Dunno about MSI, but I bet there are plenty of 50 year olds jamming out to Black Flag, Aggression, Big Black, MDC, etc. and probably a good number of 60-70 year olds still moving their (somewhat calcium deficient) bones to old school proto-punk like NY Dolls, Stooges, MC5, etc. :tup:

People generally listen to the music they like for their entire life -- someone who is into hardcore doesn't start listening to Lawrence Welk just because they turned 60 ...

Also, "middle-age" refers to the middle of your adult years. If people are adults from 18- 80s, then they typically have about 60-65 or so years of adult life. So 18 + (.5 x 65) = 50.5 = middle aged

A 1-year old is one year of age. An 80 year old is 80 years of age. A middle-aged person is 40.

That's my math.

If you want to use the medical terminology, 50 would be...wait...let me dig out my text book...

12-20-adolescence
20-40 young adulthood
40-60 middle adulthood
60-death late adulthood

So you are right, if you are saying "Middle-aged adult", or "middle adulthood".

Levinson's model to the seasons of life, however, vindicates my definition as relates to the term "midlife crisis", as Levinson defines the early 40's as a period in life "...marked by intense psychological turmoil."*

Also, the quote "an 8-ball and 2 hookers" is a modification of the MSI Lyric "2 hookers and an 8-ball". hence my reference to MSI.

*Feldman, Robert. "Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood." Development Across the Life Span. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006. 563. Print.

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Not trying to be a ****, but I payed a ton for that text-book and am trying to just get my $$ out of it since they came out with a new edition with some diagram or an added page or some crap and wouldn't buy it back at the end of the semester.

Some developmental psychologists now identify a new stage called "very old age" that is 80+.

So I guess we should have "early mid-life" (40's) and "late mid-life" (50's) now? I'm so confused!

Im 56. bought an 2003 z when they came out and im installing a GTM 4.2 with wolf 850 TTBB's I got the 370 z when it came out and i have full bolt on's with 4.08 gears and 305 35 18 drag radials on it. 12.8009 and now trapping at 112.9.
Soon to have a GTM stage 2 SC with a 3200 stall converter on it. 11.7's here we come.
Your never to hold to drive a 750 to 800 rwhp 2003, 350z its going to be a 9 second car.
its a great feeling when you go to the drag strip and lay a beating on some car with your Z.
Can not wait to see what Z i will own when im 60 !!!!

Z

lol @ "early 40's as a period in life "...marked by intense psychological turmoil.""

Compared to when? I bet I could find quotes that state puberty is a period in life marked by intense psychological turmoil, or the 20s, 30s.

Life is a period in time marked by intense psychological turmoil. There is no peace until you die! :)

I plan on having fun 'til the day I die. I'll never stop driving sports cars.

@ 59, while I have loads of songs from the 50s -> 80s, my favorite band appears here: The Crxshadows

Wife and I see them every year in concert and I joke with Rogue (lead singer) when we chat that I'm his oldest fan :roflpuke2:

(I now return to the original broadcast programming--topic)

:iagree:

And there you have it !! :tup:

Yes, you are! Now, please sell me your Z very cheaply as I am 56 and could use another. Thx.

your friend is a racist dumb asz and this is just showing a small side of it. I bet he is a snob towards anyone driving something other than what he drives.

there are more 50 yr old vette owners than any other age and TX has the most vettes in all the states cuz they have nice open roads and I think the income that most vette owners have is like 100K a yr.

I guess I didn't read the second part of the OP...I'm guessing a reference to only white people driving Vettes or something? :dunno:

OP hasn't posted after the 1st post.:confused:

That apparently hasn't stopped the rest of us from contemplating this very important question:icon17: (er, questions, since there was a ethnic/cultural/racial part of the OP).

yah, i asked him if his friend liked cheese burgers. :mad:

Yes I did. It's great.

I had a local mod shop do it. I used the new NavTool for the 2010 Z to provide the interface. I am sure it cost more using the mod shop I did (they generally do very high end sports car work), but the job is perfect. It is invisible (the NavTool is behind the dash, where it has to be according to the installers). The camera is mounted above and to the left of the license plate. All in all, it looks and feels like it was a factory option.

FTW FTW FTW FTW FTW FTW FTW FTW FTW FTW FTW! whats with the success and age charts?????????????? i thought we were enthusiasts not the financial planning commitee????
FTW n drive till u die bros... Drive till u effin die!
:driving: :happydance:

Just people telling others how to live, no big, lol.

At 50 years old I can't even get my Z started down the highway unless I've got Disturbed, Chevelle or Avenged Sevenfold on about 3/4 volume. :tiphat:

I'm with you! I never understood the "I still listen to what I listened to in high school thing". But, taste in music is at least as subjective as car preferences. So drive and listen on!:ughdance:

Well you may be on your last leg, but you have good taste! :tiphat:

Check out Dope if you haven't already.

I'm 66 and can't get the grin off my face every time I get behind the wheel. Get that Z and drive it like you stole it.

No such thing as too old for a z, bro. Go for it!

youre only too old for the Z if you cant drive it like you stole it.

I am 66.. just dont try to pick up 50 year olds as they will accuse you of robbing the cradle!!

Heck no you are not too old for a Z!

My dad is 73 and he bought himself a BMW Z convertible with a manual tranny last spring. He loves it. Almost as much as I do my two Nissan Zs.

BTW I tried to get him to look for a Nissan roadster, but he was set on getting a BMW.

buy that 370z and drive it like you stole it hottest ride around i love it at 54

I'm with him ! :D

i saw this thread and had to say something

YOURE NEVER TOO OLD TO HAVE AN AWESOME CAR!!!!!

i will own RWD nissans until the day that i die!!! infact i demand to be burried in my project car ;)

them are fightin words :(

Hate to say it but yeah. Time for you to drive Buick..

There! FTFY ! :D

does buick even exist anymore? lol

i think they still make boats.

hertz gave me a lucern or watever it's called long time ago... wow did it remind me of my dad's oldsmobile from the 80's...

If the Z appeals to you then your NOT too old! You only live once. Get the Z.

porsche = for people with money who know NOTHING about cars other than what their friends tell them ;)

Z = for people who actually want a FAST and FUN car without the horrendous european price tag

240sx = for people who want to spend half of what a Z costs, build their car to make 350whp and beat GTRs :D

Why are people so hung up on the money issue? It almost sounds like pen!s envy, his may be bigger but I know how to work my smaller one better. People who buy Porsches and other high end cars are probably spending less money % wise on their car than we are. And people who drive porsche know cars too, they just dont make them like "too fast too furious" looking like some like to do with their cars.

I can go out and buy a 200 dollar car and make it faster than the Z and paint it and only spend a 1/4 of what the Z cost. To me when you compare cars its about hp and performance, how much the car costs off the lot doesnt matter.

Dude my dad is 54 and he got one. Before that he had two 350's.

i will argue with you on that...every porsche owner ive ever known doesnt know squat about cars...they bought it because they think its fast...unless you drive a 911 turbo...your porsche isnt anywhere NEAR fast...basically what youre telling me is that the 22 year old blonde who has a rich daddy who bought her a porsche knows about cars??? :bowrofl:

and yes...the price off the lot does matter...for people who are actually into cars and interested in building them...it matters big time...sure you can BUY speed from a dealership...anyone can...but not everyone can actually BUILD speed

also...one point that i forgot to make (which is outside of my above comments)...the cost of ownership of a porsche compared to a Z is a HELL of big difference

While I'm sure Porsche maintenance costs more, that doesn't bother me ($100 oil change on the Z is more than my NSX) - its the way they charge for every option, and everything is an option (be serious - metallic paint costs more?!?!?). Most people would say the Z's tire cost is ridiculous.

No way I'd buy a new Porsche, but I was looking for a new 370Z.

Also, the Cayman S is faster than the 370Z, and I wouldn't call either car slow.