# 101-Year-Old Man Buys a new Camaro SS **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [November 20, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386 "2009-11-20T18:23:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Danny\_Boy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/danny_boy/32/5079_2.png) [@Danny\_Boy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Danny_Boy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/1 "2009-11-20T18:23:07Z")
[http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/101-year-old-man-buys-a-426-hp-camaro/](http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/101-year-old-man-buys-a-426-hp-camaro/) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/Danny_LT1/blogSpan.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/Danny_LT1/blogSpan.jpg) Good for him, I hope we all enjoy life that much at that age. ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/2 "2009-11-20T18:36:23Z")
good for him but IB4 “I thought it was the brake and not the gas” ---
**Author:** ![Danny\_Boy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/danny_boy/32/5079_2.png) [@Danny\_Boy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Danny_Boy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/3 "2009-11-20T18:43:12Z")
> [@Freek](#): > > good for him but > > IB4 “I thought it was the brake and not the gas” Hahaha so true,my grandmother had a boyfriend years ago that drove his '89 Mustang threw his garage door lol.He also once put 7 quarts of oil in his last car (Escort ZX2) and could not understand why the car started running poorly… R.I.P. Ned ---
**Author:** ![LeetWoah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/leetwoah/32/5013_2.png) [@LeetWoah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LeetWoah)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/4 "2009-11-20T20:01:14Z")
I will be dead long before I reach that kind of age! but good for him though! ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/5 "2009-11-20T20:07:06Z")
Thats really neat, would be nice to still be driving at that age lol. ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/6 "2009-11-20T20:49:18Z")
i can only imagine how hard the dealership cracked him over the head. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/7 "2009-11-20T21:13:24Z")
He had to pay cash for it. I can’t imagine anyone writing a 101yr old a 4 year loan, lol. Risky biz. ---
**Author:** ![95civiclx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/95civiclx/32/7343_2.png) [@95civiclx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95civiclx)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/8 "2009-11-20T21:30:50Z")
If you are 101 and cant pay cash for a camaro, you made some poor financial decisions in your life. ---
**Author:** ![NeOn9787](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neon9787/32/7466_2.png) [@NeOn9787](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NeOn9787)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/9 "2009-11-20T21:39:22Z")
he looks healthy ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/10 "2009-11-21T15:26:36Z")
x2 for when he goes through a church ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/11 "2009-11-21T15:58:19Z")
fuck that, if i was him i’d be buying a ferrari with a balloon financing agreement. ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/12 "2009-11-21T15:59:13Z")
i hope he just bought it to store or something, i dont want that guy driving on the street. his reaction time im sure is not very good ---
**Author:** ![Danny\_Boy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/danny_boy/32/5079_2.png) [@Danny\_Boy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Danny_Boy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/13 "2009-11-21T16:05:51Z")
Store it? naa,gramps is gonna be grabbing gears and pulling on fools lol.Well…probably not,its fun to think about tho. ---
**Author:** ![baseball24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baseball24/32/7452_2.png) [@baseball24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/baseball24)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/14 "2009-11-21T17:06:44Z")
o god…another slow driver on the road ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/15 "2009-11-21T17:13:17Z")
lol that probably wasn’t the most responsible choice on part of the dealership. I expected him to live in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Jim1234664](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim1234664/32/7438_2.png) [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/16 "2009-11-22T08:08:53Z")
> [@95civiclx](#): > > If you are 101 and cant pay cash for a camaro, you made some poor financial decisions in your life. this doesnt make any sense… so if you’ve been retired / living off savings for 40 years of your life you are doing something wrong if you’re not loaded? ---
**Author:** ![almostBrett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/almostbrett/32/5249_2.png) [@almostBrett](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/almostBrett)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/17 "2009-11-22T08:13:44Z")
he just knows he can return it in two months ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/18 "2009-11-22T08:47:00Z")
being 101, he should have got a loan, so he pays very little for his remaining years. ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/19 "2009-11-22T09:51:44Z")
> [@95civiclx](#): > > If you are 101 and cant pay cash for a camaro, you made some poor financial decisions in your life. that statement makes virtually no sense for a variety of reasons. anyway, good for him :tup: ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-year-old-man-buys-a-new-camaro-ss/76386/20 "2009-11-22T13:26:51Z")
Good for him. Hopefully he has his wits about him because that’s a lot of go for some seriously slower reaction times.