How did you get into Porsches?

[Bryan topping]

Hey guys,
This is great, I didn't expect the volume of responses to this thread. And the stories are really fun to read because they run the gamut from just bought it because I feel in love on the test drive to I always wanted a Porsche.

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

My wife and I kind of fell into our first Porsche Boxster. We were looking for a 2005 Ford Thunderbird. After looking for the right car for at least 2 years and during that time test driving many examples of 2002-2005 T-Birds, we just did not find the wow car that we were willing to pay the price. So one day while surfing Craig's List I came across a 1998 Boxster.

I asked my wife if she would consider a Porsche. She had told me before but I had filed this memory away somewhere else in my mind. She grew up with Porsche. Her Mom and Dad both drove Porsche. Mom had a 914 and Dad had a 911. Dad still had another 911 when he died in 2000. Well a few hours later we were test driving the car and we were both "WOWED" we had to buy it. A year and a half later we had to move up to an "s". We purchased a 2000 "S" which we still have. For about 7 months we had 2 Boxsters. His and Hers. Now we just have the "S".

[southernstar]

Bruce, I'm building a little boutique resort on Isla Margarita, just south of the ABC's. I know, Chavez is a loon. That being said, the beach is amazing, I am a 5 minute drive from the only golf course on the island, there are no property taxes, the island is duty free and income tax maxes at 33% (and surprisingly, hasn't been raised once by Chavex in the13 years he has been in power). Cost of living is ridiculously cheap and the infrastructure is amazing for the Caribbean. The boat is a 40 foot catamaran that my wife and I are sailing down in fall of 2014 and we will have her wet moored in front of the property. I've also been thinking of shipping down the Boxster - there are some amazing mountain roads right around my property that are actually maintained quite well and, since gasoline is subsidized, it is only 16 cents a gallon for 95 octane!

Brad