the Porsche myth that never dies

[pauljmcnulty]

Is it some form of inverted snobbery

No, John. It's simply using terms that are generally understood instead of the technically correct ones. Sometimes, it's more important to get a point across to someone less knowledgeable than others, without them getting the impression that you can only be part of the community if you spend years learning all the terminology.

Series one and series two 944 is a perfect example. Why do we call them oval-dash and square-dash cars? Because it's blindingly obvious to anyone which version you mean. Calling a Lux (even that term's wrong, of course) a 1985.5 car leads to misunderstanding, and calling it a Series 2 means that some mistake it for an S2. Call it an oval-dash and the poster gets the right answer.

You could argue it's lazy to perpetuate the incorrect terms, but it's also wrong to put people off by being too pedantic. There's no perfect name for the 924/44/68/28 group, so Transaxle works pretty well for me even if it's wrong!

The only alternative I can think of is "Front-engined middle-years classic Porsches", which is too much of a mouthful for me. []

 

[kdp99p]

My neighbour has a cayman s and it has Skoda parts on it .but I would be happy for it to be on my drive.......but we all know what we have.German engineering at its best.a super car you can use any day with no drama....the best

 

[George Elliott]

epeated by the same wallys who believe that theyre VW Polo door handles...

or Audi 50....?

[8|]

George
944t

 

[Neil Haughey]

I can't believe it, one of the rare times these days a 944 gets in an article on the motoring media and barely into page 2 and the same myths come out again. Jesus wept (not literally but if he owned a 944 he might get a bit annoyed []).

Glory in the offence here:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1466836&mid=73190&i=20&nmt=RE%3A+Porsche+944+Turbo%3A+PH+Carpool&mid=73190

 

[supersport]

Hardly surprising really when even the marque specific press still brings out these crazy notions, just read any guide to the 924/944/964 and see the same lame old dross that is 20+ years out of date.

FFS, last month's Porsche & 911 World waxed lyrical about what a bargain the 996 is, having spent the last 2 years slagging it off at every opportunity for being made out of chocolate.

 

[Suffolk944]

It is frustrating/annoying but there does seem to be a ground swell of more informed appreciation of our cars that quickly jumps to their defence and which is increasingly reflected in the market for them too.

Flip side is such ignorant waffle (however out of date) does mean the cars are still some of the most amazing bargains out there, especially compared to all sorts of mundane metal that somehow has ended up as being classed as a classic and now wears a price tag to match.

 

[vitesse]

Just heard some young school kids walking past our drive possibly on an adventure walk down to the beach-shouting look -a Porsche-& that's just the e-bay trackday 924S-possibly 9/10 yr olds-good for morale.

 

[TTM]

One thing that always cheers me up is how every little boy is amazed when seeing headlights moving up or down.
For me such a blunt reaction always compensates for all the mental mas**tion on the VW affiliation, etc.