[Marine Blue]

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 grew up in Upstate NY in the 80’s/90’s and Porsche’s were incredibly rare back then. In fact I knew all of the Porsches in town and knew who owned them. I would soak in the details whenever I saw one and was fortunate to get rides in a couple. I would have loved to see more at the car shows but it was always muscle cars and or more current cars, rarely anything from Europe except maybe the occasional beetle. I guess my point is that you should show your car and hopefully it catches the eye of a 10 yo and ignites the same passion we all have for these cars.

As far as the video, I also thought it was very well done and does a great job of capturing what’s magical about Porsches. The segment towards the end was hilarious too, it reminded me of my experience when I was trying to order my Spyder. 6 months of that nonsense.