Old Mans car? Fact? or Fiction?

[Claws]

Right, here we go.

Will try and make this brief, when I mentioned to one of my contractors (last year) I have just bought a Jaguar (because I'm proud to be), the response was, "Old mans" car! (What is classed as old? I don't know, but the results will speak for themselves) this has been bugging me since. 

What is it with this View? 

Anyhow I'm wondering what is the average age of a Jaguar owner when they 'FIRST' become an owner. Results are of course limited to members of the JOC only. So I repeat when you FIRST became an owner, not your current age.

Let's kick this off, I was 53. 

i will look at responses over a period of time and do the maths.

 

 

[Guest]

80 now but 48 when got first one.  Xj6.

[Gary2008]

I was 46 years old when I bought my jaguar and you don't drive the car it carries you to your destination with grace in space and at pace. 

I wouldn't have it any other way. 

 

Gary. 

[dattrike]

62 years and 11 months for me.

[Russ68]

Did your contractor know you had a S-Type, or just any Jaguar? Clarkson likes to take the p**s of Jag owners so perhaps he's been listening to that idiot! 

I briefly had a shed of an XJ6 when I was in my late 20's, and it's taken 20 years to renew my Jag ownership. At 47 I suspect I'm at the younger end of the age group, plenty of similar posts on other forums, but they seem mainly US based:

age of owners

average age

younger jag owners

Cheers :)

[Claws]

Wow! Thanks guys already, Russ I'm putting you in the 20's bracket, and 'He' was a 'She' by the way, not of course that has any baring on the comment or outcome  

I may have mentioned once or thirty times I owned an S Type! It's become a bit of a joke at work, maybe I should start sacking people (kidding of course) the less said about clarkson perhaps the better. I didn't know about similar topics in the USA, but of course welcome replies from our off shore friends.

 

[Old Peter]

I was a mere youngster when I first saw the first Jaguar I wanted - a Mark 1 being restored. I was 77 when I bought my first, a rather nice X Type which was stolen the day after my 79th birthday.

SWMBO said that I should turn a disaster into an opportunity, and bought me a beautiful S Type [Morgana the Witch].

Great  Cars and the Owners Club  Members are great people.

Pictures of SWMBO and Morgana.

Peter.

 

[stanboy]

Always wanted an s type, finally went for it 5years ago at 72. Bin to Santa pod several times to give it a blast.

[Raistlin]

Got my first (and only) at the age of 57.

I suspect that the car might be considered an "old man's car" because, to be fair, there are not many young men who could afford to drive one from new.

[Gordy]

54 for me I I don't consider myself old age is just a number

[miken]

57 but wish I had done it sooner what a car

[Mr Lawrence]

I was 45 when I bought my first S type. 

I very nearly bought an XJ6 when I was 22. 

[biffer]

I was 42, 2.5 months ago lol

[David1965]

49 for me and i'm 50 now, only been driving it for a week now and love it even though it has its problems.

[Old_Growler]

3 hours ago, Claws said:

Right, here we go.

Will try and make this brief, when I mentioned to one of my contractors (last year) I have just bought a Jaguar (because I'm proud to be), the response was, "Old mans" car! (What is classed as old? I don't know, but the results will speak for themselves) this has been bugging me since. 

What is it with this View? 

Anyhow I'm wondering what is the average age of a Jaguar owner when they 'FIRST' become an owner. Results are of course limited to members of the JOC only. So I repeat when you FIRST became an owner, not your current age.

Let's kick this off, I was 53. 

i will look at responses over a period of time and do the maths.

 

 

Tata new sporty offering for the more mature driver

[ian6]

Bought my first jag at 19, a beautiful 1967 red S1 coupe , wire wheels 8 track the works paid £1900  back in 69 from Blue circle garage in Cheadle hulme and to the present day have owned 16 of this gorgeous  marque. My love affair with these cars has far outlasted my 4 marriages and will continue to do so

[Tigger]

I was 40 when I bought my first Jag, a brand new Xtype 2.0d sport estate in metallic black with Ivory leather, I'm now 52 and on my second one.

I was bitten by Jaguar at the tender age of 5 believe it or not, some very good friends of my parents bought a new E type convertible in black with black interior, my Dads friend took my dad and I for a spin, I was sitting on the folded roof with dad holding onto my legs as we sped through the town on a very hot day (those were the days!!) that memory has stayed with me ever since and I promised myself I would own one one day. The reason it took so long to get one was darn companies forcing me to drive boring German company cars !! Still Im on my second one now so alls well :)))

pic of Tigger

[ay_jay]

48 when I got mine. With age comes wisdom 

[fatcat1955]

I was 25 when i purchased  a  4.2 Daimler Sovereign in Squadron Blue with a Navy Blue vinyl roof. Just loved that car. Then a long gap until last year when i purchased a 56 plate S-Type 2.7 V6 D again in Blue but alas no vinyl roof. Love this one even more (even with the parkbrake fault)

[DaftMule]

I'm 45 and bought my first Jag (S-Type V6 diesel) a few months ago.  Frankly, I'm glad it has the rep as an old man's car as it means you can pick them up for a song!  Mine is a 55 plate with only 63K on the clock.  All the whistles and bells (including the Sat Nav console) and it only cost me £5k!  The equivalent BMW or Audi would have cost me twice that or I'd have had to settle for one that had been around the galaxy and back.  

The other thing is, with generally older previous owners, they are more likely to have been looked after.

[Old Peter]

My son said he was too young at 45 to have a Jaguar.  I showed him the photograph of your sons' X Types.

He now has an X Type estate with the 2.0 litre Diesel!

Peter.

[StrayCat]

Old man’s car?

What about an old woman’s car? I remember several small cars that were favoured by women but so many seem to have become bulbous and ugly. The cars that is!

Anyway, you’ll all have been aware (BBC News) that seventy is now regarded as the new fifty. Given that revelation I’m pleased to admit that I bought my first Jaguar three years before I turned ... er ... fifty!

Steve, I bet Jaguar have precise details of their customers’ demographic, motor industry marketing departments probably know more about us than we do ourselves.

Very best,

Jim

 

[JasonD]

Bought mine last summer at the tender age of 46. 3.0 manual with the XS bodykit. 

 

[Llanelli-lad]

Owned my first at 57 I`m on the second but the wife hates the registration which I think fits the car well 666

[Old Peter]

Welcome to the club, Andie.

A photo of your pride and joy would be nice, too.

I hope you enjoy the club  ---  the members are friendly and very helpful.

Regards,

Peter.