I've has some really good performing cars £ for £. As a matter of conscience prior to splashing out on my 911 (though my mind was already made up!), I drove a few cars to see if I could satisfy my lust with something "more affordable". I haven't had that many cars, in an unimpressive order, a 1.3 Escort, a 16V Astra GTE (loved it), 16V Calibra which was a heavy disappointment after the GTE, a T-Bar Toyota MR2 which was fantastic and faultless and then a import Toyota MR2 Turbo rev 3 in black. It cost me six grand as the first UK owner and £ for £ I don't think you could buy a faster car! Awesome fun but a little skittish, no tration control or ABS. I then bought my first Porsche, a 2.5lt Boxster. The handling was undoutably better but it wasn't any quicker than the turbo. I then took on my current C4S which satisfies everything I have ever wanted but the devil reliably informs me there is better out there.....GT3's capture my imagination..
Anyway, the point of this thread is that on the way to my latest car I tried a Audi TT 3.2 Quattro & found it very capable but sterile. A Nissan 350Z which I found cheap and guttless and not an image I wanted. I had test driven a few 911 996's and a Cayman which I found like a more powerful hardtopped Boxster but very good nonetheless. I tried the latest BMW Z4 thing, can't remember what it was (M6 I think)and a Merc AMG SLK, seven gears quite striking to look at but no where near the handling of a Porsche. I finally tried the car I'd have bought if I could'nt have afforded the 911 which was the Honda S2000. I was so impressed with the revvy power delivery and the sharp handling. A very tidy package throughout. They are reliable too and aftersales which would seemingly put ours to shame. I have never been interested in Astons/Ferrari's etc having desired a Porsche since I was a small kid. A sad but honest admission is I remember seeing my first black 911 in a spoof superhero film called Condorman starring Gene Wilder! Anyway coming from quite a poor background I never thought I'd have one, now I'm living the dream
. I just wondered what "other cars" folk here in the know favoured before reaching the end of their search for perfection.
Anyway, the point of this thread is that on the way to my latest car I tried a Audi TT 3.2 Quattro & found it very capable but sterile. A Nissan 350Z which I found cheap and guttless and not an image I wanted. I had test driven a few 911 996's and a Cayman which I found like a more powerful hardtopped Boxster but very good nonetheless. I tried the latest BMW Z4 thing, can't remember what it was (M6 I think)and a Merc AMG SLK, seven gears quite striking to look at but no where near the handling of a Porsche. I finally tried the car I'd have bought if I could'nt have afforded the 911 which was the Honda S2000. I was so impressed with the revvy power delivery and the sharp handling. A very tidy package throughout. They are reliable too and aftersales which would seemingly put ours to shame. I have never been interested in Astons/Ferrari's etc having desired a Porsche since I was a small kid. A sad but honest admission is I remember seeing my first black 911 in a spoof superhero film called Condorman starring Gene Wilder! Anyway coming from quite a poor background I never thought I'd have one, now I'm living the dream
. I just wondered what "other cars" folk here in the know favoured before reaching the end of their search for perfection.
