What's your opinnion of the P-Car Motto?

[Perfectlap]

sports cars I've driven since buying my BoxsterS (not 100% on the model years):
911 993
911 996
944
M3 97, 2001
M5 2002
330ci(?)
Z3
M coupe thing
SLK
SL 500
C thing with the sports package
GTi 1999 and Turbo Golf
Corrado

Corvette 88? with a HUGE engine upgrade guy went through like 4 trannies.
S2000
STi (holy cow that turbo kicks in like a hurricane)
Mini Cooper S
that big Jag convertible thing (is that really a sports car?)
was a passenger in 04 Corvette (yellow/black)



My conclusion:

I wouldn't trade my BoxsterS for ANY OF THEM. The first time I heard that engine/intake sound coming from behind my ears, my eyes
and when I got on those brakes and the way it took a turn
. I was --no kidding-- salivating.
I guess with a mid engine Porsche you either get it (the bug) or you don't.

p.s.
its ironic but my $7,000 Miata made more of an impression on me than any of those cars above. It might be the only new car with a retro feel, haven't driven that Elise yet though..

[Uncle Bob]

I've been bit in the arse by buying anything just because it's a certain manufacturer. Things change too much. I drove about 6 other cars besides the Porsche, but I have to admit, it was to compare them to the Porsche. As this was as much of a Porsche as I could afford, that factored into the choice as well.
I absolutely love automobiles, From Isettas to Rolls Royce and all inbetween or outside the box. I'd just as soon watch Yugo races than anyother television as well.

I remember several years ago....I attend a spiritual retreat in a Benedictine Monestary in Mission, BC every year for the past 14 years. There is a dedicated group of us who meet there and it's a great experience. I was sitting in a rather large (25) group on a Saturday night and was (for me) very much at ease and quiet. Suddenly I realized my heart rate was dramatically increasing and soon my breathing. (we aren't meditating...just sitting quietly while one speaks at a time). I sort of 'came to' and realized that in the distance I could hear drag races at Mission Raceway in the background. That was the subliminal source of my heartrate increase!

It's in my blood.


OK, I digress.....I received a wonderful letter written personally to me from Peter Schwarzenbauer, president of PCNA. Probably a form letter, no doubt, but nevertheless it impressed me. The 'slogan' that jumped out at me from the letter:

"The car you've dreamed of owning is the same one our designers and engineers dreamed of building."

That does it for me!

[Ronzi]

I'm not sure when the "Porsche ... there is no substitute" slogan first appeared, but it goes back at least to the '80s.
If anybody out there knows, please post, because I for one would like to know when it originated.
I have always felt that the meaning of the slogan referred more to the uniqueness of the design and engineering of the car than it did to an emotional appeal. Rear engine, air cooling, three times as many engine components as any other car, torsion bar suspension, very high build quality, and a silhoutte (911) that is probably recognizable to more people than any other car, except maybe for the VW beetle.
Some of those unique qualities have either been lost, diluted, or superseded by newer designs, but a surprising number of them are as true today as they were 25 or 30 years ago.