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plexiform 02-05-2019 03:14 AM

Don’t waste another minute. Get it.

MBAtarga 02-05-2019 05:22 AM

Porsche forum members tell other member to go buy a Porsche!

I didn't see that one coming... :)

stomachmonkey 02-05-2019 05:43 AM

I’ll keep it short.

My Opa was told he had to give up his two favorite vices or he’d be dead in a year.

He tried for a couple of months.

Was misearable.

Decided he’d rather live a year happy than two or more not.

Slipped in the shower shortly after.

He never made it the year and it had nothing to do with his vices but he went happy.

onewhippedpuppy 02-05-2019 06:01 AM

Why not? If you’ve got the money and love the car, might as well enjoy it.

glewis80SC 02-05-2019 06:04 AM

Do it.

David 02-05-2019 06:31 AM

YES

I find it funny that the older I get, the more I think about how many more cars I'll own and what they should be. Honestly, you starting thinking: I'll maybe buy 4 more cars, then 3, then..
If you're a car guy/girl it really makes you think. When I make the decision to buy perhaps the last new fun car I buy, it will be something very special.

Of course in 10 years you'll be asking us: should I buy the new 995?

pavulon 02-05-2019 07:30 AM

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cassisrot 02-05-2019 08:51 AM

Buyer signed the contract on the ranch we are selling in Colo. I'm gonna order as soon as we close. Not sure about color and still debating 7 speed or pdk. Prefer the manual but I wonder if my leg wouldn't be happier with the auto in a few years. Thanks for all th reinforcement. I've owned Porsches since 1971 but never a new one. I'm excited!

recycled sixtie 02-05-2019 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by cassisrot (Post 10343965)
Buyer signed the contract on the ranch we are selling in Colo. I'm gonna order as soon as we close. Not sure about color and still debating 7 speed or pdk. Prefer the manual but I wonder if my leg wouldn't be happier with the auto in a few years. Thanks for all th reinforcement. I've owned Porsches since 1971 but never a new one. I'm excited!

And you get a new car warranty on the P car. Wow:)

recycled sixtie 02-05-2019 09:49 AM

At 72 I am not far behind you and would consider another Porsche(probably used) in the next two or three years. Having said that my wife has a dibs on another car first as her 2002 Camry should be replaced and will likely get an suv.

Yes if you can afford it go for it!:) Life is for living.

pete3799 02-05-2019 10:07 AM

Get it......and be sure to post some pictures of it.

Noah930 02-05-2019 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by cassisrot (Post 10343965)
I've owned Porsches since 1971 but never a new one. I'm excited!

Then it's an easy decision: go for it! Enjoy it in great health!

pwd72s 02-05-2019 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cassisrot (Post 10343965)
Buyer signed the contract on the ranch we are selling in Colo. I'm gonna order as soon as we close. Not sure about color and still debating 7 speed or pdk. Prefer the manual but I wonder if my leg wouldn't be happier with the auto in a few years. Thanks for all th reinforcement. I've owned Porsches since 1971 but never a new one. I'm excited!

I'm also 75. Used to be strictly a manual trans car guy. But today? Well, every time I drive some miles of a major arterial into the city of my favorite pool hall? Find myself wishing the car had an automatic. 1/2 hour or more of stop & go will do that to ya. Well, it does to me anyway.

Personally, I was done with P-cars a little over 10 years ago...but if a new one will make you happier than you are now, by all means go for it. I consider a newer car from time to time, asking myself if I'd be any happier than now. The answer is "probably not", so I hang onto the money. Soon enough, I guess my daughter or wife will appreciate that.

Zeke 02-05-2019 10:45 AM

Someone, somewhere has to buy new Porsches.

Seahawk 02-05-2019 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cassisrot (Post 10343965)
I've owned Porsches since 1971 but never a new one. I'm excited!

That is so cool. The choice of transmission is the only bugaboo - my heart says manual, my brain says pdk.

Enjoy.

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fxeditor 02-05-2019 03:23 PM

You'd be nuts not to! :)

Shaun @ Tru6 02-05-2019 03:33 PM

Of course you should get one.

Transmission choice. A manual will keep you young. A PDK will make you old.

greglepore 02-05-2019 03:41 PM

Naw. PDK is the ultimate gearbox. Auto when you want, manual when not.

pavulon 02-05-2019 04:08 PM

The manual should be less trouble to rehab in 20-30 years. The PDK would make ownership most enjoyable. Driving a good DCT is satisfying in a way that manuals can't be.

jorian 02-05-2019 06:06 PM

Do it. You've obviously earned it.

One of my clients said to me recently, "If you don't fly first class, your kids will."


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