Old people and hot hatches

[Slow]

Im the other way round. Im 21 yet currently driving a Bmw 730i which will soon be my Range Rover once its sorted. Also got a project Rolls Royce, so I guess im really a old man at heart.

[DoubleD]

V8 FOU said:

yonex said:

Jesus...what's wrong with PH currently.

Worried about image, worried about a fking M badge, worried about others doing 50mph on the motorway!!?

Get a fking grip, life's too short!

This ^.


I blame Brexit myself.


62 and driving Mustang, Alfa147, etc

People love a good old moan

[matchmaker]

58 and driving a remapped Octavia vRS with modified suspension, etc.

[Leins]

I'm 40 with a MINI GP1. My dad is 80 with a Mk5 Golf GTi. Down with this sort of thing! (Careful now)

IanH755 said:

At 40 I'm not sure I could pull off a Lime Green Focus RS but something the Megane RS I could happily see myself in.

You need to get rid of that old Audi, it'll do nothing for your street cred!

Edited by Leins on Tuesday 5th July 18:03

[carlove]

There's a lady locally, must be well into her 70s driving around in a new Swift Sport, does make me smile, I've only seen her in morrisons car park but I wonder how she drives it on the open road, fast or slow.

[RBS Bob]

Mine.



I'll be 45 in September.

[Leins]

^^^ Nice. And it seems that rumours of these easily leaving the road have been exaggerated

[Speed 3]

Lots of timeless hot hatches here, a bit different with new blinged up stuff. I must admit at last change for our urban runabout when it came down to Fiesta ST vs Mini Cooper S, at the age of 49, I thought I'd look a bit of a dick in the ST whereas the Mini still has everyman appeal.

Edited by Speed 3 on Tuesday 5th July 18:31

[coppice]

Anybody who thinks being 60 - or 70 plus means teetering along at 45 in the slow lane could spend an instructive hour watching such as Jackie Oliver racing his BMW 1800 Ti(and I guarantee that nobody in this thread would see which way he went). Or John Cleland , Patrick Watts, Richard Attwood , Willie Green, Derek Bell, Brian Redman , Vic Elford ... (continues on page 34)

[aka_kerrly]

This is getting tragic now.

There is NO age limit on hot hatches, 2 seat coupes, 4 door saloons, estates or any other type of bloody car.

If a car fits your needs then buy it, I am getting fed up of all the negativity aimed at hot hatches.

[Chainsaw Rebuild]

I like to imagin that she drives her Swift like a rally hero.

[colonel c]

fk me a lot of boring old gits in their 40s here. Don't worry about you silly image. Who gives a fk anyway.

[legless]

Back in the early 1990s, my Grandma, then in her mid sixties, bought a new Rover 220GTi Turbo.

Her choice, and she went baiting boy racers everywhere. Even as a young teen, it was comical watching her wrestle the torque steer.

[Alex@POD]

My 65yo dad drives an Impreza WRX STI. He got it because his previous Impreza ("just" WRX) wasn't fast enough.

[JulianHJ]

My parents are knocking on 70 and have a Focus ST. They've had fast Fords for the last 30 years, and I'm sure they'd have another RS given the chance.

[Speed 3]

Agree we shouldn't really give a fk but the stick I used to get for an Electric Orange Focus ST-3 "mid life crisis" car did get a bit tedious after a couple of years

[TheFinners]

My old man turns 52 in a few days, and loves his bright red Golf R!

[clockworks]

My parents finally admitted they were getting a bit too old for their Puma 4 years ago, bought an Agila. Dad was 78 at the time, mum was 76.

[RDMcG]

Had fast cars most of my life, and at 67 have a 991 GT3RS and a 997 GT3RS which are both tracked. All a matter of how active and engaged you want to be.

[markevo6]

My Dad is 87 and when the sun is out he gets his Mk3 Toyota MR2 roadster out , pulls the roof down ,
shades & baseball cap on and goes for a blat.!

Sometimes Mum ( 85 ) joins him .

He would still be driving his Gtr R33 skyline ( 400!hp ) but the insurers got funny with him when he
turned 80 .

Age is simply a number , if you enjoy it and are capable of doing it , then go for it .