I was at a car shop getting my sound system upgraded (you know, box, amp, etc) and this kid 16 or so couldn't believe it was for me. He was sure it was for my son's car!...I said , No, it's for MY Scion Xb!...He said No way!!...I said , why not?..But you're too old, man !. . I Said, well, when you get a real job, get hitched, have kids, and then after it's all over, you have time and money for you to do the things you were not able to do before, then you will see what this is all about! :P
BTW , I'm 54 and feeling 20 !!

hey man your money - your life... live it to the fullest. i tottally respect that you do what ever you want. hopefully i will too in 20 years...

I don't think 54 is old though i'm only 28. You just don't see too many older guys in the car audio shops. The home audio yes but not usually the car audio.

I'll still be pimping out my "tuner" cars when I'm 50! Why the hell would I just buy a Buick and drive slow? You gotta have fun, enjoy life! I respect the old guys in scions, they know what's up!

:bow:

-THE DON

you go pimp daddy! Besides I have seen 60 year old dudes upgrading thier stereo systems.

pimping aint easy....so keep pimp-pimping

ill be forever pimping....maybe..but thats great..your feeling 20..good for you

i can hear it now... "staying Alive" Bee gees Thumpin in the xB

The Bee Gee's rock! LOL

i can hear it now... "staying Alive" Bee gees Thumpin in the xB

Actually, I was sitting in ScionSpecialistVegas's xB the other day groovin' to ZZ Top on his very clean sound system!

Bee Gees? Don't listen to that new stuff!

Actually us olde folks have many pimpin' options to try. Custom wheelchair lifts, on-board oxygen systems (like NOS, but for the driver!), golf club racks, etc. :)

George

Why the hell would I just buy a Buick and drive slow?

-THE DON

ARRGH! White hair and Knuckles! I almost ran one over last week in the wife's pickup truck! This old lady couldn't see over the steering wheel and was looking thru the space between the top of the steering wheel and the dash! Then she started a converstation on a cell phone... and started to wander all over the road.

I HATE White Hair and Knuckes that flock to Tucson in the winter...

yeah my dad use to drive his 91 integra lowered with exausht and all that, people use to be like what the hell haha. more power to you. what stereo was it? i wish my wifes xb was mine, it has so much potential for a fatty system in there. and btw people still stare at my dad thinking it should be a kid driving his new car, a 1993 subaru svx haha

i know once i'm older i'll still be tuning , it's in my blood something fierce

hmmm My father is 59 and we are talking about modding his 2005 Subaru 2.5GT Limited.... 0-60 in the mid 5 second range is not enough for him and we are going to upgrade the sound system a bit too...and I am 38 and I am planning to heavily mod my XB.... especially the soundsystem which we hit hard.... hell I have to teach my 4yr old.... So I guess you never grow out of it :P

Hrm. My friend's father bought a Cadillac CTS-V and took it into the shop the second day to have a short shifter, cold air intake, borla exhaust, and coilover suspension installed.

Screw import tuning. One day, I'm going to be rich and then I'm going to buy a Lamborghini Gallardo. The first mod I'm going to do is put on some vertical doors. Hehe.

Kids just don't get it... Give 'em 30-40 years and they'll MAYBE get a clue. hehehe :wink:

A favorite quote that was on someone's door in college:

Youth is wasted on the young, sports cars on the old.

It's a lot more fun to work on a car cuz you want to instead of working on it cuz you HAVE to. Plus being able to afford mods is nice too. ;)

50 years old and most likely to have SRV blasting unless I happen to be in a mood for Indigenous. 8)
For the uninitiated : http://www.indigenousrocks.com/


My favorite youth statement is

We have enough youth. How about a Fountain of Smart.
:silly:

Who gives flying pooop how old. It : does not matter. Hell if I am stuck in a wheel chair someday and 80 something I will find a way to put some kind of custom rims on it or I will put some kind of sound system on my walker :eyebrow:

haha what would be even nicer is when I see and older Lady "pimpin" her car. yall talking bout your dads cars what are your moms driving?
a MILF in a pimped ride sounds nice to me.

You rock. You should get a drop and some rims put on it now. Take pics and get back to us.

Hey, I'm a 35 year old Chiropractor with 2 grade school kids, and since getting my xb last year, I dropped it, got rims, and just added a dvd w/ flip-down monitor. It's for the "kids" right?!?!?!?!


Rog

Never too old to have a passion for cars, espeically something like the Xb. It's kinda retro-futuristisc, econo cool................

When we purchase a sensible, fun and sweet vehicle like the xB.. not matter how young or old, you wanna pimp that shiznit.

After driving duct-taped cars, shattered headlights, screeching belts and sound systems.. (you know some of you've been there too).. new cars with shiny rims aren't just for newly-licensed drivers. A parent with kids driving a pimped out xB?! God forbid!

Rock on jaymo.

I'm also 54 with a PW xB. The music we grew up with was/is incredible. I understand
everything you said.

tommorow is not guaranteed, so start modding today :D

tommorow is not guaranteed, so start modding today :D
so true :clap:

i can hear it now... "staying Alive" Bee gees Thumpin in the xB

Try KC & the Sunshine Band!! If it's too loud, you're too old!!

there is no age limit to modifyig cars. what about the people at car shows. The best cars come from people 50 years old or around there, they have the most money! what a dumb @$$ kid

i can hear it now... "staying Alive" Bee gees Thumpin in the xB

Try KC & the Sunshine Band!! If it's too loud, you're too old!!
No Gary's Gang ...........

That is badass--I wish my dad was into stuff like that...you will make your kids proud man, don't let anyone tell you differently.

40 yo and still moddin. my 12 yo daughter begs me to take her with me "uptown" at first she said she wouldnt ride in it when i bought it for my wife. after wheels, springs, graphics, engine work, exhaust now she cant wait to go, go ,go. middle age crisis u say. maybe, but ive been going thru it now for 10 yrs.

Right on Jaymo! I'm 49 and love the Xb....Love my music loud(no NOT BeeGees,try Counting Crowes or Train) and will soon do some nice mods to my Xb starting with new tires and rims!! BTW I'm also a woman! Girls like hot cars too ya know!

42 here with 1 week old thunder cloud xB will be putting some 18's on it sometime soon. Ordered the strut bar and have a fat boy shifter. might wait a year to lower it and replace the shocks/struts. the old guy in me wants to get my money's worth on the OE equipment. :-)

Right on Jaymo! I'm 49 and love the Xb....Love my music loud(no NOT BeeGees,try Counting Crowes or Train) and will soon do some nice mods to my Xb starting with new tires and rims!! BTW I'm also a woman! Girls like hot cars too ya know!

:bow: you go girl!

Can't wait for my R2 and the Rockford Fosgate system I'm slapping into it.

And the springs. And the wheels. And the performance mods.....

Train, Counting Crowes.... Skynyrd, Beatles, Collective Soul.... Just as long as it sounds clean and clear.

48 myself and I didn't bother to wait a yaer for the springs. Put a scinfx strut bar on at the same time I did the springs. I think I will get a DC strut bar soon because the scinfx just doesn't look well made(poor welds, bad paint. I might take it apart and reweld it and powder coat it. But I think it easyer to just get a DC strut bar for 89.00)

you go pimp daddy! Besides I have seen 60 year old dudes upgrading thier stereo systems.

What's that? I can't hear the music...give me volume!

I'll be the middle aged bald guy that people roll their eyes at because he's still amused by the same stuff that he was amused by 20 years before. Driving around in a lowered ride with nice rims and blasting the Misfits or Bad Religion on a SQ sound system. My only hope is that rice and punk will have both quit being trendy by then. Both have been tained by the "hey-i-dont-know-what-i'm-doing-but-it's-supposed-to-be-cool" disease.

I'll be the middle aged bald guy that people roll their eyes at because he's still amused by the same stuff that he was amused by 20 years before. Driving around in a lowered ride with nice rims and blasting the Misfits or Bad Religion on a SQ sound system. My only hope is that rice and punk will have both quit being trendy by then. Both have been tained by the "hey-i-dont-know-what-i'm-doing-but-it's-supposed-to-be-cool" disease.
Misfits are cool...from Lodi, NJ....

I'm 42 and find driving and showing off my Box to be a blast. nothing like blasting out some Pink Floyd or Kiss with my sob-woofer at a stoplight. I can't afford much in the way of mods but I'll do what i can.

I don't see anything wrong with fixing up car at that age!
You can never be too old to PIMP MY RIDE!!! :silly:

Some peeps in the Nor*Cal area can't believe I'm 40. Maybe it's because of the way I act?

Do what pleases you regardless of age.

The younger someone is the less knowledge and perspective of the world they have. When I was 18, 30 seemed really old. Now that I'm 34, 80 seems really old but that's because it truly is in respect to the average lifespan.

42 old man here. Ordered 18" Motegi FF7's with 2153518 BFG GForce KDW

Wait until I crank up the Christian Rock that will make some folks go HUH?

I love playing the "old" stuff from around 1977 to 1991.

I'm 50 and love my scion. Just haven't done much to it but drive. My real toy is a Honda Del Sol (b16) lowered 2 inches, 17 inch wheels, header, strut bars, and about 500 watts of eclipse powered audio. I get a lot of funny looks when driving around, cause my favorite music is rap. Really like 3/6 and Snoop. Sometimes my 15 and 18 year old daughters don't want to ride with me, cause they know dad is not right. I'm ordering a supercharger for the sol this spring. See old people still have fun..

I love playing the "old" stuff from around 1977 to 1991.

Especially the 80s hair music or euro-pop.. not because it's retro and that's supposed to be trendy.. just cuz I grew up listening to it. :P

(Except for Milli Vanilli and Bryan Adams.. altho it's fun to annoy the hell outta people.)

good game !

Some peeps in the Nor*Cal area can't believe I'm 40. Maybe it's because of the way I act?

I just tell people I am 11...celebrating the 11th anniversary of my 29th birthday :P :silly:

61 years young here. I like being different, My grandkids think I am Cool. Old peeps can have their sh@t together too. THINK YOUNG!

I love playing the "old" stuff from around 1977 to 1991.

Especially the 80s hair music or euro-pop.. not because it's retro and that's supposed to be trendy.. just cuz I grew up listening to it. :P

(Except for Milli Vanilli and Bryan Adams.. altho it's fun to annoy the hell outta people.)

Word! 8)

I'll turn 45 this coming march and driving my JDM stlyle XB. I can still remember back in the day modding my first cars Datsun 510 and Mazda RX2-3. Now I can't wait to start modding when my son get's his first car. Modding is not just a hobby but a way off life.

I love playing the "old" stuff from around 1977 to 1991.

Especially the 80s hair music or euro-pop.. not because it's retro and that's supposed to be trendy.. just cuz I grew up listening to it. :P

(Except for Milli Vanilli and Bryan Adams.. altho it's fun to annoy the hell outta people.)

Word! 8)

Totally radical! (Ok.. maybe we went a little too far on that one..) :rofl:

i almost cant wait to get older.

because the new cars now will become beaters then. so a C5 Z06 will be pennies on the dollar and ill be runnin 9's all over y'alls asses

i feel old at times. im an 80's freak and only born in 82. i would love to own a true 80's car and tune it up.

i was thinkin a fun RX3 Wagon to drift and race around.

nothin's better than tuining a carb

DeLorean, anyone?
CJ7?
I dunno.. I remember these cruisin' in the 80s.
Altho the ever so common Ford Escort with the square bumper and duct taped muffler was always a classic. =)

my buddy wanted to sell me his delorean for 8 but i didnt have the money then.
you can buy a "brand new" delorean with a warranty from here
www.delorean.com
ahh my 80's dream is almost within my grasp. now all i need is to win some tax free millions

a guy around the corner from me has a painted delorean in his side yard , it looks decent but i'm guessin if a tarp and crap is on top of it it can't be in that great of shape.

80's....'Aries-K' is a tuners dream! :bow: :loser:

Oooh and how about the original Escort with the knock-off Hemi? A "World Car" street burner...again :loser:

80's....'Aries-K' is a tuners dream! :bow: :loser:
ha i was gonna pimp my sisters old one , lol they had a very few where they dropped 360's and made em rwd , drag sleeper. lol not very many did that tho . alltho alot more people did it with the 2.5 turbo , lil monsters if u like em enough to pour money into em .

ha i was gonna pimp my sisters old one...if u like em enough to pour money into em .

Editing is a terrible thing to do. :no:

wait what? what did i edit? nm , but yeah i was gonna charge her like 20 to put a cherry bomb and make a custom intake , lol it'd be too funny , i wanted to lower the chit outta it too , just so i'd have something to do lol , i get so bored .

Just messin' around. :rofl:

"Agression was halted, Q8 is freee" :lalala:

Wow, Jaymo really got some conversation going with this topic! Since the whole thing has evolved along (too old to pimp my ride?) I'll add another note... my last favorite car was a 83' Jeep CJ5 that put a lot of work into...new paint, pretty rims,chrome hinges with the side mirrors etc. Sold it to a friend so I still get to visit the "mud gusher" Almost wish I'd kept her,but she was too squirrely in the rain.

word^^^^^^