Just a fun thread. I thought about starting another poll for the rest, like myself that bought sometime ago & then compare age before the price run up. I tried adding another poll in this thread, but can't - yet anyways. 26 was certainly rock star!
So do I win a prize for youngest Countach owner? Interesting thing is, of all the Countach owners I knew personally from the late 1980s, I'm the only one (I know of) who still has one. Clearly, I have not grown up.
I do. Did you know that even though a Countach is not a 3-seater like a McLaren F1, it can still carry 2 female passengers? Also, did you know that if you take a Countach DD on the motorway at night in a high-speed bid, if you listen carefully as it approaches 180 mph, the engine actually becomes quieter? But alas, I don't want to go off-topic, so back to the Age of the Countach buyer thread.
Bought mine in 1987 at age 26, less then 3 years out of college. Had the poster as far back as I can remember. In the 80's the goals were Countach, gold rolex, and a cigarette boat. Still have 2 of them.
Happy New Year! 38, 14 years ago. Just purchased my first Countach poster @ 52. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Ok, but is it the *same* one? ;-) Idea for another poll, who has owned one (as in same one) the longest.... original owner etc... -mick
Joe, 26? Wow. Beat me by at least a year. My first big case wasn't until the week before I turned 28 (when I bought mine.) The shahs SV was at 31, so even though you beat me to owning it bf me, maybe I beat you to this by age?
Not in this group maybe 23 is not "rock star material" ,but I saw in that time; If I do not do this now, there will not be another change and car that looked like that was all too cheap.
I was 34 when I bought mine. I had never heard of the car or seen one until age 34, I've never been a "car guy" in general. I didn't have any posters or childhood dreams. My friend left a copy of Hemmings at my house and I saw a few in the classified section while doing some bathroom reading. When I found out the countach exists, I just thought it was really cool and decided to buy one ASAP. Within a few months, there was a Countach in my garage.
Never heard of a Countach until 34, turn in your man card now! Just kidding. Vic I was 38 when I purchased mine back in the Spring 2003.
Wow, all owners here are brilliant people and successful professionals, I don't know why I actually managed to own one, it certainly was my dream, but my pay level would only allow me to pay bills, I was never good at selling or doing anything, just managed to have average jobs and actually got fired twice, I have never been promoted not even once, barely only tolerated at each job, I am beginning to think these cars actually belong to all those who have a wallet that can cover all the expenses to own them, and can brag about their skills and success, as many say, some of us bottom feeders ended up owning cars that are worth now more than our houses, and we accidentally had a chance to buy them when were cheap, I think I am going to move over and not pretend I am one of the real owners and higher level people, and once the frenzy is over, I will pass it on to a more worthy owner, now I am even scared of driving it! I see people driving dangerously close just to look at it, I am probably better off and more in the right group buying an old Lotus Esprit, or cobra kit car, this thread was actually very helpful to understand my place,
This makes me sad - Congrats to all that have purchased a Countach. Wish I was 25 10 years ago, I would have taken a loan and bought a Contact for $100k...
I also wish I was one of you guys. Allways wanted one, came very close a few times but never happened. I should have done it when it was time but the financial part of it was just a bit too high for me when a car would show up in an affordable price for me, now I know I will never have one. You are a bunch of lucky guys to own a so nice piece of history. Congrats to all of you who could make it happen. I wanted one since I was 11yo, and I'm now 53.
I wanted one since as far as I remember, 3 years old or something. I grew up to pics of my dads Countach - he bought it in 1982 - he would have been 33 at the time. I grew up wanting to buy my dad another (he got bankrupt due to the Lebanese civil war) looks like it's not going to happen, I honestly get emotional talking about the CT... Image Unavailable, Please Login
i think this is pretty funny,, you may skip to the almost end if it, [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmcI1vnOskA[/ame]
Dude i know! Now I wonder how the existence of this car eluded me for 3 decades. I think maybe it was because I was never into cars growing up, I was into sports and everyone I knew drove the cheapest cars possible. Congrats on buying early.
Great thread; another thought to ponder is, "what was it like to own a Countach in the 70s,80s,90s,until today?" Has the CT always been insanely appreciated by the masses, and not cast aside when the Diablo replaced it? I got my white CT poster in the mid 80s as a kid, and the poster was rolled up through the 90s until I relocated it to my garage at long last. I can recall only seeing a CT in person on 3 occasions before the Diablo came out. 1984 NYC Auto show, red, as a kid 1990 Italian Car Day Brookline MA- blk/blk CT owned by geriatric "Mr.Bean"- Dom Perignon iced bottle onboard 1990 Lee Imported Cars has 2 Anniversarios, white and red together in showroom Clearly it was a rare enough sight for me to remember only 3 sightings, as I was around Ferraris all the time as kid, but I knew I liked the rare Lambo MORE!!!! I do reflect now on the 2007 Sports Car Market issue where a CT project car sold for well under 100k .... Clearly that was the bottom of the market. I think that CT ended up in Cali mounted on a wall without an engine in it!!! wtf!@
I bought mine in my early 40s . I do not think it is a case of owners waking up around 40 years of age with a mid-life crisis and buying a Countach ( and many seem to be around 40 when they bought their car) but more a case of people who have loved the car from afar for a long time , and when they are at the peak of their career able, at last, to afford one, or able to scrounge enough money together to buy one and hope the financial crisis resulting will ease eventually!
