996 C2 added to my P-car stable - picts

Hi - been on here for about 6 years. Been driving a 1973 911 Targa while I've refreshed it from top to bottom. Still needs some mechanical attention, but overall it is a lot of fun to drive and has been a pleasant escape from reality. Back in October I added to my garage a 1999 996 Coupe. It is my daily driver, and as such has Michelin snow boots on her until the spring. Although, they are entirely unnecessary given the kind of weather we've been having in Southern Ontario - no snow yet this year and temps in the mid 50's. I've attached a couple pictures that I took today. Didn't intend on being able to do this until the spring, but thought I'd stretch the old girls legs while the weather accommodates us.

Nice Targa! Nice to know there are people in T-Dot that drive their 996 all year round.

nice cars..its amazing how much bigger the 996 is.j

super nice looking....... thanks for sharing......

Simply Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!

VERY nice, both of them!

Now that is a nice set of twins to wake up to each mornin'. (fraternal of course) RB

Love the Targa, you should have gone with the 996 Targa to keep perspective...

Congratulations to this beautiful duo of 911! Color match but generations between. Adorable to be able to experience the 911 development so close.

very hard for me to decide on which one I should drool over: old school classic or the new generation. congrats on such a handsome looking silver couple

Congrats! Both cars are awesome. The '73 takes me back to the car that originally made me fall in love with Porsches. I was born in '69 and aound the age of 8, a friend's dad bought a used Porsche. It was a silver '73 (I only know the dates/year of the car by researching this recently). I am from a pretty humble upbringing in Michigan, and this guy's dad was the only person I knew for a long, long time who owned a Porsche. The friend's dad was a doctor and the nicest guy on the planet, and someone who enjoyed exposing me to some of the finer things in life, as he knew my family didn't have them. My friend would sit up front and I would squeeze into the back seat and his dad would take us for rides (once in a while I would get to sit up front). I always swore from that backseat that I would one day own a Porsche. Man, I would love to have an older one and a recent one sitting in the garage. Cheers to you!!!

Congratulations. What a beautiful pair! Toronto here, too... strange winter, eh?

Toronto here as well. Good call on the snow tires though, you never know and I am confident we will get it at some point. Maybe we should have a mid-winter meet in TO?

Love the classic targa...beautiful.

Wow, that confirms my opinion that silver cars are the way to go. When I get my next (older) 911 (note: when, and not if ;-) ), I definately want it to be silver as well. Glenn, Nice Pair :-)

silver is the classic.. Is that Artic or Polar?

Wow - I'm overwhelmed with the positive comments. The Targa was my first real taste of the P-car marquis - and it still holds a pretty special place for me. It as a car was built like no other I've seen from that era. The colour is original while the paint is not. Pulled everything off of the car including all the glass and block sanded it myself before it went to the pros. Mechanically, its burning a bit of oil from cylinder 6 as well as leaking more than it has in the past few years - suspect its the rings. She really needs to have at least the top end done. I - as a new to the 996 club - would love to do a mid winter get together here in TO. It would give me a chance to see some of the people that helped educate me on the finer points buying a 996. Let me know where and when - I'm east of the city (Pickering) but work downtown. As an aside - looks like I may need the snows tomorrow morning for the commute, chance of a dusting before the temp climbs into the 40's (5-7C) again.

Polar on the Targa, Artic on the 996. Good eye.

There's apparently a regular Saturday gathering at the Starbucks across from Sherway Gardens, though I think not in the winter (I can never go because I spend weekends at our country place). Also, Downtown Fine Cars organizes group drives and track days pretty regularly during the season. I think they have some kind of relationship with the local chapter of the Porsche club. Don't know where your office is downtown, but if you see an Ocean Blue C2 in the Spadina and Adelaide area, that's me. I'll drive it if it's warm & dry, warm & wet and cold & dry. Just not cold & wet!

Uh oh... just noticed that you're in the ad business. Me too. I guess we can't be friends....

i thought i was the only one here love silver. i have 3 silver cars now and looking for 4th one. i have 996 already and walking my way backwards thinking about getting 911 3.2 you have some nice cars

Glenn, congrats on the 996! That thing is damned pretty, reminds me of my 99 before i bastardized it ML, BruceP, Glenn, the starbucks meet is still going on since there's no snow. Some of the cars are away for the winter and being cleaned up/preped for next year but there are still a group who are winterdriving. Sat at 10AM at sherwaygardens (see the canadian subsection of rennlist for more info). Location will change next year and hopefully we'll be able 2 put 2ghether a couple of drives

Now that's funny! You're plate doesn't say adman does it? Maybe we shared a scotch at the Marketing awards. Sounds like an opportunity to give the expense account a work out.

Count me in. No plans this Saturday morning, so will be there at 10am. Bold grande in hand.

Nah, I swore off the Marketing Awards a long time ago, but I think I've seen the car you're talking about. Geez, can you imagine asking for any more trrouble in this town? Toronto's unofficial slogan is, "Who do you think you are?" A Porsche with 'ADMAN' plates? I bet that guy never gets let into traffic.

Congrats on 2 very nice cars - and also thanks for letting me know what my 99 will look like with the silver bumperettes

SWEEEEET!!! It was a '73 targa that first seduced me and started my passion for Porsche cars. It is a car that also hope to one day have in my stable.

Hey Bruce - any details on where you are and what you do (ie: suit, writer, AD, etc) Always interested in the life around the passion of these cars. Glenn

Hey, Glenn, I'm a founder and senior partner of an agency. Before we started this thing, I was a creative director, but my background is in strategy. Your question about the "life around... these cars" is interesting in my case. To be totally honest, I avoided driving a Porsche for a long time because I was very concerend about the statement it would make to clients. The car is a powerful icon, and if you go to focus groups much, you often see it used by consumers in projective exercises as shorthand for "arrogance". It's tough to negotiate fees from that position. So I drove something more modest and less serious for a long time. This past year, I decided I didn't have anything to prove anymore, so I made the leap. But I made it in typical Bruce style, which is to say conservatively. If I didn't mind digging a little deeper, I could have managed something much newer, or more exotic, I guess. But I found the 996 very affordable (although US prices are insanely cheap by comparison!), and a lot of car. And I like not being afraid of the cost of fixing stuff or of driving it daily. And here I am! Okay, your turn. : ) Bruce.

God, those 2 cars look SO HOTT TOGETHER!!!!!

We had an interesting thread on that very subject last year. https://rennlist.com/forums/997-forum/220752-do-you-drive-the-porsche-to-a-client-office.html

Hi Bruce - OK now you have me trying to think of an agency in TO that was founded by you. I think I have it - and in fact am in your neighborhood for a pre-pro tomorrow afternoon at Spy. Its funny, about the client impression aspect. I struggled through the same delime until I realized that my managing director drives a $70K car and our president drives a $100+K car. I did feel compelled to ask them and make sure it wouldn't be an issue. It wasn't, although the acceptance did come with a few expected caveats. Like park in back at one of our clients and try to be discrete if it comes up in conversation. The more challenging impression turned out to be from my brother who became incredibly defensive about the car and went so far to say I was selfish, materialistic, etc. It was an ugly Christmas day - he and his family ended up heading back to Chicago by noon and enjoyed Christmas dinner at a Denny's somewhere in Michigan. I'm a "suit" at a mid size shop here in Toronto. GrpAD/acting Dir. CS. I also chose the 996 for some of the same reasons you did. Would have preferred a C4S but it was out of my spousal approved budget window. I'm really happy with it. With the Michelin snows on, it handles very predictably. That made me happy, as it is my DD. Do you drive daily with it? Even in the slop yesterday and the day before? Anyway, starting to ramble - which is what happens when I get interrupted 10 times while writing this by pesky AE's. Glenn

Last until the spring.

Sweet Pair! I too have a 99 C2. I just got mine back from the dealer two days ago. I had a new engine installed due to an internal failure. I hope the same doesn�t happen to you. I hear it�s quite rare these cars have any engine related problems. I also fail in love with Porsche car when reading about the 1973 Carrera RS 2.7 in my dads Playboy magazine when I was a teenager. Good luck with both.

Hey, Glenn, Nope, not driving in the slop. It's parked and ready to go if we have a dry day, though. I'm not storing it. With my last car, I eventually realized I was just keeping it nice for the next guy. I think that employees get some slack for driving a nice whip. Owners are under a different kind of pressure. But if you want to see how much it matters, Google Julie Roehm + Wal Mart + Aston Martin. Hear ya on that selfish, materialistic thing. I got taken to task by a Toytoa driving colleague on that, and here's what I told him: 70% of the Porsches ever built are still on the road, which means the resources required to build one aren't being consumed all over again every five years. And it's a car that people love, so they'll take care of it mechanically and so that it lasts. The Porsche is also built in a country where environmental regulations are very strict. No solvents in the paint, for example, plus a huge percentage of the car's components have to be marked for reclamation and recycling (at least in Germany) when the car is scrapped. So, in the scheme of things, who's really the moral one? Me, who has a car that was built with some conscience and will be on the road for probably twenty years? Or you, whose car will be in a scrapyard in ten and which was built in a market where all that matters is production efficiency and where, by the way, there is no real plan for dealing with the disposal of your hybrid batteries? Shut him right up.

What a great pair- this is sort of like looking at your date and her mom and thinking how both are fun in a different way- ok I have to go now my mind is wandering...

They do both look great, and he gets to "play" with the mom & daughter...just not at the same time

If thats the case (and I don't dispute the line of reasoning), mom certainly has a nice set. A set that has continued to defy gravity - but I digress. Bruce - very well put. I think I'd enjoy having beer and talking p-cars with you sometime. I didn't realize the level of responsability that Porsche manufactures their cars with. I feel even better about driving them. Especially since one of them has avoided the recycling bin for 34 years - and a great deal more no doubt if I have anything to do with it. Glenn

Beer sounds great. Maybe when patio weather returns. Sigh. Man, that mother and daughter comment was flat hilarious. : )