Okay fellas, time to admit to it and come clean. Who here has it? You buy one car but keep looking or "browsing" to make sure you got a good deal, or worse, to buy another car! There's fun hobby and then there's addiction. C'mon, you know who you are... so stand up addicts and unite!

 

Shoot I've been laid off for the last year and as soon as I got a new full time gig I want to buy another car.

But I've enlisted my friends to kick me in the jiggly bits if I do.

 

I did research for about a year before I bought the GTS so i was comfortable with my deal, options etc. but now that it's in the garage i'm starting to watch the GT3 market. Me moving to the GT cars is years away but the constant hunt never ends.

 

I'm only a year into my M3 and I'm already trying to figure out how to get out of it into a 911 lol it's quite an expensive addiction!

 

Since I got out of college, every 3-4 years I get the fever (worst was 18 months). Since I got my 991, I really haven't gotten the bug. I'm at 3.5 years so I'm a little perplexed...but not in a bad way. I still love my car.

 

I've got it bad. I only wish my income could keep up. My earning potential is seriously cramping my style!

 

I go every Wednesday night to the Car buying Addicts help group. We commiserate together....and we bring the latest version of our favorite car magazine as a show and tell. It's therapeutic.


I stalk cars for up to 2 years. My 981 for 15 months. MY upcoming 991.2 for 18 months. It happens....


I will be buried in my 981 but only keep my "beater" 991.2 (daily driver) until I retire in 9 years....then something awesome...whatever that is.

 

I have had more cars than I'm old...and I'm 50.

 

Hi, I'm Zahntoid, and I have a car problem. I have not purchased a car in 3 months, but am looking at #15 this Saturday. Help!!

 

Finally have it to only two sports cars, down from 7 a few years ago. My bud has it pretty bad and his current RL sig says it all:

1978's:
5sp Euro #105
5sp EU Orange/Pascha #498
5sp US MB/Cork Pascha 80k mi #636
5sp EU Lt Grn Met/Cork Pascha #852
5sp EU #1636
5sp EU Talbot/Cork 79k KM! #1810
5sp EU Silver/Pascha 88k #1891
1979's:
5sp US Red/Blk #213 82k
5sp EU Petrol/Pascha #1979
5sp US Mocha/Cork 79k
1980's:
'80 AT EU Silver/Tartan 32k
'80 EU S 5spd Tabac/Uni-Stoffe 70k
'81 5sp EU Zinnmetallic/Pascha 57k
'82 Weissach #13 AT
'84 Chiffon AT
'86 Nougat 5sp
'88 AT NachtGrun(1of1)/GreyGrn 92k

 

Nah man, you're cool as long as the number of cars presently owned does not exceed your age. . . .

Now back to ebay motors I go . . .

 

I am constantly on Cars.com just browsing to see the market rates. I traded my R8 for a new 2015 991S mostly because the CPO warranty was soon expiring and I wanted to try something new.

After discovering this forum I couldn't hold on to that and let it go after 17 months. But continuously searching the net helped me understand what I wanted next which led me to my new GTS, which I bought while I happened to just buy as I drove by the Porsche dealer on a day off. When I saw the car and the build it was pretty much on target.

I have owned all the usual suspects:
Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Lexus, Infiniti, Acura, etc

Barely had this car and still looking for change to perhaps a Turbo S, but that will have to wait!

To the OP: I don't think it's "worse" to buy another car, I would think it's definitely "better"!

Answer: Yes an addict.

 

Been driving 40 years and on my 87 car. But I am not willing to take the first step and admit to being an addict.

 

I generally keep my cars for at least 10 years. After extensive research on available options, I generally order exactly what I want. I am currently on my 5th 911 since 1973.

 

I think most people who joins car forums has this addiction.