Can You Have Too Many?

[pixie*porsche]

I'm recently feeling rather frustrated about my 944!

Strangely in my opinion it is the best Porsche I've owned (had 6 of them, 2 911SC's, 1 Boxster S, 3 944's). It is great to drive with everything about it really well sorted. It's such an eager and happy car. Had the car 3 months now and recently sold the no where near as capable "Pixie Porsche" as I'd made my mind up that I didn't want two 944s.

I drive my 944 everyday and I really love the car to drive. It looks beautiful once polished but isn't very pretty when it's been out driving - the car is shiny gloss black, you see every little mark / little bit of dirt so easily on the car! In so many ways though it's all the car I ever wanted...yet on others it's everything I don't want!

Often it feels no where near focused enough, yet it's not meant to be focused - it's a GT car, not a sports car! When I get out from the MGB GT V8 into the 944, the Porsche feels so "grown up" (it's quicker too ), don't really like that!

I feel I've either got to make it everything I do want and keep the car or sell the car and try something different for a while at the possible expense of losing a really and truely lovely example, in a market where finding truely lovely examples which drives this well, isn't that easy (I'd never have another oval dash car).

Luckily I can still find more positives than negatives ...

Anyone been in the same position? What did you do?

 

[Hairyarse]

Glad I'm not the only one who has had a car dilemna this year []

Don't sell it, you know you'll regret

 

[Frenchy]

Sold my Turbo S and regretted it, managed to buy it back after a few years,black paint is a nightmare to keep clean but worth it in my opinion, my favorite colour for a 944, thogh my Kalahari car looks stunning in late evening sunlight.
If it's a good un............................KEEP IT !

 

[pixie*porsche]

Andy, in all honesty I can't see it disappearing - perhaps I should just use it less for a while? As I've said in your thread I think your new one is beautiful My first three Porsches where in Guards Red []

Frenchy - my other car was Kalahari - it took so much for it to look dirty, lol! As you can probably tell I hate washing cars. I love my black car in the sunset. It certainly is a good 'un! Looking a bit sorry for itself at the moment with the spare on the front as the wheel is being polished - got it stored in the kitchen overnight ... I'm sure the kitchen will give the Porsche it's wheel back tomorrow though![]

Really I just want to get the frustration out of my mind and just have the same feeling I first had when I had my first Porsche... until I bought it I didn't want a Porsche, the first day I got it I fell in love with the marque - sad I know! Thought it was the "bee's knees" so to speak, after 6 of them it doesn't feel exciting to say "I chose Porsche". I used to grin to myself looking back at my cars thinking "that's mine, you know" now I still look back and smile at this one just not with quite the same "YES, I absolutely love my car" feel.

Before I had this car I never really thought about improving my cars and was totally happy with them as they came. I didn't start to look at "If I change this, that will improve" now I'm really starting to do this I think why can't I just love the car in it's original form and just enjoy driving it?

Perhaps I should just carry on as I started buying the things I want to change on the car and fitting the new things?

 

[Lowtimer]

It seems that what you really want is something much more elemental and less refined, like a Caterham 7 or Lotus Elise, so why not try one of those instead?

 

[pixie*porsche]

ORIGINAL: Lowtimer

It seems that what you really want is something much more elemental and less refined, like a Caterham 7 or Lotus Elise, so why not try one of those instead?

I'd love to have a Caterham type car one day for sprints / hillclimbs / track days / B-Road fun. Then again I want an XJ12 more which is far more refined than any Porsche could ever hope to be!

Never really considered an Elise, actually I'd love a go in one.[]

You know what I think a lot of it is - summers coming we've had so many nice days lately I want to throw the roof off and drive something so connected to the road and raw! Yet all over winter I was thinking "I want an XJ12, I want an XJ12 ... think I need a classic Jag saloon." Suddenly the suns popped out and I want to lose the roof and the refinement of the Porsche.

I'd not really thought this was the case until I'm sat here thinking about it ... it's all the bloody weathers fault! [8D]

 

[Hairyarse]

Like you say pixie, maybe you just need to drive something else for a little while and miss the 944 a bit....or, you need a great big garage stuffed full of lots of cars, one for every mood![]

 

[Copperman05]

Not sure if I agree the 944 is not a sports car, it can make a good GT car but is certainly more of a sports car then say the 928.

What about a Morgan? Its convertable, sports car, fast and certainly raw! Not everyone's cup of tea though...

Ed

 

[pixie*porsche]

Andy - I absolutely NEED a big garage stuffed full of cars. I'll take the 944 and the V8, a TR6, an E-Type (first ever car I wanted at about 2...), a mental Midget, a Caterham 7, XJ12, 420, 924 Carrera GT and SO many more I haven't listed..... willing to take donations so if anyone has any of these they don't want .... [8D]

Copperman - I know what you mean, a 944 is certainly brilliant over a B-Road. I also did over 350 miles yesterday on the motorways and could certainly imagine 944's taking on a cross country trip over Germany on the Autobahns. The car was at home and very happy to travel the distance, it was also a nice place to be as well! Then again a 928 would have probably been more comfortable for some?

Morgan - I do fancy one, one day.

 

[sawood12]

I regret selling my 944, I knew I would, but personal circumstances with the kiddies coming with no time or spare cash to do the car justice meant the decision was made for me. I'm still hanging round on this forum like a bad smell because though I thought i'd get a 911 when ready to get another Porsche, i'm more and more coming round to the idea of having another 944. There are few cars that can do basically everything so well.

Having said that, I really think that you can't have one car that can do many things well, you really need the right tool for the job. Though the 944 is a very accomplished Jack of all trades, it is still not a master of any. The 944 is a great car to drive every day (as it was intended) and can handle the daily grind to work, but will put a smile on your face if you decide to take the twisty way home, but it can never be as exhilarating as something like an Elise or Caterham. If you have the luxury of garage space and budget then the best thing to do is to have three or so cars specialised to specific tasks. If not and you need one car that can do everything reasonably well, then the 944 is the tool for the job.

 

[sulzeruk]

I know of an XJSC convertible for sale in red, low miles but been standing for about 20 years in a garage. Nice plate with it. The guy also has an XJS coupe in metallic blue. Both are V12s. They are located near Chester and not very expensive. Both have been stored inside in a garage.
Alasdair

 

[blease]

Pixie, it sounds to me like you need a 996 convertible. This really is such a multifaceted car. When the sun is shining, you boulevard along like Nicky Clark. When the red mist is down, you can hang it out like Jim Clark. When you have to cover continental distances with grace and pace, you can lock it in at warp speed and arrive fresh as a daisy. I have a first year R reg 3.4 and it is a magnificent car. They are criminally cheap now...just like a 944.

 

[Suffolk944]

I sometimes get that itch and think that the driving experience grass is greener on the other side and fancy a change from the 944, but so far anything that I have driven as a potential replacement thats within my budget has not come close to the all round depth of ability that the 944 has (and that includes other products from Stuttgart). If my budget allowed I would end up with a fleet of cars but they would all be very different from the 944 rather than an attempt to replace it....

 

[simdel1]

I can sympathise with your jag vs 944 dilema! I had a similar dilema a couple of years ago when I was looking to get my first decent car after university. I really wanted a classic and almost bought an MGB GT LE, but I couldn't stop thinking about getting a nice leather-clad four door saloon for the big journeys I do to liverpool. In the end I settled on a two-car plan, get a reliable saloon with character first, then get a classic/focussed sports car. That way I get the best of both worlds without having to compromise. All I've got to do is get the sports car now!

 

[pixie*porsche]

I just want too many cars, lol! []

Rekindled some love for the 944, 'tis all shiny at the moment and looks gorgeous, I'm in the process of sorting the wheels out so ... it appears you can't have too many! Which is not to say I won't buy all these other cars ... at some time!

I've realised I just hate to see it dirty - really shows on the black car but polished it's lovely - gloss black really suits them! Bit different to Guards Red too, though I'm a massive Guards Red Porsche fan ... had four out of six!

 

[912UK]

I do my best

[]

 

[steves944]

86 944 LUX Alpine white,
86 944 LUX Trackday Alpine White,
85 944 LUX Zermatt Silver
Volvo 850 Tdi,
Fiat Punto 1.8 HGT Trackday Green,
Audi 2.6 V6 Estate,
Citroen Xsara,

Hope they (Govnmt) don't insist these should all be MOT/Taxed/Insured soon!

 

[pixie*porsche]

Myself and the OH are currently fancying a (Jag) 420 to share, if one comes up at the right price, unfortunately we missed out on one last year due to rubbish financial circumstances [] yet things turned round a few weeks after it'd gone[]

So MGB GT V8, 944 and a 420 would be a lovely start, just need to convince him something rather mental e.g. caterham, k-series engined Midget, Elise?, Ariel Atom [] should be next on the agenda and my evil plan is in force, lol!

 

[VanhireBoys]

A good friend of mine has a Caterham with a Vauxhall redtop and twin 45 webbers... Its a complete nutjob of a machine...! The dirt and s**te goes right in your face .. Its noisey and thirsty .. but thats not what its about.. He took me a spin and we both got out looking like Fangio []

I go through this every winter..Once I drive it I forget all and just smile and smile...

I have mine 11 years this year.. My wife said to me "Why dont you sell the Porsche ? You dont use it, you spend loads on it, and we have no where to keep it" to which I replied " I have the Porsche 11 years and I know you 6 - You do the maths who will be gone first" []

 

[Northern924]

Every few months when some sort of work needs to be done on the '44 I consider selling it, but then I look around and for the money there's still very little that can touch it for putting a smile on your face.
I know how much I regretted selling my previous ones and don't want to go through that again so it's staying, despite all the other cars I could or have owned I always seem to come back to a front engined 80's Porka.