Correct me if i`m wrong, but isn`t the housing market in a slump over there at the moment and 993 prices are rising worldwide . you should explain to your lovely wife that it make perfect economic sense to keep the 993 . in fact you should buy another before more people catch on.
good luck

 

Seriously funny stuff.

40, unmarried but not single. Not much else to say (she lurks here because it's "entertaining.").

 

The PO of my car bought it after he got divorced to celebrate and exercise his new found freedom. Fast forward three years and he was getting back together with his ex and selling the 993 as part of the reconciliation. Doubt if I'd be doing that but I've never walked a mile in his shoes. I figure his loss, my gain.

 

Hello everyone I am new here so I am still learning about Porsches. I find this post hilarious ha ha lol.
What a funny question....... ok, here is my input on this topic. I am not married just have a girlfriend, however she loves the car and wants to drive it. Most of the time I say "no" unless I am with her then maybe yes it just depends where we are sometimes. This I do know though, everytime I run an errand or go to the store, mall, park, etc Chicks stare at it including super hot Executive women too! I have to get use to the attention LOL....

 

I tell my wife that a porsche is cheaper than a mistress, which is true. The counterpoint is, my wife couldn't afford to live on only half my income.

 

Met my wife-to-be driving my parents' '59 MGA. Then bought my own '67 Beetle new. Our first "married car" was a new '70 Triumph Spitfire. Did not buy my first Porsche till age 44. Made sure she and the kids got all they needed first. Married 40 years last Sunday.

 

Great topic!! My GF didn't quite understand what the deal was with Porsche cars. It wasn't until she sat down in it the first time and took her for a spin. The car started getting to her, slowly. She first loved the sound it made, she said the car sounds angry at all times. The next thing she noticed was that the cars in front of us on the German highways would almost by default move to the side to let us pass, even though we had no intention to do so. So the driving in this car is more relaxed then in others. Next is the attention she gets from her coworkers. Since she didn't have any of the facts about the car, I had to write it down for her so she could spread the details, mostly to the male coworkers. In the beginning, she was afraid of the accelleration, cornering and braking. I like to drive it like I stole it sometimes, when it's save to do so. She loves it now but thinks other people and traffic is always in the way.
Since I have a H&R streetkit suspension, we make more frequent pit stops hihi.
The commitment thing never once came up but she looks a bit funny at me why I would want to modify the engine when we already went 170mph + as many times as we have. Speed wise, she's OK I guess. We'll see how things continue but I never heard a bad word over it.
Next.....

 

Doesn't sound like a recipe for a lasting reconciliation.

If giving up my Porsche equates to commitment, then yes, I do have a problem. That said it is just a car. My wife of 20 years is glad that I am more attached to wives (just one) than cars (many).

 

It's the other way around: girls who think that about Porsche owners who are single will drive you to being committed ...to an asylum.

My girl accepted me with all my various hobby-neuroses in tact, and supports me still. Many years and 4 kids later, she still is that same gem. Got a track weekend coming up, and all the fam is coming along. That's the woman one needs to find!

Edward

 

17? That could be my daughter! Sounds great in theory but late 20s to early 30s is about the sweet spot for me. Young enough to help keep me young at heart but old enough to have some experience, practicality and wisdom.

Welcome to RL. Those are women to be mindful of.



I've been engaged three times. Looking back, I made the right choice in taking a pass every time. My parents make one of the best couples I've ever come across and I guess they've set the bar high for me. The criteria that some people use to make decisions about marriage these days blows me away. Sure enough they become a divorce statistic when things inevitably don't work out. I guess what I'm personally concerned with is not commitment but divorce. I find it's warranted in Vancouver. Lots of beautiful women but many of them seem to have a sense of entitlement I don't find anywhere else through my travels.

 

I cannot comment, as I don't have a porch on my house.

 

I've been married forever, and the 993 is just the latest in a long list of indulgences that my beloved bride puts up with.

 

Keeping a 911 after multiple kids arrive... that's commitment!

 

This reminds me of the comments I have gotten from girls that say "you only have a porsche to try to get chicks", when I have found that its the exact opposite. I usually explain the following:

1. most women usually dont give a S*** about what you drive, half of them dont even know what it is and dont want to

2. Ususally they think you are just an a-hole with too much money or you are over compensating for something else.

Thus it actually makes it harder to get women.

Once they relize that I didnt buy it to show off (hell my DD cost 2x what my 993 did) they understand that its a source of joy and then they get it.

 

Louis, I've lived in Vancouver. If you think the women there have an overdeveloped sense of entitlement, come visit Los Angeles. This place is the ground zero for entitled people!