For me the most important aspect about Porsche ownership is driving it, the more the better. Road trips, dinner, grocery getter, I like driving my Porsches.
I know the are others who like Porsches as a kind of full size model to play with and others who like to tinker with them, but for me it is mostly about driving pleasure.
So this is a warning for like minded Porsche drivers, about the two most common ways cars are ruined.
Number 1 way to ruin a Porsche for a driver, Restore it.
This is the number one way I have seen good Porsches ruined.
Here is a common conversation to illustrate this destruction of a enjoyably driven Porsche. Me " why are you selling your 911? " ruined car owner " I do not drive it any more" me "why, I thought you loved that car?, you drove it everywhere!" RCO "I can not drive it anymore since I restored it I might get a rock chip are something, so now it just sits in my garage taking up space and you know I spent so much money on the restoration, now I want my money back and a car I can drive" Ruined car.
Number 2 way to ruin a Porsche, quest for speed..
Now some hot rodding is good if you drive the car more because of it, But..
Modifying a car to go faster to only turn the car in to a 'one trick pony' is bad. It usually starts with taking our fun street car to the track and get beat up a little so we start down the path of simple "upgrades" track tires, then springs and shocks and a "better" seat, etc. Tell finally we have a car that is hard to get in and out of, is loud and droning, rides really rough and ironically is slower now on the street because the stiff track suspension makes the car hop over and lose traction over the bumps found on public streets. Congratulations you now have a week end toy that will be used as much as a Bass boat in AZ.
So once again it gets sold to buy a car that you can use, like the one you started with in the first place.
I see Porsches for sale and know the owners have gone down one of these two paths.
Be careful out there and do not ruin your car.
