Do you have a real job?
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now I make latte and trying to get a job at 4tilfour cafe in AZ (they are hiring)
yes, I had many careers bc I sucked in all ha..
but I am good at eating fine food
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" never forget your values and the people that care about you" that is so true. Moved to the US when I was 13. Didn't speak any English and somehow came to this day. Lately working with COVID, I've been reflecting on how important people around me are.
Also, this forum is very much different than the BMW forum (wanted an E92 m3 since I was in highschool but now moved onto Porsche). While BMW forum is active and energetic, this forum seems filled with gentlemen.
Also, this forum is very much different than the BMW forum (wanted an E92 m3 since I was in highschool but now moved onto Porsche). While BMW forum is active and energetic, this forum seems filled with gentlemen.
Older doctors who cared about patients, were independent minded and ran there own businesses could do well and afford their toys. Unfortunately now it’s all corporate have patient quotas, less time for patients hell some don’t even touch the patients and do a physical exam. That dealing with insurance and Obamacare will drastically reduce physician income. I still love the profession but not the system. COVID will push many docs who considered retiring out the door. Now we will be able to enjoy our Porsche . Good lunch to the patients
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Seems like many doctors/ business owners here. I can only imagine how hard they have worked to come to this far in life. My wife and I are regular job people.
Wife 23yr - Mechanical Engineer in gov. Wanting to be in management next year
Me 26yr - ICU Nurse - seems like there is more to life than just passing gas for career wise. (Realizing after working with COVID)
Hope to own a 981 GT4 or 997 GT3.
Just bought a home in a nice area (hopefully appreciates) and no student loan.
It's just a dream right now but I think I could turn that dream into a realistic dream in about 3 years.
Will update in 3 years lol.
Wife 23yr - Mechanical Engineer in gov. Wanting to be in management next year
Me 26yr - ICU Nurse - seems like there is more to life than just passing gas for career wise. (Realizing after working with COVID)
Hope to own a 981 GT4 or 997 GT3.
Just bought a home in a nice area (hopefully appreciates) and no student loan.
It's just a dream right now but I think I could turn that dream into a realistic dream in about 3 years.
Will update in 3 years lol.
I bought my first 911 when 28 - was driving my Honda past a Porsche dealership and saw a red 911 there - stopped to look at it and 3 hours later I had sold my Honda and bought (financed a 911). Oh to be young and single again. However, there's always a balance between buying a great car and putting the $$ to work. Years later and have added wife, kids and I have become a bit more conservative where i view toys as something to be paid for with cash and after 529 plan for kids who are close to college (college at $60K per year each) and private school and wife and now two houses and retirement are fully funded - you get the picture. Having typed this i wonder if i am too conservative. I did the Lambo thing for 2 years - was fun. Now I miss it but dont have garage space or time (or some other excuse). Anyway, find your balance of YOLO and being able to sleep at night. I think there are some starter Porsche's like the 997.2 series that are great cars (had one) and pretty reliable. I feel the really old stuff is fun but they break all the time and sometimes the nostalgia is better than the experience. I bought a 993 3 years ago and after a year was like why did i do this. It was fun (TBH less fun than i thought it would be - having owned some older stuff in the day) but found i only drove it maybe 1500 miles in a year. It was cherry 26K miles (or thereabouts) but still a 24 year old car needs $$ to maintain and stuff broke. Sold it for a loss - move on - now they are going up again during Covid (of course). Now 964's are the in thing. I'd avoid all the older an start at 997. I think the .2 became more bullet proof and a good jump in power. I liked that car. Although .1's 2006 and on maybe safer and fun too. good luck.
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As an ICU nurse you could make a killing right now. But it is stressful. She finished her LA contract and we got the hell out. Now she’s in Santa Fe NM at an ortho surgery center, way less stress then covid care
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Mostly post on the Cup Car and CGT forums, but have been surfing this one as I'm considering a GT3RS. This is a fascinating thread. As for me, came to L.A. as a struggling musician, living in my car, playing gigs. Eventually started buying and selling music gear when I landed an apartment. Jazz dreams did not work out, but most everything else did. Best memories of help along the way: Bank teller who would cash my $25 gig checks when I had no money in my account, so I could eat and put gas in my car. Later on: Manufactures who believed in me and shipped me gear on credit so I could sell it and pay them back. Best part of life is the journey.
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personal story first 911 at age 24, gt3 at 27, rs at 31. What is a real job anyway
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Saw a few posts in this 991 GT3 RS R section which made me laugh, raising the question of whether anyone around here who posts regularly has a real job. That got me thinking: how do people manage to spend so much time around here while being able to afford these cars?
I'll start. For many years, I've owned a 'small' business, which gives me some schedule flexibility, and dipping into RL a couple times a day is a nice temporary diversion from working and other responsibilities.
I imagine some people around here must have inherited money, but I couldn't even guess at the percentage.
I'll start. For many years, I've owned a 'small' business, which gives me some schedule flexibility, and dipping into RL a couple times a day is a nice temporary diversion from working and other responsibilities.
I imagine some people around here must have inherited money, but I couldn't even guess at the percentage.
I was in consulting for 30+years, with a Firm that I shall not name.
As a consultant, I advised the top management of Lancia-Autobianchi, SEAT, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. Plus lots of other companies in other industries.
Owned several Lancia Delta Integrale and quite a few Mercedes AMG, and when I worked for Porsche (late nineties) I bought my first 911: a 993 Turbo S, direct from the importer.
Then a 991.2 Turbo S and now a 992 Turbo S.
One of the most memorable encounters in my life was when I was 23, "tutoring" senior executives in a well known B-School.
One week, one of the "senior executives" I had in front of me for a few sessions was Michael Collins (Apollo XI), 19 years older than me.
I remember vividly our discussions of his experience and how it was to fly to the moon with so little on-board computer power: in those days, real computer power was in huge machines, PCs did not exist and the most sophisticated hand-held calculator was the HP-80 financial!
Since then, I've done interesting things, and met quite a few fascinating people.....
..... but nothing close to what I experienced during those hours with Michael Collins.
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Really hope that's not the case with getting tired of the GT4. I am not the person to crave the most power from cars. I work 3 days in a row and have 6 days off then 3 on again, I just like to enjoy morning drives, cars and coffee with my wife, nothing too special but just the car has to be special to me.
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Really hope that's not the case with getting tired of the GT4. I am not the person to crave the most power from cars. I work 3 days in a row and have 6 days off then 3 on again, I just like to enjoy morning drives, cars and coffee with my wife, nothing too special but just the car has to be special to me.
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Really hope that's not the case with getting tired of the GT4. I am not the person to crave the most power from cars. I work 3 days in a row and have 6 days off then 3 on again, I just like to enjoy morning drives, cars and coffee with my wife, nothing too special but just the car has to be special to me.
I have a real job, but along with working hard and being smart, I have been lucky in my career. I am an engineer running product development for a Fortune 500 company. My "real money" was made with equity portion of my compensation. The company has done well and it was a pleasure to be part of that growth. I am a frugal saver. I waited to buy my GT4 until I was in my 40's, with my kids college fully funded, a nice house, and my retirement saving in a strong position.
All that being said, I must admit I am doing a 4.5L conversion with shorter gears but that is not to fault the GT4 in any way. It is because I love the car, it is a keeper, this will make it only better, and it fits in my frugal minded budget...
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