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Nope, never bored, got the oil changed today, grinned th whole way home!
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i have change about seven cars in my life but now i decide to married with the 4s.
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Yah sure the gauges seldom change much but when they do take a turn for the worse it is best to catch it right away.
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Seems to me that you are using your Porsche to commute therefore you have -unknowingly castrated the car- in your mind.
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so I have been driving my 02 c2 for almost 2 weeks now and this topic crossed my mind. (I am not bored yet)
Lots of people get bored of cars quickly (I beleive I am one of them). I am always asking myself, is that a personality issue? meaning I am never satisfied with anything even though some people in poor countries can't even afford to buy a bicycle? or is it the normal human being nature as all this is material stuff that will become boring no matter what?
Even when I had a 91 NSX (the only car I owned that took a long while till I got bored), if I drove it daily, it would be like a normal car after a while (not excactly, but you know what I mean)
How is the case here with people on rennlist with their 911s? Please compare/share your experiences with that and the 911 as well as compared to other cars you owned.
all you have to do is go to the track
its a permanant fix for it
first 4 years to learn to drive to the cars current potential, next 4 years modding the car to its's potential.... let us know in 8 years what your next goal is
I've become bored of every *new* car I've owned, even though I modded most of them, ha.
A 911 is different, it has a character that goes beyond a new body style or electronic gadgets.
Drive it like Herr Doktor Porsche intended and you'll never be bored.
Going up to the speed limit rapidly is not against the law unless a clown in a police suite wants to be a clown all day. Learn to be up to the speed limit from a stop light going straight or around the turn before half way across the intersection. Be aware of the squak your tires might make while turning hard on white lines. Please stay in your prescribed lane. It's amazing how far behind everyone is after hitting the gas up to the speed limit and rounding the turn and taking a look back. Its like they are all still sitting at the light looking for a bomb that went off or something. You might also try taking the residential turns at the prescribed speed limit. It works all day to take the boredom out of putting around.
If you are super bored keep an eye out for the guy in a rush coming up behind you. Get him into zipping around like he's joe racer and going to pass the 911 as soon as there's a chance. Then don't brake until you are on the spot with the dime behind the car stopped in front of you. It's always nice to teach others fearing being a tail gater of a superior braking and power machine. Slowing down is no way to educate a tail gater to stay off your tail.
Another thing you might try is developing the proper scan while in the car. Flying you always hae to scan instruments so don't treat your car any different. Porsche didn't really include much for instrumentation but what is there is best kept track off. Yah sure the gauges seldom change much but when they do take a turn for the worse it is best to catch it right away. That in its self will take a majority of the boredom out of staring out the front of the car only for your crusie. You should also be scanning all around for a way out when the drunk or falling asleep car has you lined up for misfortune.
Then possibly the ultimate boredom killer is challenging little old ladies to races from lights. Let them win though. You'll give granny a happy day and stories to tell for years to come.
I have had my 86 for 15+ years, not bored yet.. and the 996 for about 3 years.. not bored.
But I have gone through tons of Audi's, Bmw's....etc... I just dont bore of Porsches!
I'm with Ivangene on this. Seems to me that you are using your Porsche to commute therefore you have -unknowingly castrated the car- in your mind. When was the last time you found yourself at opposite lock and hard on the throttle? My dear Rennlister, go out there and do that. Master it and then find a way to better your driving (as I do) and then the car (I learn so much here) and you will never be bored. There is no possible way that a regular guy/gal (I know!!!)will extract 100% from a Porsche. I can only think of European Touring racers becoming jaded with the offered performance. Get out there and stay above 5k rpms....you will fall in love.
I'm with Fergus. 2.5 years of ownership, and I still open the garage and say, "wow! that beautiful car is mine!"
Of course, driving it on the track helps keep the love affair going.
When I got the car I guaranteed at least 30 days of happiness, no matter what happened at work or at home. It's day 20 and I couldn't be happier.
10 years is too long to have been driving boring cars, looking forward to 10 years of an awesome car.
When I get bored I watch those Cialis adds I recorded. You know, with the tubs and the cougars. Then I say to myself, if I had a Honda I wouldn't end up in the tub. Then I am excited about having a Porsche.
If you get bored with things quickly, your are most likely buying things for the wrong reason. You think that spending or buying will be and end in itself to what apparently is an insatiable desire.
Become analyticle regarding your purchases to the point of taking the emotion away from the experience. You will be satisfyed with subsequent purchases for years and probably happier overall.
After nearly 7 years with the '99 Cab, I'm still pleased as punch. I love the color, the interior, the sports seats, the wheels, everything about it. When I bought it, I wasn't looking for a "fix". I was looking for silver Porsche Cabriolet with about a dozen specific options, low miles, mint condition. I found it after a long search with everything on my list plus way more. I'm happy with my decision, almost as happy as the day I flew to Houston and drove it home.
Happiness and satisfaction come from within, stuff won't make you happy.
BINGO...right on the money.
Been through a rash of cars....have allways owned a porsche for a long period of time. Beat the car up a bit the other day and I have to say she performed beyond my expectations....ran cool even though i stayed in the upper rpm's most of the time and braked as well as she did at the first pass. I have to honestly say this is the best car Ive owned and that compared to quicker cars...this car just has soul.
Pac996 nailed it also....just dont like trying to out brake people...I dont need some POS car ending up on top of my engine. Making people disappear in my rearview is fantastic....Ill keep the "kill" stories to myself, not in the mood for a lecture.
I daily drive mine and after a year I am defntly not bored. I run it (real) hard where and when I can and am still learning the limits. It rains a lot here which keeps things exciting.
I do quite a few autocross, I still haven't got around to doing a track day in it...soon I will. I tracked my previous 996 and it was good.
I do all my own maintenance which keeps me very interested in the car. I hope to get away into the mountains this summer either alone, with on or two buddies, or with a larger group.
Basically I can't see myself driving anything except a Porsche, and this one at the moment is in the sweet spot of value and performance. I did sit in a 2010 GT3 today. It seemed nice but at $146K CDN still out of reach so this 96 C2 is exactly right for me right now.
Bored - no.
Interesting topic, I wonder about this often. I've owned many different cars from Corvettes to M3s, to 944 turbos, pure track cars, bone stock street cars and lots in between. I've come to appreciate the 911, it really is a special car.
BTW, Bambam996, that's a great post. A lot of tracks have skid pads nowadays.
This never end my friend (when you wont something so much and when at least get it, then you get bored with it) I am 34 years old and i am driving for my 18s ..... i have change about seven cars in my life but now i decide to married with the 4s. This car is the one and only must have for me...........
As was touched on above... If you chose the P-car b/c it's a P-car, you probably will get board. If however you chose the P-car because you enjoy driving, and perhaps to go around a track once in a while you should be sorted for quite a while...
Funny, originally when I purchased my GT3 I grew bored of my 996; however, lately I have to grown to re-like the car and use it around town and for long trips and leave the GT3 for track days. It's a good thing I kept it.
I have a friend who is in his thirties, and has been through about 50 cars in his lifetime. I personally have seen him go through about 35 cars in the past 3 years. So, you have a long way to go to keep up with him. (The local DMV office has a private window just for him).
I've had my C4S since 03. I still drool at it each time I open my garage.....I still have to turn back and admire it as I walk away in a parking lot. It scintillates me at the track with it's performance....so, is it boring????, nah! not even close. In fact my honeymoon period is still going on strong after 7 years. I absolutely, 100% LOVE this car..............
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