Author Topic: Pagoda SL Group Demographics Poll (Read 33234 times)

Amanda · « **Reply #25 on:** October 10, 2009, 12:42:09 »

35, soon to be 36, but I agree, not really sure how relevant, age is just a number

Kayvan · « **Reply #26 on:** October 10, 2009, 21:35:30 »

OK we are in the 90s.....

@ 150 thats half of full members....lets keep going!!!!!!!

Andres G · « **Reply #27 on:** October 12, 2009, 20:10:09 »

Interesting... I'm in the second smallest group of owners at 34... I sincerely wish I'd owned this car at 19 though.

Kayvan · « **Reply #28 on:** October 14, 2009, 15:55:05 »

we added 25 in 7 days....keep it coming

al_lieffring · « **Reply #29 on:** October 14, 2009, 21:03:45 »

I am in the last and largest group and I did own this car when I was 19.

Peter van Es · « **Reply #30 on:** October 15, 2009, 07:45:54 »

Hey, if this poll goes on much longer I'll automatically move from the second largest group to the largest group. I feel like I'm a member of the smallest group, though! (Well, sometimes... not all the time!)

ghenne · « **Reply #31 on:** May 23, 2012, 11:46:21 »

Hey, I've been in all 5 groups!

49er · « **Reply #32 on:** May 23, 2012, 13:43:14 »

Quote from: ghenne on May 23, 2012, 11:46:21

Hey, I've been in all 5 groups!

Me too

I was 22 when I took delivery of my 250 SL back in May '67 and just had turned 24 when I traded it in on my 280 SL. Have had a Pagoda in the garage for 45 years now. The joy of driving this car is the same today as it was all those years ago.

John

J. Huber · « **Reply #33 on:** May 23, 2012, 17:24:38 »

Quote from: ghenne on May 23, 2012, 11:46:21

Hey, I've been in all 5 groups!

Well, I too just recently graduated! As of April 26th, I am no longer a 49er ...

I was 25 when I officially took over the title. I was 17 when I first drove my Pagoda.

badali · « **Reply #34 on:** May 23, 2012, 17:43:38 »

My car is a 1966 born in 1965 3 months after me...

Bonnyboy · « **Reply #35 on:** May 24, 2012, 20:49:32 »

My car was born in August 1969 - three years after me. I first drove my car when I was 22 andlast drove it when I was 26, 10 minutes after my Dad caught me power drifting it around a corner. Apparently he thought I was too agressive for the car. It was a breeze drifting it compared to my MGB but much harder than my BMW 2002.

Ian

GGR · « **Reply #36 on:** May 25, 2012, 12:33:26 »

45, and in the second largest group.

It is interesting to note the relation between the age of the owners and the age of their cars. I think in Europe people mostly restore/collect the cars they saw in the streets when they were kids, while in the US people collect more the cars they started driving or that were in the streets at that time. Following that logic, most 50+ here would be US citizens, while younger ones would be of European origin. I don't know the relation in other parts of the world though. From what I've seen during my trips into Asia and Africa it seems enthousiats there are even younger.

Alf · « **Reply #37 on:** May 29, 2012, 10:26:49 »

Would be interesting to ask what age members were when they first bought their pagoda. We might be old farts now but maybe we are actually young farts that just stayed loyal. Bought mine when I was 35 but now the big 50 is approaching fast.

Cees Klumper · « **Reply #38 on:** May 29, 2012, 20:24:00 »

I was 38 when I bought mine...

Jonny B · « **Reply #39 on:** May 29, 2012, 20:52:14 »

First one at 50, second one at 58.

Bill Sgro · « **Reply #40 on:** May 29, 2012, 21:23:33 »

I was 24 when I bought my 280SL. That was 25 years ago. Beautiful styling is timeless.

49er · « **Reply #41 on:** May 30, 2012, 00:28:52 »

I am beginning to feel very old

. Come on guys, there has got to be some one out there that has owned one of these cars longer then I have.

John

steves sl · « **Reply #42 on:** May 30, 2012, 01:02:04 »

Purchased my 1965 230sl, Sept. 2 1975, for $2700 US dollars.

gimp · « **Reply #43 on:** May 30, 2012, 02:48:10 »

I bought my 68SL in May 1973 at the age of 28

hands_aus · « **Reply #44 on:** June 01, 2012, 19:41:12 »

I bought my 1967 early 250SL in June 2002, I am now 63yo

GTMSJ · « **Reply #45 on:** June 02, 2012, 20:27:32 »

I was 27 when my dad bought what is now my Pagoda. I'm a hair (perhaps I should say no hair!) under 55 at this point.

Gary

71Beige280SL · « **Reply #46 on:** June 04, 2012, 12:12:46 »

I took delivery of my 1971 280SL in May of 2011. It was my 50th birthday present. Best present I have ever received!

Iconic · « **Reply #47 on:** June 04, 2012, 17:08:36 »

Mine was flatbedded to me in Febuary of 2009, a month before my 50th birthday.
But, it was more of a midlife crisis than a birthday present.

I've had my Camaro for over 35 years and I know a Camaro doesn't count, but even with that I still can't beat 49er.

114015 · « **Reply #48 on:** June 05, 2012, 14:02:54 »

Quote

Come on guys, there has got to be some one out there that has owned one of these cars longer then I have.

Ah no, hardly....

There's nobody having the car longer than you have, John.

Bought my 1st 230-partscar at age of 23; car had same age as me back then.
Now the car is 26 years older - so am I.

taxesq · « **Reply #49 on:** June 09, 2012, 02:28:04 »

Bought mine a month ago, at the ripe old age of 32.

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Author Topic: Pagoda SL Group Demographics Poll (Read 33234 times)

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