At what age do we stop wanting to be older and start wanting to be younger? It must be somewhere between 14 and 30, I suppose. So, when I saw a press release about 82-year-old Hugh enjoying the ‘open-air fun of a Daihatsu Copen’, and ‘cruising down to Cambridge’ every week to take his 92-year-old friend Rosemary for a drive, I thought Daihatsu was treading a dangerous line. Because no one over the age of, what – 25? – will want to be associated with this age group. No one under 82 will buy a Copen on the strength of this charming story.
Then I thought again. If, when I’m 95, I still have some bloke turning up once a week to take me out in his open-topped sports car, I’ll feel pretty darn smug.
Right, where’s my nearest Daihatsu dealer…?
That’s a lovely story!
I have for many years considered myself to be a middle-aged youth with a terminal condition (“Refusing to Grow-Up”)…
And I hope & trust that if I am still alive and driving at the age of 82, I will also be able to treat my favourite Lady to a weekly run in my sports car.
Alfa | 05 Jul 08 - 17:56