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Originally posted by dd74
Practically every new car Porsche offers is faster and handles better than anything we can currently do with our own cars with the parts available to us - some of which have obviously not gone through the length of R&D that Porsche puts their vehicles and parts through. So, yes, I bet the new cars are, at the very least, as good as our cars, and more than likely better.

So that leaves the "purist" aspect, though at some point, being a purist who drives an low tech, inefficient car compared to readily available newer models, has to at some point get old hat.
I have to admit that I see where you are coming from on that. But I wouldn't want to REPLACE my '87 with the 996 as a weekend car, nor would I want to use the '87 as a daily driver. Horses for courses and all that.
Incidentally, I would have loved to get a Cayman or Boxster S except I needed some rear seat space. Instead I'm trying to convince my girlfriend to change her SLK.
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