This thread has got me once again ogling the silly kit car poor mans Ariel Atom for sale not too far from me.
As others have said, a 'nice' sports car would be an awkward fit for me, I'd prefer something proper silly. The usage would be closer to a motorbike (which would have to go to fund the car) Also, I can't afford / justify decent nice car money.
I've never driven a Porsce, but I could imagine it becoming a bit routine, compared to a roll cage with wheels which is always going to be a bit of an event.
That said, a 911 is lovely. If you truly lust over one and have the money, go for it.
Just to clarify, my idea about the Porsche Experience was to feel what a 911 was like to drive up to it's limits, not as a substitute for owning one.
As a package though as opposed to the usual 'drive a supercar' rubbish you get 90 minutes of one to one instruction from one of their drivers with no rev limits etc and a chance to try the various tech such as launch control, traction settings on the kick plate skid pan and even a bit of drifting if you want. And if course if you do bin it (as has a top Porsche UK exec apparently) it's not your problem.
10 years time? That’s 2033 and manufacturers will be winding down ICE production. Times will have moved on by then. Today’s 911s will be retro. Which may be great and you may want to be driving an old technology car but it’s something to consider. Cities will be less and less likely to let you in. The filling station network will become weird. The future is coming at us very fast.
My thoughts on the ‘You can’t fully exploit a 911 as it is so fast everything is illegal so buy an MX5” discussion.
You very rarely drive flat out down a road in any car and to be honest it is fairly dull until you get over 150mph when the road suddenly seems to get narrower in my experience. The fun comes with the twisties where you are balancing the car and trying to keep the revs high without overloading the wheels.
The Porsche will be able to go around the corners faster than the MX5 but not massively so, perhaps 55- 65 rather than 45-55. It will also have the choice of 2nd - 6th gear to do it in. If you want to have fun then use 2nd or 3rd gear and drive exactly the same roads as the MX5 and it will be a blast, I promise. Of course, you still have the option to go where the speed limits don’t exist/matter and do the same at 150mph which the MX5 probably won’t do.
And for the rest of the time you have the car you lusted after and is lovely as a daily drive if you want to use it for that.
Do it. Dad has a very late 993 C4 Cab. I use it on the odd occasion I have time. It feels special, sounds special. Goes like the clappers if you want to, it drives lovely at all speeds. Only car he ever had that has gone up in value, it was one of the very last air cooled and one of only few in that spec in rhd. He is toying with the idea of selling it and a 1974 mgb to “invest”in an E-type. I don’t think he will use an E though not nearly as usable as the 993.
One negative, other road users. Often get people obviously washing windscreen for long periods when in front of you. I guess that happens in other flash motors though.
Oh, I forgot to mention that what you REALLY want is this, please.
AUTOTRADER.CO.UK I need to sell it to fund the modifications to my 911
Is that a serious price for a z3?
I currently have 3 z4s as they are so cheap to buy unless it's an Alpine or M or maybe a 3.0si compared to the z4 they are plug ugly and the mileage it's been around the block a few times
Please don't take offence but I'd have thought £1500
I'll just leave this here.
The donots are cheap but by the time you have had a full body replacement, engine mods and a professional respray the price mounts up. That price doesn't cover the costs.
Think of it as a cut-price Singer Porsche retro-mod 😉
10 years time? That’s 2033 and manufacturers will be winding down ICE production. Times will have moved on by then. Today’s 911s will be retro. Which may be great and you may want to be driving an old technology car but it’s something to consider. Cities will be less and less likely to let you in. The filling station network will become weird. The future is coming at us very fast.
To be fair, in 10 years time the USA and the Russia/ China axis will be in the middle of WW3. If you want a Porsche , I would get on and do it now while the roads still exist. With current politics I get the feeling that running out of fossil fuels will be irrelevant
