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Originally Posted by Moneyguy1
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THAT is what I was looking for in both locals I have been a member of; a camaradarie. Unfortunately, that is not what I found. Wife and I went to the meetings, met a few fine people but none who worked on their own cars or who were willing to help someone else. We have out here (a woman) who, according to her, spent $64,000 on a 1984 911 to make sure it would win every concours event it entered. At meetings, she would rant on and on, Kathryn would nod and smile, and the lady's husband (who owned a Corvette) would sit beside her and simply roll his eyes. Back East if you didn't own a late model 911, you didn't own a real Porsche. At the time I had a 924 that had been completely gone over (new paint, upholstry, refreshed mechanicals) that won at local car shows but it simply was "Just an Audi".
Maybe we, here, at PPOT are just a different breed.
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Bob, when I joined PCA, I too had a 924, but these days the
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Back East if you didn't own a late model 911, you didn't own a real Porsche
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don't even own their cars, they lease them
And I let them know that if I wanted va new 996, I could have one, but I own my cars & my 914-6GT clone has more money invested in it that their 986 booked for.
Fact is, that if members like you & I don't be active, others like us will never join & we will most likely never meet them. What is really funny is that these lease guys, can't understand why the guys with the vintage race cars and high end collectibles invite me to their homes and on trips, they just don't understand real car people as they (like the chick you speak of) are too busy trying to impress others. We can't roll over & let the poser/leasers maintain control of an club started by people who worked drove & owned their Porsches!!!