Same motor, different Audi.

I also can't see my father driving fast. It's a shame, as it would be a great way to spend time together with family. My passion for cars quickly outpaced his at a very young age. Now he's happy just putting around in an A7 and letting me order wheels/tires for him.

 

Funny, I was the same way - my folks were from England so I was exposed to really cool English cars (Uncle) every time I crossed the pond. By the time I became legal to drive, I was already neck deep in a motorcycle and a POS truck, and from there, my folks pretty much gave up on me, until I was required to do something for their motors - my Ma, in particular, starts to freak out when the car gets to half a tank of fuel. I tell her she's good for another 300kms; I ask where do you need to go? She says, the store - I'm like 'Ma, it's only a couple of clicks away!'

She does not care; I fill her car up for her...

 

Wait until you're his age. You may be the same.

 

I’m young relatively speaking, but when I can’t drive anymore, I’m going to be miserable to be around...

Thankfully for me, I’ve got good genes. My grandfather is turning 90 this upcoming year and is still living on his own, on his Trawler down in the Keys. There’s hope for me yet!

 

Absolutely will never happen (I know, never say never...). My father was never really that into cars to begin with, and growing up abroad then immigrating to the US in the early 90s we never had expendable income to spend on fun stuff like cars and going fast. I have the disease; he never did. And I don't think it's curable.

 

Try not to be that way...for your kid's sake.

My father lived long enough (92+) to reach that point in his life where he wasn't safe to drive anymore. Having lived through the process of trying to explain the "you're not safe to drive anymore" and dealing with his reaction (not good) and eventually having to just take his keys away from him, I thought many days about how much easier it would be if he simply embraced the truth about his driving skills and moved peacefully into that new reality. If he had graciously given up driving, my life and my sister's life would have been much improved.

My post regarding "older dads" and their driving motivations was made based on my personal experience and my interactions with other guys who are "older." As you get older your priorities can change and some people just don't get much out of max. performing vehicles anymore. I think part of that is because of their ability to better assess "risk/reward", and for some the years of operating performance vehicles at or near the limits finally satiates their desires to do those things.

 

It is for some.

 

I dread having that conversation with my father and he's only 78; I watched him drive into the back of the garage a couple of weeks ago, despite me standing right there guiding him... Yeah, it's going to suck.