Broad age groups of air cooled enthusiasts

[Tit]

I'm 32 and starting to loose interest in modern 'hobby' cars.

Modern cars for transport, classics for pleasure.

Its all about the character.

When I started desiring a porsche, it was for a modern one. The more I learned on my travels, the more I drifted towards aircooled.

[Danny]

39 here, have owned mine for 8 or so years.

 

I grew up with picture of a Red 930 Slantnose on my bedroom wall.

 

Totally agree with James.

 

My car has a personality that modern cars just dont (IMO).

 

It handles differently with full tank of petrol to an empty one; it drives and sounds differently on a 10 degree morning than a 35 degree day.

 

It looks fast standing still.

 

I would only change it for something older and more raw, not necessarily faster. I like being in control and not a computer; ive found its limits on track days and i believe it makes me a better and more responsible driver.

[Airhead]

Ya young whipper snappers. I’ve left my  50’s behind me.

I had a picture of the Dobie Gillis hot rod on my wall. (Google it)

Hooked onto Pcars through playing with VW’s at 18 Drove my first one at 25 and decided that they were the way to go. Read every magazine I could find on them and bought my 1970 911 when I was 29. Currently have a 1960, 61, 70, 84, 85 & 98 - water & air and love driving ‘em all.

There’s no such thing as a bad Porsche.

[Cal]

I'm 39. Real passion is the mid 50's to mid 70's cars. 

[Caledonian]

Regardless of your age if you don't think a 60's - 90's 911 is one sexy looking car there is something wrong with you!

 

Disclaimer: my comments  are not intended to insult or discriminate against other Porsche models and or years, they are all sexy just not as much as a 911 SC

[clutch-monkey]

bought my 911 when i was 22 off an old bloke who was keen to pass it on to the younger generation. coached me on my first lap of QR in it.

first manual/rwd/sportscar i'd ever owned. right into the deep end

[Uncle]

39. 

Wanted a 911 since I was 4.

[tazzieman]

Lotsa 40th b'days coming up. What's the crisis going to bring I wonder? 40 is like , really old. 1/2 alive , 1/2 dead you know!

[ByronBayChris]

46....getting closer to 50 which is well over half way.

Loved the shape of the 911 for years, especially the rear side window curve....it just does it to me.

My first desire as a teenager was this Dolomite. I still think it looks great

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Triumph-Dolomite-1975/SSE-AD-2667682

[Quozl]

I said 40+, it's actually my 50th in Nov but I'm trying to forget.

[Caledonian]

46....getting closer to 50 which is well over half way.

Loved the shape of the 911 for years, especially the rear side window curve....it just does it to me.

My first desire as a teenager was this Dolomite. I still think it looks great

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Triumph-Dolomite-1975/SSE-AD-2667682

I had one of those for a short time, just in BR green. Quick as in the day!

[Caledonian]

Although it took  30years mine was actually a 50th birthday present, it was worth waiting for….1963 produced some great classics

[Simonoz]

Jesus Christ, at 54 I'm over the hill against you young lot! How the heck did that happen?

I bought the first one at 40 when I gave up worrying what my business clients thought, and haven't once had a regret.

I should have done it years earlier in hindsight, as I have had the most wonderful times and meet the most fascinating people since I started the Porsche journey.

Still got the Wheels and Sports Car World magazines that I subscribed to at 10 years of age. I blame it all on the late great Jeff Carter and his European jaunts. He inspired a young country kid to have a go, so thanks Jeff, I'm glad we spoke before you left this mortal coil.

[GC9911]

Geez, I hate to claim the age race at 59, as I get older my cars get newer. Can't list how many different cars I've had but on the 4th Porsche, still aiming for a GT2 or 3! No air cooled yet but I could be sorely temped by the right 993 or 964. I'm old enough to remember driving really basic cars & fixing them on the side of the road, always had a timing light in the glovebox.

[sydr]

There've been quite a few comments here that have nailed it, none better than JustJames, but that could be in the breeding and a very long exposure to P Cars, and other classics. 

 

As for all you children, youngsters the lot of you, I have owned vintage cars for many years and the concern has always been, "these are the cars of our youth, who will drive them when we are gone?" and so far, there are plenty of people who want the challenge and adventure and uncertainty of driving really old vehicles.  This is evidenced by the prices of vintage vehicles which have been shown to be the best investment category of a group of investments including cash, equities, artworks, property, rare jewellery etc.  By vintage vehicles, include early Ferraris, Porsches, Bentleys, Maseratis, Vauxhalls and dare I say, even Rolls Royces.

 

On the world stage, there are more and more events catering for older vehicles and these vehicles are the passport of entry should you wish to take part.  And there are a finite number of old cars.  So values continue to rise.  The price of early 911s is testament to that.

 

Most of all, there is the challenge and fun factor of an early car.  No driver aids.  No compromises.  No nerdy computer geek deciding what yaw angle is appropriate.  Just you and your machine.

 

I think that when you consider these factors you will find that more and more, as time goes by, the age of the owner/driver becomes increasingly irrelevant.  Yes, you might be buying the car of your youth/dreams today, but with the passage of time these other factors will become more prevalent.

[Cal]

I said 40+, it's actually my 50th in Nov but I'm trying to forget.

 

I wouldn't have guessed that, if it's any consolation. 

[hugh]

I feel like I've just walked into Porsche's anonymous................My Name is Hugh, 30 and I am a Porsche aholic!   

 

Admitting is the first step I have been told. 

 

I've known what I wanted from a young age, move to Melbourne, become an Architect and buy a Porsche. I mention architect as I still remember as a high school student watching a program aired on the ABC called 'In the mind of the architect'. On the first episode it showed Barrie Marshall (DCM) driving his black 964 (current model at the time being early 90's) through their gateway on the Tullamarine Fwy - this image was burnt into my dreams. 

 

It was some 10 years later at 21 I had finally bought my first Porsche and living in Melbourne did the exact same drive, it was a very satisfying moment. 

 

I have always loved driving as a recreation activity and as a design enthusiast the 911 embodies all the ideals and characteristics of a progressive design evolution with a unique driving dynamic. That is what has always made it the drivers car 'yardstick'. So unlike wanting a model from my youth, for me it came down to the earliest model I could get into without too much worry as I was young but trying to be responsible.   An early air cooled but with the first of the gal bodies was the outcome - something that I have decided to keep forever as the older it (and myself) get the more I like it!

 

I'll still buy an early 901 at some time, but the mid series cars just do it for me and tick all my boxes! 

[TrevMcRev]

39. 

Wanted a 911 since I was 4.

 

That's awesome.

My 6yo has started a bank account for his GT2 already.  Serious.  He's at about $536....  He has decided a second hand one is good value as long as it goes just as fast, and it doesn't need to be an RS!

[sydr]

I'll probably get lynched for this:

Never had a poster on my wall

Never wanted a Porsche in particular, or any particular motor car

Other than a Ferrari Dino - just 'cos it is so pretty

Or a vintage Bentley, just 'cos they are so Ballsy

I just want the driving dynamics of a true sports car

I bought my first sports car at 19 and a wrecked one at 21 - which I kept for about 45 years

and, so, when I could finally a new, true modern sports car, it was a choice, for me, between a Ferrari or a Porsche

and because I wished to be driving the thing every day, not taking it to 'the man, to fix it' - it was a Porsche

which turned out so good that I still have that one owner 911, which will be 30 years old in 2 months

but I'm manufacturer agnostic, don't care who makes it as long as it does what I want it to

[Harvs11]

Sydr, maybe it's the beer affecting the brain's ability for math, but does that make you 2 months off 94 years old?

[Coastr]

I had a 308 GTB on the wall.  My mum didn't have her glasses on when she bought it for my birthday, and didn't see the naked woman draped all over the front.  So it didn't get discovered until I unrolled it on my birthday.  She was horrified and moved to retract, but I stood firm and said it was a present and she couldn't take it back.  So I got to put it on my wall and my mates thought that was awesome, a red ferrari with a blond draped over the front, norks out.

 

Never did like Lamborghinis, and Porsches were my brothers thing.  But slowly over the years I cooled on the Fezza and warmed on the Porsche.  You see I came to appreciate all things German and BMWs are my gateway drug.  I still get excited a bit by a 308 GTB but nobody drives them and when you have a close look at an old one it's a bit dull.

 

But my first real Porsche experience was with a white Targa with blue trim that some friend of ours brought around.  I was pretty young but I could tell right there and then it was something pretty special.

 

Sadly a milestone birthday came and went and no Porsche reward...life intervenes sometimes.  My friend gave me a sweet silver 76 turbo as a consolation....in 1/18th scale though  I'm just going to work towards it and hang around Porsche forums soaking up the ambience.

[Tit]

BMWs are my gateway drug too.

I remember talking to my 'dealer' about this and he said that usually his customers 'graduated' from bimmers to Porsche's... A very common pattern, he said!

PS. I never had car posters. I had military aircraft posters. I did really like the Alfa GTV as a kid. Not sure if I'd ever own one, but there's something about Alfa's...

[Cal]

Funny you guys mention moving from Ferrari to Porsche love. One of my dad's best mates has always had Ferraris. First a glass bodied 308 GTB, a 308 GT4, 365 GT/4 then up into 360's ect. Being a passenger in the 308 at 9 or 10 years of age sealed the deal for me. Then a late night high speed run in the V12 365 at about 14 and I might as well have been filming Rendezous. Obviously not being able to afford a Ferrari, I bought a Lancia in the early 90's, then another one. Loved them, but in time I started to appreciate engineering and quality. Not before I'd owned a Peugeot though! An Audi, a BMW, 2 W124 Mercs and then finally Porsches came quite recently. I'd always liked them, just not as much as the Italian stuff. Now I know better.

[sydr]

Sydr, maybe it's the beer affecting the brain's ability for math, but does that make you 2 months off 94 years old?

 

 

94?  Your logic escapes me.

 

It must be the beer you have down South, too weak, you need something stronger.  I'm told that if you go further South to Tassie, you can buy a superb local whisky. 

[Pabloau]

57 (ish) - no reminders please & yes Air Cooled all the way.......

 

JustJames hit it on the nail in his comments, new technology means less driver owner "inter-action"  unless you are really comfortable with laptop & scart plug interface (or similar) connection into your car.....

 

My 1st 911 in the UK & a gentleman called Ernst (yes German & yes Porsche trained & wirked in the factory till 83 when he moved to the UK to be close to his family (children & grand kids),

 

What started as a hobby turned into a nice little independant business for him & watching him tune I.T.B's by ear, then confirming with the "trombone set up"  was a thing to behold.......

 

Now the issue is having the time & specialist tools in the garage (figuratively speaking) and KNOWLEDGE to work these cars......