Porsche vs Ferrari

One of the members of the Office of The Chairman of the company I work for used to drive a 550 Maranello to work which he parked in the garage next to the building (my rout to my office always took me by his parking spot ) It has been a couple of months since I saw the Ferrari and to my surprise what did I see parked in his spot today; but a brand new 2001 Turbo!

Porsche, There is no substitute!

Imagine that; you take you old car to the Porsche dealership and triad it in for a new Turbo and they give you $100,000!

Those wheels and breaks sure would look nice on my 912; not that I want to be a poser, so, I guess I'd need the engine to! maybe a V8 might be the better way to go

Don't get me wrong, I love my SC and I would die for a new turbo but one fact remains the same. A Ferrari will always be a Ferrari. Porsches my be faster (questionable), may handle better (questionable), and may have a higher top speed (questionable) but for all their glories, Ferraris are in a different league than Porsche. I am ashamed to admit that my life will not be complete until I own a Ferrari, but for driving to work, I'll keep my 911. There may be nothing wrong with an Acura NSX (people's car), but it will never be a Lamborghi (super freaky people's car).

Rich

I have been in a lot of hot cars and know people who have them.If you have ever been stuck in a Spyder or Lambo in traffic you would know what I mean. I love the super exotic but if you want to drive one you almost need two for a daily driver.Unless you don't have to work!In which case you could own two.All around daily driver and the track on the weekends I think the Porsche has them all beat. Just my .02

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Brett
BTW 88'911

i agree. i think the porsche is the best all-around 'exotic', when you look at its combination of performance, reliability, practicality, and aesthetics. growing up, i was lucky enough to live in a household where i was always surrounded by exotic cars. my father's passion from the time i was born until about a year ago was the restoration/ownership of these things, and he's had them all; ferrari's, lamborghini's, maserati's, porsche's, lancia's, jaguar's, etc, etc. he always said that when it comes to choosing a car like this that you can actually drive everyday and truly enjoy without too much worry, the porsche is the way to go. -not to mention the _overwhelming_ costs for even the simplest of maintenance tasks that accompanies a car such as a ferrari, provided you are paying someone else to do it. i guess if you can afford the expensive interruptions, it doesn't matter, but for me it still would. i must admit, though, that the pure 'sensory' satisfaction i get driving my 911 can't begin to compare to how it felt driving my father's 12 cylinder ferrari's or lamborghini's in the past. although maybe more 'impractical', there is something that cars like that possess in spirit that really take you somewhere you can't go in a quieter, more agile and refined sports car! i guess really the only solution would be to buy one of each!!!!! :-)



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Adam Nitti
www.adamnitti.com
'85 Carrera
'74 3.0 CS

The 911 has always been on the edge of exotic with the 930 taking the leap across the line. These cars are hands down the most reliable of anything else in their class, wich is hard to define. The 911 Turbo shares the class of Ferrari, Lambo, Lotus, and the likes. The 911 does not. It is somewhere between the Corvette and the 3-Series Ferrari. If Ferrari sold more 3-Series units I would say that they share the same class. Of the few Ferrari owners I know NONE have a good word to say for them and none were repeat buyers. All stated that the cars were a pile of crap built around a wonderful drivetrain. I personally have no Ferrari before I die dream. Now a Lambo.............................

I've noticed that people who arnt really into cars do view the 911 as a super car.
I recently told a friend that wanted to buy an Audi TT that they could get a great used Porsche for the same money. They considered it to be a super car and *way* out of there league in terms of maintenance etc...

As for Ferraris, nah not for me.
Now a Diablo, that would be cool.
Countaches can actually be had fairly cheaply now but they actually arnt very good cars (so im told).

Al.


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911 2.7S Targa
email:alex@cascade.f9.co.uk

Personally my dream car is a 300 SL gull wing Mercedes with a bumper sticker that says "My other car is a Porsche 911"

Hey, since we're at it...
I swear that some day I'll have a BMW M1 and '73 3.0CSL!!!
I'm not really into Italian cars...I lived in Italy and was never that impressed by the styling etc.

Hey Leland - I know where you can pick up an M1 for $60K. Too bad it can't be a daily driver like your Targa.
Speaking of bumper stickers - I made one for my 911 that says "My other car is an S10". Ha!! My brother gave me a license plate frame that read "My other ride is your girlfriend" - I don't think I wanna touch that one.

Rarly -

That's funny, my other car is actually an S10.

Mark
'74 911S Coupe

The sad part is that my S10 is quicker than the 911, it has a V8. I'm working on a remedy for this unexcusable situation.

Hey Mark, haven't seen you around here in a couple months or so.
My old computer trashed itself so I got another one but lost the link I had saved to your web page with all of the pictures of the Porsches you are hosting.
Can you give me the link again and possibly post another topic if your still up to it?!!


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Leland Pate

___79 SC Targa

Mind me asking what an S10 is guys? I'm probably just beeing forgetful..

While we're on the topic of second cars, I guess I should share my as yet unrealised love for the rear engined Skodas of the 70's. My first next door neighbours always bought new ones of these every three years or so, perhaps as a sign of misguided affluence. I remember thinking as a young lad what an awful car they were- helped perhaps by my father's encouragement (he disliked the neighbours).
Anyway, I'm now beginning to think a low mileage one would make the ultimate metaphysical compliment to my 911....and hey, guess what has been advertised in the local paper- a one owner bright orange one, VERY low Kms, perfect original cond and around $450 US. My only concern is reliability, as even joke cars are still expected to start and drive places (like work).
Still, I think its shapeless flanks would set off a 'my other car is a 911' sticker perfectly.
Are they air cooled? A yes answer may provoke a phone query


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'72 911 TE

Charlie Sheen said it best in No mans land
"Italian Trash" hehe.

just kidding, they are great cars if you want to brag about somthing being in the shop all the time. A buddy of mine traded his 930 for a 78 308 I think it was, it was nice but I still give him ***** for it and I think he knows he screwed up.

Matt, a S10 is a Chevy pickup truck, although if the bumber sticker said "My other car is a Syclone" that would be cool too. But then again RarlyL8 would have to wring out a little bit more from the Porsche motor to beat it . Since this is a topic about Ferraris and dream cars, I'd like to put my $0.02 in. If I were rich, I'd my a Ferrari or two, maybe more, and also Lamborghinis, just for the fact that they are Italian "supercars". I also drool over other cars such as BMW(twin turbo'd 850CSi, M5), Mercedes(300SL Gullwing, CLK-GTR) and most importantly Porsches('98 993 Twin Turbo, 550 Spyder, among the rest of them including the GT-1). I also can't resist the styling of the Viper. But what really counts is the sensational feeling that comes with driving a Porsche. I've never driven any Italian cars yet but I'm sure Porsches are the best overall cars ever built. For me, Italian cars would be bought "just to have it" and Porsches would always be bought "just to drive it"!

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Jeff
1976 911S

Two words, folks:

Lamborghini Miura

Preferably in eyeball-searing orange.

My father had one--and I've never been the same since he sold it.....

One day, one day.

Blue

Porsche vs Ferrari.

I grapple with this question on those nights when it is three a.m. and I'm not sleepy yet.

On the one hand. a 308qv can be had for $25,000. So when I pay off my 911SC, I could sell it, take out a loan and continue my current payments for another five years, and have the Ferrari.

On the other hand, $2500 tuneups and cam belt changes every 2-3 years($4000 with tuneup) are not in my budget at this time.

But, Ferrari is magical, larger than life.

If my Porsche is a thoroughbred, the Ferrari is a celebrity supermodel with a gold medal in the decathalon. With appetites to match. And no room for my subwoofer.

I think I'll keep the Porsche.

[This message has been edited by Serge (edited 08-21-2000).]

I know two folk that have both, they both drive Porsches for day to day runs to the bank and such and only use the F-cars for sunny special days. The F-cars get mugged in parking lots, quit working at odd times and are usually a pain in the, well you know where. One of the guys I know uses his Porsche to go to the mountain to ski.

Randy Jones
1971 911

It depends on which Ferrari, 308s look dated along with slow performance even when new any modern sedan will leave one in the dust combine that with insane prices for parts not to mention hard to find items yhen you end up with a nice conversation piece thats like a piece of furniture in the garage

Testarossas are the true Ferrari vision
with awesome performance and styling but a much different car than a Porsche at 3500lbs a real beast around town but come alive on the highway

Variety is the spice of life. I would love to have an old Ferrari. Especially a 275GTB/4. I have always admired the sculpturing of Italian sport cars. I think if you asked Butzi he would agree. I've always thought that the 911 has a certain degree of Italian influence in the body design. Which by the way if I'm not mistaken there was a "911" Italian bodied car that was either a prototype or limited production car. I think it was Pinafarini if I'm not mistaken or was it Bertone? By the way Butzi's 904 is still stunning if you ask me especially when you consider that it was realized in 1963. Bobby