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Old 01-03-2022, 11:37 PM   #1
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Age 40+

just curious who here is age 40+, getting a GR86. :-) I am 45, so not sure if too old for a GR86. I know this car is focus toward the younger audience.
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Old 01-03-2022, 11:45 PM   #2
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45 myself. First “younger” car. Totally not having a crisis—I’m not even fifty!
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Old 01-03-2022, 11:52 PM   #3
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Old 01-04-2022, 12:03 AM   #4
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53 and getting a daily driver/toy on a cash budget aligned with my retirement goals. I don't go into debt for cars. We budget for a new car every 5 years instead of taking out a 60 month loan. This is where I was going to proclaim I don't care what people think. Wwweeeelllll...

Confession: Picking Toyota over Subaru was in part due to my bias again Subaru as a hoon symbol, and my bias towards Toyota as more mature. Biases are what they are. They don't have to be correct!

The rest of the decision was the front end and Neptune blue.
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Old 01-04-2022, 01:17 AM   #5
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42 and have one on order, with conservative options: 17" wheels, no duck tail, silver paint.
It's the sensible hold-over option between my street legal rally car of my 30s and my future fancy, high power semi-exotic of my 50s.

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Old 01-04-2022, 01:58 AM   #6
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just curious who here is age 40+, getting a GR86. :-) I am 45, so not sure if too old for a GR86. I know this car is focus toward the younger audience.
I’m 51, and this will be my second 86. I bought a Scion FR-S in 2013. I think the new GR will be a nice companion to my ‘69 Mustang I’m putting together, also with a 6 speed standard.
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Old 01-04-2022, 02:00 AM   #7
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just curious who here is age 40+, getting a GR86. :-) I am 45, so not sure if too old for a GR86. I know this car is focus toward the younger audience.
Oh, I'm 79 and I'm still not too old for my FRS. As long as I take my time getting out of it and don't trip, stumble and fall. -

(the secret to exiting it is to place one foot on the ground then push off the door and do a "vertical combat roll" down along the side of the car till you get both feet planted) -
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I was 47 when I bought my 86 GTS a couple of years ago - bought it off a guy who was 53.

I was going to keep it stock but a couple of things pi$$ed me off about it so I fixed those. one thing led to another and I don't want to add up how much I've spent on it now - wheels, suspension, full exhaust, tune, headunit etc etc.

good thing is a lot of my mods will fit on the new model. will probably wait a couple of years, but I am pretty sure I'll get the new one.

never too old!!
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Old 01-04-2022, 03:43 AM   #9
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I will be 41 in a weeks time. And have a GR86 on order.
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Thought I'd chime in since the BRZ is the twin of the GR86, and I'm 59.. I bought the car strictly as a toy for recreational driving. Never too old to have fun, don't care what anyone else thinks.

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53 and getting a daily driver/toy on a cash budget...

Confession: Picking Toyota over Subaru was in part due to my bias again Subaru as a hoon symbol, and my bias towards Toyota as more mature. Biases are what they are. They don't have to be correct!
Yeah, mine's paid for too, already have the title...Had to look up hoon..Oops, caught me.

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42 and have one on order, with conservative options: 17" wheels, no duct tail, silver paint.
It's the sensible hold-over option between my street legal rally car of my 30s and my future fancy, high power semi-exotic of my 50s.
I chose the base model with 17" wheels and hard rubber tires for also in silver. Good taste! To perhaps recapture some feelings my first car gave me, a silver, light in the rear, very tail happy hot rodded 72 Monte Carlo.



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I was going to keep it stock but a couple of things pi$$ed me off about it so I fixed those. one thing led to another and I don't want to add up how much I've spent on it now...
Yeah, I was going to keep mine mostly stock..But already bought new speakers and a slightly thicker rear sway bar.
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Old 01-04-2022, 06:57 AM   #12
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47 here. Currently have a 2020 86 GT PP, but in the process of upgrading to a GR 86 premium now (also in steel silver). My youngest is off to college, so I can justify a “2 seater”. Will also be paying cash for mine as well. I don’t like debt!
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Old 01-04-2022, 08:42 AM   #13
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Going on 67, If I was to misplace my BRZ (Summer DD) tomorrow
I would definitely be looking into this next gen as replacement.
Just having too much fun exploiting the collection of roundabouts
that have been popping up around here.
I hope that’s not a sign that senility is setting in.
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Old 01-04-2022, 08:53 AM   #14
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Whenever I get reminded, I chant 45 is the new 25.
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