View Poll Results: How old are you?
Under 25
8
2.06%
25 - 34
60
15.42%
35 - 44
116
29.82%
45 - 54
113
29.05%
55+
92
23.65%
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What's your age?
07-13-2012, 08:25 PM
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43, but birthday is a month away. My wife turned 40 a year after I did, and our birthdays are in the same month, so that year I bought her the 993 for her 40th. Unfortunately, she's never driven a manual, so as a personal favour to her I have been regularly driving it to keep it in good shape for when she's ready.
07-13-2012, 08:27 PM
#107
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07-13-2012, 08:31 PM
#108
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Just barely though, right?
Meh, age is just a number. If you could quantify maturity, the numbers would be more revealing. I'm not sure how that applies to you old guys, though. When do the lines cross so you don't end up in the "crusty" zone? I think my wife's late grandfather would have fallen in the first poll option. Always great company, which is what matters to me.
Meh, age is just a number. If you could quantify maturity, the numbers would be more revealing. I'm not sure how that applies to you old guys, though. When do the lines cross so you don't end up in the "crusty" zone? I think my wife's late grandfather would have fallen in the first poll option. Always great company, which is what matters to me.
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07-13-2012, 10:12 PM
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Hmm. And I think any enthusiast should get one as soon as reasonably solvent. IF you think this 911 thing is a life's journey. Which conflicts with my conservative financial outlook. But if your goal is educating yourself both mechanically and on track, you're plunking down money for a non-depreciating tool for the most part. One that you can enjoy from both engineering and driving dynamics standpoints.
Sad thing now is that the price of entry is pretty much $15K (either as a purchase, or to buy a heap and get it in reasonable running shape). And that's a ~30 year old car. And we know it's pretty much double that to get into 993s, the equivalent of the 10-15 year old model I did. (Well, there's early 996ville, but we won't wish THAT on even our enemies...........)
Again, I'm so glad I did my 911 undergraduate work while I was doing my undergraduate work. And my post-grad after that when I operated the shop, and into/just past when I actually WAS in grad school.
And sorry, any of the front engineds as starter cars don't cut it in my book. Worked on and driven too many of them. Hardcore on the 356/911/912/914-6. Pick your passion.
Sad thing now is that the price of entry is pretty much $15K (either as a purchase, or to buy a heap and get it in reasonable running shape). And that's a ~30 year old car. And we know it's pretty much double that to get into 993s, the equivalent of the 10-15 year old model I did. (Well, there's early 996ville, but we won't wish THAT on even our enemies...........)
Again, I'm so glad I did my 911 undergraduate work while I was doing my undergraduate work. And my post-grad after that when I operated the shop, and into/just past when I actually WAS in grad school.
And sorry, any of the front engineds as starter cars don't cut it in my book. Worked on and driven too many of them. Hardcore on the 356/911/912/914-6. Pick your passion.
07-13-2012, 10:27 PM
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Ken... that was just my jealous bone sticking out. I fell in love with Porsche -or specifically 911s - back in 1974. That was when my dad's friend took me to school in his '73 brown Targa. For years I thought about buying an old RSR, but when the 993 came out, that all changed.
I will probably never buy a car on payments. I don't like the idea of the bank owning my car. I am one of those people that figures if I cannot afford something, I have no business borrowing money. So I waited. And I saved. Now I have two, and don't have to worry.
I like the newer 911s, but they have too many bells and whistles for an old-fashioned car gal like me. In all reality, I did not choose the 993. Like a kitten, it chose me. Well, they chose me.
I will probably never buy a car on payments. I don't like the idea of the bank owning my car. I am one of those people that figures if I cannot afford something, I have no business borrowing money. So I waited. And I saved. Now I have two, and don't have to worry.
I like the newer 911s, but they have too many bells and whistles for an old-fashioned car gal like me. In all reality, I did not choose the 993. Like a kitten, it chose me. Well, they chose me.
07-13-2012, 11:12 PM
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07-13-2012, 11:17 PM
#113
You joke about AARP, if they haven't found you yet, they will soon. They found me just a few months ago, right before I hit 50, and I've gotten a bunch of junk mail. On the bright side, I am making money off of them them at .02/lb for recycle paper!
07-13-2012, 11:49 PM
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Hmm. And I think any enthusiast should get one as soon as reasonably solvent. IF you think this 911 thing is a life's journey. Which conflicts with my conservative financial outlook. But if your goal is educating yourself both mechanically and on track, you're plunking down money for a non-depreciating tool for the most part. One that you can enjoy from both engineering and driving dynamics standpoints.
Bingo. I'm not an individual of great means; but I found myself in a position where I could swing both ownership and track time in, and have ample free time to enjoy it as well. All too often, opportunity passes by while you wait for that perfect time. I decided it was a time of now or possibly never..and put my money where my parking spot is. Regrets..? None.
07-14-2012, 03:03 AM
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Hmm. And I think any enthusiast should get one as soon as reasonably solvent. IF you think this 911 thing is a life's journey. Which conflicts with my conservative financial outlook. But if your goal is educating yourself both mechanically and on track, you're plunking down money for a non-depreciating tool for the most part. One that you can enjoy from both engineering and driving dynamics standpoints.
Sad thing now is that the price of entry is pretty much $15K (either as a purchase, or to buy a heap and get it in reasonable running shape). And that's a ~30 year old car. And we know it's pretty much double that to get into 993s, the equivalent of the 10-15 year old model I did. (Well, there's early 996ville, but we won't wish THAT on even our enemies...........)
Again, I'm so glad I did my 911 undergraduate work while I was doing my undergraduate work. And my post-grad after that when I operated the shop, and into/just past when I actually WAS in grad school.
And sorry, any of the front engineds as starter cars don't cut it in my book. Worked on and driven too many of them. Hardcore on the 356/911/912/914-6. Pick your passion.
Sad thing now is that the price of entry is pretty much $15K (either as a purchase, or to buy a heap and get it in reasonable running shape). And that's a ~30 year old car. And we know it's pretty much double that to get into 993s, the equivalent of the 10-15 year old model I did. (Well, there's early 996ville, but we won't wish THAT on even our enemies...........)
Again, I'm so glad I did my 911 undergraduate work while I was doing my undergraduate work. And my post-grad after that when I operated the shop, and into/just past when I actually WAS in grad school.
And sorry, any of the front engineds as starter cars don't cut it in my book. Worked on and driven too many of them. Hardcore on the 356/911/912/914-6. Pick your passion.
Agreed that a true enthusiast should get one as soon as financially solvent, but how did you guys weigh this (purchase of a 993) against other considerations in life, say flat / marriage / kids etc.? Just wondering how did you guys go through the thinking process and decide to get it and say a 993 should be prioritized?
07-14-2012, 08:43 AM
#120
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