New CTR Owners, what's your age?

Less then 5% over 50; I'm guessing about 30% in their 20's.

Good for the Type R marque; vaguely depressing for me ...

It will be interesting to see how the distribution changes as more cars are delivered, and other countries start getting cars.

I am one of the 2 in the 51-55 bracket. A few things could be affecting the "older folks" numbers.
1. We dont "live" on the internet via our phones etc. as the younger generations
2. if we saw a poll like the one here we would be less likely to participate
3. we probably wouldn't participate in a forum such as this in the 1st place

With that, I want to say, for me the Type R makes me super-happy.
1. its bringing back the "younger generations" to Honda
2. Honda has desperately needed something like this for the last 10+ years
3. Honda "getting back into the game" does vastly improves the Honda marquee as a whole

During the F&F years, lets say 95-05, the Honda line was one of the go to makes. Being in my mid-30s at the time and already a bit of a FF gear-head I latched onto the brand around the start of this, and with the exception of a few Cadillacs, have owned only Hondas for this period of time.
The availabilty of decent examples of 88-00 modifiable Hondas has pretty much dried up at this point, and it was becoming difficult for me to figure out what my next car was going to be. With the Type R, the new Si and even the Sport version of this and the Accord, Honda has kind of returned to providing the public, and the Honda-heads, cars that are actually relevant to them.
I am hoping, with all of the craziness that has surrounded the release of the Type R, makes our friends at Honda realize that past of their model line NEEDS to include cars like this. After 10+ years of making toasters with wheels, this thing came from so far out in left field that I think it surprised a lot of people. And the reaction to the release of it is even more surprising.
So the next thing that needs happens is Honda continues to release better and more performance variants of its models. The aftermarket latches on tight and starts to produce parts for them, and I (we) will have something to occupy our time with for the next 20+ years. Its now up to Honda to follow through on this.
sorry for the mini-rant

Rev said:

I don't want to hate you. But at 24 with this car I kinda do.

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hahaha sorry brother. hard work pays off

manfromplanetx said:

I am one of the 2 in the 51-55 bracket. ... sorry for the mini-rant

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Greetings fellow category-dweller!

Great rant.

31.. bought a s2000 when I was 23 sold it few years later regretting that day until the type R came to fill that void I've had since..

RedFK8 said:

31.. bought a s2000 when I was 23 sold it few years later regretting that day until the type R came to fill that void I've had since..

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did you need counciling to fill that void meanwhile or was it Whiskey ?

lbiaggi said:

did you need counciling to fill that void meanwhile or was it Whiskey ?

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Lol Jack Daniels fixes everything

RedFK8 said:

31.. bought a s2000 when I was 23 sold it few years later regretting that day until the type R came to fill that void I've had since..

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Dat hardtop doe...

As a same class'r, the questions I have. 1) How does you spouse like riding in it? 2) How do they like getting in and out of it? Agree, Honda stopped making fun cars, I loved my Integras.

acurastohondas said:

As a same class'r, the questions I have. 1) How does you spouse like riding in it? 2) How do they like getting in and out of it? Agree, Honda stopped making fun cars, I loved my Integras.

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My wife loves it.
Wife and son have no issues getting in or out of the car.

Plombhpa said:

Thanks I feel better.

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Bruce is now 88 and still autocrossing. I enjoy it when he is out. He loves the sport and the people. You know his age by his car number, it changes yearly . My other friend Steve is in his 70's and you'd never know it. I can only guess how old some of the other guys are. Great community of people.

in response to acuratohondas
My wife is very happy I bought something new instead of finding yet another "fixer upper", and as long as I dont demonstrate the potential of the car when she is in it, all is well. She is a small woman, so she just pops right out of it and into it, no complaints or problems.
That bolster though, for me is a killer

Just turned 22 last week!

Solis#1730 said:

My wife loves it.
Wife and son have no issues getting in or out of the car.

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I'm 62, my wife despises the car and says I have issues. She even went so far as to say it looked like a black guys car, she refuses to drive it...... isn't life great!!!

bamsdevils said:

Just turned 22 last week!

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Congrats!