Porsche Paraphernalia for a birthday present.

[SoliD]

Hello guys, my dad has just got himself a 996 which he will be picking up on Saturday, I was wondering what sort of reasonably priced Porsche stuff I could get for him to go with his car for his 60th birthday? We thought about a personalised plate but the ones with his initials are far too expensive - c £1000.

Any reasonably priced ideas are welcome.

Many Thanks

SoliD

[Mr Bee]

Loads of this sort of stuff on ebay.

[ChesterDog]

What about a membership of Porsche Club GB or TIPEC?

[Bill Stein]

Instead of buying junk why not get him a service voucher!

[ChesterDog]

Or a subscription to one of the magazines.

[A911DOM]

SoliD said:

Hello guys, my dad has just got himself a 996 which he will be picking up on Saturday, I was wondering what sort of reasonably priced Porsche stuff I could get for him to go with his car for his 60th birthday? We thought about a personalised plate but the ones with his initials are far too expensive - c £1000.

Any reasonably priced ideas are welcome.

Many Thanks

SoliD

What about sending him to the Stuttgart factory and museum! Some stunning machinery on offer in both locations, and the dealership opposite isnt too shabby either!

My Mrs did this for my birthday last year - I also got a Porsche rucksack and overnight bag so as I looked proper sad when we checked in to the hotel

[Tino]

Lots of stiff in the tequipment catalogue.
How about an umbrella that fits in the side pocket?
Some nice jeyrings in the catalogue as well.
A decent valeting kit.
Track day?

[supermono]

ChesterDog said:

What about a membership of Porsche Club GB or TIPEC?

It's worth joining PCGB if spending > 10x membership costs at main dealer over the year because of the 10% discount.

Don't know about TIPEC though.

SM

[RDM]

The most important thing... a trickle charger!

[911perv]

RDM said:

The most important thing... a trickle charger!

He said it was a 996.............................so a new engine should be top!!

[Spice_Weasel]

Has anyone got a link to somewhere I can buy the Porsche fridge magnets? I believe there are Cayenne and GT3 sets available but I can't see them on the Porsche Driver Selection website.

They're for the kids, honest!!

[ScottMc91]

I got the umbrella and a Total 911 Subscription for xmas and was quite happy with that - since it's his 60th though, how about a trip to Silverstone for the Porsche Driving Centre?

[PH5121]

ScottMc91 said:

how about a trip to Silverstone for the Porsche Driving Centre?

That sounds like a good present.

If he enjoys cleaning and polishing his cars as well as driving them you could get him a Zymol starter kit.

If you want to get him some Porsche branded stuff I can recommend the wallets. I have just had to get a new one, but the last one lasted 12 years - which is pretty good going!

Edited by PH5121 on Tuesday 9th February 15:56

[supermono]

PH5121 said:

If you want to get him some Porsche branded stuff I can recommend the wallets.

Are they having a laugh? I haven't needed a wallet since I got the Porsche.

SM

[steve singh]

What are your Dads initials? My friend sells number plates so should be able to get you a PH discount if there was one that matched!

[Manks]

RDM said:

The most important thing... a trickle charger!

He won't realise yet that he needs one and he will still be assuming that because it's a Porsche it won't need one...

Buy him a charger and / or a Porsche experience driving day.

Manks

[SoliD]

Cheers for the replies, I was thinking along the lines of 1 ring lap ticket + museum ticket as I said I would go round Europe with him if/when he eventually got one. I have suggested driving day to my mum, but I think at his age its more just to satisfy his lifelong dream of owning a 911 rather than driving it hard at all. Got all the trickle charger stuff already. Would like it to be something that he would remember rather than being junk.

P.S the car comes with the porsche umbrella

Also his initials are DJM or DMM. Would ideally want single number reg. But very little available.

Edited by SoliD on Tuesday 9th February 20:56

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

You need the fridge magnets! Little detailed models of Porsches for fridge door racing - only a few quid each from any Porsche main dealer.

I've taken to moving my ones round the kitchen now, they go well on the bread bin, the toaster, the tea and coffe decanters and the side of the cooker

Look at some here

[Spice_Weasel]

That's what I'm after! Thanks, Ray.

But why are fridge magnets in the 'Office' section, rather than 'Pins, Stickers and Magnets'?

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

Spice_Weasel said:

That's what I'm after! Thanks, Ray.

But why are fridge magnets in the 'Office' section, rather than 'Pins, Stickers and Magnets'?

Because they're not toys or trinkets, they're 'executive scale models' of course