Currently 41, bought the car when I was 35, so I fit into the 35-44 age group perfectly
To be honest, it was both the driving feel of it, on top of the Top Gear episode where they reviewed the Mk 7 and Hammond couldn't stop grinning like a madman, that made me choose to buy one. He was right, you can't put a price on the smile you get when you rev-match on the downshift, plant the right foot, hear the little whine of the turbo spool and then YEEEEEEEEHAAAAW
Like Ronnie in the post above mine, this car is staying with me until the day I pass or it gets written off, and like him, going for option 1! I've had a distracted driver sideswipe the front right fender and wheel (repaired under insurance) and had a chunk of ice this past winter smack the front right wheel, and I'm getting an alignment done with my winter-to-summer wheel swapout in a week and a bit at the local Ford dealership. Knock on wood that's the last major impact on the car