We should reinstate this enthusiasm. I have, of late, been waving at other 911 drivers. Even though they may think I am not as cool as they are, I know we both love and appreciate the driving experience, even if they won't admit it..

 

It's called Esprit de Cours or spirit of the group ! Had since I had a Triumph in the seventies and eighties , not as much in Beamers in the nineties and always with air cooled early Porsches from eighties to present ..
oh and screw the Johnny come lately water cooled newbies they know no better haha Lol !

 

I’m 49 years young. I’ve had more cars than I care to count.
First Porsche was a Cayenne S I bought in Colorado Springs in 2009.

then a 997.2 C2S Cab, later
2020 718 GT4, and now a 997.1 C4S.

One day, we might all grow up, can’t really say I’m looking forward to it…

 

Agree with this comment. Up by me I get a occasional wave only. I ran into a 993 on the highway and passed him and the driver could not care any less for my G body 911 LOL

 

these guys i intentionally stop and look at their cars as i know they are going to walk over to show me their prize. Then i casually ask , have you ever considered owning a 911 ? .

I seem to be the king of passive aggressive..

 

Toodling around in my tangerine '69 911, I ALWAYS get waves, horn blasts, folks leaning out of their car to say how cool it looks. Especially from big-rig truckers. But hardly ever from Porsche drivers, regardless of the model or generation. I think 'The Wave' died long ago.

 

yeah i dont give or get, whatever..
air cooled are still somewhat special to see, but all other variants, there are millions of them, nothing special.

 

have you ever considered owning a 911 ? . LMAO, I am going to use this line!!!

air cooled are still somewhat special to see, - Took one of my early aircooled to dealer for a front end alignment. When they pulled the car around to the front I saw several advisers and techs standing around the car. I thought it was weird as they have seen my cars before, I thought perhaps they hit something!! I asked the service manager what was up- he said, they all missed the smell of real exhaust- a little fuel and little oil some carbon and they all stood there taking it in before they want back in to work on the new stuff. Air cooled cars are special.

 

another good line i have used with water cooled guys is " if you want to hear what a 911 really sounds like i can start mine for you if you want ! ? "

 

hopefully no v6 camry owners in the area hear your comments and begin a conversation regarding performance.

 

im not sure they have the wave either....

and like what i tell corvette owners.. " yeah my mom has a GM too. "

 

Someone will try and punch me in the mouth if I say that!!!~ But its a good one

 

But in all honestly the weird fact is for the Wonderful cars Modern Porsches are today .. a great deal of money and effort is spent to make them sound like their Air-cooled forefathers and not Like a Toyota Camry.

 

Whenever I drive my 89 to work I invariably either get people wanting to talk to me at a traffic light, or on the highway I’ll be in the middle or right lane doing the speed limit or a bit over and someone in the left lane will approach at a much higher speed, then stay with me maybe 15 seconds then speed ahead. I finally figured out they were checking out the car. I’ve had multiple instances of offers to buy the car.

 

My 981 Spyder has outrageous sound which amazes me that it’s an OEM exhaust. It’s that good. But as good as it is the air cooled engine sound is uniquely endearing. Modern Porsches are awesome but they don’t reproduce the air cooled magic.