[Fixer]

It’s odd how you change as you mature. There was a time I thought completely different about a whole range of topics. I’ll spare you them as this is a Porsche tech forum.
After work today, I made a beeline to Kayfeild Automotive Supply to buy satin black paint for my wheels. As I pulled into the parking lot, there sat a beautiful 993. 993s are the last of the air cooled 911s and arguably the best due to their refinement. I lusted after these 911s for more than a decade and whenever close enough to one I sure as heck stopped to peek inside.
When I was in my early 20s I was into BMW 2002s. (primarily because I could afford them)
I built and painted a ‘tribute’ 2002ti with high compression and side draft Webers, headers, lowered etc.. I loved it and I drove it for many years but always secretly longing for a Porsche 911.
One day in 1998 on the way home from work I was ‘T-Boned’ very hard in the 2002 and that was the end of my 2002ti. With my insurance check I purchased my first Porsche; a Prussian Blue Metallic 1986 911 Sunroof Coupe with about 60k on the clock.
I’d just sit in it at night in the garage for like a half hour just taking in the smell. I loved it that much. I owned it for 13 years (had an SC also briefly) but I was a dedicated 911 enthusiast, if there ever was one.
Today I walked right past that 993 in the parking lot thinking about how I should be driving my 928 in this great weather. It dawned on me that I no longer cared about 911s! If you knew me then you’d get it.
I guess the Porsche Engineers were right, the 928 could replace the 911.
Going outside now to paint my wheels.-Matt