[Porsche-O-Phile]

"Car people" are inherently irrational. Why we obsess and pour so much money/time/blood/sweat/tears into depreciating (or tapped-out depreciated) assets is just silly from an economic standpoint, although that's not why we do it. We do it because it's what we like - and "likes" run the spectrum.

In a throwaway world where 99% of people look at cars as an appliance to be discarded after being ridden hard and put away wet every day for a few years, it's nice to come across some folks who actually value their cars - especially more unusual ones that have "soul" and inspire passion and emotion rather than just being designed to be practical.

My biggest fear is that when my own, lovingly restored 911 with hundreds of hours of my time in it (not to mention thousands of dollars) finally rolls out in a couple of years, some jackass in their McSUV slams into it at a light while yammering on their cell phone and ruins it.

But those are the risks we all take to not be part of the herd...