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thstone · 01-04-2015, 11:49 AM

Every Porsche that I buy for myself is older than the one(s) that I owned before it. That pretty well sums up where I stand.

I was recently looking to buy an SUV for my younger son who is in college so we test drove a number of first gen Cayenne's. When we started looking, he and I were both set (biased) towards buying the Cayenne so I thought it would just be a simple matter of finding a decent car at a decent price. What we didn't expect is that we both preferred the first gen BMW X5 in almost every way! My 20 yr old son was a bit incredulous when he said, "Dad, I hate to say this, and I can't believe that I am saying this, but I don't want you to buy me the Porsche".

Speaking of my mini-Porsche collection, I am waiting to get the 944 Turbo back from the shop and then I plan to take a few nice photos of my collection of Porsche's Best Everyday Drivers!

01-04-2015, 11:49 AM	#6
thstone Certified Boxster Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 7,669	Every Porsche that I buy for myself is older than the one(s) that I owned before it. That pretty well sums up where I stand. I was recently looking to buy an SUV for my younger son who is in college so we test drove a number of first gen Cayenne's. When we started looking, he and I were both set (biased) towards buying the Cayenne so I thought it would just be a simple matter of finding a decent car at a decent price. What we didn't expect is that we both preferred the first gen BMW X5 in almost every way! My 20 yr old son was a bit incredulous when he said, "Dad, I hate to say this, and I can't believe that I am saying this, but I don't want you to buy me the Porsche". Speaking of my mini-Porsche collection, I am waiting to get the 944 Turbo back from the shop and then I plan to take a few nice photos of my collection of Porsche's Best Everyday Drivers! __________________ 1999 996 C2 - sold - bought back - sold for more 1997 Spec Boxster BSR #254 1979 911 SC POC Licensed DE/TT Instructor Last edited by thstone; 01-05-2015 at 11:15 AM.