B Chester

After 9 years of trouble free 2003 Boxster S ownership, I traded the old girl for an older girl; a 1987 Black on Black Targa with 65,000 miles. I've watched this board over the years and I feel like I have a good head start on a number of ownership issues. I had a PPI with excellent results, and I'm looking forward to the experience.

Ed Hughes

Nice car-congrats!

theiceman

sweet
nice choice

Mister Moo

Wow - interesting move. I hope you're nothing but happy with your "new" car and look forward to your compare/contrast comments.

Dan/'87 Carrera

rusnak

whoa, a time capsule car. I bet that ride is every bit of bone stock.

MelanomaMan

Congrats!

groovzilla

nothing like the aircooled cars! - try to save it for a while - not too many nice ones around anymore

GothingNC

Very nice

Enjoy !

dshepp806

Very nice,..COGRATS!

Doyle

Brett San Diego

Very cool. In 2004, I went from a 2000 Boxster to a 1978 911. Loved the Boxster. Was a brilliant car, but I really wanted the classic Porsche I knew as a kid. I'd keep a Boxster around if my garage were big enough.

Brett

Jay H

I've had two Boxsters ('02 and '08) and a 997 along with my air cooled cars. My air cooled 911's are still in the garage, the rest are gone. Nice Targa!

w00tPORSCHE

Very nice. How are you liking it so far ?

TheMystro

Outstanding move. You have traded a car for a legend and family heirloom. As the Boxster will depreciate and eventually be junked, the air cooled 911 will go up in value as long as you own it.

User 4221

Well said. I have a short attention span car-wise. I typically get the itch after a year or so. I bought my Targa 2.5 years ago and have no plans on selling it.

It is hard to describe the driving sensation provided by these old cars but the only analogy I can muster is akin to flying a small aircraft.... Light, nimble and lots of sensory input.

TheMystro

I can't agree more... I had air cooled 911's for 17 years strait. For some stupid reason, I thought I would try a few new high-performance German cars. They were faster smoother but lacked any personality or soul. After losing a lot of money in depreciation with three of these newer performance cars, I had to return to my roots. I will never ever again be without a 911. There's even a distinct smell that the 911 air cooled cars have that no other performance car or even newer 911s has. It smells like a historic library draped in a leather. The smell is intoxicating to me. The old adage "if I have to explain, you won't understand" applies here.