Driving to work today made me realise I'm getting old
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I've been driving for 11 years now and my attention was drawn to several items:
- I started off slightly relieved to be driving my girlfriend's Mini as my back is knackered and getting in and out of the Evora has been a bit of a gip recently
- I swear learner drivers are getting younger, as I saw one and he was obviously no more than twelve
- I saw a few cars that several of my friends had owned brand new when I started driving and they all looked ancient, rusty and clapped out
- I had a classic car as my first car, yet I saw something of a similar vintage and compared to everything around it, it could only have looked older if it had gas lamps and running boards
Now I'm only 28, but it has made me aware of the slow march towards being a decrepid curmudgeon boring his grandchildren with tales of clutch pedals, manual gearboxes and how cars were better without ABS and ESP.
Anyone else feel old while driving and why?
- I started off slightly relieved to be driving my girlfriend's Mini as my back is knackered and getting in and out of the Evora has been a bit of a gip recently
- I swear learner drivers are getting younger, as I saw one and he was obviously no more than twelve
- I saw a few cars that several of my friends had owned brand new when I started driving and they all looked ancient, rusty and clapped out
- I had a classic car as my first car, yet I saw something of a similar vintage and compared to everything around it, it could only have looked older if it had gas lamps and running boards
Now I'm only 28, but it has made me aware of the slow march towards being a decrepid curmudgeon boring his grandchildren with tales of clutch pedals, manual gearboxes and how cars were better without ABS and ESP.
Anyone else feel old while driving and why?
I'd gagued you at about 50 from reading the post, not 28 
I constantly think I'm the only person not looking down, texting or putting on makeup.
I also have a Fiesta ST at the age of 53 and rather wish Ford had made a 2 litre Fiesta (ideal for my needs) with 4 doors and a normal exterior. I keep thinking I should be driving a luxury barge like people of my age think they should.
I now think of my first cars as classics even though they were just normal bangers at the time.
However, I also think of myself as being a round 30...
I also have a Fiesta ST at the age of 53 and rather wish Ford had made a 2 litre Fiesta (ideal for my needs) with 4 doors and a normal exterior. I keep thinking I should be driving a luxury barge like people of my age think they should.
I now think of my first cars as classics even though they were just normal bangers at the time.
However, I also think of myself as being a round 30...
Chrisw666 said:
Maybe that's why your getting old. I could stand in and crash more effectively on your behalf.
Have you been stalked when getting your dry cleaning sorted yet?
Not yet, although I have had someone look up my address and deliver a hand written note through my door though, which was a touch unsettling!!
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