Since I was 23 years of age and I'll be 56 in June....Was hitch-hiking home from College and got a ride over the mountains with a professor in a new 1967 911S....I was hooked!

I have owned about 15 Porsches over the years...some as daily drivers, a few for racing and a few to buy and sell.....I liked everyone including the 997S Cab. I drove for a day a few weeks ago but a 996TT , '03 or '04 next...it suits an "old Man" like me

 

I turned 54 in February. Bought my first Porsche ('04 996) in March of this year. Told my wife that instead of being 54, I was now "fifty-Porsch" (without the "e"! You know, like all of the non-Porsche people pronounce it!). I am having a great time with it!

 

At 37 I had a 1980 911sc slantnose cab

At 39 I had a 1978 930 (8000 original miles)

And now, 45, I have a 996TT Cab

Porsche...there is no other!

 

I got my first sports car a 63 Corvette when I was 21. I'm 64 have had 5 Corvettes. This is my first Porsche which I bought new in 99. Drive it every day in the summer when it doesn't rain. BTW I'm entering a mountain bike race this Saturday and hope to kick some of the young guys buts.

 

mid 30's, feel like mid 40's... told my wife " honey, i'm going through premature midlife crisis... It's time for my dream car... " and it worked :-) !

coming from an M3..love the rawness/ power in the 911 as a daily car!

 

Even at 56 I could'nt even come close to ownership on my hourly wage plus tips....but that all changed when I got the gig as a valet parking attendant at various tony bistros along South Beach...now that addage "Drive it like you stole it"....is soooo true.

 

Have you seen the movie"Lost in the Translation"? Exact same line when Bill Murray told Scarlet Johansen that he just turned "40". Scarlet response...."Did you buy a porsche?"

 

Jeeze.. another age thread...

I got my first Porsche at 19 in 1957, it was a club racer (pre 356). The Dr was building these in a garage in Austria.

I'm 66 now and the Pcar doesn't raise as many eyebrows as when I whip off my helmet getting off my sports touring bike.......

 

I work at a BMW Motorcycle dealer in ABQ. FWI your a baby compared to the 75 and 80 year olds riding r1100s's and just sold a K1200s to a guy 75 years old!

KEEP ON KEEPEN ON!!

 

Thanks I needed that.....

 

32 and just bought my first Porsche(2003 C4S) on EBay. I'm glad I'm starting early because I can't imagine driving anything else besides a Porsche.

 

52 years young and on 6th Porsche. Currently drive 2003 996 C2 as a daily driver. Why drive anything else?

 

I am 61 and drive a 03 c4s and it's way to slow!Thinking super charger.c4sconsult

 

This is an interesting thread. I'm 61 and when I think about growing up in the 50s and seeing men looking old when they were in their 40s, I can't help but notice the difference today with respect to aging. I have to think that it's the work men did. Working in steel mills or other tough factory jobs took their toll on men. For example when I was a teenager, I remember being amazed when I saw my 55 year old dentist standing next to his 46 year old brother who worked at Bethlehem steel. The dentist looked like he was in his early 40s and the steel worker looked like he was in his late 50s.

 

Bought my first Porsche at age 26. I'm 56 now and drive number 8 (C4S cab midnight blue/grey). Best Porsche ever, daily driver, and overall car number 34 since age 17. You only go around once....