I was 46 when I got my Disco 2 in June this year - first ever Land Rover product I've owned. I know what you mean - all I can relate it to is when you built a den as a kid. Land Rovers are like a den...with wheels and an engine!
Welcome. I got mine just before I was 50 and spent my 50th birthday underneath it, having broken down on a bypass just outside Shrewsbury. I've had trouble since too, but I just love it more and more.
I'm 46 and got my first Defender 5 weeks ago. Loving driving it, look for excuses to go out in it. Not sure if the novelty ever wears off. Just looking forward to some snow now!