The Midlife Crisis Retreat

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Worrying Statistics

  • 17% of men in their mid-forties find Jean-Claude Van Damme 'an inspiration'.
  • 33% of 48 yr old men look in the mirror in the morning and think: 'Yes.'
  • 14% of men in their forties believe they could fight a wolf and win.
  • Research shows Chimpanzees also suffer a midlife crisis. Common symptoms include the desire to mate with young female chimps, and the misguided belief that they can swing from very high branches.
  • 37% of men in their forties would like more prominent scars.
  • Last month, 15,000 men started to think a tighter trouser made them more attractive.
  • The average buttons done up on a 46 yr old's shirt has decreased by 2 since 2001.
  • 14,500 middle-aged men took paintball seriously last year.
  • 24,000 men in their fifties think: "if Douglas can pull Zeta Jones,
    then so can I."
  • 28% of men in their forties think more about their abs than their kids.
  • Too many men in their forties listen to Steppenwolf whilst driving.
  • 759 fifty-two year olds changed their name to Troy last year.
  • 12% of men in their forties believe origami will 'help them with the ladies.'
  • 7% of men in their forties are trying to master the nun-chucks.