Too Old For ITS?

[VarmintCong]

Your never too old for any car if you enjoy it. I'm turning 68 and have two awesome sports cars.

I think it's less age and more of what kind of shape you're in. I'm 55 and started going to the gym 3-4 times a week after moving to Taiwan last year since there's one in our apartment building.

It makes a huge difference in all kinds of things, including getting in and out of low cars, and all I do is a 25 min treadmill fast walk. I also walk a lot since we're in a city.

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[SilverRocket]

Like others have said, too old is simply whatever age you become a genuine hazard to other drivers and this applies t any vehicle.

Not to hijack the thread too much, I know there is some inherent bias in the ages given 1) the thread's topic and 2) the forum platform (it's not tiktok or instagram) but I wonder what the average age of an ITS buyer is. I almost feel too young to be able to have one given the ages shared here.

 

[VarmintCong]

Like others have said, too old is simply whatever age you become a genuine hazard to other drivers and this applies t any vehicle.

Not to hijack the thread too much, I know there is some inherent bias in the ages given 1) the thread's topic and 2) the forum platform (it's not tiktok or instagram) but I wonder what the average age of an ITS buyer is. I almost feel too young to be able to have one given the ages shared here.

It’s a $50k car, back in 1997 I paid I think $21k for my GSR and a Type R was $25k and never went over sticker. I was making $40k out of college. It was doable for young people. I might have bought one if I knew how much better it was than a GSR.

Now with the cost of living tripled and salaries doubled at best, it’s tougher for young people especially now that all the government handouts have stopped.

 

[SilverRocket]

It’s a $50k car, back in 1997 I paid I think $21k for my GSR and a Type R was $25k and never went over sticker. I was making $40k out of college. It was doable for young people. I might have bought one if I knew how much better it was than a GSR.

Now with the cost of living tripled and salaries doubled at best, it’s tougher for young people especially now that all the government handouts have stopped.

**If** inflation keeps going the way it is now, the curve is becoming steeper every year and $50,000 may be pocket change in short order. Just look at car prices since 2020 (example FK8 CTR to FL5 CTR), the bulk of the increase was in short order and I believe the genie is out of the bottle.

That said, I see too many people my age wasting so much of their hard earned money in frivolous ways. If that's what they want, so be it, whatever makes them happy, but the ITS is an attainable car if they focused on it instead. Can't have it all and most of the complaints stem from not being able to have it all.

 

[GeoX750]

I have more grown up cars, Mercedes AMG, Tesla S, Audi, BMW.

The ITS is a toy I grab before any of the others. I captures how I felt in 1986 when I got my first car, 1986 Corolla GTS.

Its not too late, you only live once.

 

[Cliffpc]

57 here and I love the car. Couldn't have made a better choice tbh.

 

[Blek le Roc]

I'm 62, have owned my ITS for about a year, and I love it.

It helps that every time I drive it I get to use fun, twisty roads, but even on the highway it's a blast.

Only real negative imo is the lack of a spare tire, and that can be fixed.

 

[88integra]

Absolutely go for it! Who cares what anyone else thinks? I’m 59 and the original owner of a 2013 BRZ. I need to test drive an ITS but every time I drive the BRZ I don’t want to give up the fun.

 

[Hakmamba]

 

[RMA]

Just turned 52, ITS is my daily driver.

 

[MPMB]

This thread makes me laugh. When I went in to look at the ITS earlier this year at 58y/o, I joked with the sales guy that I was probably not the demographic that typically was interested in this car. He told me quickly that I was exactly who was buying them, and even introduced me to another new owner a few years older than me. It's my daily driver, and this thing puts a smile on my face every time I drive it! Getting ready to put my winter wheel/tire combo on it to get ready for Chicago winter.

 

[BillB128]

This thread just shows that there is no age number to enjoying a fun car. I'm 59 and have always bought fun/sporty cars and will continue to do so until they take away my keys .

 

[StingertimeNC]

I bet ages Age 45+ is the biggest demographic for this car, because we were old enough to appreciate its predecessors.

 

[jonnyringo3]

Your never too old for any car if you enjoy it. I'm turning 68 and have two awesome sports cars.

Dude, your killing me, I could only get one car! The 4C is my weekend dream car. I'm 61, but by the time I'm not sure I'd be able to cross the wide sill of that carbon tub!

 

[Victorofhavoc]

Dude, your killing me, I could only get one car! The 4C is my weekend dream car. I'm 61, but by the time I'm not sure I'd be able to cross the wide sill of that carbon tub!

It's all about technique! I've seen a 6'3" 70yo guy unfold out of one with complete grace. The key is knowing and testing the best way to rotate your self and brace to get out. I've also seen a 6'7" guy exit an exige where he basically did a 360 to get out and it wasn't a problem.

That said, when I had low sporty street car, my wife certainly flashed a couple crowds trying to get out with a skirt on. That's pretty much inevitable for women in sports cars that are low and have bucket seats.

You know what's crazy, though? The zl1 camaros being billed as track cars... You can't get a helmet through the window, so if you get into a wreck and need to be extracted quickly on track, it's just not happening. They terrify the daylights out of me when I see them. The exige and 4c don't have that issue...


Also this thread makes me feel too young for an its . I'm 34 and pretty much everyone I know drives a truck or an suv. Anyone I know having kids pretty immediately ditches their sedan for a truck. They're just modern day minivans now.

I do think affordability is a problem for a lot of younger people. If you're money conscious the general rule is that your vehicle shouldn't cost more than 1/4 your annual income and your house shouldn't be more than 3x your annual. I'd even argue that due to today's chaos around insurance, taxes, and home repair costs it should probably be more like 2x, but hey.... If you follow that logic, that means someone buying an its would likely want to have at least 200k annually to be in the "safe zone". That's well above what the average person in the US makes, especially those 35 and under. Most people in my generation and the previous two generations were not as money conscious as the younger gens are today. They're often giving up expensive homes and cars they can't afford to spend money on experiences and investments. I can certainly get behind that.

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