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Writer/Teacher
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Wandering Connecticut
Posts: 9,294
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Here's how I see the "lacks soul" or "lacks passion" argument: some cars have serious built-in personality, for example a Ferrari, or a Lotus Elise, or a Mini Cooper. Some cars are born cold and clinical, such as your silver or black Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Lexus... or that all-too-familiar trackday Swiss Army Knife, the Porsche.
But ANY car will earn personality. This happens as you drive the car. Come on, are you going to sit here and tell me that my 23-year-old 944 doesn't have personality? Are you going to tell me that a well-driven 993 twin turbo doesn't have personality? And although it may have started life as a cold and clinical technological showcase, are you going to tell me that a 1987 959, driven now, doesn't have personality?
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Current Stable: Black 07 Porsche 987 Cayman S: Long-Tube Headers; FabSpeed Exhaust; VividRacing ECU Tune; IPD Plenum; 997GT3 Throttle Body. Blue 1983 Porsche 928S. 1985.5 Porsche 944 Rat Rod. 2011 Acura MDX. 2008 Mazda 3. Gone But Not Forgotten:Garnet Red 86 Porsche 951("The Purple Pig"). Alpine White 83 Porsche 944 ("Alpine Wolf"). Guards Red 84 Porsche 944.
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