50 or Older Z Owners Take A Bow
 

Since the ladies are introducing themselves, I'm hoping our 50 and older set will also take a bow.
I'm 62 and enjoying owning, tinkering with and driving my new Z. Always loved sports cars---this one's arguably the best of a lifetime. Got it for my "pre-retirement" gift to myself. Went all the way and got a RED one! A big difference in getting a Z when you're older is that fewer family and work responsibilities provide even more free time to enjoy cruising.

Four years past the big bump, still working (darn) but I do get play time in and enjoy my Z. :driving:

I'm 59 today and enjoy my '10 Z roadster. Living in sunny South Florida and have not put the top up yet. This is my first Z vert but my 6th Z overall...and by far the best of the bunch.

I'm 57 and have had a sports car of some kind since I was 30. My Z is one of the best I have owned to date. I get looks all the time from the younger crowd and I know they are thinking "look at that old codger in the yellow Z". I don't care - age has nothing to do with the number of years you have been alive. I have a very good friend that bought his Z three days after I got mine that is in his mid eighties. He's one of the youngest old guys I know.

AZ Roadster

Honestly never expected so many 50+ owners. most 50+ here own a 5/7 series BMW

or a jaaaag

I feel like such a brat only being 21 haha

Yeah, 60+ here, but I caught the car bug at 16 and have been playing with cool ones ever since... Much cheaper then women and boats....:tup:

I'm not there yet, but getting darn close. 46 and counting. :driving:

66 in a yellow Z

51 and enjoying life more everyday. But your right, I do get a lot of looks and double takes with a old fart driving a bright yellow 370Z. Reliving my youth and now I can afford to play with my toys more.

^^

thats a pretty cool house.

48 here but I feel younger. I actually think the Z was meant for the older crowd when it was concieved. For the longest Ive only seen older guys in new Zs until a years ago when they started lowering the standards for loaning money. Now that banks are back to being picky you might not see as many younger guys buying them likke you did a couple of years ago. But the Z really is a car for all ages. I think the older guys wont mod the looks as much as some of the younger guys.

Your so right ...... don't want the civics and Subs trying to chase me down all the time :shakes head:

Besides I like the stock but deadly look. :driving:

Crap! All you older guys have yellow Z's like me, does that mean I'm old? :( Also, I'm almost 27.


To contribute, my father who likes sports cars a lot(he's had numerous vettes and an SRT-10 Viper) is seriously considering getting a 40th anniversary Z. He's 55.

Just means you have good taste!

Tell me about it, alimony is not cheap!

55 but I can't drive 55

warning: worst music video ever lmao omfg the clothing :shakes head:

my dad is 47 and he bought himself a GT-R some months ago.

what is up with older people buying monsters haha

god I don't want to know what I will be driving when I am 50

53 and really enjoying my PG coupe - so far it's been the best car I've ever owned!

Why is it that younger folks even get the idea that senior-aged life is meant to be spent laying down and living either a meager existence or dying? Because I age am I supposed to stop enjoying:

- looking at the beauty of a well-shaped woman's body?
- having sex?
- eating?
- spectator sports?
- sports cars and settle for a Hearse?

The preferences a person develops for certain things stay every bit alive in the senior years as they did when conceived earlier by that person. So why the more youthful folks of society ever assume this rediculous thought is beyond me...

I know, what till they are our age and they will see the light. Man I want sex more now than when I was younger cuz then I was so into my sports.

problem here is.

I have NEVER seen a old person in a sports car.

its always either a BMW 5/7 series, a jaaaaag or...... a toyota prius(I **** you not)

LOL!!! I hear ya on that one!!

57, feel like a 20 year old, but I can't find one that's available!

there are always 20 yr olds available for the right price of course.

The extra desire is the miracle of modern med ala Viagra. Kidding man.

On a serious note I agree that passion in younger years stay with you until death. To our younger members please be considerate.

Double nickel here. Bought my first car mag when I was 11 or 12 and have been hooked on cars since. Technically, the Z was my wife's treat to herself on completing her tour at KAF but she lets me think it's mine. She's a fine woman! The wife too!

Ive never used it but if it really can keep you hard for hours and hours Im sure my wife would wish I used it.

Another Old Guy with Coupe---last car was JDM tuned Yellow Saleen SC
This is my second Z-Car, first was 260Z. I've had lot's of strong cars over
the years but this car is my favorite---Spaced wheels out, have springs
and adjustable upper control arms and rear lowers to go on when I can find the time. You just don't get tired of this car !!!

only 45 so I can't take a bow yet ... how about 3/4 a bow like the CEO of Toyota ;)

I'll be 55 in June. I've always loved cars. I learned to drive off road in a Meyers Manx dune buggy at age 14. I have always owned some type of performance car and hope I always will. My last car was a '04 G35 Coupe with the 6MT and Sport Pkg. I liked it and might have bought another had they not uglied them up. I still crawl underneath my cars and do my own oil changes and minor maintenance but I have to admit I'm a little sore from the contortions after wards these days. I still like a spirited drive in the mountains now and then and putting my foot into it for the first 4 gears getting on the freeway. And I still listen to loud rock and roll. If I ever had to buy a minivan or an old folks car like a big Buick you could just hang a tag on my toe and close the drawer.
Oh, a little advice for you youngsters, there are a lot of good looking women in their 40's and 50's and they uh....they still work just fine :yum:

For you children, Dwight Frye is an Alice Cooper reference. :tiphat:

And oh yeah Dwight, they call them "MILF's". Freudian issues?

50 here. Purchased it for a birthday present to myself. Oh to you young guys, you can do that when you get older and more established. It's my 3rd Z, my first was a 240 with a Bob Sharp air dam with knock off wheels and have been in love with a Z ever since.

to Dwight Frye: I agree! i think they are called "MILF" by us kids. haha
I am definitely going to drive a fairlady z when i am old.

You're absolutely right. At 18, I was cruising around in my Mustang, blasting Chuck Berry through the speakers. Today, at 62, I still enjoy cruising, now in my beautiful Z, still playing Chuck Berry singing Johnny Be Good! It was all so good then---and it's even better now! Go Johnny Go!!

67+
 

67+ and have had fast cars since I was 18 (1960 impala 348 with 3/2's and 4 speed). Before that did several years as a down hill Drag Racer (Soap Box Derby races) and it hasn't stopped yet.........................!
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67! You may be our Leader. :tiphat:

54 always wanted a sport car and so glad I picked this one .FI exhaust being shipped out today and 180 custom did work on headlites.

So OP you need to add a poll to this so we can the the numbers.

I'm 60 and lovin' my new Z...it's my third one. Bought a '77 new had to sell it when my daughter arrived (only two seats). Found an exceptional '86 in '96 (only 62K on it). Sold it last year and bought the 370 this past Fall. WOW, it is a machine. It's almost scary fast and handles so much better than the Prelude my daughter had in college. I've had performance cars off and on over the years...Prelude, 442...can't remember them all but this Z tops them all. A parking security guard (he was about my age) actually saluted me as I was leaving the parking at the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC this past Monday. Guess he thought I was some sort of Jet Driver or something...lol. He had a big smile on his face...I seem to get that a lot lately. The 370 is a real head turner...

Welcome!!

Nice gesture to take a bow, but whatever you do, please do not take a bow in front of Frost...lets just say he has "sticky fingers"