jd74914
Apr 18 2019, 11:54 AM
QUOTE(oldschool @ Apr 17 2019, 11:24 AM)
most of the young dudes seem to come from an engineering background.
Guilty.
In general I think you're correct-something technical. Based on shows I've been to lately that might be the trend for younger people with older cars.
Justinp71
Apr 18 2019, 12:24 PM
I'm 36, got my 914 (same car I own today) at age 15.
twistedstang
Apr 18 2019, 02:41 PM
43. I've been wanting one for years but bought my 75 on my 40th birthday. The cars the same age as me but in a little better shape.
Rand
Apr 18 2019, 03:09 PM
Dang, we old fucks. I'm 53. Ain't giving up on ye old. Djet lives!
jim912928
Apr 18 2019, 03:24 PM
I'm 62....purchased my first 914 when I was 20...purchased my 2nd and current 914 when I was 48.
ClayPerrine
Apr 18 2019, 03:26 PM
From reading this thread, it seems the average age of a 914 owner is the same as the average age of a 914.
JeffBowlsby
Apr 18 2019, 03:48 PM
A little older Clay.
If the 914 is roughly 45 years old, and we are roughly 55 years old, then as a group we are about 10 years older than our cars.
That says a lot about when we began to take notice and want one...
ClayPerrine
Apr 18 2019, 03:55 PM
QUOTE(JeffBowlsby @ Apr 18 2019, 04:48 PM)
A little older Clay.
If the 914 is roughly 45 years old, and we are roughly 55 years old, then as a group we are about 10 years older than our cars.
That says a lot about when we began to take notice and want one...
I can agree with that. It's kinda like your taste in music. It gets set in your teenage years, and anything newer just seems to suck.
JeffBowlsby
Apr 18 2019, 04:02 PM
Long Live Mick Jagger...
KELTY360
Apr 18 2019, 04:12 PM
QUOTE(JeffBowlsby @ Apr 18 2019, 03:02 PM)
Long Live Mick Jagger...
The good news is that even the whippersnappers know who Mick Jagger is.
windforfun
Apr 18 2019, 04:37 PM
62 & slowing down. I think it's time for a faster car. I want a Lambo.
Detroit
Apr 18 2019, 04:45 PM
Technically, the Phoenix orange number in my garage belongs to my kid, who is... six.
shelby/914
Apr 18 2019, 04:50 PM
I'll be raising the average, currently 72. Bought my first 914 in 1988 at age 42 and had to sell it a year later when we moved to Stuttgart. Bought the second car in 2005 not too long after I retired. Still have car # two. I'v had the blue car to the left for 40 years so tend to keep some for a long time.
Danny
Aircooledfool
Apr 18 2019, 08:49 PM
61...bought my first 914 in 1973. Wish I still had it because it ran, unlike my current project
RickS
Apr 18 2019, 10:33 PM
If you go by conception date, I should be 65 but Medicare don’t play dat.
Still single track mountain bike, downhill ski, hike the mountains and occasionally run. On the senior side I also garden 3/4 acre, belong to a male dinner club and drive my 911 in a very non-leisurely manner.
SRS914
Apr 18 2019, 11:54 PM
50. On my second 914. Bought my first at 16. Apparently it’s a sickness you don’t recover from.
jmitro
Apr 19 2019, 05:15 AM
I just turned 47.
My first car was an air cooled four (73 VW bug).
My 914 is just reliving my youth, albeit in a slightly more spirited platform
bdstone914
Apr 19 2019, 08:17 AM
I am 70.
Wonder if
@sirandy can export the birthdates of all members and calculate the true average of umpteen thousand 914 owners. I am guess about 65.
I do know of a 100 year old lady that still owns the 914 she bought new in 1970.
Top that. And she drove it until she was 96.
Ben Nichols
Apr 19 2019, 09:04 AM
39....40 in a months time
boxstr
Apr 19 2019, 09:20 AM
A fabulous 72, and I do not feel it. In the every morning. No smoking, drugs or alcohol.
Try to watch what I eat, that’s the hardest part. Enjoying the sunshine and blue sky in Palm Desert.
Craig in the DESERT
jim912928
Apr 19 2019, 09:42 AM
My son and son-in-law (32 and 38 respectively) would both like to have mine (75 with 3.2l six in it). Son-in-law won't drive it yet....he's a little afraid of the speed but never turns down a ride!
Dion
Apr 19 2019, 09:55 AM
53 yrs and counting
Hope I’m done my resto soon so I can enjoy while reasonably healthy! I bought her back in 1986.
Old guys rule
SirAndy
Apr 19 2019, 11:06 AM
QUOTE(bdstone914 @ Apr 19 2019, 07:17 AM)
Wonder if
@sirandy can export the birthdates of all members and calculate the true average of umpteen thousand 914 owners. I am guess about 65.
That depends on how truthful people were with their entries ...
bdstone914
Apr 19 2019, 01:07 PM
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Apr 19 2019, 10:06 AM)
QUOTE(bdstone914 @ Apr 19 2019, 07:17 AM)
Wonder if
@sirandy can export the birthdates of all members and calculate the true average of umpteen thousand 914 owners. I am guess about 65.
That depends on how truthful people were with their entries ...
914 owners dont lie. Maybe if they are women who are just being conservative on their age.
Come on Andy we know you have nothing more important to do.
SirAndy
Apr 19 2019, 02:12 PM
QUOTE(bdstone914 @ Apr 19 2019, 12:07 PM)
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Apr 19 2019, 10:06 AM)
QUOTE(bdstone914 @ Apr 19 2019, 07:17 AM)
Wonder if
@sirandy can export the birthdates of all members and calculate the true average of umpteen thousand 914 owners. I am guess about 65.
That depends on how truthful people were with their entries ...
914 owners dont lie. Maybe if they are women who are just being conservative on their age.
Come on Andy we know you have nothing more important to do.
Alright alright ...
I ignored the month and just used the birthday year.
I also ignored any birthday year older than 1920.
CODE
SELECT AVG(2019 - bday_year) AS avg_age FROM table_members WHERE bday_year>=1920;
Answer:
52.4148 ![popcorn[1].gif](http://www.914world.com/bbs2/style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)
PS: The number of members who added their birthday year is currently 2317 which is just shy of 11% ...
mlindner
Apr 19 2019, 02:30 PM
I'm 70, have had my 914 for 40 years. Mark
siverson
Apr 19 2019, 02:33 PM
I'm 43 but have had my orange 914 since I was 15.
-Steve
Justinp71
Apr 19 2019, 03:40 PM
QUOTE(oldschool @ Apr 17 2019, 09:24 AM)
most of the young dudes seem to come from an engineering background.
Guilty. Because engineering wise, its awesome!
RichPugh
Apr 19 2019, 03:55 PM
44 here.
Mom had a 1975 or 76 914 back in 1986 and I've wanted one since. I've had mine for 2.5 years now. VW/Audi guy my whole life.
Big Len
Apr 19 2019, 04:46 PM
61
oldschool
Apr 19 2019, 05:27 PM
QUOTE(Justinp71 @ Apr 19 2019, 02:40 PM)
QUOTE(oldschool @ Apr 17 2019, 09:24 AM)
most of the young dudes seem to come from an engineering background.
Guilty. Because engineering wise, its awesome!
Amphicar770
Apr 19 2019, 05:27 PM
56. I wanted one since I was 16. Only took me 30+ years. I've owned a lot of cars but the 914 is a keeper.
jos.hall
Apr 19 2019, 06:08 PM
35 but I feel 25!
R Dub
Apr 20 2019, 07:07 AM
I'll do my part to bring the average down a tick. Just turned 35.
RickyTicky
Apr 20 2019, 07:25 AM
33 now got my 914 at 27
Amphicar770
Apr 20 2019, 07:31 AM
QUOTE(RickyTicky @ Apr 20 2019, 09:25 AM)
33 now got my 914 at 27
Some of us have tires older than you. Hahaha.
Jmkorfha
Apr 20 2019, 09:20 AM
56. Got first one when I was 19
campbellcj
Apr 20 2019, 10:19 AM
I'm damn near the average - 52.6ish. Got first 914 in 1999.
tygaboy
Apr 20 2019, 10:33 AM
QUOTE(campbellcj @ Apr 20 2019, 09:19 AM)
I'm damn near the average - 52.6ish. Got first 914 in 1999.
Well, well... One of the only times I'm above average!
Al Meredith
Apr 20 2019, 01:55 PM
At the Okteenerfest they stopped giving out the "old geezer" award because I was getting it every year. 76 and have owned and driven at least one Porsche since I was 21. AL
rbzymek
Apr 20 2019, 05:28 PM
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Apr 16 2019, 10:13 AM)
68. Also had one in 1972 for a couple of years. Back at it again.
xperu
Apr 20 2019, 05:51 PM
QUOTE(jb57tub @ Apr 16 2019, 09:54 PM)
68, have had 6 914s. Had a six ordered in '72, but instead ordered a 4 and picked it up at the factory, then drove it through 9 European countries. It was then shipped from London to Chicago. One was the M1 class Autocross champion at the Porsche Parade in San Antonio, as well as the class champion in the Michelin slalom Challenge. in 1997.
There's a story to be told here. That's a lot of history to jam into a short sentence. Mike
Melsguy
Apr 20 2019, 06:35 PM
63, it’s also my birthday today. Purchased my ‘75 914 last year.
mitchdiego1
Jul 17 2019, 07:55 AM
57 got my 914 in 1997.
tpines
Jul 17 2019, 08:14 AM
54. Bought first 914 when I was 19.
Cairo94507
Jul 17 2019, 08:17 AM
Let's just say I qualify for the Senior Citizen discount at most places.....and I bought my first 914, a '73 2.0, brand new.
ValcoOscar
Jul 17 2019, 08:23 AM
In my case, older than your average bear, young enough to enjoy our cars
I learn something new about 914's everyday, but forget by the next morning.
Oscar
maxwelj
Jul 17 2019, 08:33 AM
dragging the average up. 71, bought my 70-6 new in 1970 while on deployment in Germany.
76-914
Jul 17 2019, 08:40 AM
QUOTE(StratPlayer @ Apr 16 2019, 09:50 AM)
will be 73 next month. This will be my last season with the car. I will be turning over the car to my son, he's a firefighter . I know the car will be in good hands he will be an excellent caretaker for the car.
I'm 5 behind ya Jimmy Boy. Tell him you've changed your mind and have decided to gift it to him in your will.
Beeliner
Jul 17 2019, 11:12 AM
1971 I bought my first one....sold number 1, 2, and 3 by 1976...
Jumped back in with two restoration projects in 2014....
Sold a '76 two weeks ago....
My 1973 2.0+ will go to my grand daughter....
I'm 72 in August.....
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