your first time... - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

eightsandaces · 10-30-2009, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by GTA_G20

Back in '90, my friends dad had a shiny red what must've been '85-6 944. I thought he was a god. He cooked the tranny and wanted to sell it for $5k. I pleaded with my dad at the time to buy it. I was only 10 but already a gear head. Needless to say I never bought it.
Two years ago my other friends brother sold his e46 m3 and got a caymanS. I thought he had made a huge mistake and downgraded. Then I drove it and compared to the M, realized he had made a correct decision. Now I am in!

Haha Fear not, you weren't the only "dad beggar".. I pleaded with my dad to buy this:

http://www.dinospider.com/

It was sitting at the speedy transmission shop, (as if they had a prayer of fixing it). They wanted 5k for it in 1980, that was exactly one half of my annual gross that year, might as well have been one million. Now days it's a hot collectable, would have been worth many times more than five K, if only we knew the future sometimes...

gerrygug · 10-30-2009, 08:08 AM

1967 912
Wish I still had her.

Bladecutter · 10-30-2009, 08:37 AM

My first time was 2 years back.
My gf and I were driving through Boulder, kind of just killing a day, and not sure what the rest of the day was going to involve.

As we were diving up 28th Street, we passed by the Porsche Dealer, and I said to her "Feel like looking at a Porsche for a little while?"

So we popped in, started looking at the different cars, and I was talking to the salesman about the Boxster. Next thing I knew, I was sitting in the drivers seat, seeing if I could fit in comfortably in an '05 S.

Fired it up, and my gf and I zipped on down the road, to get a feel for it.
It had so many different options and buttons that I didn't know where to start, so I decided to concentrate on just driving the car, and get a feel for what she could do.

Found a nice little road nearby with a good series of sweepers, and let loose.
The engine note was intoxicating. The steering response was instantaneous. The brakes were ferocious.

To say we were impressed would be unkind.
I was sold, but that car was not in my future.

Over the next year and a half, I test drove at least 5 other Boxsters, 2 Mercedes SLK's, my gf's Crossfire (5 minutes into that test drive this time last year, and she was ready to buy!), an Infiniti G35 Coupe, an '07 Carrera, and a Nissan Z. Nothing captured my thrill of driving like the Boxster did.

So this past February, when I found my '98, I was sold.
11k miles later, mostly in the mountains here in Colorado, including several track days at HPR, and I'm not going anywhere for a while.

BC.

AreaOne · 10-30-2009, 08:45 AM

About two years ago, my friend bought a late 90's Boxster and let me ride in it when he went to buy gas, it wasn't a bad ride at all even from the passenger seat. Then he asked if I wanted to drive it and intially I said "no not really, thanks anyway" but he insisted and with me not having driven a German car since 1986 I decided to take him up on his offer. After a short drive I told him it was "okay" and thanked him but inside I was saying "that was cool".

A few days later I went to a Porsche dealership and with the intent to test drive a late 90's or early 2000 Boxster and saw a black 987 on the showroom floor. I sat in it then decided "I gots to have it" and a few days later that car became mine and have been enjoying it since then.

Gougoushu · 10-30-2009, 10:25 AM

Rode to school in the 60s in the back of Dad's 356B, silver/red. After he wrecked it in '69, he waited until '72, and then bought a dented-up 1966 912.

He restored it [painted white], then again in the 80s [painted red], and just completed the THIRD resto in 2003 [white again], and it's now a show car. Sometimes he talks about selling it, but doesn't mind parking it in the driveway just to admire it.

We'd sit in all of 'em, unable to see over the dash, pretending to drive, practicing shifting while making engine sounds! I'll sometimes drive the 912. Not fast, but still elegant. Nostalgia of the old 356B no doubt gripped me when I bought my ratty silver/red 986 last year.

JAAY · 10-30-2009, 10:45 AM

I just bought my house. Was at home depot and passed the dealership. Saw my box on the lot went and test drove it. I felt dumb not knowing where key went. Took her out for about ten miles and put a down payment on her. Left the receipt on the kitchen table for the wife to see. I nearly lost my life when she saw the paper. She has since fell in love wind in her hair.

robmints · 10-30-2009, 03:23 PM

The first Porsche drive was a long time ago but my first sideways Porsche drive in my own car was the other day. We have only had the car about a month or so (an 01 base). It's really my wife's car, but I was going a little faster than I should have been and came to a bend I had forgotten, got sideways, thought for half a second about the tree or the rock, then discovered I could just adjust how far the rear came around with the gas pedal. Pretty cool cars.

stateofidleness · 10-30-2009, 04:03 PM

My first "boss" (I was 14ish) had a SHOWCAR-clean '86 944 in mint condish. Mexican national, never drove it.. had like 100 miles on it... cleanest car i'd ever seen. well.. my mom bought that car from him and because she feared a high-schooler having access to the car was recipe for disaster, she sold it...

for some reason, it had this heir of "quality" and "status". I knew I had to have one some day. well I come to find out my mom used to have a '73 914 so she was into the "P car" thing... so I started looking and bought my first 914 on ebay.. quite an experience.. drove it once... bought a neighbor's '73 914 and drove the hell out of it! SO FUN! this got me into the porsche community and made me love it even more.

we all know the 914 isn't exactly the most dependable car out there, and i needed a daily for school/work as my blazer was on it's last leg (great car btw)

so i ended up in my current '00 Box and LOVE IT! repairs are a pain in the ass (wallet area mostly) but the people, the culture, online support is amazing.

p-car driver for life! *throws up porsche-resembling gang sign*

HDManny · 10-31-2009, 08:35 PM

My first was a 914 in 1978, that was owned by a doctor who had the shop I worked at modify. Later I also got to drive a 911 turbo and a 911 targa which belonged to my cousin . I never forgot how it felt driving a Porsche and only test drove my Boxster around the dealer's lot and I was hooked. I bought it in late June and already put about 7k miles on it in seven different states.