Survey: How old are you?

[tmrqs]

Chatting with a Porsche marketing person, they confirmed the average Porsche customer is about 55 years old.

EV tend to be computer on wheels and as a general rule, we could expect younger people to be more at ease with how to operate them (system wise).

It got me curious - how old are the members of this forum, now embracing (or struggling with) the Macan?

 

[krissrock]

avg porsche owner being 55 yrs, is why we can't use this forum, or any online forum, as a barometer of anything when it comes to the car.

 

[rmwrip]

avg porsche owner being 55 yrs, is why we can't use this forum, or any online forum, as a barometer of anything when it comes to the car.

Hey! Us old folks are perfectly capable of using online forums!

 

[ColdCase]

avg porsche owner being 55 yrs, is why we can't use this forum, or any online forum, as a barometer of anything when it comes to the car.

Is that because only 50+ folks use forums now days?. I've been on mailing lists, usenet, then forums since the early 80s and still find the forum format most useful for tech topic than some like facechat or talkingnet groups, although they can be more social

 

[henrus]

After all these years, the forums are still king

 

[tmrqs]

avg porsche owner being 55 yrs, is why we can't use this forum, or any online forum, as a barometer of anything when it comes to the car.

Yet the results so far are in line with the real world:
- almost 1/3 of users here are 45 and younger
- 1/3 of users are 46-55
- a little over 1/3 of users are 56 and older

This forum *is* representative of the Porsche customer base, age-wise at least.

Edit: interestingly, when I posted this, there were 65 votes.
With the additional votes, the 56+ tier is reaching almost 40%!

 

[henrus]

Good thing someone does the maths well here

 

[Tacoman]

Open source forums will never die... Can't replicate on Instagram etc

 

[ros]

I’m curious why so few folks below 35. Does Macan look ‘ugly’ or feels ‘old-man’ car to them?
Thoughts?

 

[tmrqs]

I’m curious why so few folks below 35. Does Macan look ‘ugly’ or feels ‘old-man’ car to them?
Thoughts?

I suspect (in)ability to drop 6 figures on an electric SUV.

May not have that kind of money laying around and if they do, maybe they'd want a different type of car (like a 911, not a "family" car)?

 

[Awaz]

@tmrqs
Exactly.
The stories of those yuppies we used to hear earning mega bucks in Silicon Valley, Wall Street, City of London etc were/are into superfast sports cars like Ferraris, 911s etc.
Macans are sporty family SUVs for us middle-agers and olders

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