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RandallNeighbour · 02-09-2008, 02:51 PM

Almost 4 years for me and I still love the sound. Of course, I now have an obnoxiously loud muffler and headers and oh yeah, it was desnorked before I bought it.

However, the thing that has worn off now is when I open my garage and see my Porsche. For the first year, I'd see it and think, "Wow. Never thought I'd ever see one of those in my own garage with my name on the title."

I guess all the stinkin' repairs I've had to do has taken the shine off first-time ownership of a Porsche. I never get tired of the sound of the car though.

I was at the track today at a high speed DE event for my PCA region... if you think the sound of your car is great, you gotta get to a DE event. It's free to get in and watch... hearing a couple dozen GT3's, Turbos and Carreras flying around the track at 120+ mph is one AMAZING SYMPHONY of exhaust notes!

02-09-2008, 02:51 PM	#12
RandallNeighbour Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 7,243	Almost 4 years for me and I still love the sound. Of course, I now have an obnoxiously loud muffler and headers and oh yeah, it was desnorked before I bought it. However, the thing that has worn off now is when I open my garage and see my Porsche. For the first year, I'd see it and think, "Wow. Never thought I'd ever see one of those in my own garage with my name on the title." I guess all the stinkin' repairs I've had to do has taken the shine off first-time ownership of a Porsche. I never get tired of the sound of the car though. I was at the track today at a high speed DE event for my PCA region... if you think the sound of your car is great, you gotta get to a DE event. It's free to get in and watch... hearing a couple dozen GT3's, Turbos and Carreras flying around the track at 120+ mph is one AMAZING SYMPHONY of exhaust notes!