1991 Commercial, what started your obsession?

[jcc911]

I have always loved the Porsche turbo as long as I can remember, but while tooling around eBay I came across this auction and gave me a flashback of what solidified my obsession and lust for these cars.

There was a commercial in the early 90s featuring the new 965 and some of the hot colors they came in. I remember I guy showing his socks that matched the color of the car, another was ice cream (?) and I believe one was lipstick, and don't recall the others.

If anyone has a copy of this commercial I would love to see it to recharge my dream that I will one day own one (even though my current is a "close" reproduction

Love to hear y'alls stories as well (even if they have been covered here already)


Porsche : 911 Porsche : 911 - eBay (item 190666190354 end time May-03-12 08:53:02 PDT)

[lane912]

when I was in my early twenty's I had a 63 bug and was really into hot roding it. a friend had a 63' 356 and handed me the tech manual and said "everything you are trying to do to that is cool, but this comes better that that could be from the factory"

[Embraer]

[Racerbvd]

This picture started it for me..

[red-beard]

Being passed by 928's on the NYS Thruway in the late 1970's...

[jcc911]

That's awesome! Thanks for posting the vid! I could have sworn it was for the 965, but oh well still loved it. Keep the stories coming!

[s_morrison57]

I saw my first 930 in 1980, it was white with 2 blue stripes down the middle like the GT 40, I tried to get up close to it but he was gone but the seed was planted that day, I knew I had to have one. Had major wood for the 87 930 and it took 22 years before I got mine, it's been 3 1/2 years now and I sit in the garage, its my man cave and where I smoke and I still can't believe its mine. Its parked beside my 71 E-Type Jag, both are red. People say "you must like red" I tell them "not really, just the way it worked out". I have 2 of the cars I lusted for when I was growing up, there are others that I'd like to own but I'm not a rich man but all in all I consider myself very lucky.
Finn

[jcc911]

Great story, thanks Finn.

[Rick V]

Mine started with the 917 and the movie Le Mans. Dad working at a Porsche dealership in Pa. didn't help either.

[Jrboulder]

This got it started for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DfAUNABmnk

Strangely I don't remember it being a cayenne. I finally found it today.

[Zeke]

I talk about a 965 and people look at me weird. I have come to believe the US version was a 964 Turbo and the ROW car was a 965.

[fastfredracing]

The first time I looked into a 911 engine compartment and saw MFI stacks, it was all over.

[Schumi]

I saw an early 944 in the parking lot of a Walmart when I was 11. Triple black. Had the PORSCHE red reflector between the tail lights.

That was it for me.

Sure, I'd like to say it was a 911, but for some reason I had kinda glossed over those. It was the black 944 that did it for me.

[ramonesfreak]

i dont remember the commercial but back in the 80s, i obviously saw them on the road and turned 16 in the 80s so was very aware of them and loved them. i also saw em in the movie Scarface and loved that Magnum PI episode where Sharon Stone is driving a 930 i think. i was more obsessed with the 308 because of Magnum which was my favorite show as a youngster. im still obsessed with the 308 but i have obtained at least one of my dream cars, the 911SC! '

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by s_morrison57

I saw my first 930 in 1980, it was white with 2 blue stripes down the middle like the GT 40, I tried to get up close to it but he was gone but the seed was planted that day, I knew I had to have one. Had major wood for the 87 930 and it took 22 years before I got mine, it's been 3 1/2 years now and I sit in the garage, its my man cave and where I smoke and I still can't believe its mine. Its parked beside my 71 E-Type Jag, both are red. People say "you must like red" I tell them "not really, just the way it worked out". I have 2 of the cars I lusted for when I was growing up, there are others that I'd like to own but I'm not a rich man but all in all I consider myself very lucky.
Finn

an E-type and a 930! thats awsome. both are on my list

[porwolf]

Seeing the open, green, 356 convertible of the German Elvis copy, Peter Kraus parked in the street of downtown Munich way back in 1957, or so, got me hooked! I did not even have a car at that time or any prospects for one. 11 years later, and after a few years with 9 year old WV convertible I finaly got my first P-car:



And the fever never subsided!

[Baz]

That 993 commercial is one of my very favourites.

All the credit goes to my Dad:



We were a German air-cooled family from the get-go:





A total of 4 sedans and a microbus then one day I came home and a '63 356B 1600 Super was sitting in the driveway. Holy mackeral! That started the obsession

(In the garage....)



So finally in 1998....I got my first Porsche - an '81 SC Targa. And the rest is history!

[pavulon]

I recall an old thread about this very subject from years ago...might have been in the 930/turbo forum. While on bicycle, I followed a 964 turbo for about 3 city blocks in Sioux Falls, SD. That encounter (sight/sound(really percussion)/smell) was something I may never forget.

[yel911]

For me, it was in 1980, a friend gave me a ride in a 911SC. I could not believe a six cylinder could go like that. Considering I was driving a 1971 Vette with a 427!!!

[wdfifteen]

It started with a '60 VW at age 16. I hot rodded it and had a great time. Then I ran into some guys who were into 356s. I fell in love with those cars. The character of the 911 is so different that it took a while to accept it as a Porsche. I just about decided 6 cylinders were maybe OK when the 924 came out. I still can't get used to the concept of a Porsche with a water pump.
I've had a dozen 356s, a couple of 912s, a 914, and a 911. For me, "Porsche" means a 356. I
I love my 911, but there is nothing like driving the Speedster - at 1700 pounds with the engine I built it's like a go-kart. In November 2013 I will have owned it for 40 years.