[McLovin]

The 911 was my dream car since I was around 12 and already a rabid car guy.
It was my goal and i bought my first one (an SC) in the late 80s. Prior to that I had a 914.

That led to 35 straight years of Porsche ownership, usually with multiple examples at the same time (almost all 911 and 914). Learned to do literally everything on those cars, from engine rebuilds to full repaint, and everything in between (much harder to learn in the pre-Internet days!).

I was a true life long fanatic. Thought for sure I always would be.

Then, suddenly it was over. I sold my last 911, a G50 Carrera (that’s the model I owned most) and never looked back. I still think they are neat cars, and I’ll always check them out when I see one, but I have zero interest in owning one again.

There was no one reason I can figure. Here’s some reasons, though, in rough order of importance.

1. I has so many of them for so many years, I just got tired of them.
2. I did so much work on them for so long there was no mystery left.
3. The increase in prices didn’t help. I used to have low mile (some as low as 5,000 miles on a 30 year old car) original paint collector cars, but to me those aren’t really driveable. My rule now is if I can’t drive it whenever I want, and be ok with parking it at the grocery store where it might get some bumps or bruises, it’s not for me.
4. Similarly, there’s no way in the world a big bumper plain vanilla 911 is worth $75k to me. If it was a lifelong dream and I’d never had one, that would be ok. But at this point for me, no.
5. Porsche was a great automotive story as a long running independent maker of sports cars only. But as a brand of VW now, whose biggest sellers are fat SUVs, to me the story ended long ago. I have literally zero interest in anything that Porsche has made in the last 10+ years. A minor thing, but still a thing.
6. Styling wise, the big bumpers finally got to me. As a teen in the 80s I thought they were the coolest thing. It’s what I saw in the magazines and was the latest and greatest. But now I find them ugly and shape ruining.
7. You don’t see them on the road much these days, so they do get peoples’ attention. To some, that’s a positive. Not something I really like anymore.