CopperCorvette

The one thing it didn't say was that most drivers have more hair on their chest than their head. Copper

chrisr0315

might be a mid life crisis but I'll get 0 to 60 faster than they do .....oh yea, I like the " who you callin redneck ???????" says MR 5' 7"(me) . Im 46 and Never thought I would own a Vette ,even though I've always loved em. Fell into a heck ova deal for 4500.00 for an 85 w/new crate340hp/350, rblt 4+3...couple of bucks later, she looks like million ..ok not a million , but she looks sweet and scoots like a scalded dog

pologreen1

It says I was too cheap to buy the viper when I had the chance a few years back!

that is all

Jetboy99

HAHA, I couldn't agree more.

uptown193

I have been wanting a Vette since I was 15 or less. Mid-life crisis, I think not, I beg to differ...

cv67

I only bought my first C4 because I couldnt afford a decent Camaro.

techvette

I am 25 and bought mine in the spring when I was less than a year out of college and about 6 months into my job.

I suppose you could call it a reward car, since I think I deserved it for getting thru school and landing a successful job position and a good salary. That being said, it's my year-round daily driver.

A note about my choice of a C4: didn't want to drop the coin a C6 costs, could have easily afforded a C5, but have never particularly cared for them...Besides, they're a dime a dozen around here...I have always liked the C4's (later body style) and LT4's are just as fast as the more modern C5. They have a little bit more character IMO...

Admittedly the local club I am a member of is at least 90% people of the age 50+, but my roommate (24 y/o) also drives a C4 LT4 (because of me!), and two of my good friends 26 and 33 years old, respectively both have 600+ hp C6's (one of them being a daily driver).
It's true there is no shortage of older(ish) 'vette drivers, but the younger crowd has plenty of owners in it as well. I think the biggest issue is the price (or the perceived price) of buying / maintaining one.

Tom Hargreaves

We got ours a year ago April when I was 59 (first Vette). Can't remember when I did not want one. When we got married 38+ years ago we thought we'd have one by the time I was 40; then 50. Almost made 60. We had three kids, a mortgage, night school, Military Service etc, etc, etc-now it's our turn. It's what we (I) want to drive and really don't care what others think of it.

harley 1951

Ainn't no crisis in my life. Got my first Vette when I was 20 and I just turned 58. It is purely for the love of the car. So much for the experts. I also have had a Harley since I was 18, pick-up trucks all my life, and I could care less what experts say. They don't have anything.

scotth48

I bought my "Ruby," last fall, my first Corvette at 60. My first reason is I bought it for economy 30+mpg hwy. Second, I lacked about 55 days of having 40 years of military duty, the 40th Anniversary Ruby seemed appropriate for the ocasion. Thirdly, GM stopped making Oldsmobile's! Other cars I have owned: 1966 Cutlass Supreme HT first year for the supreme, 1971 Gremlin X that I did race and got a couple of trophy's at US131 Dragway in Martin, Michigan. and a 1975 Hurst Olds W30 Black with White Top. I just don't have a desire for foreign sports cars. What I am waiting for now is my homebuilt C4Delta Eagle twin engine jet aircraft!!! I currently have two 1990 Cutlass Supreme International coupes, Cadillac Seville 1985 touring edition, a 1986 Cadillac DeVille six door limo and a 2001 Olds Aurora 4.0 (need the 442 edition - 4.4.2 liter, 442 hp supercharged, 442 lbs torque). My next Corvette I would like is 2003 50th Anniversary edition convertible. Yea, maybe I am in a over the mid-life, life crisis!

GREENC493

I am 29 years old and will have had mine 93 c4 for 3 years in September. Mid life chrisis, far from it. I wanted a c4 since the first time I went to a car show and there were a couple c4s lined up with those hoods fully opened and the engines cleaned to perfection. The c4 just stands out. I am not so sure that some of these analist are in touch with what people are really like anymore. I feel that they reuse the opions of others instead of thinking for themselves. There mite not be such a strong following of import cars in this country if the heads of the big three had a better understanding of the consumers.

H P Bushrod

I was 40 when I got my first Vette. It was the car I've always wanted. I've always been a Vettefan and I'm sure I'll be buying more as the years go by. Screw AOL and their opinion. We all know what opinions are like...

powerpigz-51

I was 33 when I bought my 85 in 1995. I was single at the time livin' the rock and roll mullet lifestyle, and my 82 Trans Am was getting a little long in the tooth. L98 C4's were getting down in the price range I could afford (7k for mine). I admit it was a status thing at the time, but I loved the car. After it went south on me, I parked it for future resto. I even sold it to a friend who never payed and the car sat under a pine tree out in the boonies for 8 years. I decided to rescue it and have almost fully restored it....it runs, drives and looks way better than it ever did. I am 46 and married now, and it is no longer a status or mid life thing...I genuinely love the car and probably will never sell it. I also have a 65 Sport Fury convertible and a 72 harley sportster that I will keep forever. I always have been, and always will be, a gearhead for life!