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Originally Posted by roadracer311
In the long run, I describe it to my friends like this: The Ferrari is like a hot/difficult girl I would date. The Porsche is like a girl I would marry.
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Well put... I kept my Boxster and "stepped up" last year to something more expensive. I very strongly considered the Ferrari F355 and the Maserati Coupe. In the end it was those $20K engine rebuilds, $2K+ wheels, expensive exhaust headers, expensive brakes rotors, expensive shocks, etc, etc, etc that pushed me away from the Italian cars. I'm more of a "mate for life" type of guy, I needed a car that I could "marry" that would be there for me (long term), work well, with few headaches or bills that require a home equity loan to pay off. I bought an '03 Carrera 4S.
Funny thing though is that I then replaced my Honduh beater car with a '72 Porsche 914. This thing has really just grabbed my heart. It's not great, but it's just got so much character and is so fun to drive. Plus I LOVE working on this car. The engine is hard to access, but there's not one $%^@!#* computer or CPU in the whole damn car. This is what I drive to work each day and the damn thing just keeps growing on me.
Kirk
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2000 Boxster S - Gemballa body kit, GT3 front bumper, JRZ coilovers, lower stress bars
2003 911 Carrera 4S - TechArt body kit, TechArt coilovers, HRE wheels
1986 911 Carrera Targa - 3.2L, Euro pistons, 964 cams, steel slant nose widebody
1975 911S Targa - undergoing a full restoration and engine rebuild
Also In The Garage - '66 912, '69 912, '72 914 Chalon wide body, '73 914
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