Do you ever wonder what the point is to owning a Porsche?
 

My thread on the value of my frankencar inspired me to ask the question. It seems my car's circumstances (salvage title, track mods) make my car most suitable for the track.

But there's another reason why my car should live on the track. Every time I drive it, I get stuck in traffic, or behind a slow car in the hills. I rarely get to put it through its paces. Whenever I'm stuck in slow traffic, I wonder why I'm driving the Porsche, if I can't drive it properly.

The solution is to get up early on a Sunday morning and hit the twisties. But the rest of the time, what's the point?

cuz its awesome!

I would know. Mine has sat in a storage unit since I moved to MN 3 years ago.

No, I never did.

I often think it's funny that they sell fast cars in a country where the avg speed limit is 35.

But on the other hand, an older 911 is a lot of fun in 2nd gear.

Because its unlikely you will walk out to your garage on a Sunday morning and ruminate over a cup of coffee about your next track day looking at a Camry?

1. FUN to drive
2. quicker and handles better than that pos your stuck behind (GO AROUND..)
3. CHICKS love them... ( u know this)


ohhh yea


TARGA!!!

i could go on and on...

it's a time machine

they make awesome track cars

beyond that, there is no reason imho. You can't get anywhere near the limit on the street.

Chicks!... pretty much sums it up for me...next question

Yes,

If you drive a Porsche to impress people or think you will make money off it you are doing it wrong.

They provide never ending projects, which could justify drinking beer in the garage for weeks upon end.

Because even in traffic it's more pleasant to drive than your average rental car. (assuming your traffic is steadily moving traffic, stop and go might be another story) If you've got to sit in stop and go, you may as well be comfy with a great stereo and well isolated from the outside. I'm very rarely ever in real stop and go.

And that's besides the appreciation for the aesthetics and engineering excellence.

When I had mine, I used it as a daily driver. Even for the year that the AC was out, I used it daily. It was still better than most other vehicles out there.

Amen..........

What's the point??

My Porsche is the highschool cheerleader.
My Porsche is is the Concorde, and it is my first solo flight.
My Porsche is a hot-tub on the balcony of a mountain cabin.
My Porsche is everything that no other car can be. Whether sitting in traffic or sitting on grid, my Porsche is the point.

NO, but my wife does.

Exactly! Like a blood-red sunset, the curl of a wave at the beach, the scent of a honeysuckle on a summer night. It is the point.

angela

I was captivated by the technology, ( air cooled flat six), and the first time I looked at mfi stacks, I was hooked, and had to have one. Some of my buddies harass me and say that I got a porsche because of the image, that is the exact opposite of the truth. Sometimes , I hate the extra attention that I get when driving. I prefer to go shoot out some back roads, or drive at night. We have to own cars, and I am a car guy, so I might as well have one ( well several) that I enjoy.
Well put cashflyer!

Let's see:

The old E is a piece of history. A special memory of my youth. I cared enough about the car that the advertisements were carefully removed from magazines and fastened to the walls of my room.

The automobile is different. A 911 is the opposite of the unidentifiable generic car. From the air-cooled timing chain cacophony emanating from the rear(!) of the beast to the fantastic shriek of the engine when it 'gets on cam', there is no mistaking this for any other car on the planet. Seldom do people come up to your 911 and assume it is a Mazda or Nissan.

In stock form, the suspension (at least of my older example) is designed for real roads, with frost heaves, pot holes and cracks. The engine and gearing will allow you to leave it in high gear on most hills, if that's what you desire, or will goad you into downshifting, 'just because'.

I fit into the car. I am 6'3" and, with the Recarro all the way back, can't get the clutch fully depressed. I have headroom, even with the sunroof, not something I could say about the MR2 and a Honda my wife used to have.

The Old E is a car I can contribute to in terms of upkeep, not just by writing cheques, but by inspecting, wrenching and maintaining (with the help of this board) in my own garage. There is a fine sense of empowerment and accomplishment in being the sole provider to the needs of an automobile such as this over the span of nearly a decade.

I like to look at this car. I have seen examples of 911s made ugly as the result of another's vision, but the car, as it came from the factory is a form of which I have yet to tire.

How could you not want to posses one or at least be near it?

Les

because ..
would have ..
could have..
wanted too..but..
is not going to be one of the things I mumble as I check out..

Rika