Old people and hot hatches
Discussion
wormus said:
As the antithesis of the "Young people and sensible boring saloons" thread, I thought I'd start this.
Do you know of anyone who drives a modern car that's "too young" for them? I'm 45 and would drive something like a Sunbeam Lotus or 205 GTI as I grew up in the hot hatch era and that's OK. However, I wouldn't buy a new Focus RS or Honda Type R as I believe I'd feel foolish in it. A bit like wearing skinny jeans or a baseball cap.
Am I doing this right?
I’m 46, so not quite in the archaic brigade although some may disagree. Do you know of anyone who drives a modern car that's "too young" for them? I'm 45 and would drive something like a Sunbeam Lotus or 205 GTI as I grew up in the hot hatch era and that's OK. However, I wouldn't buy a new Focus RS or Honda Type R as I believe I'd feel foolish in it. A bit like wearing skinny jeans or a baseball cap.
Am I doing this right?
My last few vehicles include....
BMW M140i (current)
VW Golf R
Renaultsport Megane RS250
First car was a Mk1 Golf GTI which I bought at the tender age of 18 back in ‘91 for £995, and I’ve loved and owned a variety of hot hatches ever since.
Probably the most brutal car I ran was a Subaru Impreza P1, which was an utter beast point to point and a fantastic A & B road weapon. Ended up selling that to Prodrive in Banbury as it was immaculate and they wanted it for their museum.
Never too old to drive the car of your choice imho.
mid-40's having only driven hot hatches, currently in a Golf R, and seeing absolutely no reason to buy anything else.
They are well equipped, comfortable, precise, capable on A-roads, fuel efficient (regular motorway trips at +34mpg in the R), easy to park / run around town, hold decent residuals, and the increased 20% premium for insurance, servicing/parts, tax is not really that much in light of depreciation.
A 3 series touring is great, just not for me.
They are well equipped, comfortable, precise, capable on A-roads, fuel efficient (regular motorway trips at +34mpg in the R), easy to park / run around town, hold decent residuals, and the increased 20% premium for insurance, servicing/parts, tax is not really that much in light of depreciation.
A 3 series touring is great, just not for me.
Also a 70 y.o friend of mine went halves with his son on a new Yellow Mustang V8 and although not a proper hot hatch an 88 year old neighbour bought new last year one of these in this colour/spec - Kia Picanto GT-Line which I thought was quite amusing.
Edited by Mr-B on Wednesday 26th June 14:08
66, last hatch was a Lotus Sunbeam, I still race my Sylva, currently I have 3 7 type track cars, a mint Z3, a Lotus Carlton and a Hilux to tow the 7s. Daily transport and commute to work is a Vulcan 900. currently restoring an Elan and looking forward to drive that. Your never to old for a 7.
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