wdw wrote:

I still think of myself as an angry young man, but at 60 I suppose I'm an old fart.

Bill

Not quite 60, but I can really identify with the comment ...

I know I'm nothing likes my parents were when they were my age.

I have to responsible at work (age, position etc,etc), but hell you should me at the weekends ...  Stornoway Grey GS ... What a fine motor ... but not any more ... ... psst look at my gallery!
Company cars ... a thing of the past - May 2013.

I used to think nothing of racing up the A1 and across the A66 to climb a few hills in the Lake District before driving back to Donny the same day.
Now aged 57 I prefere to leisurely tow my caravan up there and stay a while - Life is so much better in the slow lane!

I think I must qualify for the title of Old Fart now!

Bob......... www.fellwanderer.com

avtur wrote:

Thats what keeps me going, she is ten years younger than me and looks ten years younger than she is :thumbsup

npinks wrote:

avtur wrote:

Thats what keeps me going, she is ten years younger than me and looks ten years younger than she is :thumbsup

if i said that about my wife i have to change my name to Mr Glitter

Thats great .. but you see the advantage of being an old fart is I can say that without fear of ending up in court.

So ... me 50's .. she early 40's ... looks like in her early 30's ...... me very lucky boy !!!!

(hell, what a shame she doesn't watch this site ... that is worth 1000's of Brownie points ....) Stornoway Grey GS ... What a fine motor ... but not any more ... ... psst look at my gallery!
Company cars ... a thing of the past - May 2013.

Some old farts never grow up. Hence Freeda in the drive. Some sort of subliminal Sales & Marketing message must have lodged suggesting that F/L2 is a young mans vehicle and that mammon allows you to sip at the fountain of youth.
This old fart never intends to grow up. still pining for my 3dr, no removeable hardtop, no drop glass tailgate, no roof rack, no pockets everywhere to stow all that man kit

special hat for old fart Landy owners http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Land-Rover-Gear-...dZViewItem At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

chicken george wrote:

special hat for old fart Landy owners http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Land-Rover-Gear-...dZViewItem

If only it had been a bit flatter - I would have ordered one  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

Back in the mists of time before Land Rover Gear started to look like the apparel of some jungle based TV show they did a very fetching flat cap in green check with discrete logos on either side. I know I still have mine its indestructable and my style guru hates it. Hence I still wear it. still pining for my 3dr, no removeable hardtop, no drop glass tailgate, no roof rack, no pockets everywhere to stow all that man kit

Hence I still wear it

Maybe its you that is the cause of all this nonscence on Freel2 - I seem to remember it was somebody (scots guy I seem to recall) complaining about two many old fart FL2 owners and somebody mentioned flat caps which presumably meant me  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

I have thought of this for a while now as I myself have seen far more people of the older generation diving Freelander 2's than younger.

This I reckon is down to price and the older generation being a little more practical as plenty young guns would go for flasher cars for the same money.

There are are plenty cars you can buy new for the same money as an FL2 HSE, e.g BMW 330d, Alfa 159 3.2, Merc 320d or an A4 3.0d (I myself was veeeery close to going down this route, I am 31 after all). Theres even more available second hand, with a two year old BMW M5 coming in under 30k these days!!!

The reason we went down the 4x4 route is that my wife got stuck in snow last year and had to be rescued by a snow plough. I work away half the year, so for her to be driving considerable miles up here in the highlands this seemed the better option. It most definately made sense as though it wont get you out of a major snow drift up to the windows, it is a lot more practical and safer than a rear wheeler when there is even the smallest amount of snow on the ground.

So to sum up I reckon that most younger people would go for the BMW, Audi option (if the weather conditions etc dont make a major impact), while the older ones who have the same cash to spend go for the more practical side of things.

Andy C, I am proud to be an Old Fart and maybe the cause of all this nonsence but I still love my flat cap, SI units, acting irresponsibly and living by the mantra of comitting at least one act of civil disobediance every day(this is dead easy living in a country of such stupid laws). Its the young who are the conformists, long live the Old Farts, well I hope so anyway. still pining for my 3dr, no removeable hardtop, no drop glass tailgate, no roof rack, no pockets everywhere to stow all that man kit

I quite agree Delta Mike, however I would add (being one of the old fart brigade) that most of us oldies have had the fun cars of our time (not M3's + M5's maybe) but in some point in time have to admit that a practical car is better value in the long term. My reasons are somewhat like yours, a wife that drives a lot in the mountains in winter and also a more secure feeling for general winter use in the lowlands. In summer I can get about in our mountain playground much easier than in the last drive (BMW 3-series).  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

Delta Mike not just the weather, tother day got stuck on a well known motorway, whilst I know it is illegal to drive up the hard shoulder nobody has mentioned the embankment, no BMs, Audis or other boring motors followed me past the flabergasted Highway Officers as I sailed up the slip road reprograming the sat nav to freedom.
Maybe Mr Pinks could create a sub section for the 14% of us who are obviously out of tune with you younger generation who no longer venerate age and see us has boring. just off to clean my favorite cap, polish the dipstick, book another all inclusive Saga holiday and brew my Horlicks. Stuff that. ONE LIFE LIVE IT! still pining for my 3dr, no removeable hardtop, no drop glass tailgate, no roof rack, no pockets everywhere to stow all that man kit

upnaway wrote:

whilst I know it is illegal to drive up the hard shoulder nobody has mentioned the embankment, no BMs, Audis or other boring motors followed me past the flabergasted Highway Officers as I sailed up the slip road reprograming the sat nav to freedom.

classic moment i think  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

AndyC wrote:

Hence I still wear it

Maybe its you that is the cause of all this nonscence on Freel2 - I seem to remember it was somebody (scots guy I seem to recall) complaining about two many old fart FL2 owners and somebody mentioned flat caps which presumably meant me

I'M NOT SCOTTISH