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Originally Posted by ramonesfreak

Good video. Agreed with most of it. No idea about the scene. Other than the people on pelican, none of whom I’ve met in person, I have never known anyone with a Porsche or been a part of a scene. Even as a teenager in the 80s, you just didn’t see 911s around here much.

Even when I go to car shows, I leave my 911 in the parking lot and go see the cars out on the lawn. Almost never a classic Porsche other than mine in the parking lot. When I get back in my car to leave, I always say the same thing…..my 911 is better than any of the cars I just looked at and then I feel bad for not participating in the show but I’m happy I get to leave and go drive my car.

My guess when it comes to classic Porsche people, they are no different than passionate British or Italian or mopar car people which is a good thing. Modern cars and modern Porsche people, no clue. Ide sure love a GT4 though or a base 992.

I’ll be going to the Watkins Glen vintage Grand Prix in a few weeks and I know I’ll be seeing quite a few old 356, 912, 911 etc. can’t wait. But I get just as excited seeing a nice TR3 or any of the old classics….but it’s the 911 I still prefer to drive.

I'm not super social. When I had by first 911, I only went to 2-3 events with it, but everyone that I met was great, super friendly. I've been to 2 or 3 events since I got the boxster (lived <2 miles from a regular event location when I bought it, but moved less than a week later). Again, all of the folks that I met were great.

20 years ago, we had a local Houston get together with folks from Pelican, and they were all great. I've met a couple/few other Pelicans over the years and they've all be great too.

I'm sure there are some wankers out there, because you can't have a huge group of folks without running into some.

And everything else that you said was pretty spot on.