[Sandman1969]

Originally Posted by Mels RS

I feel sad that you consider 43 mid-life. Only planning to live to 86?
Oh, just noticed you are "smoking". Never mind.

I'm at 72 and consider myself barely over mid-life.

Seeing that the average lifespan in the US is 78, I think most would agree that the 40s is mid-life.

So you plan on living to around 130?


I will add that the whole "That car is a mid-life crisis" is nonsense. I have always loved muscle cars and will continue to love them until the day I die. Late 80s would work for me.

[lawman007]

Got mine in 2011. Got my 2nd in 2013('95). I am 53 and want another 2011.

[Mels RS]

Originally Posted by Sandman1969

Seeing that the average lifespan in the US is 78, I think most would agree that the 40s is mid-life.
So you plan on living to around 130?

I'm working on it. Actually I figure 103-106.
My Mom is 95 and still going strong.

[BLK141SS]

Originally Posted by Sandman1969

I will add that the whole "That car is a mid-life crisis" is nonsense. I have always loved muscle cars and will continue to love them until the day I die. Late 80s would work for me.

I agree, I did need an excuse to justify the expense though and mid life worked for me. I'm going to look rather ridiculous cruising around in my Camaro at 82 with Iron Maiden blasting through the speakers. Rock on!

[myold88]

One of the oldest here. Ordered my SW SS @ 67 over 6 years ago.
Now 73 and still going strong.

[clashley1976]

39 here, just bought my first Camaro last month. I think the only person who loves my car more than me is my three-year-old son, so starting him early.

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[29er]

going so fast!
been a year since i got my 1LE in july of 2014.. so i was 34 then i hit;35 .. will be 36 in august... coming soon.

[atlcamaro1]

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...p-camaro/?_r=0


101-Year-Old Man Buys a 426-Horsepower Camaro
By NICK BUNKLEY NOVEMBER 18, 2009 11:54 AM November 18, 2009 11:54 am




Virgil Coffman met with Ed Welburn on Tuesday. “I wanted a sportscar,” said Virgil Coffman, pictured left, who turns 102 in January. Mr. Coffman met with Ed Welburn, vice president of global design for General Motors, on Tuesday.
Eight months older than General Motors, Virgil Coffman clearly is not whom Chevrolet had in mind when it decided to bring back the Camaro.

But a bright yellow, 426-horsepower Camaro SS is exactly what Mr. Coffman, who turns 102 in January, wanted when he went to a Chevy dealership near his home in Decatur, Ill., in September. He ordered a “Transformers” special edition model, which is adorned with black stripes to resemble the character Bumblebee from the blockbuster movie.

Mr. Coffman hasn’t seen “Transformers.” He said he just liked how the special-edition Camaro looked — and that only 1,500 are to be produced. He traded in a Chevy Monte Carlo for the new car. “Driving by myself, I didn’t need one of those big cars anymore.” he said. “I wanted a sportscar.”

After learning of Mr. Coffman’s purchase, G.M. flew him to Detroit this week to show him around a design studio and its Heritage Center, a museum filled with hundreds of cars it has built during his lifetime – and, of course, get a little publicity for one of the company’s hottest-selling cars.


Mr. Coffman worked for G.M. from 1950 until 1973, first making bumpers for Cadillacs and later as a chemist. He has owned 35 to 40 different vehicles — mostly G.M., none foreign — starting with a “1920-something” two-door Chevy coupe. This is his first Camaro, and he says he likes it the best.

“The way it looks and the way it handles — you can’t beat it,” he said. “People you don’t even know come up and talk to you in a parking lot.”

Bob Lamb, a nephew who accompanied Mr. Coffman on his visit, said the sales staff at Miles Chevrolet was a bit skeptical of a 101-year-old man who came in looking for the $38,000 Camaro but more than happy to make the deal when they realized he was serious. “He told me, ‘If I keep that 10 or 12 years, it will be worth about $100,000,'” Mr. Lamb said. “He’s very optimistic.”

Since September, Mr. Coffman, who has outlived his wife and three children, has put about 1,800 miles on his new car, though he has yet to take it more than about 50 miles outside of Decatur. And while he loves the powerful V-8 engine, he keeps his speed down — most of the time.

“Once in a while I like to kick it up,” he said. “But I’m afraid to drive too fast and get a ticket, and then they might take my license away.”

[JLSuperfly]

According to the results thus far, 5th gen Camaros are popular among those going through mid life crisis.

[91Zman]

Got mine when i was 44,now 46.

[Jimmy Hot-Wheels]

I'm in full blown "mid-life crisis" mode at just shy of 48. I guess I'm trying to re-live my youth when I had a red and black Camaro at 16.

[VTSummit]

I bought mine for my 45th birthday, just two months ago. Had a 75 Type LT back in high school- until it rusted to the point it was breaking in half.

[Zaproy]

21 here. Damn I feel like a baby. I guess the way I've always seen it is drive a badass car now so when I'm 30 with newborns it'll be a while til I can have another one haha.

[AF1Strider]

28. Got my first Camaro at 17 and have owned every generation Camaro except a first generation. That's my next toy, hopefully!