Is It A Over 50 Thing?

[MCompact]

Originally Posted By: Wolf359


I know what you mean now. I used to just treat my cars as utilitarian although the previous car did have leather and a moon roof, but the current car has a lot more and every once in a while I catch myself saying that this is a nice E-350, should have gotten one earlier.


The other factor for me is that cars have always been my primary hobby. I don't golf, hunt, or own a boat. I did put the cars on hold while my son was young- and I don't regret doing that one bit. It's all about one's personal priorities.

 

[Blaze]

I'm 60 yrs old and don't own a cell phone. Still on dial-up internet. Heck when the grand kids visit here and they are instantly bored because we don't have cell service and the internet is too slow to run their phones.

Funny because they keep checking their cell phones over and over with even with no service because the addiction is so ingrained. Reminds me when I quit smoking 17 yrs ago and kept touching my shirt pocket looking for a smoke.

 

[Mr Nice]

Originally Posted By: MCompact
Originally Posted By: Wolf359


I know what you mean now. I used to just treat my cars as utilitarian although the previous car did have leather and a moon roof, but the current car has a lot more and every once in a while I catch myself saying that this is a nice E-350, should have gotten one earlier.


The other factor for me is that cars have always been my primary hobby. I don't golf, hunt, or own a boat. I did put the cars on hold while my son was young- and I don't regret doing that one bit. It's all about one's personal priorities.


I'm seriously considering a C7 Grand Sport Corvette. I was at Kerbeck website looking at their inventory.

That's the only car that has me daydreaming about shifting gears and having a $100 hamburger.

 

[opus1]

I was like that way before I hit 50. Growing up I didn't have the latest-greatest anything. We weren't poor but we didn't spend money we didn't have to.

I spend my day working in tech, but at night I become a Luddite - no Internet at home other than my cell, no cable/dish...heck no working TV in the house for he last 3 years now. And my cell phone is 5 years old. I may have to begrudgingly get a new one because I've got several apps that I can't upgrade because the Android OS is too old, and I'm at the top version of the OS that my phone can handle. But if it weren't for that, I'd be sticking with it.

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

Originally Posted By: javacontour
As an over-50, I think you learn what is and isn't valuable to you. You are less susceptible to others telling you what should be important to you.

Well, except for little blue pills and baldness cures, LOL.
Psychologist Dr.Martin Seligman PhD, said in, "What You Can Change And What You Can't," that we have two seasons in life, a season of expansion and a season of contraction. After about fifty, we turn away from the outside world and "slowly and subtly stop doing what you used to do, stop being what you used to be, stop salivating to the old stimuli." What used to be important is no longer that important. In the season of contraction, we give back "much of what you have so arduously won." We no longer particularly care what others think, we don't care if our vehicle has GPS, don't care if our hair is styled, don't have to have the latest and greatest of everything, don't care who around us is roaming the world or out on the Missouri
. Just trying to keep it between the lines and the wheels from coming on becomes paramount to us in a world so very different from what we experience in the expansion stage of our lives. The author's above mentioned publication is a very good read.

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

Originally Posted By: HosteenJorje
Originally Posted By: javacontour
As an over-50, I think you learn what is and isn't valuable to you. You are less susceptible to others telling you what should be important to you.

Well, except for little blue pills and baldness cures, LOL.
Psychologist Dr.Martin Seligman PhD, said in, "What You Can Change And What You Can't," that we have two seasons in life, a season of expansion and a season of contraction. After about fifty, we turn away from the outside world and "slowly and subtly stop doing what you used to do, stop being what you used to be, stop salivating to the old stimuli." What used to be important is no longer that important. In the season of contraction, we give back "much of what you have so arduously won." We no longer particularly care what others think, we don't care if our vehicle has GPS, don't care if our hair is styled, don't have to have the latest and greatest of everything, don't care who around us is roaming the world or out on the Missouri
. Just trying to keep it between the lines and the wheels from coming on becomes paramount to us in a world so very different from what we experience in the expansion stage of our lives. The author's above mentioned publication is a very good read.

Forgot to mention that I am still shaving with a Gillette Twin Track I have had for forty some years. Walmart stop carrying Twin Trac blades several years ago and now I have to order them on line. They are made in Poland and are sharper than what Gillette used to make. Times change but somethings don't.

 

[WhizkidTN]

I can identify with many of the comments thus far. Family and one's relationships become far more important (as they should have been all along).

I'm 53 (so is the wife of 33 years) and are now downsizing the house after the three kids have grow up and moved out. Going from a 2-story, 4 bd, 3 car garage with a large yard type house that we've been in for 22 years to building our first house which will be smaller and custom to our needs. This will be a single story 3bd with a 3 car tandem garage (heated and cooled). Just wish it was less expensive than our current home but oh well. Such is the price of building new and custom I suppose. It has been a really fun experience so far and the wife and I are on the same page most of the time regarding it.

This is being built to be our last house we will ever live in (the "aging in place" idea) so we are doing a few custom things we always wanted to do and keep everything super low maintenance and energy efficient.

No real hobbies but enjoy messing with my Turbo Optima of five years (hence the mini-split HVAC for the insulated garage).

I'm a EE but really don't have any interest in new gadgets/games or the latest technology unless there is a very clear benefit (like LED lights for example). Even my home PC is almost over 10 years old. Works fine and does all I need.

 

[LoneRanger]

Originally Posted By: Mr Nice


I'm seriously considering a C7 Grand Sport Corvette. I was at Kerbeck website looking at their inventory.

That's the only car that has me daydreaming about shifting gears and having a $100 hamburger.



Yep, the other side of the coin that I think we can flip to whenever we want on account of having finished our child raising jobs and having the money to get something we want, to experience it before we get too on in the years to enjoy it. More or less same concept I was admitting to regarding my penchant for new motorcycles. Still like a kid on Christmas with the new Italian Job (see sig) in the garage

I vote that you get the Grand Sport !!!

 

[Patman]

Originally Posted By: grampi
Originally Posted By: Patman
That's correct, I used to drive my 98 Corvette in the winter, but I stopped doing that in 2011 when I bought my Civic. My 2005 Corvette barely sees rain and my 2018 will be the same way.

When I ordered my 2018 the salesman said most of the Corvette buyers are at least 55 years old. At age 47 I'm one of the younger ones!

Did you ever own a C5?


Yes, the 98 mentioned above.

 

[WhizkidTN]

Originally Posted By: Patman
That's correct, I used to drive my 98 Corvette in the winter, but I stopped doing that in 2011 when I bought my Civic. My 2005 Corvette barely sees rain and my 2018 will be the same way.

When I ordered my 2018 the salesman said most of the Corvette buyers are at least 55 years old. At age 47 I'm one of the younger ones!

That's exactly right! I have a coworker (Engineer) who is in mid-fifties and besides building a 427 Cobra kit car in the last few years (did a really good job), just purchased a Z06 2017 Corvette. Drives it to work every day. He goes to Road Atlanta with it. He's been debt free for many years and in this job for over 30 years (and loving it). He's my hero!

 

[MCompact]

Originally Posted By: WhizkidTN

That's exactly right! I have a coworker (Engineer) who is in mid-fifties and besides building a 427 Cobra kit car in the last few years (did a really good job), just purchased a Z06 2017 Corvette. Drives it to work every day. He goes to Road Atlanta with it. He's been debt free for many years and in this job for over 30 years (and loving it). He's my hero!


I love Road Atlanta; I wish I had more opportunities to drive it.