HELP - I think I need intervention.

[NE Ohio 911]

I am generally fiscally responsible. In fact I am pretty down right tight with my money…….except with this Porsche.

I find myself buying parts that I really don’t need and putting more and more money in to this car. Money that I know that I’ll never get back out of it when and if I ever sell it. In fact, I think I have already spent enough at Pelican to put one of Wayne's kids through college and I have had the car less than a year.

Will this ever stop? It seems that others are afflicted with this strange behavior. Is there any help out there for us?

[Jim Richards]

Set your car up for the track. Do track events. Pretty soon all your money will be gone and then your problem is solved.

[RonDent]

Hi Doug,
My name is Ron and I'm a Porschenolic......
We have a group that meets on Tuesday nights at the Moose lodge. Its for Porschenolics like you and the rest of us that can't seem to stop spending money on our cars. Its a kind of 12 step program. You have already taken the first step by realizing you have a problem. The next step is admitting to you family that you have a problem. The only cure is selling your car. Not many of us ever take the cure......

[Shaun @ Tru6]

You need to buy more cars until you hit rock bottom, maybe 5 or 6, then start projects you will never, ever finish. One day, you'll be pulling our a trailing arm, hit your head on a longitudinal and everything will be remarkably clear. Only then can you begin the road to recovery.

[sfoster13]

Yes, it will stop....when you buy another one and start pouring money into that one as well. It never ends. Resign yourself to your fate.

On the morning when you wake up and think to yourself - what if I picked up a 356 project car - you will have completed the descent into sheer madness.
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BTW, if you find a good one - PM me.

[Wavey]

Here's how I look at this. I lean toward perfectionism, and in most other areas of my life I have very little control over how perfect things are around me. IE: my wife clutters up the house with her crap, my kids damage our other cars, my neighbors don't take care of their property, etc. etc. etc. My 911 is the one place where I can strive for perfection and nobody else can get in the way, so in order to promote my own mental health, I indulge myself there. Cheaper than therapy.

[sfoster13]

Wavey, looking at your signature I'd like to challenge your statement that it is cheaper than therapy. Looks like you could have gotten a lot of therapy for that list.

Where did you get a Weissach tail?

[DanielDudley]

We need pictures ! Lots and lots of pictures ! And copious descriptions.

How can we access the seriousness of your problem if we don't know what your mods are ?

Seriously, set up a car budget. Are you spending more than you can afford ?

[Wavey]

Originally posted by sfoster13
Wavey, looking at your signature I'd like to challenge your statement that it is cheaper than therapy. Looks like you could have gotten a lot of therapy for that list.

Where did you get a Weissach tail?

Well, relative to what I need, not so much

Got the tail from group911@aol.co. Actually an early Carrera 3.0, same thing.

[mthomas58]

Oh, I'm way beyond needing an intervention, just ask my wife!

Can't remember when I've had so much fun/enjoyment though

[mca]

Here's how I look at this. I lean toward perfectionism, and in most other areas of my life I have very little control over how perfect things are around me. IE: my wife clutters up the house with her crap, my kids damage our other cars, my neighbors don't take care of their property, etc. etc. etc. My 911 is the one place where I can strive for perfection and nobody else can get in the way

hmm ... i thought the same thing until i got a door ding ... grrr.

[911quest]

Enjoy it while you can it's only money never seen a hearse going down the street with a U-Haul trailer behind it have you? Can't take it with you that's cause you can't take it with you.