How do you drive yours ????
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Guys,
Just started to think about the whole Porsche ownership thing and wondered if we all get the same out of this marque.
For me, if it wasn't for trackdays for hooning, and living in Milton Keynes (no jokes please) which is particularly good for a quick blat around for your shot of Porsche adrenilin, then i wondered if these kind of cars would be worth buying ??
With the ever growing onslaught of cameras and speed traps etc, does it ever make any of you reconsider your car choice and whether to save your money, as it's probably going to get worse ??
Or is that mix of intoxicating curves and bulges that just make us think with our hearts more than our wallets ??
G.
Just started to think about the whole Porsche ownership thing and wondered if we all get the same out of this marque.
For me, if it wasn't for trackdays for hooning, and living in Milton Keynes (no jokes please) which is particularly good for a quick blat around for your shot of Porsche adrenilin, then i wondered if these kind of cars would be worth buying ??
With the ever growing onslaught of cameras and speed traps etc, does it ever make any of you reconsider your car choice and whether to save your money, as it's probably going to get worse ??
Or is that mix of intoxicating curves and bulges that just make us think with our hearts more than our wallets ??
G.
Funny that, I was just thinking the very same thing the other day.
It was just after I dicovered that the Fiat Idea that had parked next to me had left an imprint of its nearside rear door edge in my rear wheel arch.
I was thinking why do I spend all this money on running a 993, cleaning it and polishing it, so that some careless b`stard can use it as a door stop!
Then it grounded out on a traffic calming mound on my way back home. I must admit I chucked it in the garage and have been addressing my sanity ever since.
I think I need to book a track day...
It was just after I dicovered that the Fiat Idea that had parked next to me had left an imprint of its nearside rear door edge in my rear wheel arch.
I was thinking why do I spend all this money on running a 993, cleaning it and polishing it, so that some careless b`stard can use it as a door stop!
Then it grounded out on a traffic calming mound on my way back home. I must admit I chucked it in the garage and have been addressing my sanity ever since.
I think I need to book a track day...
When you can't go mad, there is to me anyway the challenge of driving and controlling such a car within the permitted limits. Any blinged up chav in a burberry baseball cap and a Nova L with a drainpipe exhaust can exceed the speed limit. Keeping a car on the island that will be doing 30-40 mph over the speed limit if you so much as sneeze is a challenge in itself.
That and the big smile it puts on my face when I start it up in the garage outweigh some of the disadvantages!
That and the big smile it puts on my face when I start it up in the garage outweigh some of the disadvantages!
Having spent over £1200 in the last month on general upkeep, tax and petrol for my car, I have to confess to wondering whether it is all worth it. However, one quick blast across the north pennines last weekend re-affirmed that it is. I may still be in the honeymoon period (six months of ownership) as my brother asserts (he's had his about fourteen months now and lives in the wrong part of the country ie. south-east), but I've pined for one of these cars for as long as I can remember, and in the main, it absolutely lives up to the dream.
My grandfather tells me you can't enjoy fast cars in the UK these days with speed cameras and all (he himself is a past owner of various porsche/aston machines who would commute the old A1 daily, in excess of 130 mph), and whilst it is more difficult, there are the roads out there that can be enjoyed, (although these are mainly in the north, Wales, or Scotland). Anyway, as it is only going to get worse, I'm going to enjoy it for as much and as long as I can. European Alps based trip planned for next summer, taking in Le Mans and the Nordschleiffe - can't wait.
My grandfather tells me you can't enjoy fast cars in the UK these days with speed cameras and all (he himself is a past owner of various porsche/aston machines who would commute the old A1 daily, in excess of 130 mph), and whilst it is more difficult, there are the roads out there that can be enjoyed, (although these are mainly in the north, Wales, or Scotland). Anyway, as it is only going to get worse, I'm going to enjoy it for as much and as long as I can. European Alps based trip planned for next summer, taking in Le Mans and the Nordschleiffe - can't wait.
In these times, I think the honest Pistonheader must take every opportunity to enjoy the open road. In spite of cameras and over zealous coppers, there is still ample opportunity to hoof it every now and again. I managed a three figure speed yesterday for quite some considerable time, and thoroughly enjoyed it - the road in question was utterly deserted.
I think you're fooling yourself if you choose to chop a car such as a Porker in for somethin more sensible. That means the do-gooders have won, and we can't be having that, can we?
I think you're fooling yourself if you choose to chop a car such as a Porker in for somethin more sensible. That means the do-gooders have won, and we can't be having that, can we?
Yep - sometimes have my doubts, but the shape is so pleasing to the eye with all those lascivious curves and nice wide rump that just looking at it makes me happy!
The thing that might one day really make me think carefully is if I get banned for speeding - licence losing speeds arrive so ridiculously quickly.
Anyway, I bought my car having always wanted one, to satiate the needs of my mid-life crisis. You could be squished flat by a bus tomorrow, so enjoy life while you can. I wouldn't enjoy life as much without my porker, ergo I keep her.
The thing that might one day really make me think carefully is if I get banned for speeding - licence losing speeds arrive so ridiculously quickly.
Anyway, I bought my car having always wanted one, to satiate the needs of my mid-life crisis. You could be squished flat by a bus tomorrow, so enjoy life while you can. I wouldn't enjoy life as much without my porker, ergo I keep her.
Give up my 993 C4S!!!!!!
I would rather stick needles in my eyes!!!
When I get really pissed of with the "Head up my ass" way of driving that the magority of Sunday drivers do, I come home sit in my car and think how lucky I am not to be driving a Japanese or euro shopping trolley, mind you I am getting pissed off with all the other non Porsche drivers tying to take me off the road.
I would rather stick needles in my eyes!!!
When I get really pissed of with the "Head up my ass" way of driving that the magority of Sunday drivers do, I come home sit in my car and think how lucky I am not to be driving a Japanese or euro shopping trolley, mind you I am getting pissed off with all the other non Porsche drivers tying to take me off the road.
I'm in the enjoy it while you can group. It won't be too long before we have GPS based tax discs. Which will charge you by the mile / Tax you by the minute and fine by the mph. And, that will be the end of that. Unfortunatly there is very little you can do to argue against it. It will be brought in on some sensible road tax / insurance scheme pay for only what you use. But once it's in they will be able to hang all sorts of crap off it. I hope I'm wrong on this one but I doubt it.
One the plus side I was following the WRC around wales last weekend and took the long way home. FANTASIC! It was mainly to avoid the pig'in speed traps we past on the way there though. I'll be watching the post with interest over the next few weeks.
Steve, 996TT
>> Edited by 996 turbo on Thursday 23 September 13:44
One the plus side I was following the WRC around wales last weekend and took the long way home. FANTASIC! It was mainly to avoid the pig'in speed traps we past on the way there though. I'll be watching the post with interest over the next few weeks.
Steve, 996TT
>> Edited by 996 turbo on Thursday 23 September 13:44
dazren said:
Safely but not always legally.
DAZ
I agree... As to the GPS tax discs.... well only if this country continues to sleepwalk into a total surveillance society, I guess. But that's a General Gassing reactionary thread, and we should keep this sort of thing well away from the Porsche forum
Hello,
New member here. Inspired to contribute by this thread.
I'm in the process of a midlife 993 purchase and have though long and hard about exactly how I am going to use it. I remember well the "pre Scamera" days when you could really enjoy a car. Providing, you kept your eyes open and didn't draw attention to your car, 110mph was regularly achievable on the M25. Back roads were an absolute joy and I would regularly arrive to and from work, look fondly back at my car with the thought that I had used it the way it was meant to be used.
Anyway, enough reminiscing. The opportunities to enjoy a car are greatly reduced and unless you are lucky enough to be living in the right part of Country, you certainly do need to go out and look for the right roads and oconditions.
I think I'll keep my Road Angel subscription updated and take solace in the fact that I can enjoy polishing my 993 once I locate the right one.
PP
New member here. Inspired to contribute by this thread.
I'm in the process of a midlife 993 purchase and have though long and hard about exactly how I am going to use it. I remember well the "pre Scamera" days when you could really enjoy a car. Providing, you kept your eyes open and didn't draw attention to your car, 110mph was regularly achievable on the M25. Back roads were an absolute joy and I would regularly arrive to and from work, look fondly back at my car with the thought that I had used it the way it was meant to be used.
Anyway, enough reminiscing. The opportunities to enjoy a car are greatly reduced and unless you are lucky enough to be living in the right part of Country, you certainly do need to go out and look for the right roads and oconditions.
I think I'll keep my Road Angel subscription updated and take solace in the fact that I can enjoy polishing my 993 once I locate the right one.
PP
Welcome Pickled Piper
I might add that even on journeys where you cannot drive the car in the manner that it was designed for (i.e. most of them), there is great pleasure to be had from sitting back cocooned in leather, sunroof open, music turned up and cruising. Even banal drives are rendered more pleasurable in this manner.
I might add that even on journeys where you cannot drive the car in the manner that it was designed for (i.e. most of them), there is great pleasure to be had from sitting back cocooned in leather, sunroof open, music turned up and cruising. Even banal drives are rendered more pleasurable in this manner.
Glen – a very reasonable question. I have my doubts about the “value” of a 996TT on the drive. However when I am out on even London / SW congested roads the doubts vanish for 2 reasons (1) It is not how fast it goes but how it goes fast (a 996TT can do corners at 70 mph other cars can only do at 50, and this costs money (2) I like a car to make me feel special, we pay the extra to demarcate our selves from the Chavtastic 1.2 L Nova brigade – feign to deny this.
The UK is desperate to curtail people and distil us all down to insipid copies of some PC ideal. The effect on the roads is a consequence of this National epidemic of control freakery. Still not as bad as Malaysia / N.Korea but definitely as far as Europe is concerned the UK leads the pack in this.
As an aside I actually think local councils are deliberately keeping or allowing road surfaces to be so bad as to in effect casue a speed restriction ?
The UK is desperate to curtail people and distil us all down to insipid copies of some PC ideal. The effect on the roads is a consequence of this National epidemic of control freakery. Still not as bad as Malaysia / N.Korea but definitely as far as Europe is concerned the UK leads the pack in this.
As an aside I actually think local councils are deliberately keeping or allowing road surfaces to be so bad as to in effect casue a speed restriction ?
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