Talk Morgan Forums Community Vehicle Talk (non-Morgan) Show's your Porsche

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My second and third cars were a Mk1 and Mk3 Midget but I always wanted a Frog Eye. Still do really. But I have a bit of a concept problem with £25k for one in the sort of condition I would like. As you say something to do with remembering what you paid for your first house i suspect!

Also no threaddrift....I swear most holy!

This Video is so fresh, it is a coincidental simultaneous thematic match with the „drift“.
I like the way how this gentleman had entertained me in the darkest Covid19 times with his „Influenza“ called Ferrari 308) And the sound of his frog is very cool in my ears.

My first car was an MG Midget which was driven with far too much enthusiasm and absolutely no talent as you would expect of any 17 year old. After 6 months, the boot lid was the only panel that had not been dented. I then progressed to a Triumph Vitesse which survived in slightly better shape, but I still look back at my time with the Midget with huge fondness as it was what gave me a first real taste of the freedom that a car can give you.

My second car was a frogeye. Loved the little thing. Pulled a local young girl with it, she must have loved it.we are still together after fifty seven years. the girl that is ,the car is long gone.

T`would seem I may have inadvertently led the thread into discussion on matters MG.. and on a Morgan forum..as if rambling on about Porsche was not heresy enough...? (-:

Brian £25k for a Frog eye... Yup that asking price seems hard for a gentleman of mature years to justify for sure, but such are the times we live in, where the female of the households income has long been an all important part of the economy, add to that the creation of easy money, and it seems logical that prices in the "market" for everything was likely to rise exponentially, and when bangers such as my well rotted Frog Eye became "Classic Cars," it seems with the passage of time they logically became higher valued old rot boxes...(-: But like you Brian, I would not mind having an old frog eye sitting in my garage alongside my Morgan...(-:

MJF, seems we shared similar experiences along with Brian, though what better car of limited performance and vulnerability to learn one`s craft than those little cars..? (-: I guess the yoof of today may well have FAR more performance under their throttle foot than did we, but hopefully they have better brakes and digital management systems to assist in saving them from themselves..?

Heinz, "thread drift" ? Nah, everything links perfectly...(-: Strange as it may seem I picked up on this vid this very morning which covers a degree of my thinking on Porsche circa 30 years ago, having spent the day at the track in my 911 watching trailered cars coming off track with fluids of all types escaping while my 911`s brakes were quietly cooling, lots of folk topping up fluids etc.etc. around me as I ate my sandwiches and enjoyed a cup of tea, then jumped in to my car and managed a few more laps before heading home in a truly wonderful sports car having enjoyed a very memorable day out...And yes, I have enjoyed fun at the Knockhill track in my old +8, all be it a little less enthusiastically than in my 911`s and Lotus cars, I also drove home in my Morgan after the track fun without it missing a beat too....(-:

Ray, great story, the frog eye might not have been a keeper... but..!

To get back closer to the topic.. (-: the vid I discovered this morning seemed to update my 30 year old thinking on evaluation of the wide range of capabilities that I found to exist in a 911 back than and now derived from Porsche ownership in the form of a GT3, I hope those of you who care to beam it up might enjoy it..? Of course you may have a different view...If so I would be happy to read it..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk2731K-DwE

It has taken a while to find a photo from the period when I owned my first Sausage. As some who have met me can confirm I no longer look like this so it was a long time ago.
I bought another one mostly same (+050 kit) again later on as I enjoyed it so much. They were both Club Sports with little plastic pull straps for boot release and no rear windscreen wiper. Bliss.

The second time around I used it when I was doing a lot of mileage for business which as it turned out was not such a good idea. No air-con, one piece bucket seats made for a bit of a sweat bubble which was not so good in the customer meeting at the other end. For a 3.0L in-line 4 pot it sounded so good. It stuck for ages then slid gracefully. Then one day at 5.30am on summer day on the 270 degree on ramp on the M3 Jun 4a something went around the outside of me like I was standing still so I ended up importing a Skyline GTR-33v. I did enjoy it and it was so well built.

I seem to hold on to the Morgans & Porsche the longest, having owned various lightweight 911 over the last 25 years, this one has stayed for the last 14 years.

Yes, it is a real one, as it left the factory, not a car with a fancy bodykit, so much has been changed over the regular 993 by Porsche, a Morgan forum would not be the place to use up so much bandwidth going into detail.

Cracking colour!

+1

Well now clubsport, if there is a Porsche worth hanging on to for investment purposes that one seems like a safe bet...(-:

Subtle it ain`t, but special it is. I well remember the increased level of agro when I went from my black 911 SC to the red 911 SC that followed it, I can only imagine the agro I might have suffered driving around in a yellow Porsche.... But then that may have been down to the abundance of Neanderthals at a time when 911`s were a rare sight on the roads hereabouts.... These days Porsches seem almost to be ten a penny, and most seem to be in more subtle colours of black or silver which may be somewhat less of an attraction to those afflicted with the envy chromosome.

Clubsport the pic of your yellow bird seems to have disappeared...! Envy strikes again perhaps..???