Even driving away from the Leipzig plant in our new Cayenne Turbo I felt like I was 'settling' as it wasn't a 911 variant. Waited patiently.....always refining which model of 911 to buy and what options. Then we ended up getting buying a new M5 before we left Germany for Vegas. Great car...still not a 911.

My wife started doing triathlons so I finally saw my garage coming together. We'd sell the M5, buy a truck for her to get to her triathlons, I'd still drive a Mini around town and I'd finally get the 911. I settled on yellow, black rims and most of my options. But even with a 3 car garage, parking the Mini and truck together is VERY tight (see below) and leaving any car outside is non-optional. More than that, I just can't bring myself to drop $100k into a car when I could take that money and buy into battered stocks. When we bought the Cayenne I looked at what that $100k would be worth had I invested it in our target stocks. Didn't get me too far depressed because money is there to be enjoyed. However, with stock prices so low as the main reason, and my garage situation as the very minor second reason....I just can't pass up the opportunity to invest it and wait.

So I'll continue to troll this forum and live vicariously through you all. Now that the GT2 is close, shouldn't the next version after the 997 be close? I'll probably stay invested in wherever we put the money for at least 2 years. Maybe I can turn that $100k into a little more and buy more car?

 

Buy more garage.

 

What if the 100K is worth less in 2 years? There's no such thing as guaranteed money and hindsight is always 20/20.

 

Where in Vegas are you? I'm in Summerlin.

 

I live in Aliante. Not sure if that's how you spell it, but you probably know what I mean. Very jealous Edgy1....very jealous.

Moderato- If the $100k is worth less in a few years, then I won't be posting in Rennlist, I'll be in therapy.

p.s. The M5 is for sale here -> 2007 M5

 

Now THAT is a dream garage! Way to go Dan!!!

 

Damn

 

Looks like you need more garage Dan - where does the blue cab get parked?

 

Dan - the envy of everyman. I don't envy Ralph Lauren - 'cause I can't imagine his life ..but I can imagine my old Devin in one bay, the '54 356 in another ..but alas, the S.B. city council would not give me a residency permit. Good for you Dan.

 

I say buy the 911 now and live the dream.
You could get hit by a bus tomorrow.

 

Tough call. Life is short. You can't drive a stock.

 

Damn! Dan, now that's an AWEOME garage. Very jealous! Seriously, congratulations.

 

Dan - Are all of those Porsche's yours...or just the blue vert?

 

Nahhhh, you guys just haven't seen the best garage here in this forum.

Check out Mitch's garage. This is the one you should envy.

https://rennlist.com/forums/997-forum/268127-3m-night-at-my-place.html

 

At the rate the dollar is dropping, you better hope your "battered stocks" go up fast. That $100k could cost a lot more in the future.