded her in for a divorce but was left with a Stratus in the aftermath. Just wasn't getting the excitement Dodge promissed me. So I started a new job at Ford and logic says "work for Ford, drive a Ford" so I bought a 06 GT. Now I'm back to 29 going on my early 20's. But recently due to my age, wisdom caught up, and I had buy a economical car for work, a fargin Kia Rio. But at 43mpg I can't argue, and I can garrage my Stang now for weekend driving. I've only put on 23k miles in 9mo going to work. That car would've beenruined by 08.


I'm running into the same problem. I have 19k on my 06; and pretty soon ill be leaving my county college to go to a 4yr which is a good 30miles away.

38 and most don't know this but my nickname 'ChevyKiller' has nothing to do with my fast stang. It is the first Ford I have ever owned. My entire family is heavy into racing and bleed Chevy through and through.

My family builds NHRA funny cars and dragsters but won't even let my car into the shop - let alone turn a wrench on it...lol

I have been blackballed for this car and don't give a crap cause I honestly love the car. I have a 64' street legal Nova that pushes 1200 hp and is pretty quick and I have driven that car twice since 05 - that's how much I love this little Ford of mine.

You are never too old to do what you love... ;)

I was told I should be driving something more age appropriate at 44. Itraded my 2004 Volvo S60R for a GT 5pd manual '07 Mustang. 'Why didn't you get a BMW 335 or a Lexus IS350?' a few have asked. I tell them 'Sssshhhhh, don't tell too many people, but this Mustang kicks a**!' 'I also get to save 14 to 20k!' The Mustang is a car for all ages. Cars reflect personality not age.

Test drove the BMW, Lexus, and Ford all on the same day. The BMW was the best riding, handling, the engine and gimiky paddle shifters were 2nd to Mustang V8 and 5spd manual. The Lexus was nice, a bit too cushy and isolated, it handles and rides better than the Mustang but again the manual V8 beats both in sound and responsivness. Oh yeah, the BMW was stickering for $47 and the Lexus was $42.

I saw really old people in a Vette once. I was proud of em and gave them a thumbs up. The old white haired lady flipped me off.[:@]I think she thought I flipped them off. But that's OK. I was even more proud of her finnger at her age.

36 here and I see no reason to conform to what others think. I come from a family of speed demons. My mother is 76 and has an 04 Grand Am GT. When i bought my 04 Stang GT she drove me to the dealer to pick it up, on the highway back she was doing 110, I kid you not. I looked down and I am doing 105 she is at least 5 car lengths ahead of me.

She is still a led foot, while in my old age I am beginning to slow down a bit.... Go figure.

I look at it like this. My first new car was a stang in the 80's, and 14 stangs later I see no reason to change the type of car i drive.

I just turned 17. Looks like I got the long end of the stick on this one:D:D:D:)

I just turned 30. You know what's still awesome? Peeling out. You know what's even better? Doing a burnout whenever you leave your buddies house. They always wait in the driveway to watch what happens next.

30, and go BALLS 2 THE WALL!!! or ovaries if you have them

I am 63 and on my third Mustang GT, a couple of weeks ago some young buck wanted to show off how fast his Caddy was, nice looking car to, after I left him behind he pulled up at the next light and seeing that I was not a kid, said, "Hey, I should be driving your car and you should be driving mine, I told him I was to young for a Caddy. I did not see the model of his car but it said northstar on the back as I let him leave the light first and I had to turn.

ORIGINAL: SaddleUp

I was wondering what is the average age group of most new mustangs owners? Some dry a**es where I work think I should *switch* to a minivan and "act my age"......... :D

Just curious to what age groups of peeps we have in here......... Oh yeah.....I turn the big "3-0" this year ! :)
Shella ~


Sniff....sniff....sniff, you smell that? I smell hate, in your workplace. They are if anything just jealous of the fact that your not stuck in a camry or some other drab econbox or responsiblemobile.I plan to be 21 forever even if I'm pushing a walker in a retirement home chasing nurses that aren't even born yet. 30, hell 30 is the new 20.

ORIGINAL: Timmay!!!

ORIGINAL: SaddleUp

I was wondering what is the average age group of most new mustangs owners? Some dry a**es where I work think I should *switch* to a minivan and "act my age"......... :D

Just curious to what age groups of peeps we have in here......... Oh yeah.....I turn the big "3-0" this year ! :)
Shella ~


Sniff....sniff....sniff, you smell that? I smell hate, in your workplace. They are if anything just jealous of the fact that your not stuck in a camry or some other drab econbox or responsiblemobile.I plan to be 21 forever even if I'm pushing a walker in a retirement home chasing nurses that aren't even born yet. 30, hell 30 is the new 20.


Thank you Timmy.........It does my soul good to hear everyone chime in about their thoughts on the matter.....and I am glad to go out and be myself. Oh yeah......I will probably still be working when I should be retired.....so I might be one of the nurses there at your nursing home one day............[sm=drlove.gif]Shella ~

i couldn't help realizing........you got a good
30+ years of work ahead of you, before you
retire :D:D:D:) [sm=icon_cheers.gif][sm=joke.gif]




ORIGINAL: 22kart22

I just turned 17. Looks like I got the long end of the stick on this one:D:D:D:)

24 cars later i am 26years young. will be 27 in july! and my s197 is the best car i have ever owned...period

Don't listen to them....you are acting you age I just turned 35 last week and having a blast. The supercharger is scheduled to be installed on July 10th. Enjoyas it doesn't stop at 30.

WOO HOO !!!!

Just turned 40 in February and I'm just hittin' my stride. Tell them tightwads to relax and enjoy life, like you are.

ORIGINAL: forensicsteve

56 getting into the car...22 while in the car...back to 56 when getting out of the car





57 getting into the car...18 while in the car...back to 57 when getting out of the car. :)

My grandad used to say "Son, you're only as old as the woman you feel".
I'm 46, my wife is 32 and when I drive my GT I feel like I'm 19!

Tomorrow’s guaranteed to no one. Today, this moment, it's all you got. Crap I just wasted it posting!

40 aint no use whining about it,can't go back, wouldn’t want to if I could, don’t remember the old days as being that good anyway. But I agree sure wish the washer would stop shrinking my jeans!

You're only as old as you feel, in your head. Have fun while you can.
I'm 36 and one of my co-workers is on this forum too and he's a little older than me. The people I work with that are my age or older are very into cars and hot rodding them. One of my bosses has a Charger Daytona that I've been trying to get him to race me with and is working on a street rod with a very large motor. I guess I'm just lucky with my co-workers. They have come to expect to see me pass them on crew change though.

37 here and first time Mustang owner as well. Loving it - it was worth the wait, but now that I've had a taste, I just don't see any "practrical" cars in my future. Nope.

Well I'm 35 and I'm told by my entourage that I'm getting more and more retarded with the years.... My last car purchase is a testament to that I guess!:D
My 2 girls (11,13) tell me I should act my age...:eek::eek::eek:




ORIGINAL: SaddleUp

I was wondering what is the average age group of most new mustangs owners? Some dry a**es where I work think I should *switch* to a minivan and "act my age"......... :D

Just curious to what age groups of peeps we have in here......... Oh yeah.....I turn the big "3-0" this year ! :)

Shella ~

It is true.....age is a state of mind. Just because your chronological number may be higher than someone else's does not mean you have gone into cruise control and no longer participate in your own navigation................ :) Shella ~

A similar subject to this made me buy my 06 GT. Lots of friends were saying you can't be 16 again. But an older friend told me " you only live once so live it up" This so true. and who wants to be 16 again.......I'll take 43 with an 06 Mustang GT anyday!!

ORIGINAL: wthalliii

You're still wet behind the ears. :) I'm 60. Act my age? Screw that! I'm having the most fun I've had in a long time.


Ditto here! 50 and re-living some of my youth!! :D(sowing some OATS if you will)

+1 screw that......Love my Stang too much....but now I have a 1500 4x4 Hemi as the DD. Why? Cause at this age 48 I can afford to :D

I'm 31, have a 4y/o son, and somehow I feel 10 years younger!

BTW my colleagues are car junkies, lucky me!!

ORIGINAL: SaddleUp

I was wondering what is the average age group of most new mustangs owners? Some dry a**es where I work think I should *switch* to a minivan and "act my age"......... :D

Just curious to what age groups of peeps we have in here......... Oh yeah.....I turn the big "3-0" this year ! :)

Shella ~


Well, I'm 60. Use to drive nothing but coporate cars. At the position I have now, they dont furnish a company car................sooooo I boughtthe car that I've always wanted since I was a kid (30)

Go for it and have a blast.

Sounds like the same people that ask when are you going to have children. i've always ignored people who make remarks about how you should live your life and they eventually shut up. If they know you don't care what they think and you're happy with your life, they got nothing to say. I say live every day like its your last because you never know. Don't try to make anyone else happy. Simply say, sorryI just don't like minivans. I'm 36 and everyone I work with thinks its great I drive a Mustang and they love talking to me about it. I even have Mustang posters on my cubicle walls ;)

Well I am 43 and have two kids although they are 19 and 16 respectively. I can assure you I would NEVER own a dam mini van. However if I had kids that required a car seat I also would not own a Mustang unless I also had a larger car for the family. My family car however was a truck. Sorry but I do not think car seats and Mustang's go together.

Richard

Hijacked post for a quick story!
That damn minivan reminds me of a story. We flew to Michigan for my son's biopsy in Jan. and took the shuttle bus to the rental car place. I had reserved a Dodge Charger or similar. I knew I wouldn't get a Charger, but I was hoping. We get there about 1:00 am and the rental guy says, "I am sorry, we are out of Dodge Chargers, we are going toUPGRADE you FREE to a caravan!" I looked at him and I saidthat is a minivan isn't it? and he said yes, and Ilooked to the guy and I said you have got to be out of your mind if you think a minivan is an upgrade! I said what else do you have. I had to pay more but I rented a chrysler 300 don't know if it was an M or not, maybe someone can tell me?It said Dodge Charger on the key chain. I won't ever rent with them again.

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Cant really tell from the photo. Next time get a shelby gt-h from hertz :D How did the biopsy go? My wife spent most of last year doing chemo and then radiation for hodgkins lymphoma. Thankfully she just had her regularly scheduled pet scan and it showed cancer free. I will be doing cartwheels in aug if her scan stays clean as that will be 1 year in remmsion.

ORIGINAL: Mikes_BLK_GT

Cant really tell from the photo. Next time get a shelby gt-h from hertz :D How did the biopsy go? My wife spent most of last year doing chemo and then radiation for hodgkins lymphoma. Thankfully she just had her regularly scheduled pet scan and it showed cancer free. I will be doing cartwheels in aug if her scan stays clean as that will be 1 year in remmsion.


I will be renting a mustang next time. The biopsy went great. It is good to hear that your wife is doing well and i hope her scan comes back clean for her in August. My son doesn't get abiopsy for Cancer thank goodness. He had a heart transplant when he was 11 days old, so they do a biopsy through the groin into the heart and take a piece of all 4 chambers and test for rejection, they also do the dye in the coronary arteries to check for coronary artery disease. That sounds so stupid to read, I am glad he had a heart transplant and not cancer-but I hope you know what I mean. Raiden will be 7 in August and will celebrate his 7 year heart birthday in August also. Tell your wife I will be thinking about her in August and you will have to let me know how it goes. Annie

ORIGINAL: wthalliii

You're still wet behind the ears. :) I'm 60. Act my age? Screw that! I'm having the most fun I've had in a long time.


I'm 60 in July :( Got the '05 Screaming Yellow GT, Got the Granatelli Intake. Love the car! Not ready for an "everyday" car. Tomorrow I abandon my GT for few hours, ride my '04 Yamaha FJR1300ABS for a spin. LOVE the sound the GT makes with WOT and LOVE the sound FJR makes under WOT. Drive a "everyday" car? Most likely never!

im 17 and i just used all my money saved up to buy my 07 gt. In 20 years ill be sayin the same things all you "old" guys are !!

Just turned 38 on July 24th.

if people my age go out and terrorize the
neighborhood ona regular basis, then i'm
acting my age

57 and lovin it

I'm 35, and I've gotten the most compliments from the older set, 40 yrs +.. and a SVP at my work has a GT also, and he must be in his 60's

I'M 54 AGE IS MANDITORY,MATURITY OPTIONAL,i CAN'T HELP IT IF I'M A 16 YEAR OLD TRAPPED IN A 54 YEAR OLD BODY

This is a great thread.... I really hope that when I'm "middle-aged" or older, I can get the same enjoyment out of a car, and will bring me back to my youth. I'm turning 26, and I know that I will never ever be one of those station wagon mini-van driving guys unless I have a stang/vette/porshe as the garage queen.
Btw, I know plenty of older guys and galsin my local car club who are as much of a fanatic as I am about these cars. I hope you all drive the shyt outta these cars!

33 soon to be 34. My office is full of the yuppie BMW/SUV crowd that likes to look down their noses at my Mustang - a couplewhite trash carcomments here,early mid lifethere...F them!

For the price of one of their BMW's I've got a 99 Mazdap/u, an '04 V6 Accord, my Stang and a motorcyclethatare all paid for. Variety and V8 powerare the spice of life.

I canhide behind my dress clothes all day but I'm a gear head/adrenalinejunkie atheart. F that Euro trash!

I may not be older, as I just turned 23, but there is no age limit on mustangs. My dad just got home from Italy for 2 weeks (he is the one who got me hooked) and I took him for a ride in my car tonight. He now wants to get one when he comes back, this after driving some of the nice italian cars. You just cant beat the mustang!! it is an american legend. We have ground up restored a 65 convertible together and he has had an 83 gt and a 93 gt. We have always loved mustangs and i just had to get mine as soon as i could afford to. I dont plan to ever give it up no matter how old i get. You only live once and you cant take the money with you so spend it and have fun!!!

33 yrs old going on 23 when driving my baby! You are only as old as you feel and I feel better with each year that passes!

Your as old as you feel. Im havin fun w/ my stang.

Life can get too boring to worry so much about fitting into everyone else's "standards of correct living".

Once I had a selfish person ask me one time....."you want people to think you are always trying to have a good time?"

I asked him...."Is that such a bad thing?"

BTW................You are only as old as you let your mindset become. I think most of us would agree you are never **TOO OLD** to let loose and laugh and lay a little rubber down from time to time..............
s ~

I'm 19, and i've had my 07 GT Premium for about5 months. Got it for my 19th Birthday.
I'm not gonna tell you guys how hard i worked for it,because i didnt.(When it actually comes2 EARNING MONEY, however for those who see "behaving" and doing good in school nd **** as working, yes i workedvery hard lol)

i love my car very much and i couldnt ever thank my parents enough for being so generous.

19 as well. idecided to getmy stang after my friend let me drive his 50 someodd eyar old dads stang.
as stated above, thank you dad for the 15k down payment... (im paying off the rest)

I am 23 going on 60 these days. I just joined the workforce and I am starting to be infected with officeattitude and office life. However every nite on the drive back to home and every day on the drive to work I feel my age and act it too.

I chose a mustang because of the heritage and its symbolism. I saved up through high school and college and covered my 07gt (glad I waited), I have owned it for 2months now and it puts a smile on my face every time I drive it. My cars name is sasha btw.

In any case, you are as old as you allow yourself to be, on off days I am 50 and back to 23 every time I drive my car. Its like a time reset for me.

I have been looking at posibly picking up a mid 80's gt to give my baby some company and possibly build a track car.

So basically, you are still in your 20's and peopleare saying you should act your age? From where I'm sitting, YOU ARE ACTING YOUR AGE! You are young!

ORIGINAL: Sweet Lucille

So basically, you are still in your 20's and peopleare saying you should act your age? From where I'm sitting, YOU ARE ACTING YOUR AGE! You are young!



Not sure if you meant this for me....but I am 30. I do feel young even if not by some standards!!:)

i'm 22 and paying for my own mustang gt.:)

I'm 31 and I really don't feel any older each year.
I leased my car for 10 months, sold my house, paid the car off, bought another house and finally have money in the bank.

27 and loving my first V-8. Be young, stay young!

42 and having fun!!! You might have to grow older - but you don't have to grow up!!!

Hi Shella, I'm 43 and my 06 gt was my divorce present to me! Tell those people at work to shove it! Your never to old to hot rod, heck, I used to ride dirt bikes and will probably get back into that again soon, good luck

I'm in my 40's. This is my third 'Stang. It is an 07 Redfire GT manual trans. It is a "pretty" color- so I've been told by numerous people. Mostly men. I'm female.

I was asked by an "older" man, in the parking lot of the grocery store, if I were having a mid-life crisis? I told him I was too young for a mid-life crisis andno one is too old for a Mustang-he should try it. He then told me it was pretty.

Even my 70ish mother giggled and said since I always loved cars I'd love driving it (she added I should drive slow). She even looked up the color on the 'Net and bought me a leather purse to match. :D

Not a GT owner (yet, but it's on the 'short list' for the next go-round). Life's too short to drive cars that you "put up with".

Fun to drive is more important than many people are willing to admit. One of my criteria for car purchases involves being able to answer 'YES!" to the question of whether I expect to still enjoy driving [whatever car] one month after making the final payment.

I'll be 60 in about three months, and my wife will have turned 58 (shhhh!). Neither of us is ready to get anything withautomatic transmission, and I still drive exit ramps and down winding roads at least as enthusiastically as ever (and more briskly than most).

Norm

wow, i feel really really young... 18 here.

I’m 34. We have a Honda Odyssey and Mustang GT. The best of both worlds - practical and impractical.

26 here. keep acting the way your acting i know i will not slow down here in the next few years. still single with no kids and not a worry in the world. traveling whenever i want to, wherever i want to go. take it easy and tell your co-workers to keep driving there minivans like little old ladies and you'll keep driving sport cars like you stole it.

I'm 18 and paid for my own mustang, car insureance, etc. etc. Can someone pm me and tell me how to add a picture of my mustang? Its an 05 sonic blue GT.

ORIGINAL: acdc163

Hi Shella, I'm 43 and my 06 gt was my divorce present to me! Tell those people at work to shove it! Your never to old to hot rod, heck, I used to ride dirt bikes and will probably get back into that again soon, good luck


Man........you wouldn't BELIEVE THE SOURPUSSES at my job.........made the rudest comments imaginable about my car getting it's modifications done. I don't understand why people are so stuck up......

ORIGINAL: frntload

I'm in my 40's. This is my third 'Stang. It is an 07 Redfire GT manual trans. It is a "pretty" color- so I've been told by numerous people. Mostly men. I'm female.

I was asked by an "older" man, in the parking lot of the grocery store, if I were having a mid-life crisis? I told him I was too young for a mid-life crisis andno one is too old for a Mustang-he should try it. He then told me it was pretty.

Even my 70ish mother giggled and said since I always loved cars I'd love driving it (she added I should drive slow). She even looked up the color on the 'Net and bought me a leather purse to match. :D
AWESOME ~!

35 going on 50 (been married 12 yrs!!!) I act my age and drive responsibly for the most part, I prefer my sub ultra low insurance to screwing around on the road, the only annoyance, idiots at lights (driving anything from a Kia to a Ford F350) who always want to race from the light. Its fun to barely give it some gas and get ahead of them but it also eats up my gas. The younger me would of had mefloor it to teach them a lesson !!! My smoke and their tears, what a great combo !!!

Now if a sports car gets up to a light with me, its on, alot of vette's out here but mainly the vanilla kind, other day a Z06 pulled up, I gracefully hid behind my dark tinted windows. But 350Zs, Chargers, WRX-SI , what ever other crap comes down the pipe the 18 yr old comes out in me.

I'm 63+ and this is my third mustang. My first born has 2001 Bullitt with a KB and other mods so it looks like he has the itch in his genes. Having a great time modding this one as thery have so much more after market parts for this model. No more rebuilding power valves on Holley carbs for me.

Just shy of 39 and loving both Stangs. I have always wanted a Mustang and never pulled the trigger until the 66 coupe 2 years ago, followed by the recent purchase of the 07 Pony.

These cars are timeless so I PLAN on having at least 1 Pony in the stable from now on , no matter my age :):D:).

I got my first Mustang (06 GT Auto) about a year ago after wanting them since I was 8.. I am 27.. I dont think this will ever get old.. (had other performance cars, just never managed to get the mustang I had always wanted)

17 here!

Turning 30 real soon too. I agree with everybody else, plain old fashioned jealousy. Got my first performance car at 18 and never looked bsck.

I raised 4 kids, bought a house and have a career. Sacrificed alot over the years and now I'm 40. Now its time to really act my age 20 :) again and loving every minute of it! Really only matters what you think.

Man, I feel inspired!!!! As I was sitting here reading over some of the posts made, I think I will print out some of your comments and post 'em on my locker at work! I might be *older*, but I look *better* in my Mustang! [&:]
s ~

ORIGINAL: SaddleUp

I might be *older*, but I look *better* in my Mustang! [&:]
s ~


People ALWAYS look better when they're having fun . . . :D

so true


ORIGINAL: Norm Peterson

ORIGINAL: SaddleUp

I might be *older*, but I look *better* in my Mustang! [&:]
s ~


People ALWAYS look better when they're having fun . . . :D

18 here... wow i feel young...

Ok let me revise my last post. I am 38 with 2 boys 13 and 17but I feel about 18 especially when I drive my car

I am 38 with 2 boys 13 and 17but I feel about 18 especially when I drive my car

42 here, three boys...12, 14, 17. They're my ego boosters!! All their freinds want me to do the pick up and drop off thing at each other's houses so they can ride in the Mustang. Of course, I get the funny looks from their freinds mini-van driving parents. 17 year old is two months into Marine Corps boot camp....says he's gonna buy me a Whipple! That'd be like a fountain of youth!!

On another note:
Does everyone else have other drivers romp on the gas when they pass you at intersections...you know in the big 4x4's and older pieces of crap. Hate to think how much gas they're wasting trying to show off...course they'll never stick around to race!

46 here...although I have wanted one since my unclereturned from vietnam and bought a red '66 fastback. This is my first Stang purchased just 3 months ago.

:)ORIGINAL: cantwin1

I am 38 with 2 boys 13 and 17but I feel about 18 especially when I drive my car


On another note:
Does everyone else have other drivers romp on the gas when they pass you at intersections...you know in the big 4x4's and older pieces of crap. Hate to think how much gas they're wasting trying to show off...course they'll never stick around to race!



YES! Anyone else have this too? I love it when I pull up to a redlight and someone in a 2-story high Superduty starts revving up his engine and looking down at me like I am some little toy........I just roll my window up so I don't have to look at him!

Turned 26 in June and bought an 07' GT at about the same time. I wasn't even interested in buying a Mustang until my Track 350Z was stolen. I bought the Z car when I was 24. I like the GT much better though. It has a backseat and a trunk! :)

^^^ i test drove a Z before i got my stang. i also really liked the G35 and GTO, butthey were a little too pricey. i can't imagine not having my stang...

19 here and just got my 07 mustang 2 weeks ago, gona be paying for it myself, but DAMN im loving every second of it!!!! Pretty good upgrade from a 96 caravan right?!!??

dont have a gt but i just gota 2005 v6. my dad looooves driving it since its stick. hes 61, hasnt driven stick in years, but hasnt stalled it yet (unlike me):D

I drove a Z for 2 years. All around the car is put together better than a Mustang and you certainly get bang for buck, but you can -barely- get power out of them without forced induction, and most other mods are insanely overpriced. Not to mention I think the Mustang looks much nicer, accelerates faster, gas mileage is surprisingly similar, it's about a billion times easier to work on, and I can mod it to fit my personality without dishing out too much cash.

those comments are from people who don't drive a mustang. I'm 8 years older than you. and you know what I tell haters after I rev it to 3500 and dump the clutch then burn into second gear? I tell them, "that's why people drive mustangs!" then I listen for the sound they make when their jaws drop.

there's nothing wrong with a minivan. but keep the mustang too. that way when the kids get older they can drive the minivan

I'm 59 years old. My first car was a 64 and a half mustang 289 with rochester 4bbl carb, 4 speed stick. I feel as though I've come full circle - act my age - you bet!! I have a lot more experience and ability to handle a muscle car than when I was in my 20's. Eat your hearts out !!! :-)

Just registered to the forum - looks like a great place! Turn 57 next month and think I maybegin modding my 06 black/grey GT. Might even start driving it more - bought it new in Feb 06 and have just over 7k miles on it! Definitely my favorite of the 4 Mustangs I've owned since high school and reading this forum makes me aware of the potential the car really has.

I think I "act my age" - I also think the GT takes me back to the 60s.

Keep up the great threads!

I`ve never understood why people place age limits on material possessions. I`m 37 going on 38 and getting ready to order a new GT. I`ve not gotten too much hassle from people so far. Although my wife thinks I am totally crazy for buying a brand new car and planning about $10K worth of immediate mods. She`s not giving me too much heat though, because I`m buying her a new car at the same time and we both still have fairly new cars to pass down to our boys.

In fact, that`s one of the good things about the new GT. It`s so small on the inside that neither of my kids will fit in the back seat. I know anytime I take it out I`ll probably be on my own and ready to have a little fun.

Eric

I'm 31 with a 6 month old daughter, and shoehorning myself my wife and baby into the stang is fun. I worry a little more during the week about fuel mileage, but still don't care on the weekends!
Growing old is inevitable, but maturity is optional.;)

ORIGINAL: bazguitarman

I`ve never understood why people place age limits on material possessions. I`m 37 going on 38 and getting ready to order a new GT. I`ve not gotten too much hassle from people so far. Although my wife thinks I am totally crazy for buying a brand new car and planning about $10K worth of immediate mods. She`s not giving me too much heat though, because I`m buying her a new car at the same time and we both still have fairly new cars to pass down to our boys.

In fact, that`s one of the good things about the new GT. It`s so small on the inside that neither of my kids will fit in the back seat. I know anytime I take it out I`ll probably be on my own and ready to have a little fun.

Eric



your wife sounds just like my mom did when my dad got his new car. he went out and got a new 2006 Vette Z51 last year and did over $7K in mods the first week he had it. she said she was ready to send him off to the asylum... i told her to leave him alone and let me drive:)

ORIGINAL: wthalliii

You're still wet behind the ears. :) I'm 60. Act my age? Screw that! I'm having the most fun I've had in a long time.



+1
60 here also. Tell your friends to [sm=forgetit.gif]

ORIGINAL: Texotic

ORIGINAL: bazguitarman

I`ve never understood why people place age limits on material possessions. I`m 37 going on 38 and getting ready to order a new GT. I`ve not gotten too much hassle from people so far. Although my wife thinks I am totally crazy for buying a brand new car and planning about $10K worth of immediate mods. She`s not giving me too much heat though, because I`m buying her a new car at the same time and we both still have fairly new cars to pass down to our boys.

In fact, that`s one of the good things about the new GT. It`s so small on the inside that neither of my kids will fit in the back seat. I know anytime I take it out I`ll probably be on my own and ready to have a little fun.

Eric



your wife sounds just like my mom did when my dad got his new car. he went out and got a new 2006 Vette Z51 last year and did over $7K in mods the first week he had it. she said she was ready to send him off to the asylum... i told her to leave him alone and let me drive:)



Sounds like my dad used to be. Back in the day, he terrorized the SC coast line in a fuel injected split window coupe. Right around the Myrtle Beach area. I don`t know how many times my grandfather told me about the cops coming by their house to wait on my dad to come home. They couldn`t catch him, but they knew he would have to come home to eat because he spent all his money on that Corvette.

I guess I`m just the opposite though. He got more "responcible" as he grew up and I`m starting to act more like a "kid". Man`s gotta have some fun though.

Eric

I'm 18 and I'm loving every minute of it.
Right before I go into basic that is.
$20,000 signing bonus. Here I come :)