Porsche owner...
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Thefishguy77
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And then there is that group of 4Runner drivers. What a bunch of jerks. Locking up the breaks when they see a dirt trail they haven't driven on. Going slow up hills because they don't have the money for gears after they put new tires on.
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wadle5
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Totes lightened........chill bro :hippie:
I am not a PCA member but I do own a Porsche, I find that the fussy bunch are usually the ones that are insecure, no idea why they are insecure. I am 32 and havent meet any Porsche owners that is close to my age ;\
I am very laid back and anytime someone approaches me about my car to talk, I try to be as friendly as I can. I am introverted so sometimes that can be a little difficult.
Hi. I am a Porsce owner as well, 1995 911( 993) and PCA member. I agree about some of the members/owners but overall most of the people I have met over the past 10 years have been good people . My PCA chapter is very active in driving events which is great. Track days tend to be very humbling experiences.
Chris
Chris
I am not a member of the local PCA but the one time I didnt drive my Porsche to an event (Was a 5k at a race track) the local PCA chapter had an event and like 50~ Porsches showed up. :frusty:
GangsterOfLove
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jeremyc74
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In the wintertime here you can't swing a dead cat without hitting some sort of exotic, and I find the owners are generally to one extreme or the other. They're either complete pricks that won't even say "good morning" or they'll stand around and talk to you about cars for hours.
Several years ago I was sitting outside a bar at the beach with my GF, and I saw a Porsche turn the corner about a block down. 911s are as common as Civics here, but this one looked different. As it got a little closer it dawned on me that I was looking at a 959. I'd never seen one anywhere except in magazines, so I kicked the GF and said "Holy shit that's a 959!!" The guy was right by us at that point and had his window down and heard me. He laughed out loud and gave me a thumbs up. It was Bill Gates.
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Several years ago I was sitting outside a bar at the beach with my GF, and I saw a Porsche turn the corner about a block down. 911s are as common as Civics here, but this one looked different. As it got a little closer it dawned on me that I was looking at a 959. I'd never seen one anywhere except in magazines, so I kicked the GF and said "Holy shit that's a 959!!" The guy was right by us at that point and had his window down and heard me. He laughed out loud and gave me a thumbs up. It was Bill Gates.
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wadle5
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In the wintertime here you can't swing a dead cat without hitting some sort of exotic, and I find the owners are generally to one extreme or the other. They're either complete pricks that won't even say "good morning" or they'll stand around and talk to you about cars for hours.
Several years ago I was sitting outside a bar at the beach with my GF, and I saw a Porsche turn the corner about a block down. 911s are as common as Civics here, but this one looked different. As it got a little closer it dawned on me that I was looking at a 959. I'd never seen one anywhere except in magazines, so I kicked the GF and said "Holy shit that's a 959!!" The guy was right by us at that point and had his window down and heard me. He laughed out loud and gave me a thumbs up. It was Bill Gates.
The only porsche I would ever own.
Head on over to the So Cal section on this site and introduce yourself.
I can kinda see why, but a 959 is a museum piece. You can't drive it. It's worth too much money.
993 values are so inflated now that even they are becoming borderline garage queens, too risky to take out to track days and the like.
Porsches were meant to be driven. Try driving a 987.1 Cayman S. Super cheap car these days and I guarantee there is 100% chance you'll smile at least once on your test drive.
wadle5
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While I kind of see your argument I would refute, that if I owned it it would be to drive it. Why not share that piece of rolling art with others while driving around?
jeremyc74
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I may be wrong, but the way the 959 was imported (under a collectors exemption) you're limited to 1500 miles per year.
Of course, if you can afford to bring one in like that, I'm sure there's a way around it.
Bill Gates and a couple of other billionaires actually lobbied congress to push the collectors exemption through. Porsche wouldn't crash test them, so they were never for sale in the US as new cars.
mckennar
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In the wintertime here you can't swing a dead cat without hitting some sort of exotic, and I find the owners are generally to one extreme or the other. They're either complete pricks that won't even say "good morning" or they'll stand around and talk to you about cars for hours.
Several years ago I was sitting outside a bar at the beach with my GF, and I saw a Porsche turn the corner about a block down. 911s are as common as Civics here, but this one looked different. As it got a little closer it dawned on me that I was looking at a 959. I'd never seen one anywhere except in magazines, so I kicked the GF and said "Holy shit that's a 959!!" The guy was right by us at that point and had his window down and heard me. He laughed out loud and gave me a thumbs up. It was Bill Gates.
I lived in SoCal for a bit and while there were all manner of 911's (like you said, about as common as Honda Civics), I only ever saw one 959 on the road. I worked down the street from the VW / Audi design center in Santa Monica, and this guy in a 959 with Pre-EU German plates was taking a left from Ocean Park onto 28th as I was walking back from lunch. I ended up chasing him (on foot) the length of 28th street trying to get a decent picture, but he ended up going through the airport security gate next to clover park (where I most definitely couldn't follow post 9/11) before I could get a non-blurry shot.
My co-workers thought I'd lost my mind.
Oh I agree... There should be a rule stating any 959 owner must bring the car out to his/her local Saturday AM Cars 'n' Coffee meetup once a quarter at a minimum. But still, the 959 isn't the kind of car you can drive every day.
More modern examples from the 987/997 era (2005-2012) are fairly beaten down in price at this point. They're reliable cars that can make for a fun daily driver. My recommendation: Buy a 997.2 (2009-2011) with a stick shift. This will go down as the last "analog-ish" 911 ever with a proper manual and hydraulic power steering. The 997.2 isn't exactly cheap but the depreciation is really starting to bottom out on them so your overall ownership costs will be reasonable. In 10 or 15 years there's a good chance they'll be the next 993.
Disclaimer: I own a 997.2 but mine has PDK. Kinda wish I'd gotten the stick.
