Getting old Options

[Lockwodo]

So I’m seeing a shrinking market for these cars and parts ………as George Jones sings..,”who’s going to fill those shoes”……
Friends keep saying all the guys that did “that” (work on the 914) are retired or worse!
Uplifting thread (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Escalating prices on BAT say otherwise (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif)

[cali914]

Two hip replacements words to the wise keep moving dont pound the pavement, and cross train as much as you can. oops almost forgot music can add an extra mile in the tank.

[KSCarrera]

Hmmm, interesting discussion. I'm 69 in July, had a stent fitted when 62 after getting angina symptoms. Dad passed away at 69 with a heart attack, mum at 77 with an aneurism that burst. She also had Type 2 diabetes. I was warned of being pre-diabetic three years ago, and have controlled it with dietary changes (low-carb, mainly). My BMI is 22 (5ft 6in, 138lbs). Enlarged prostate, but with consistently low PSA levels...

Medication: Bisoprolol for blood pressure, dispersible aspirin for the same, Tamsolusin (an alpha blocker) for prostate, and statins. Worst of the lot is the Bisoprolol as it makes me feel tired, but I can live with that.

Interesting fact: the doctor who came up with the idea for stents, Julio Palmaz, is a well-known Porsche collector...and owns a vineyard. A man of taste!

[burton73]

74 and counting, I think. Two oral surgeries in the last year have robbed me of strength and balance. Last week I went to raise the pop top on my Westy and couldn’t lift it…sucks. Worst part of getting old is the amount of time spent talking about maladies with other geezers.

. "Worst part of getting old is the amount of time spent talking about maladies with other geezers."

And I thought it was just me.

Bob B. 70

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[gandalf_025]

Turning 69 this year..

So far, never had a surgery or spent the night in a Hospital.
Managed to break a few fingers and cracked a rib or 2
when younger and now have essential tremor but that is about it..

Most of my friends have had hip, shoulder and knee replacements.
2 have had kidney transplants and one a heart transplant.

My dad died of a heart attack at 50 and my mother had a coronary
at 47 but survived it and lived to 77..

Most of my friends with health issues played sports at school when young
and beat the hell out of themselves then.
I sucked at Sports and had no interest.. Maybe that helped.??

Also, working in a Computer Room most of my career didn't hurt..

I just lack ambition to work on my car..

[StratPlayer]

Will be turning 77 on wed. still enjoy working on th car

[Amphicar770]

So I’m seeing a shrinking market for these cars and parts ………as George Jones sings..,”who’s going to fill those shoes”……
Friends keep saying all the guys that did “that” (work on the 914) are retired or worse!
Uplifting thread (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Time moves on. New cars become used, then collectible drivers, then museum pieces. I recall when I was young the Model A guys, then the 50s car guys, lamenting that nobody seemed interested in those any longer.

Kids do not grow up working on cars any more. Fixing a modern Porsche is as much computer diagnostics and coding as it is mechanical. Likewise, the price of entry has gotten far too high. 40+ years ago a blue collar worker, even a high school kid with a job, could pick up a downtrodden, drivable, special interest car and restore it over time. There were lots of pick and pull lots to find parts. Those days are gone.

Like them or not, EVs will continue to gain market share and in 20 years or less will represent the bulk of cars sold. The tools and skills to maintain old cars will become as common as those used to maintain steam trains. Old cars will be rich men's toys stored in their climate controlled, warehouse sized garages (as is already happening).

Ironically, I was just saying to a friend the other day that working on cars used to be a fun hobby for me. As I get older, it increasingly feels like work. I did buy my own EV (Polestar 2 with Performance pack). Not only is it blazing fast, but maintenance is essentially wiper blades and tires. I am keeping the 914, the rest of the old cars are moving out of my garage. James May was right after all.

[r_towle]

Agree on the next stage going to EV
I’m not quite there yet, but soon
Still hybrid

[930cabman]

Will be turning 77 on wed. still enjoy working on th car

+1, who says you need to grow up (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

[SKL1]

Just turned 74 on cinco de mayo (always wondered when younger why the Mexican restaurants were so busy on my birthday!) and have grown older with my 914, which I got when I was 21... still work on all toys a fair amount, but must admit laying under the dash and getting back up, etc has gotten harder!
But they'll have to pull me away from the cars kicking and screaming when the time comes...
Here I am on my birthday at the Miami Grand Prix (in the AMG Petronas hospitality suite with Bobby Rahal!)

[mate914]

He was a great man who saved many lives. A few years after the war we was removed from office and condemned be his fellow county men.... Any one know why?....

Matt

One of Winston Churchill's other comments was "when ever I feel like exercising, i lay down until it passes" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Speaking of Sir Winston, today is V-E day

They don't make them like him anymore, simply a great man in many ways

[sixaddict]

Hey even Rahal’s older! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
I think most of us believe in…….. might be getting older but no one said you have to grow up.

[KSCarrera]

He was a great man who saved many lives. A few years after the war we was removed from office and condemned be his fellow county men.... Any one know why?....

Matt

One of Winston Churchill's other comments was "when ever I feel like exercising, i lay down until it passes" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Speaking of Sir Winston, today is V-E day

They don't make them like him anymore, simply a great man in many ways

It was largely because the voters were demanding reform after the war, but Churchill's mind was perceived to be elsewhere, with the labour Party seen as the party that would lead the country to prosperity. However, he was voted back in at the next election in 1951 and served until 1955 as PM...

[ClayPerrine]

He was a great man who saved many lives. A few years after the war we was removed from office and condemned be his fellow county men.... Any one know why?....

Matt

One of Winston Churchill's other comments was "when ever I feel like exercising, i lay down until it passes" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Speaking of Sir Winston, today is V-E day

They don't make them like him anymore, simply a great man in many ways

It was largely because the voters were demanding reform after the war, but Churchill's mind was perceived to be elsewhere, with the labour Party seen as the party that would lead the country to prosperity. However, he was voted back in at the next election in 1951 and served until 1955 as PM...

I know Churchill is a "historic" figure, but he is still a political figure. And to some in the UK, he could be polarizing. So let's just leave this one alone.. OK?

[relentless]

@67 I have four 914's and can't drive, much less work on them. That's a tough pill to swallow, so let me just add this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVjToYOjbM

Yes, we're going to the end of the line!

[KELTY360]

@67 I have four 914's and can't drive, much less work on them. That's a tough pill to swallow, so let me just add this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVjToYOjbM

Yes, we're going to the end of the line!

Thanks so much for that. Sent me on a trip down memory lane.