Nonagenarian Turbo Driver, In case you think you're too old for a Turbo. Options

[pbanders]

My MIL lives at an independent living facility 5 minutes away. Went over there for lunch, the owner of this car lives there, he's 92. Drove up just before we got there, met him at lunch, nice guy. Turbo S, I think a 2022, nice car. I was going to turn in my keys at 80, maybe I'm being hasty.

[Superhawk996]

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“When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather—not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car."

[fiacra]

Were all the dings and scrapes on the passenger side? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Good on him. Where we get in trouble is overestimating our ability to do things and make sound decisions as we move through life. Reflexes get slower, eyesight degenerates, night time vision becomes problematic, muscles weaken, and sometimes we make poor decisions because we want to don't want to face our contracting world and changes in the things that we believe define our freedom and agency. Driving is really one of those things that depends on our physical and mental soundness. You can have those abilities in your later years, but at 92 that is likely the exception rather than the rule. It's nice to see someone has gotten there.

My mother drove until a stroke put an end to that in her 81st year of life. In her last few years of driving I noticed a LOT of dings, small dents and scrapes on her relatively new car. When I asked her about it she told me "a lot of people keep hitting me in parking lots." I think she really believed that. After she had her stroke we couldn't get rid of her car as she held on tightly to her hope to one day drive again. Driving is one of those things that we use as a yardstick to measure our self reliance and freedom and she needed that car to still be hers as it represented her hope to be able to take care of herself again. When we brought her home from assisted living for her last week of life, to spend her last few days in the house she loved, I kept the car parked where she could see it from the window near where she sat. I knew she was ready to go when she signed the title over to me saying it was an early birthday present. If a 2009 Toyota Camry can inspire that much devotion, just imagine what a 914 will do. I would guess most of you already know the answer to that question. Now go check your daily driver and see how many dents, dings, and scrapes have appeared in the last year (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif)

[tpines]

Please look after your own health as you know heredity has a lot to do with our own health!

[Maltese Falcon]

Kremer K-3 owner/driver of this ex-Team Ikuzawa 'Gozzy' 935, Ranson Webster (left) enjoying his retirement + hobby to the limit !

[Maltese Falcon]

On his home track Laguna Seca Raceway / Monterey CA. My kind of retirement...you can't drive a 401k (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

[gandalf_025]

My wife used to drive my 930 all the time.
People would comment it is too fast for a girl to drive.

ANYONE can drive a Turbo..
You just have to be smart enough to know when to get off the gas....

[Montreal914]

A few months ago near San Diego, we stop to fill up the family car.
In front of us, an older gentlemen is delicately filling up his nice looking first gen silver Boxster.
I walk up to him and start chatting about Porsches while I am looking through the window at the stick shift.
We continue the conversation as he is telling me he recently got a C8 but he prefers the Boxster.
He then mentions he is 101 y.o.! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

I walk back to the car and tell the story to my wife and daughter who are stunned!
Then my wife ask, "how much is a Boxster like this? you should get one." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

[JamesM]

When you are short on time you might as well move quickly.

[wonkipop]

When you are short on time you might as well move quickly.

kore - recht. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[Shivers]

I had to slow down for a bit once, it wasn’t pretty. God bless them, 101, geeze. I drove with my Mom just before they took her license. She was in her 80’s and I was scared to death. So this story gives me hope I can finish this car and actually be able to enjoy it for a while.

[mepstein]

Here’s a video of my Cousin Billy. He’s a WW2 P-51 fighter pilot. He just gave up driving at 102 years old. I’ll see him again at thanksgiving. He always has great stories.

https://youtu.be/bJ7zIC9bTvc?is=z1OxZo2Cg2b0RcKo