Age of R Drivers

[shakespeare]

Hmmm - let me see - 25 year olds with pre-pubescent mentallities picking up a car in which he / she has no knowledge of the handling capabilities in either wet or dry, going flat chat in wet conditions.
I think Dinopanta has the right mentality by conveying that he / she should be careful in the wet. Well done. As for the others, go take a defensive driving course and give a few more of us a chance to see old age

Calm down.

Honestly, you don't think age is what gives someone talent? It gives you experience. That's it. So if your a ****e driver when your young you might be a bit better in 30 years+ but you'll still be of the ****e variety. If your good when your young you might be a bit better than that when your older.

Both times though you only improve on what you already have, like any sport. It not like you get old and your reflexes get any better.

Valentino Rossi. Actually any motorsports professional at the highest level? Young people handle themselves just fine.

It's the individual. And yes a rainy day in an AWD is the goods.

Thanks REXman, I couldn't have said it better, though will add that whilst I strongly believe that motoring should be enjoyed, drive to the conditions and your abilities and you'll have few problems

[ratedr]

Hey Dan...I thought i'd be the youngest but oh well lol

I ordered mine on the 1st of July and I just picked it up today

Very very happy with the car.

As for being a young pubescent 25 year old...i'm far from it. I've owned many cars over the past 7 years and have done many driving courses as well as competing in many drift and track events. This is my first AWD though...and i like it!

I bought the car from VW in Werribee...I work at Nissan and VW is one of our franchises that we own so I got to buy the car at cost

If anyone is wanting to buy a VW please feel free to contact me and I can refer you to someone who can look after you.

Elaborate on cost price... $ wise

[Danny]

Hey Dan...I thought i'd be the youngest but oh well lol

I ordered mine on the 1st of July and I just picked it up today

Very very happy with the car.

As for being a young pubescent 25 year old...i'm far from it. I've owned many cars over the past 7 years and have done many driving courses as well as competing in many drift and track events. This is my first AWD though...and i like it!

I bought the car from VW in Werribee...I work at Nissan and VW is one of our franchises that we own so I got to buy the car at cost

If anyone is wanting to buy a VW please feel free to contact me and I can refer you to someone who can look after you.

Funny, my mate bought His 350Z from you guys cuz you were the cheapest in Melb. I forgot all about you all the way down in Wezza!

[Splitscreen]

Let's push average up a little.
Bought my Golf R June 2010 for my 53rd birthday present. Figured I finally deserved it. Migrated from 2003 Astra SRi Turbo. (Wife's car Golf V Comfortline 2.0TDI/DSG)

[SilvrFoxX]

Let's push average up a little.
Bought my Golf R June 2010 for my 53rd birthday present. Figured I finally deserved it. Migrated from 2003 Astra SRi Turbo. (Wife's car Golf V Comfortline 2.0TDI/DSG)

Damn good to hear...

[weewilly]

I hear ya splitscreen, waiting on my 2010 MY11 Golf R, DSG, 3 Door, Black, Sunroof, Adaptive Chassis Control, Media Device Interface, 19" black wheels, double tint windows, sat nav, paint protect"
if i wasn't like 80yrs old, the beast might get me laid.... might!!

[guest12345]

looking at the results, pretty even spread over the age count.

But really, every age bracket has a reason to buy a Golf R. If you are in your 20s, you probably haven't bought your house yet, therefore have spare cash, if you are in your 30s, probably have a mortgage, yet relatively successful enough to easily purchase a R, as for above 40, i think most people can afford a R.

A 60k car is not that hard to finance either, people earning a salary of 60k+ can afford that.

The Golf R can be expensive to some and can be cheap to some.

[Converted]

I hear ya splitscreen, waiting on my 2010 MY11 Golf R, DSG, 3 Door, Black, Sunroof, Adaptive Chassis Control, Media Device Interface, 19" black wheels, double tint windows, sat nav, paint protect"
if i wasn't like 80yrs old, the beast might get me laid.... might!!

Way to go with an ALL BLACK weewilly!
Full respect , now that's one hot 80 yr old!

[SilvrFoxX]

I more surprised at the count..83

[dave_r]

I more surprised at the count..83

I'm not, though you'll see only half of them on the road until June 2012 when the rest are build

[weewilly]

hangin for the delivery, she's on the Morning Camellia due in Bris next week.. have some after market work to be done, should have in my craggy old hands 2nd week of Dec.... and in future Converted, can you write in larger text, my eyes are goin.. god, I crack me up!!!

[Ideo]

25 for me (sorry for the bump, a bit bored)

I'll be 26, maybe 27 by the time it gets here though.

Born with a silver spoon? Yeah, not quite. Poor family, bad school, went to uni, worked full time in a series of crappy jobs to survive (washing dishes etc), got a student position, worked full time whilst studying full time in my chosen profession (Planning) and am now employed at a good wage where doing a novated lease makes sense from a tax perspective.

Hardly unusual. And hardly worth any grief.

[Leon]

I think for the majority of people if ur under 30 and can afford a golf R, you dont own/on your way to owning, your own home, or your living with your parents... or u were born with a silver spoon.... or working for a mining company earnign a couple hundred a year..... or your really really really into cars and spend all your excess dollars on them (and are severely malnutritioned as a result )

Sorry to say, but your stereotyped views are incorrect, at least in my case.

25, self-employed and worked my ass off for the last few years so I can do things like pay $65K cash for a car I want. My mate is in exactly the same situation as me but only 23 and I think I've turned him to the idea of buying an R as well. Not everyone that can afford a decent performace car is either middle-aged or been given everything for free.

[REXman]

I just commented something like this in another thread.

It's funny at uni how high all the young kids see up the professional/and office jobs, but will snicker at a plumber/or sparky.. Who earns $350 a call out mind you. Which they might get 4-6+ a day, as many days a week as they want to earn. You could own your own house by 45. And live well.

Not everyone went to uni for 3+ years.. Losing the ability to earn money and incurring a $20k debt in the process. Then getting the CA Or CPA job on 40k for 3 years before they finally cracking $60-80k.

My mate just works at a call centre, and he cranks 105k. He lives outta home and is buying his second house soon. Ghats why they say , love what you do..another mate of mine, uneducated, works channel 10 and cracked the $100k.

I'm just saying it can happen, and if your good you can do it in many different jobs.

[SilvrFoxX]

I just commented something like this in another thread.

It's funny at uni how high all the young kids see up the professional/and office jobs, but will snicker at a plumber/or sparky.. Who earns $350 a call out mind you. Which they might get 4-6+ a day, as many days a week as they want to earn. You could own your own house by 45. And live well.

Not everyone went to uni for 3+ years.. Losing the ability to earn money and incurring a $20k debt in the process. Then getting the CA Or CPA job on 40k for 3 years before they finally cracking $60-80k.

My mate just works at a call centre, and he cranks 105k. He lives outta home and is buying his second house soon. Ghats why they say , love what you do..another mate of mine, uneducated, works channel 10 and cracked the $100k.

I'm just saying it can happen, and if your good you can do it in many different jobs.

Wish I had been a tradie.. damn corporate life kills you slow