K, many thanks for taking time to share your thinking on Porsche, interesting indeed..
I suspect such is my nature I am unlikely to ever get beyond the numbers, in terms of hobby vehicles, for toys can appear as somewhat selfish purchases..? At this stage of the game I tend to contemplate the possibility of converting many aspects of life into nursing home fees or such like for either or both of us in time, though hopefully not for a few years yet, thus I tend to be trying to maintain a reasonable and very personal balance when attempting to justify expenditure on toys to myself, for other than that there would be a Porsche sitting alongside my Morgan in my garage as I type this....(-:
I was not an instant convert to Porsche, considering them to be not much more than souped up Beetles, though the more I looked into the history of the marque and their sporting success the more curious I became. Sporting success definitely impressed me as a yoof which was one of the reasons I was into Lotus for many a year, in fact more than enough years to learn of their...err...frailty in many areas, thus in time something a tad more solidly built carried a certain amount of attraction.... the reported build quality of Beetle to be found in a successful sports car was the impetus to tempt me to investigate that which all this Porsche patter was about..
I became a relatively long term owner/restorer of my Porsche air cooled models from the 60`s 70`s and 80`s vintages, but I gave up on Porsche at the time the way forward seemed to be aimed at more comfort, easier and safer to drive, with power steering, ABS, complex suspension, other expensive and difficult mechanical aspects for a part time home mechanic to contend with, thus I went off in search of a more involved driving experience at road legal speeds, and as I have oft related, t`was a Vintage LM styled Bentley roaring down the side of Loch Tay hopping over road undulations that turned my head, and in time found me sitting behind the wheel of my +8 trying to emulate that Bentley driver as I drove down the side of Loch Tay occasionally hopping over undulations though a bit less so than the formidable Bentley...(-:
TODAY... I am still as fond of my +8 as ever I was, just that it does not suit my ability to enjoy it as once it did, whereas a sporting tin top might, and factoring age into the process perhaps best leave memories of old air cooled pre 964 Porsches back behind the mists of time..? These days an effective heater, and less effort in steering and braking could be thought of as advantages, perhaps even flappy paddle gear changing and reversing sensors too.... Sigh..! Oh well, there seems little point in denying the passage of time and it`s effects...?
Why Porsche... Well I guess both as the cumulative result of both their history and mine of enjoying the marque over quite a few years...Whether there is any value to be found in that or not, I have no idea, for I suspect whatever vehicles we enjoy and in many and varied ways, other than the practical, is likely to be more down to emotional involvement with it than much else..?
