matt777

Its under warranty

Quadcammer

doesn't cover maintenance

RocketJohn

Once I let it be known that my 993 was 18 years old, and the oldest car in the parking lot, the talks of fanciness and expensive quickly ceased. I am known as the gear head and often ride one of my motos to work and have always had more than one car, so the 993 is par for the course. Plus my wife and I don't have kids so, obviously we can afford a 3rd car in their minds.

My 993 gets tons of attention when refueling... I think it has to do with the fact that its such a great organic and iconic esign, that isnt nearly as exotic as other sports cars. This makes it and me much more approachable especially being a guy in jeans and a tshirt...

Malibu101

Think yourselves lucky with a price tag of only $170k. The same 991 optioned up in Australia will put you back near on $300k

matt777

Perhaps I would get a BMW then. Who enjoys maintaining a new car anyway? It can't be much more than infrequent oil and plug changes. Its not that interesting anyway which is why someone else can take care of that.

P-daddy

Well said, Cam. To save the aggravation, I only drive my DD to work.

Quadcammer

not wanting to to and not being able to are different matters.

Oh and I do. Its much nicer not to have evidence of crappy work, jerry rigging, etc.

race911

Too funny to log back in after three days and see this has legs.

Couple of observations glancing through:

You guys have it all wrong thinking Porsches lead to massive amounts of unsolicited female attention. It's actually the single female Porsche owners who start to appear.

I'll have a conversation with other Porsche owners who employ lower middle class workers, or are out hustling sales where your prospective customer can see you driving up, to compare notes about what you do/do not want them to see about your personal life. I've had the luxury of explaining things away, as my employees know I (barely at this point) generate income from Porsches. I don't think I'd get the same reaction from those $12-15/hr. workers if I rolled up in something new/new-ish.

And I've got a whole 'nother set of thoughts after spending a day at the PCA Tech Tactics at the Ontario PCNA facility on Saturday. (Plus, Saturday night. But I think that will stay filed under What Happens in Ontario, Stays In Ontario.)

hkspwrsche

Curently: I daily drive a Honda Ridgeline I bought new 2 years ago. It's dark gray/blue called Polished metal. No one notices or comments. Before that a black 4runner same response and blended in.
When I started this job I would show up on my motorcycle or my 911SC and got a lot of comments like "Wow must be nice to be a bachelor and have money" and other things like that. When I got my S2000 which listed for $35k new it didnt seem like a big deal to most folks since it said Honda on it. Now that I'm back to a Porsche I havent decided if I will ever drive my 993 to work unless we are down a car and my wife needs my Ridgeline. I do ride my motorcycle to work and did today.

I think it's one of those things that can be expected in some areas. It is a bit ostentatious even if we buy for the feel, engineering or history. If you wear a Rolex you could have the same issue in some areas or choose another model of swiss watch that drew less attention like a JLC or Patek that some poeple would never recognize. Or even my Speedy Pro on a NATO strap goes unnoticed. Wear a Rolex and some secretary will notice and point it out.

JLJ11

Mayans predict the world is about to end.. what if they are right? Drive the porsche every day and ignore the idiots. Life is too short to worry about such things in my opinion but i appear to be in the minority so far on this thread.

mts

I think its easy to say that and for some it doesn't matter. Depending on what you do for a living, sometimes its just not worth the aggrevation of it all though. It's also not getting better......don't want to get too far into politics, but if you appear to doing well these days you seem to be a bit more of a target (for simple stupid comments and otherwise) than you were 10 years ago.

ilko

As a matter of fact they did. Just about everything is connected to the CAN bus on the 991 and you need a dealer service dept. to change any of the settings to the damn car save for the memory seats. The 997 is really the last Porsche you can do moderate wrenching on your own.

JLJ11

yeah i agree and its a real sad direction we appear to be heading in. I can totally understand going for the easy life and not taking the porsche. Its just frustrating that the world is getting like that. I turned up for work in a Ford GT once.. that didnt go down well at all..

Quadcammer

Ilko, thats true, but my mercedes has a can-bus and that hasn't stopped me from doing a lot of work on it. Yes, things like electronic modules can be a challenge without the manuf. computers, but that doesn't stop things like oil changes, suspension/brake work, air filters, cabin filters, belts etc.

ilko

Trust me, it's more complicated than we both imagine.