How old were you when you owned your first Porsche
03-21-2006, 12:43 PM
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Was 35. Always bought good road cars (Hondas and Toyotas) because I spent over 200 days a year travelling doing clubs.
Always wanted a Porsche, so when I got established in Vegas, I traded in the Civic.
Wish I would have known 10 years ago how much I would enjoy driving the P Car.
Always wanted a Porsche, so when I got established in Vegas, I traded in the Civic.
Wish I would have known 10 years ago how much I would enjoy driving the P Car.
03-21-2006, 02:59 PM
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at 24 i bought my bedroom wall poster car - a Lotus Esprit Turbo SE. Mustard Yellow. Awesome performance car with unbeatable handling - when it was working!!
It forced me to buy a porsche by living up to its acronym - Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious
at 26 i bought a 1998 Boxster.
Sold the Boxster last October and replaced it with a new Audi A4 estate TDI, believeing that a new baby and a shiny new Audi estate would cure my car addiction. Totally wrong!!
2 months later (now 30) i got my 996 Carrera 4 cab. and thanks to the quinny stroller it can be a good weekend car for the family!!
It forced me to buy a porsche by living up to its acronym - Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious
at 26 i bought a 1998 Boxster.
Sold the Boxster last October and replaced it with a new Audi A4 estate TDI, believeing that a new baby and a shiny new Audi estate would cure my car addiction. Totally wrong!!
2 months later (now 30) i got my 996 Carrera 4 cab. and thanks to the quinny stroller it can be a good weekend car for the family!!
03-21-2006, 08:28 PM
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22, in college, bought a 3 year old 964 cab. drove for one months, realized no way in hell can i afford to maintain or insure it. sold it and made $2k off of it (that's including paying tax, i still made $2k profit)...
at 33, bought my first new p car, 2002 box S. after that it was all down hill.
97 993 c2s
02 996 c4s
02 996 c2
04 996 c2
04 996gt3
05 996gt3
06 cayman s x2
and many bmw, miata, and audi's.
at 33, bought my first new p car, 2002 box S. after that it was all down hill.
97 993 c2s
02 996 c4s
02 996 c2
04 996 c2
04 996gt3
05 996gt3
06 cayman s x2
and many bmw, miata, and audi's.
03-21-2006, 08:41 PM
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19.... In 1959 I bought a 1952 Club Racer "Spyder", for $125. from an auto wrecker whos couldn't junk it for more than $25, because it was so light.
The car deserved to be there. That was before the romance took over......
The car deserved to be there. That was before the romance took over......
03-21-2006, 08:47 PM
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18 yrs, 914 1.7L for $3,800. I bought it without my parents knowledge and kept it at a friends house for about 2 weeks.
It was a beautiful example and lot's of fun but not very reliable. It later spent most of it's time broken in Mom and Dad's garage. I later sold it while in College, not running, for $2k.
My first real Porsche, a 996 C4 was purchased at 30.
It was a beautiful example and lot's of fun but not very reliable. It later spent most of it's time broken in Mom and Dad's garage. I later sold it while in College, not running, for $2k.
My first real Porsche, a 996 C4 was purchased at 30.
03-22-2006, 02:42 AM
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At 24 I bought my first Turbo - a 1986. Then 2 years later, an 89. So far that has been my favorite car of all - drove like a race car with a very stiff clutch - especially compared to the 996.
03-22-2006, 03:14 AM
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first Porsche = 24
first new Porsche = 26
first new Porsche = 26
03-22-2006, 09:51 AM
#74
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57! I win. My C4S is my first P-car - many BMWs, Audi's and even a perfect '65 e-type fixed head coupe and a '67 Triumph TR4A-IRS. After all is said and done, there truly is no substitute!!
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