Thread: Who used to be a hoon?

Just wait til your mid life crisis, i'm no hoon but love my bike and hate boring cars. Sure i drive an old D1 but its modified and its not a falcoon/ dunnydoor/ camry/magna etc - i'd die if i was forced to drive one of those taxis.

Originally Posted by rb30gtr

In my 30's now and life is very different, all performance cars are sold, motorbike is also up for sale and I barely sit 10 kms over the speed limit at the best of times.

What changes us so much, why does it feel like 30 was a real turning point?

Hmmmm, I'm in my fifties now and have my Defender and old Rangie ute BUT I also have my go fast light up the tyres Boss 351 powered 83 LTD - must be the mid-life crisis thing. So I guess dont worry, you'll get over it!

Bring on the mid life crisis!

Originally Posted by Marty110

Hmmmm, I'm in my fifties now and have my Defender and old Rangie ute BUT I also have my go fast light up the tyres Boss 351 powered 83 LTD - must be the mid-life crisis thing. So I guess dont worry, you'll get over it!

Standard Clevo? FC or FE?

I had an XR Ute, XD V8, XE a couple of EF's but no LTD unfortunately. And still have an XP Coupe body ready for restoration stored away. Go the Taxi's

Hmmmmm................... the days of souped up V8's are long gone for me too.

But I still enjoy going for a spin with my young bloke in his Mazda RX7 - it's quicker and more fun than any V8 I've ever been in anyway. Apparently does great drifts in 3rd gear around the big roundabout on the outskirts of Boulder .................

A friend of mine in Perth still has a Corvette Stingray with a rather large blower poking out through the bonnet. That one's fun too .............

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Just wait til your mid life crisis, i'm no hoon but love my bike and hate boring cars. Sure i drive an old D1 but its modified and its not a falcoon/ dunnydoor/ camry/magna etc - i'd die if i was forced to drive one of those taxis.

Bike's all the way!
What are you riding now?

Any Falcoon/Dunnydoor in the vicinity of 1000hp should re-align your appreciation of them! I know a few if you want a ride fare free?

For me it was quite brief, and very young. From 17-19 in fact. I had 3 great cars one after the other, (I was lucky enough to come into some money quite young) but then I decided to sell up and buy a house with my wife (then girlfriend).

A couple of reasonable performance cars followed in my late 20s and early 30s, but they were driven quite conservatively compared to how my late teens would have gone.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Fit me it was quite brief, and very young. From 17-19 in fact. I had 3 great cars one after the other, (I was lucky enough to come into some money quite young) but then I decided to sell up and buy a house with my wife (then girlfriend).

A couple of reasonable performance cars followed in my late 20s and early 30s, but they were driven quite conservatively compared to how my late teens would have gone.

Very wise as a younger fella!
I spent thousands and thousands on cars and bikes, I had an R32 GTR that owed me something like 80 grand by the time the build was mildly finished. But a 10 second street car was worth it, back then.