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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 01:16 AM
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Default Who is the OLDEST toaster driver ? Any Grandpa's out there?

Step forward, don't be SHY !!! Okay, I really am curious, I hope someone is older (54) than me!
I mean I DON'T want the TITLE!!
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 01:19 AM
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You're only as old as you feel, and since you bought a box, you can't feel THAT old !!

And yes there's older...........you'll see.
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 01:37 AM
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I'm 62.33 but not a grandpa yet!!
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You are perhaps tied for oldest at 54. Born Sep 1950, so that will let you know for sure. I have had fun doing my mods, and it is a great car for it. Just enjoy the uniqueness of it, and have fun. The grandkids love riding in it.
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i guess my wife and i are the younguns here @ 40
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My father's in his sixties; we were both checking out the xB and ended up getting them the same weekend...

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Originally Posted by koalaty2
You are perhaps tied for oldest at 54. Born Sep 1950, so that will let you know for sure. I have had fun doing my mods, and it is a great car for it. Just enjoy the uniqueness of it, and have fun. The grandkids love riding in it.
53 & 11/12ths. Born April, 1951. No grandkids yet but my two sons seem to be working that way.

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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:12 AM
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54, born Dec. 1950
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:26 AM
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just to go the other way my son who is 4 wanted to drive it the other so I got him the rc XB
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:37 AM
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Not me, my wife says i have the mind of a 12-year old!
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 05:19 AM
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nice to see that this board is not loaded with bunch of young'ns

i'm 29 going on 30 btw... i guess still a young'm compared to some you folks here
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 05:31 AM
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koalaty2... great license plate frame!!
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54 here (October 5, 1950). Four kids ages 25-30 and no marriages or grandkids in sight. Looking to retire the end of this year.
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 06:53 AM
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Middlin' old fart, born 1946...
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47 here in the DC area
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 11:28 AM
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Well my Grandparents in their 90`s after seeing mine , and seeing HOW easy it was for them to get IN & OUT of the BOX , ARE NOW thinking about getting one so that they can be driven around in and sometimes my Grandma can drive . If she had a car with the AUTO Stick on the floor like the xB , instead of on the Steering Column like her BIG car does, she could drive again . She had surgery on her right shoulder and cant lift her arm up to change gears .
So my Grandpa has been asking about How Much is the xB thinking , and my Grandma is Hinting ALL the time.
It would be a little Bling thing- if they did get an xBOX
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 12:36 PM
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There is a couple that live by my work, they must be 70-80. I see them cruisin the xB all the time.
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 12:58 PM
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Welllll... After reading this thread, I'm not the oldest... But I think I have the most grandkids!!!!

55+ and 5 perfect grandkids....

They think they have the coolest grandpa... A Skydivin', Biker, Scion drivin' Grandpa.....

As somebody else said, you're only as old as you feel.
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 03:09 PM
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I'm 43 and my wifes age is closely guarded (little less than mine) and we have a 5 week old granddaughter. but as someone above noted my wife says i still act like a kid!my dad is 71 and he loves my xb but can't talk my mom into one.
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 03:31 PM
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Those here in SW Florida and probably AZ can confirm that younger people are actually the minority when it comes to Scions. I think the oldest (not confirmed) driver I've seen here in Naples is a women who could barly see over the XB's steering wheel and looked to be 135. Seriously though I think the average age of the drivers here is 75.



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