i’m not a member but my understanding is that there are only a small handful of air cooled members here. maybe next year i’ll join….i say this every year……
when i go to C&C i am usually the only vintage porsche there except maybe the occasional 944.
was at a car show sunday. saw no porsche.
it’s not about the money for me. it’s about trust. if i need serious engine out work, i want to be able to discuss the project with the tech, not ship it off to someplace far away which is also a practical/logistical nightmare
when i was at my tech a few weeks back i asked him if he could change the fuel lines….nope. sorry. don’t have a source for them. huh? this is a guy that does all the PCA driver ed inspections for the niagara region
i’m ok with the issues because my car was so inexpensive and i’ve had to put so little money into it that it seems like i got the car for free and at this point it’s all profit for me from what i’ve seen in the market
but why people pay $50k plus for them, likely not realizing the issues involved, blows my mind a little. my friends say can’t you just take it to the porsche dealer? haha. people have no idea. ide be far better off finding an old geezer that worked on beetles
i do see a ton of air-cooled cars when i’m at watkins glen though…good scene down there it seems
CT is close enough to the NYC action that i’m not surprised that you have options. i’m 6 hours from NYC these days.
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Originally Posted by NYNick
If your point is that geography and location should dictate classic air cooled ownership, I guess I can't argue. Rochester isn't exactly East Jabib however, but neither is New Haven or Hartford. Plenty of shops up this way as well.
Do you belong to your local PCA? Attend the socials? Seek out the clubs?
Porsche ownership has always been for the well to do, or for those who were willing to pay for the privilege of ownership. It's the most profitable car company is the world for good reason and it ain't getting any cheaper.
The last air cooled 911 was built 25 years ago. Of course they're hard to come by. Add to that fact the salty road season we have and it's no wonder we don't see a lot of them.
I went to breakfast with a bunch of P-car people last week in rural CT and there were no fewer than 5 356's. I'm going to an C&C Monday in mid-state CT in a town you've never heard of and I guarantee they'll be 6-10 P-cars.
I'm new to this area and it's taken some effort to track down the local P-groups, but they're here.
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