NEW DISEASE - TOO OLD TO DRIVE A PORSCHE
01-02-2003, 05:50 PM
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NEW DISEASE - TOO OLD TO DRIVE A PORSCHE
I recently had a conversation with a gentleman who stated that the reason he was selling his '88 911 coupe was because he was getting too old for a Porsche.
Anyone else encountered this disease? What are the symptoms, and at what age does it surface.
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Concerned 48 year old!
Anyone else encountered this disease? What are the symptoms, and at what age does it surface.
Signed:
Concerned 48 year old!
01-02-2003, 06:02 PM
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Having been to a doctor's office recently, I can certify that you are too old for your Porsche. You should immediately give yours to a deserving 30 year old (i.e., me). I'll email you my address. 
I'm doing this for your own good.
Drew
I'm doing this for your own good.Drew
01-02-2003, 06:22 PM
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Geez, I'd like to help out here too.
If you entrust your Porsche to me, I can promise it a good home and an occasional blast at the track, in the hands of a mature (i.e., responsible) driver (yeah, right).
In exchange you're guaranteed to enjoy many healthy, "golden years" (well, at least you won't have to worry about perishing while behind the wheel of a Porsche).
Richard
'87 Carrera-3.6L (dob: 12/06/48)
If you entrust your Porsche to me, I can promise it a good home and an occasional blast at the track, in the hands of a mature (i.e., responsible) driver (yeah, right).
In exchange you're guaranteed to enjoy many healthy, "golden years" (well, at least you won't have to worry about perishing while behind the wheel of a Porsche).
Richard
'87 Carrera-3.6L (dob: 12/06/48)
01-02-2003, 06:48 PM
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Carefull now...I didn't say I have the disease, just wanted to know if anyone else had encountered it!
This fellow I met clearly had it.
I told him I thought it was fatal. Once you got it you were either dead...or on your way.
This fellow I met clearly had it.
I told him I thought it was fatal. Once you got it you were either dead...or on your way.
01-02-2003, 07:44 PM
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I'm sure you're posting in jest, but in case you're not, since you're referring to a pre-964 (and hence non-tiptronic) 911, it may be that he can't drive a manual transmission car anymore.
Also, let's face it, a 1980's 911 is a pretty raw, visceral machine that requires heavy inputs for steering, braking and clutch operation - not something that the old and frail will be able to easily negotiate.
Also, let's face it, a 1980's 911 is a pretty raw, visceral machine that requires heavy inputs for steering, braking and clutch operation - not something that the old and frail will be able to easily negotiate.
01-02-2003, 10:42 PM
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I have a much "older" friend who sold his 930 because "I'm past what a Porsche is"
Kinda made me think maybe he never knew what they are truly about in the first place. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
Kinda made me think maybe he never knew what they are truly about in the first place. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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01-03-2003, 12:31 AM
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This is weird timing.
I just went to visit my folks for my dad's birthday Dec 31 (mid 70's). We often take his car, a bubble gum blue 67S our for a drive around the twisty parts out by their house. He lets me drive, it is a amazing contrast to the my current car but it reminds me of why I got into them in the first place.
As we pull in and draw the cover back over the top, he turns to me and says "I think you should take the car, I'm worried I might have trouble with it and it shouldn't just sit here..."
Ouch, that was bitter sweet. He's always played with something, his toying around with old sportscars got me hooked early on, haven't been without since I could drive. The car is really a wonderful car, I helped him peice it back together from a restoration over 12 years ago. Giving it up seems unthinkable.
Well, I told him that of course I would take it when he thought he didn't want it anymore, but it would need some work; the seats have lost there support, the tires need replaced, the wheels need painting....And I would want to lower it down and get some R rims with some hoosers, bolt on some megaphones and some racing seats, and take it out for some autocrosses...
"really?...hummm...you think that old roll bar you have might bolt in?...how low can it go with those tires?...you know I did just put in new tensioners...and the harness bolts are already in the car...."
So we ordered a new set of tires, and we're looking for some old sports seats...it has to be just right, I'm very pickey, and it HAS to be driven around every week to keep the batteries charged, the engine lubed and carbs clean, and since I already have the RS filling the garage it will have to stay there for quite some time...and thats ok for me.
(I still have to explain the new project to mom...)
I just went to visit my folks for my dad's birthday Dec 31 (mid 70's). We often take his car, a bubble gum blue 67S our for a drive around the twisty parts out by their house. He lets me drive, it is a amazing contrast to the my current car but it reminds me of why I got into them in the first place.
As we pull in and draw the cover back over the top, he turns to me and says "I think you should take the car, I'm worried I might have trouble with it and it shouldn't just sit here..."
Ouch, that was bitter sweet. He's always played with something, his toying around with old sportscars got me hooked early on, haven't been without since I could drive. The car is really a wonderful car, I helped him peice it back together from a restoration over 12 years ago. Giving it up seems unthinkable.
Well, I told him that of course I would take it when he thought he didn't want it anymore, but it would need some work; the seats have lost there support, the tires need replaced, the wheels need painting....And I would want to lower it down and get some R rims with some hoosers, bolt on some megaphones and some racing seats, and take it out for some autocrosses...
"really?...hummm...you think that old roll bar you have might bolt in?...how low can it go with those tires?...you know I did just put in new tensioners...and the harness bolts are already in the car...."
So we ordered a new set of tires, and we're looking for some old sports seats...it has to be just right, I'm very pickey, and it HAS to be driven around every week to keep the batteries charged, the engine lubed and carbs clean, and since I already have the RS filling the garage it will have to stay there for quite some time...and thats ok for me.
(I still have to explain the new project to mom...)
01-03-2003, 10:14 AM
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Reminds me of a statement in a Road & Track (or maybe Car & Driver) road test of the 1980 SC:
"This thing will run until your hair and teeth fall out and they look for a place to plant you."
That's my plan - except, I hope, the hair and teeth part.
"This thing will run until your hair and teeth fall out and they look for a place to plant you."
That's my plan - except, I hope, the hair and teeth part.
01-03-2003, 10:30 AM
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Your Dad is on his way to recovery from the dreaded 'To old for a Porsche' disease due to your early diagnosis and treatment.
I think you've discovered the cure.
Nice touch.
Jaxon
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Your Dad is on his way to recovery from the dreaded 'To old for a Porsche' disease due to your early diagnosis and treatment.
I think you've discovered the cure.
Nice touch.
Jaxon
01-03-2003, 12:08 PM
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As a 48 year old with a 944 I bought only two years ago (divorce -- needed an inexpensive car but didn't want something completely depressing like an old Accord, Taurus or some such). This '44 fell in my lap.
I ALWAYS wanted a Porsche and am looking for an older 911 now. I doubt I'll ever be without one again.
There is no such thing as being too old for a Porsche. But another point of view would be that if you think you ARE too old for a Porsche then you probably always were!
I am lean, I work out and still it is a little tough to squeeze into the 944. I pretty much sit on the door ledge and slide onto the seat. SO WHAT! If that is all it takes to own a Porsche, I'm all for it.
J-McDonald..."old and frail"???- Bite me
Usafa - I'm with you.
Todd - You're right, he never knew what they are.
Ron - Get UNCONCERNED. I'll be in a 911 real soon and I'll stay in her until well after 60!
I ALWAYS wanted a Porsche and am looking for an older 911 now. I doubt I'll ever be without one again.
There is no such thing as being too old for a Porsche. But another point of view would be that if you think you ARE too old for a Porsche then you probably always were!
I am lean, I work out and still it is a little tough to squeeze into the 944. I pretty much sit on the door ledge and slide onto the seat. SO WHAT! If that is all it takes to own a Porsche, I'm all for it.
J-McDonald..."old and frail"???- Bite me
Usafa - I'm with you.
Todd - You're right, he never knew what they are.
Ron - Get UNCONCERNED. I'll be in a 911 real soon and I'll stay in her until well after 60!
01-04-2003, 01:27 AM
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Look, I'm in OK health (LDL>200, crap!)...I try to stay active with yard work (3 acres), animal husbandry (be nice!), biking, occasional light workouts mixed in between episodes of the West Wing, Law and Order CI, and many (too many according to my Wife) Discovery, History, and Science Ch programs. I do have a bad lower back, due to an old injury in combination with not enough crunches, which sometimes gives me hell.
But I look at driving the Porsche as a kind of workout. It builds my left leg and abdominal strength as well as keeps my right shoulder loose every time I shift gears, especially in stop and go traffic. The sport seats fully support my aching back. It also builds hand-eye coordination and I'm not sure, but I think a little of that bad cholesterol gets knocked loose from my arteries every time boost kicks in! The adrenaline rush makes me feel like I'm twenty again! (Unfortunately those cute twenty, and now even thirty year old babes don't think I'm twenty again. But that's another whole subject as my oldest daughter is now 23.)
....what was that Honey? Yes dear I'll go right now and paint the House. I love you too!
....Sorry guys, I'm back now. I forgot where I was, oh yeah, I'm happily married and have a mile- long Honey-Do list.
Anyway, I think I've been growing younger since owning a Porsche! Working on it also gives me another excuse for avoiding that Honey-Do list and almost keeps me out of trouble.
J Richard: You done good!
Dan: Don't forget that a Porsche can be a real Chick-Magnet. (I know...having been through the big 'D' as well.)
Todd: Some might argue that a Porsche is symbolic of a man's, well you know. It's also one hell of a driving experience! By the way...mine's Red and really really strong!
Jaxon: Don't worry too much about the "Too old for a Porsche disease". If you contract it you won't know it because you will be DOA.
<img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
But I look at driving the Porsche as a kind of workout. It builds my left leg and abdominal strength as well as keeps my right shoulder loose every time I shift gears, especially in stop and go traffic. The sport seats fully support my aching back. It also builds hand-eye coordination and I'm not sure, but I think a little of that bad cholesterol gets knocked loose from my arteries every time boost kicks in! The adrenaline rush makes me feel like I'm twenty again! (Unfortunately those cute twenty, and now even thirty year old babes don't think I'm twenty again. But that's another whole subject as my oldest daughter is now 23.)
....what was that Honey? Yes dear I'll go right now and paint the House. I love you too!
....Sorry guys, I'm back now. I forgot where I was, oh yeah, I'm happily married and have a mile- long Honey-Do list.
Anyway, I think I've been growing younger since owning a Porsche! Working on it also gives me another excuse for avoiding that Honey-Do list and almost keeps me out of trouble.
J Richard: You done good!
Dan: Don't forget that a Porsche can be a real Chick-Magnet. (I know...having been through the big 'D' as well.)
Todd: Some might argue that a Porsche is symbolic of a man's, well you know. It's also one hell of a driving experience! By the way...mine's Red and really really strong!
Jaxon: Don't worry too much about the "Too old for a Porsche disease". If you contract it you won't know it because you will be DOA.
<img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />