Poll -Owners ages & a question

[P6GTD]

I’m 69 and on my fourth GTI in 8 years.
Ticks every box for me.
I kid myself that I don’t look or drive my age but I do enjoy the slight surprise I encounter sometimes as I alight from my steed.
Almost without exception the comments/ looks I get are all about what a lovely car it is.
Seems to get universal approval and envy. More than cars twice the price.
My dear wife loves the car too. She tells me the only cars she likes are GTIs and 911s ( if any age).
She said “if you can’t afford a 911, get a GTI.
I trained her well 

[Sootchucker]

This thread seems to have struck a chord with people ? 

[mcmaddy]

This thread seems to have struck a chord with people ? 

chord or old man's chords 

[P6GTD]

Ah.......no ageism here please!
One of the great features of GTI “club” and indeed this forum is the extremely broad band of members it attracts.
Long may it (and I) continue to thrive.
 

[skippy]

Some years ago when I first test drove a Mk 7 shortly after it was launched (2013), the salesman said he went out the previous day with an older gentlemen (maybe early 70's). Expecting a rather sedate test drive, he had the shock of his life when the old boy tore it round the bends, using the gears properly and really going for a spirited drive!

Wasn't dangerous, but it was not what he was expecting at all!

[bankies]

I am 59 and just got a mk7 my 3rd GTi  I see it as a car for all ages!

[AGB]

I know this has been done before, but bear with me.

As you may have seen from my signature I own a MK7.5 GTI, and it is a car that I do love driving and still think it looks very nice and modern against it's peers. However, I was speaking to my brother (who's 2 years older than me) the other day, and he said as nice as the GTI was, at "my age" he just couldn't see himself driving round in a young person's "boy racer" car.

Now of course everyone is entitled to his (or her) own opinion, but it did get me thinking if I should be in a more "grown up" car, so started browsing at other potential cars that not only look nice, but perhaps suit my age better (so Range Rover Sport, Audi A5, Jaguar E-Pace, Merc C class, BMW 3 series etc.). Problem is, 1) they all cost a small fortune and 2) there's only the wife and I (and occasionally 2 dogs) in the car, so a Golf sized car has always suited.

It brought me round full circle thinking that for our current needs, the GTI is the right size, looks good, pretty economical for it's genre, it's very well equipped (especially with mine being highly spec'd) and most importantly is paid for, but perhaps does make this overweight, greying 57 year old perhaps look like he's trying to cling onto his youth.

Therefore do any more "mature" drivers on here ever think that, or is it a case of "sod it" I'll drive what I want for as long as I want ? Just interested in your views really. Can a performance Golf really transcend age and not look out of place for anyone, or are they really a young persons' car ?

I'm 42 and had my first GTI at 28. I wouldn't bother with your brother's opinion, my father in law who is 70 has driven GTIs since the MK1. Always black.

Love to hear what your brother thinks about a Honda Civic Type R. 

[Talk-torque]

So, Sootchucker, does your brother do anything spontaneous or reckless, or is he just a boring old/young fart? 

[Jim_mk7.5]

Great thread this and is something I always wondered!

A poll might have been good to get some numbers but feel like the over 50s are outnumbering everyone else so far!! 

[Sootchucker]

So, Sootchucker, does your brother do anything spontaneous or reckless, or is he just a boring old/young fart? 

Nah, come to think if it, he's not really spontaneous at all - sensible I think is the word