Mister C

This is probably a repost but a recent comment I made on this board had me digging for this old pic.

An oldie but a goodie and personally very true.

TYNUSKT

Huh?

lopro

all I know is once your hooked on the P, there is no going back. I was looking at all the old bm's that I used to own and work on and I just dont feel the same passion as I do with porsche

I think im hooked

Mister C

The S4 was it for me. It hooked me and led me down the path to a P car.

I guess that is why we have "Addict" under our screen names.

brucec59

Audi S4? I've had so many of those mess with me on the freeway. There must be some "more HP than a 911" in the sales materials or something.

rcg412

Great car!

MielsOnWheels

Having owned 2 Audis, I can attest to their "gateway drug" status. Audi was my first intro to fine German engineered vehicles, so it forever reset my expectations for what a car should be (build quality, design, performance, SOUL, etc.) As a result, I compare all other cars to the German stuff and nothing stacks up (American, Japanese,etc.) except for the Italian stuff possibly, but of course I'll never be well-heeled enough to own a Ferrari I suspect. So, once I hit the reset button on what a car should be after owning an Audi, a Porsche seemed like the next natural step. As a matter of fact, as I was reading the owner's manual for my 993, I was laughing at how similar it was to the one for my A6 4.2 - it was comforting actually.

element

Mini Cooper S was my gateway - cant touch the go-kart handling and amazing track car BUT overall I have always been aiming at a Porsche.. and only a Porsche.. and always a Porsche



phil.

Triple G

I went from an allroad to my 993.

Not your typical allroad though..

KBell

2006 S4, 4.2 liter, Quattro

First new car.
Sunroof delete.
BBS wheels

I love it.

Magdaddy

OK now...that's a sweet Allroad!

For me, I had 911's before my first Audi. Being a rally fan got me into the Quattro's. My longest Audi relationship was with a 90 Coupe Quattro-13 years, and 276K miles. That thing was ice raced, autocrossed, club rallyed, and DE'd. I wrecked it so many times, in so many ways...it's hard to remember. Every time it broke, it was $3-4K to fix-but it had lots of mods. Fully adj coil overs-Koni externally adj strut inserts at all four corners, exhauxt, head, cam, ECU, work...it was a hoot. I really never should have sold it, considering what I eventually got for it.

Anyway, it'll be a long time till I eclipse those memories with my latest Pcar...if ever. There just isn't the club motorsport events-local SCCA, etc there used to be 20 years ago around here.

MielsOnWheels

'04 A6 4.2

Added OEM Sport Suspension and H-Sport Sway Bars. She doesn't handle anything like the 993, but she gets around OK for a big girl.

Still love her after 7 years-I sense she is jealous of her new garage mate however...

1pcarnut

Gateway for me was a 79 SC. Owner before me was an idiot and wrecked the rear quarter while DUI. Judge ordered him to sell it, guess this wasn't his first time. Anyway, picked it up for a good price and in the process of tearing it apart for the new quarter came to appreciate how well it was designed and put together. Have had a pcar ever since. Funny thing is though the day I saw the ad for the 911, we were heading out to buy a Pontiac and the 911 was listed alphabetically in the paper just beneath it. Serendipity strikes.

blake

My first car was an '87 Dodge Caravan with woodwork. Ah, what a chick repellent that one was! Luckily, dad told me at age 10 that I would have to buy my first car - so I started saving. Mom let me drive her minivan at age 16, but at age 18 - I "upgraded" to a 79 SC Targa. I've had a Porsche in the garage ever since... Never owned an Audi, but have enjoyed Mini Coopers and BMWs.

levtron

1984 VW GTi ---> 1987 VW Sciracco ---> CRAP ---> VW 1990 Jetta GLi 16v ---> Crap, crap, crap ---> 993 phew!