your first time...

[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.

[alvinlee]

I took a ride in my bosses Boxster S about a year and a half ago. He definitely drives it like it was meant to be driven. Didn't realize it would be so much fun at such a reasonable price. Started slowly looking on craigslist for my own not long after that. About four months later the wife had warmed up to the idea and I had found the low mileage car that I was looking for. I've been driving it for a year now and still catch myself grinning. My seven year old son loves it. Friends and family have gotten a thrill out of driving it. Just great fun, especially for a guy generally not interested in cars. Couldn't have picked a better year to buy a rag top. This summer was incredible in Seattle. I put 7,500 miles on it in the last year. I"m still sneaking it out on dry days.
Next up is to join the Porsche club and take a course on how to drive it better.

Hard to imagine not having a P car now. I'm hooked.

[PlayersExpress]

Ive always dreamed of owning a Porsche. As a kid whenever one passed by my mom would point it out... and it made me want it even more. My moms always dreamed of owning a 911 and I guess the Porsche gene passed to me.

Heres a little snippet from an essay I just wrote for a stupid college Communications class... but since I got to chose the topic I wrote about getting my car...

"Thump, thump, thump. I think I'm going to have a heart attack. My heart, a raging demon trying to force its way out of its cage, is insatuable. This isn't happening. This can't be happening. There it is. A deep blue sapphire sparkling in the summer sun. Time seemed to fade away, everything became unfocused, and all my attention was on the blue beauty majestically driving towards me. Walter pulled up in the Porsche. The Porsche I travelled 500 miles to buy. The surreal moment passed and reality struck a heavy blow. This is my Porsche. "

I was 16 years old and the date was June 23rd, 2006 I bought my car and drove it 500 miles home with the top down, the radio blasting, rocking my $400 Oakleys. It too me 9 months to find the right car and just as long to convince my mother. Leave it to her I would have ended up with a 1989 red Firebird V8 or a 2000 black mustang base. Im glad I kept at it.

Since buying the car, I worked at the number 1 volume Chevrolet dealership in the entire midwest. Ive drivin' almost everything you can imagine other than a ferrari, lambo, bugatti, and rolls.

I made the right choice because nothing feels life my 1997 boxster and nothing makes me smile more. Ive already sold myself on never not owning a Porsche no matter where I am in life.