The thing with me is that I'm getting married in a year and before that I wanted to have a little bit more fun so I bought a 986S. I live in NYC and can't use the full performance of this car so spending more on a 996 and getting hurt more on resale didn't make sense. I wanted the car because I enjoy the styling and the tight feel. I know I'll own more P-Cars in the future, including a 996TT. I am not one to go messing with engineering so I don't do any performance mods. If it was more speed I was after, I would have bought a faster car. I do not race, nor do I have anything to prove to the poor soul at the light who feels that he does!
To each his own, I guess. Enjoy your cars in good health, whatever you choose to do with them and whatever your reasons are.
If we all had the same goals and aspirations, we could look in the mirror each time we wanted to post on the forum.