Fascination With Air-Cooled Porsches

[BoxMann]

Maytag,

Your post made me smile !!

[Newsguy]

911monty, we are on the same wavelength. I will never understand the appeal of Hogly-Fergusons. I've tried riding with friends who had them, and it never went well. The first time I had my Honda 500 Interceptor. I quickly tired of riding slowly enough he could stay near me. And I wasn't TRYING to go fast--I saved that for the track where things were better controlled. The second time was on my Ducati ST2. It started overheating since we were going at a speed to get sufficient cooling airflow. We won't go into aesthetics, but the sound! If I wanted a tractor, I would just buy one.

Getting back to the Porsche world, I had dismissed Boxsters as "hairdressers'" or "girls'" cars, but the experience, both tactile and aural is so sublime so as to overrule that perception.

Glad to know I'm not the only weirdo looking up at aircraft overhead making delicious sounds. I even like Piper Cubs and DC3s!

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by Newsguy

Glad to know I'm not the only weirdo looking up at aircraft overhead making delicious sounds. I even like Piper Cubs and DC3s!

"There's no sound like a round."

But I like just about all aircraft sounds. There's an air refueling base at our airport, and I'm always looking up at the KC-135 Stratotankers and they even bring in C-17 Globemasters.

RIP Chuck Yeager.

[Eric-986]

There is something "special" about an air cooled 911. The smells, sounds, feel, it's all "strong". Add the fact it was a "mostly" hand built sports car and they are something special

From the clunk of the door closing, to the "hot engine" smell of oil, and the steering feel, it's an experience. I had a 90 964 C2 as a daily driver for 8 years in the northeast, snow unless deep wasn't a problem, great heat in the winter, but traffic was an issue (don't want to look like popeye with the huge clutch leg)

Now, my 987.2 Cayman S is faster and more comfortable. There's a lot to be said for AC that works (the 964 had like a baggy of ice cubes held 10 feet away with a fan blowing over the baggy.... not effective), head lights that are modern (964 headlights were old technology, closer to candles under glass), BUT there was something special about an aircooled 911........

Until the 911 gets rear ended by a mini-van school bus........ my biggest issue with a daily driver 911.......

-Eric
99 986
09 Cayman S PDK
departed 90 964 C2, 89 944 S2, 87 951

[maytag]

Originally Posted by Eric-986

There is something "special" about an air cooled 911. The smells, sounds, feel, it's all "strong".
From the clunk of the door closing, to the "hot engine" smell of oil, and the steering feel, it's an experience. .... snow unless deep wasn't a problem, great heat in the winter, but traffic was an issue (don't want to look like popeye with the huge clutch leg)

FWIW: I got ALL of this just as notably from a '64 Corvair.