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Originally Posted by javadog
Maybe you’re younger than the rest of us. I begin driving a 911 as a daily driver within a year of getting out of college. For years, that was the only car I owned. I joined PCA, did every event my local region offered, went to Parades and other national and regional events. I bought every book they wrote about the Porsche brand, bought every factory publication I could get my hands on and studied the mechanical aspects of them for years. A 911 wasn’t a weekend fun car that I first acquired deep into adulthood. No, it was a different level of immersion for me. I even picked up one in Europe and traveled through Europe in it. By the time many of us here had just gotten their first 911, I’d been driving one for 20 years. 20 years into my car obsession, I also had two dozen other cars. On top of that, I had nearly as many motorcycles, as well. Eventually the tail begin wagging the dog and I looked for a return to a simpler life.
So, 40 years on, I still have an interest in cars bit no longer a desire to own them all. I will likely build a few motorcycles in the coming years, resurrect my art career and maybe travel occasionally to France. I will eventually replace my S8 with something else and maybe some day I’ll have an interesting second car, who knows? For now, I’m quite content.
We all have somewhat different journeys and we are all somewhere different on the arc of life.
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Got my first car at 15, a 64 1/2 Mustang with a 260 V8, and now at almost 53 and 50+ cars later, I am pretty sure I will always be younger than all of you. That's another thing I don't get. Getting old, especially mentally.
Anyway, different journeys, arcs and all that, sure.