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Defuser · 11-13-2014, 04:54 PM

42

This car is tons more fun than the G35 coupe I used to drive.

torranosaurus · 03-23-2015, 09:38 PM

I am 49 and drive it like it's supposed to be driven.

ic-racer · 03-23-2015, 10:06 PM

Over 50 here. Here is a picture from 1977 of my first car. I'd like to have a small, lightweight Italian car again, but Japanese have outdone the Italians in that respect.
I currently have other Italian cars, but none of them is 'small' or 'lightweight.'

I had been looking for a suitable daily driver to replace my 1997 BMW M3. I traded in the M3 on the Scion on the spot as soon as I drove the Scion.

stevesnj · 03-23-2015, 10:08 PM

I think Scion needs to increase their demographic to 21-50 year old drivers.

lonborghini · 03-24-2015, 05:40 AM

Hey Theurge, i'm 65. As my generation says, if you remember the sixties, you weren't really there. I can't remember the seventies or eighties either. I've modified my FR-S, aka "Bad Grandpa," with steel wheels, snow tires and a sixty inch flat screen tv. Oh, yeah, and i removed the sound tube. Just another radical FT86 driving extremist here. Cheers!

Dadhawk · 03-24-2015, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by stevesnj

I think Scion needs to increase their demographic to 21-50 year old drivers.

You are pretty dead on there...

Tcoat · 03-24-2015, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by stevesnj

I think Scion needs to increase their demographic to 21-50 year old drivers.

Salesperson I got mine from said that when they received their training on the FRS they were told outright that the two target demographics for the car were the young student/entry level professional and the "older empty nester" with some disposable income for a toy.
The cross section we here really supports those targets as being met since (with a few rare exceptions) we see exactly those two groups well represented. Don't see a whole pile of guys with older kids and a lot of the members that have traded in started their story with "well the wife is having another baby and...".

campy · 03-24-2015, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

You are pretty dead on there...

Those numbers are probably smudged by younger drivers buying Scions under their parents' names.

Dadhawk · 03-24-2015, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by campy

Those numbers are probably smudged by younger drivers buying Scions under their parents' names.

Actually the numbers are most likely pretty dead on if you are talking about buyers (or technically registered car owners) not drivers.

The issue is that there are a lot more people in the population over 30 than under and for the average to be lower you have to have a very high ratio of under 30 buying to lower the number.

Simple example, if you assume that the earliest age a person buys a car (not given one) is 18, and the oldest person to buy a car is 70, and every age in between buys the cars in equal numbers (one per year of age) then the average car buying age is 44.

To raise it, only one person over the age of 44 has to buy a car.

To lower it, for every person over the age of 44 that buys a car more than 1 person under 44 would have to buy one. (if it's one to one the average stays the same).

DGM33 · 03-24-2015, 12:11 PM

I love this thread! I'm turning 39 in a couple of weeks and will be spending my birthday getting headers and an Ecutek flash. I've been driving a Mazda3 for the last 9 years (well, two in a row to be fair--an '06 and then a '12) but once my kids stopped fitting comfortably in the backseat anymore, I decided it was time to drive something just for me. The BRZ has become my daily driver and I use my F150 any time I need to haul kids or my hockey bag or run to Costco. I get a little flack about my car being a midlife crisis car, but I don't really care.

Old guys rule!

billwot · 03-24-2015, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by theurge

Hey guys just wondering if there are any others here that remember the 70's and early 80's. There seems to be a bunch of the younger generation on this forum, not that there's anything wrong with that, what we don't have in exuberance, we make up for in "been there, done that." lol.

Hell, I remember the '50s. I was mounting a 283 in my '30 Model A.

My first (in a long line!) sports cars was a '56 TR3.

2much · 03-24-2015, 03:03 PM

eat my shorts old men

53Driver · 03-24-2015, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 2much

eat my shorts old men

Old age and treachery always overcomes youth and skill.

Di · 03-24-2015, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2much

eat my shorts old men

There are old women on here too - 62

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11-13-2014, 04:54 PM	#155
Defuser Remember Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: 2015 Asphalt Location: Treasure Coast, FL Posts: 313 Thanks: 225 Thanked 365 Times in 154 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	42 This car is tons more fun than the G35 coupe I used to drive.

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torranosaurus Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2014 FR-S Location: Michigan Posts: 32 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I am 49 and drive it like it's supposed to be driven.

03-23-2015, 10:06 PM	#157
ic-racer Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: frs 1.0 Location: USA Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 53 Times in 18 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Over 50 here. Here is a picture from 1977 of my first car. I'd like to have a small, lightweight Italian car again, but Japanese have outdone the Italians in that respect. I currently have other Italian cars, but none of them is 'small' or 'lightweight.' I had been looking for a suitable daily driver to replace my 1997 BMW M3. I traded in the M3 on the Scion on the spot as soon as I drove the Scion.

03-24-2015, 05:40 AM	#159
lonborghini Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: '15 red FR-S SSC Location: Elmira, New York Posts: 82 Thanks: 15 Thanked 53 Times in 24 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hey Theurge, i'm 65. As my generation says, if you remember the sixties, you weren't really there. I can't remember the seventies or eighties either. I've modified my FR-S, aka "Bad Grandpa," with steel wheels, snow tires and a sixty inch flat screen tv. Oh, yeah, and i removed the sound tube. Just another radical FT86 driving extremist here. Cheers!

03-24-2015, 12:11 PM	#164
DGM33 Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Drives: Lightning Red 2015 BRZ;F150 Limited Location: Auburn, WA, 'Merica Posts: 55 Thanks: 134 Thanked 50 Times in 25 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I love this thread! I'm turning 39 in a couple of weeks and will be spending my birthday getting headers and an Ecutek flash. I've been driving a Mazda3 for the last 9 years (well, two in a row to be fair--an '06 and then a '12) but once my kids stopped fitting comfortably in the backseat anymore, I decided it was time to drive something just for me. The BRZ has become my daily driver and I use my F150 any time I need to haul kids or my hockey bag or run to Costco. I get a little flack about my car being a midlife crisis car, but I don't really care. Old guys rule!

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