ble2011

On my way to work enjoying the last few driving days in the Porsche before winter storage, I was thinking about how I arrived at buying a 993. It started back in 1984. I moved out to WA to become an ink technician for Sun Chemical company. That didn't turn out so well after finding out I was color blind. Anyway, I drove by Bellevue Porsche everyday and finally got enough nerve to stop in. There was a Porsche in the showroom that made me stop in my tracks. It was purple and had a red interior. Sounds awful, but really was stunning. So much so, that I couldn't stop thinking about it to this day. I vowed some day I would own a Porsche.

jimbo3

In high school, I was a lot boy at a large dealership (EVS in the Falls, for you in SE Wisconsin) and drove a lot of different cars- Muscle cars, SL's, big Merc's, Panteras, Vettes, etc. I wasn't much of a "car guy" until a '73 T showed up. Took it from the body shop to the showroom, which is a total of maybe 1/2 mile. That's all it took.

tkrtape12

Nice ... Growing up I was lucky enough to live 5 blocks from the Porsche dealer that was used in the movie Risky Business combination of seeing the 928 in the movie and stopping by every week w my friends and drooling... I remember getting my 1st job in highschool and telling my mom I'm going to save ip for a 928...I've been lucky enough to own allot of the luxury brands and I've just been really happy with the brand... I will say I'm lucky enough to have a friend that owns a Euro repair shop... So upkeep has been pretty good.

wholberg

I was working for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1977 and one of the trainmen had a new 930 in the parking lot. I could not get over how cool the wide rear fenders looked. Later that week I drove by a porsche dealer and there was a yellow 74 911S sitting in the front with the Carrera script on the sides.

I never got the image of those wide fenders out of my head.

IXLR8

A cell phone yapping idiot of a kid who rammed me and my stopped-in-traffic motorcycle into the car ahead of me, made me buy a Porsche.

Life can be short so I decided to buy the car that I always wanted, could have bought earlier, but never saw the point.

bb993tt

Similar but slightly different story. I came back from Viet Nam in late '69 (I'm really old) with more money in one place than I'd ever had in my entire life. I was 24 and thought I was going back there in a year or so. Bought a slightly used '69 S about two weeks later.

timothymoffat

Chicks dig em.

csertich

A good ride in a '69 911S when I was 19 years old. I was a muscle car guy but fell in love with this small displacement, high winding, fast, screaming little beast.
chuck

AOW162435

It's the only car that reminds me of my '66 Beetle.


Andreas

Hank Cohn

Similar to the story above (jimbo3), I was a go-fer/lot boy for a used car dealership during the summers of high school. One day one of the owner’s buddies—both of them flashy/cheesy guys—came in with a red 911 SC cab. This was in Baton Rouge, LA in the early 80’s.

It must have been obvious that I had never seen a car like that and the guy threw me the keys and said: “have fun with it for 10 minutes.” After stalling the car trying to pull out of the dealership, I sheepishly drove it around the block at probably not over 30 mph and brought it back. That’s not what I told my friends.

I was a “car guy” in spite of the fact that my car was a Honda Prelude. It wasn’t long before I had numerous Porsche posters and lifelong desire for cars that I couldn’t afford. It took 15 years to buy my first one but it has been a fun journey with a lot of good stories and some great friends along the way.

ca993twin

My brother-in-law let me drive his 1969 912 (this was probably in 1971). I thought the car was great, but needed more hp. A year later I found a beautiful 1970 911E coupe. I sold my 1967 Mustang GT fastback with 4-speed to get the Porsche. I wish I still had both.

skl

In high school I wanted a MGB GT BAD!! (remember this is the late 60's) Was going to get a car when I finished college (my dad wouldn't let me have a car in college and he was right- I never would have made it into med school), and I then wanted a BMW 2002 until my uncle got a '69 912, the first Porsche in our family. That did it- got a '71 914- still have it...


PS- I'd still love a MGB-GT, but now lust for a 100-4 Healy...)

matt777

My Dad's Road and Track magazine's, a newer Porsche in Tobacco sitting in a parking lot in 1984 when I got out of college and Flashdance

Seamless

Can I add a response even though I don't have one....yet?

In the back seat of my parents rusty 1983 Honda accord (about 18 years ago) heading out to the cabin. Saw/heard a blue car absolutely fly by us. Asked my mom "What kind of car was that?" Her response "A Porsche". I have been obsessed since. I am looking to pull the trigger on a 993 in the spring...finally.

AOW162435

Good luck!


Andreas