your first time...

[AreaOne]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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*

[Sammy]

I was at the 2001 Detroit auto show and I sat in a silver Carrera with the cinnamon colored interior and I grabbed the wheel and thought to myself "damn, I feel sexy". I dreamed about it for a few more years and bought my Boxster in 2006.

[23109VC]

First Porsche I ever sat in, or drove, is the one I have now..only it was almost 5 years ago when my DAD bought it. I was with him while he test drove Boxsters... the first one he and I test drove was a 2000 Ocean Blue base. We test drove several others, but oth agreed "this one" was the best. He bought it - and I had a chance to drive it/borrow it a handful of times throughout the time he owned it.

When he decided to sell it a year ago, I jumped at the chance to snatch it up for myself...we worked out a win-win deal.

Only other Porsche I've driven is bro-in-laws 1999 996. honestly, I like the box better! Not as fast, but way more fun!

I hope this car is the first of many Porsches I own/drive.

[HDManny]

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.