Me...
 

Just to pipe in, I'm 51, in Information Security for a Community Bank with branches in the midwest. (I make sure bad people don't steal your money electronically)

Had my 98 for a couple months and love it!

26, Construction and Real Estate Development in the Washington DC area. I build watches and do custom leather work on the side.

Picked up my first Porsche ('02 986 Base, Black w/ Grey interior) September of 2015

Picked up my second Porsche ('82 928 Base, Gran Prix White w/ Brown interior) May of 2016

First speeding ticket was at 17 in my dads '82 924, my second speeding ticket was July of this year in my '02 Boxster

My 10 year old grand daughter says "Only old people get to drive really cool cars".

Anker 68 and retired, happily!

What are your age and profession?
 

I'm 17, and I guess my profession right now is high school.

45 years old
Professional pilot (no longer actively flying)
Currently an engineer for an aerospace company
1997 Porsche Boxster (just got into this in June 2016)

Hei,

I lived in Hildevag(Stavanger) for a couple of years. I'm pretty sure they are eating you up in taxes for the multiple vehicles and using those extra seats in the back of the 7 seater LOL Weight of the car, size of the engine, horsepower, etc can leave one shaking their heads just as hard as the inspector shaked their suspension system during the inspection when submitting a payment LOL

Welcome to the forum and enjoy your Boxster.

Lykke til,

Chris

Ok, so I had some free time on my hands on a rainy night and here are some statistics gathered from this thread:

300 people responded
The average age of the respondents is: 47 years old
The oldest respondent is: 78
The youngest respondent is: 16
The #1 Occupation is: Retired with 42 respondents
The #2 Occupation is: Engineer with 31 respondents
There are 10 business owners, 11 Pilots, 12 managers, 6 technicians, 5 project managers, and 7 students.

Now we should start a thread with geographic location to see where everyone is from!!

p.s. I didn't include myself as I am technically not a Boxter owner; YET. I'm waiting for my financing to go through.

I would say #1 occupation is Engineer; Retirement is not an Occupation.

Interested in Generational demographics: Traditionalists; Baby Boomers; Millennials; GenXers;

Age and Profession
 

78 retired Mechanical Engineer, Automotive Design,Ford,GM,VW,Saab

2001 Grey 2.7L ,986 Boxster 168K km, bought it one year ago, Preventative DIY jobs completed..... clutch, struts, IMS, RMS all good.
Live in Tweed Heads, Gold Coast ,Australia

Just bumping a few threads in case anyone wants to add, update, or is just curious...

I am 65, first Porsche a 2000 S. Always owned and raced Corvettes in the past. I am the Operations Manager for plant that produces Bico Fibers, (used to make diapers and other hygiene products).

I'm 36, my 1998 Boxster is my first Porsche. I am the CADD/IT guy at a small civil engineering firm. Also do a little photography and graphic design on the side.

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51, retired senior NCO in the army ( REDLEG ), Drive Truck now for a little extra spending money, 2000 Boxster base just recently purchased ( Sept 2019). first Porsche and only reason I got interested is because my old commander purchased a 2000 beginning of the year. That's when I started to look at them.

I'll update my response as I'm now 79 years old which I guess makes me the most senior respondent and own an almost pristine 2000S. I've put about 30,000 miles on it since buying it with 10,800 miles in 2014. I'm a semi-retired adviser, coach, consultant to small businesses, public speaker and author. I've had sports cars since a 1960 bugeye Sprite (bought new) though this is my first Porsche. My boxster comes out of hibernation in 99 days but who's counting?

Larry (the bald eagle)

33 Mechanic.

My S.O. had a '99 base boxster with a slush box a couple of years ago. Since then I've wanted one with a manual and some sticky tires. Not to mention wanting one with some go power.

74 - Lawyer, former Air Force Pilot, Boxster ('04 Base, 44K miles) is my 7th and last Porsche, may be my favorite. Encinitas, CA.

54. Business owner installing satellite TV systems for hotels, nursing homes, bars, etc.

64 and retired. Worked most every kind of job you could over the years including managing commercial property for 20 years. Have had a shop on the side since I was 14 and have flipped/restored over 400 cars and motorcycles over the last 50 years, 25 were Porsches. Have just had my 8th set of hand surgeries. Surgeon says I am done working on them so I am just enjoying driving and maintaining them now. My current Porsche is a 1997 986 Boxster with 66k miles in rare Pastel Yellow paint.

62, builder real estate investor. 2002 s 55 k miles first Porsche. Sort of a bucket list thing along with my Harley, RZR and a few other toys. Been a bachelor for 27 years so I buy what I want when I want. Go where I want when I feel like it.

55 for the next few months. Career electrician, maintenance supervisor for the commercial division of a property management company now.

First Porsche. Nice change from dirt bikes, road bikes, off road 4x4 racing, and circle track cars. Plus it hurts too much to do most of that stuff any more. Enjoying the re-power project as I have time and it gives me something to look forward to in the spring.

My other ride is a year old 2 door Rubicon.

And an old work truck. Ya gotta have one of those for manly activities and yard work. Lol.

49... For the next 9 days. I'm a Director of Technology for a large software company. 21 years and counting.

11 pilots! There has to be more. Driving these cars is just as thrilling as flying; to a degree. I flew F-18s in the Navy and now I fly an older Israeli jet (F-21 Kfir) and also a a really old British Fighter (Mk-58 Hawker Hunter). At times, I have the same reaction climbing into my '04 S as I do when I strap into the Kfir. Love these cars but more importantly I love this Forum and the people who are a part of it. Merry Christmas all!

57 year old professional auto enthusiast. I have worked at a dozen or so automotive companies, 4 tire stores, Shelby, Saleen, & then 3 companies in the automotive press fleet management industry, the 1st of which had the Porsche account!!
I never liked Porsche's because they were so slow at drag racing. (I made a little money street racing in my younger years.) So I got a job as a test driver for the company that had the Porsche account along with most of the other brands in 2000 MY.
Driving the 1st 996 I had ever been close to completely changed my mind about Porsche
When the new Boxster 'S' arrived it was love at 1st drive. Overall I loved the job. I delivered cars to celebrities for Jaguar & I couldn't wait for weekends to end so I could get back to "work". Management change made me want to quit so I did & started working on cars in my garage & eventually started rebuilding M96 engines starting with my own 3.6. :D

I'm 61 and college professor. I had a 914 many moons ago so a Boxster just had to happen sometime.

Oh, I see I missed some info.

Private pilot: SEL/SES
2000 Boxster S. Metallic Black over grey. 40k miles
3rd Porsche. Current also own 1960 Mini and 1957 Speedster Replica.

50, mechanical engineer. I've worked for 28 years as a product development engineer for one of the large domestic auto manufacturers.

2008 Boxster S RS60 Spyder, 71k miles, purchased this summer. It's my 2nd Porsche; I had a 1987 944 n/a that I bought from a coworker in 2002 and kept for about 10 years.

65 in January, retired from Caterpillar



1998 Boxster
1978 R100RS BMW
1971 R75/5 BMW

58 in January. Content Strategist (Writer). Self employed.

Merry Christmas, All!

56, Commercial Pilot/Airline Pilot Instructor, FAA Examiner & Film Maker. '97 Boxster our 3rd Porsche in the family.

Im 21, Project Coordinator in construction. On my second 986 boxster

59 years old.

I manage ERP systems (software that companies use to run their businesses).

77 (in 2024) retired. Have worked off and on in computers from the time of punched cards. Done production work in factories producing aircraft engines, electric consumer products, metal fabrication and garment. I retired as a ACMT (Apple certified Macintosh technician). Since retirement I have become a SCPT (Self certified Porsche technician).

I have looked over the last few years of this thread and recognise some names of currently active contributors... it is interesting to know a bit more about who we are exchanging with. We should put these mini-biographies in our "User CP"s. I often check out the User CP of forum members to get an idea of who they are.

66. I'm pastor of a small church. One of the members calls me "the faster Pastor". The pastor two before me had a beautiful green 356. We joke that Porsche is the official car for pastors at our church.

32 and I work in sales. I sell enterprise billing software right now but I've also sold Yelp ads and apartments. I've been in sales since 2019

71 years old, retired from high tech where I was a supply chain guy

77 and a retired Professional Engineer. My 2003 Boxster S has an LS3 and is a sleeper. Did the build myself and all the instrumentation works. More fun and more reliable.:D

Love the idea that pastors drive Porsche. Seems to be completely impossible over here in Germany.