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[lemming]

Originally Posted by FC

Great! Congrats!

Sweet!

[SCA]

Originally Posted by equ

I don't think you'll find the 3.6L lacking. I only had mine up to 11k miles but it was a perfect engine with great gearing.

I wanted the 3.8, still do… if one arises that happens to check all the boxes and it is not outrageously priced I will pursue it. In the event that I acquire an ‘S’ I would flip this car. Of course there is the flipside to that, where the 3.6 scratches the itch and I hold onto it for a few years and possibly pursue something else.

[lemming]

Originally Posted by SCA

I wanted the 3.8, still do… if one arises that happens to check all the boxes and it is not outrageously priced I will pursue it. In the event that I acquire an ‘S’ I would flip this car. Of course there is the flipside to that, where the 3.6 scratches the itch and I hold onto it for a few years and possibly pursue something else.

Agree with equ that the 3.6L if it’s that engine I remember is a great power plant in the dot 2 models.

[SCA]

I totally failed to mention that the C2 will be my first German auto that is not a BMW.

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by SCA

I totally failed to mention that the C2 will be my first German auto that is not a BMW.

Nice. YOLO!

Is anything leaving the fleet?

[SCA]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

Nice. YOLO!

Is anything leaving the fleet?

Exactly… now at 50 years of age and having witnessed several individuals that I know pass away over the last six plus months and at younger ages has made me become fearful that I might not never experience 911 ownership (edit) if I did not act now, especially given that 997.2 prices are becoming absurd and the trend is likely to continue with it making it highly unreasonable that I would purchase one.

Not as of yet. The 15k mile E90 330i sport, six speed needs to go though.

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by SCA

Exactly… now at 50 years of age and having witnessed several individuals that I know pass away over the last six plus months and at younger ages has made me become fearful that I might not never experience 911 ownership (edit) if I did not act now, especially given that 997.2 prices are becoming absurd and the trend is likely to continue with it making it highly unreasonable that I would purchase one.

Not as of yet. The 15k mile E90 330i sport, six speed needs to go though.

Hmmm. Definitely post the E90 here first...

[clyde]

Originally Posted by SCA

Exactly… now at 50 years of age and having witnessed several individuals that I know pass away over the last six plus months and at younger ages has made me become fearful that I might not never experience 911 ownership (edit) if I did not act now, especially given that 997.2 prices are becoming absurd and the trend is likely to continue with it making it highly unreasonable that I would purchase one.

This is an interesting train of thought to me. Similar age. Similar mortality reminders. Similar car interests. And yet...

A big part of why I wound up buying the Camaro was the realization that if I didn't do it then, I probably wouldn't ever (because next daily driver will almost certainly be an EV, the calculus changed a bit, but similar concept).

OTOH, when I was still a relatively new driver, a used 911SC with a questionable history would have been a stretch for my budget, but not impossible. I drove a few and really liked them (even the ones that were WAY fucked up). I also knew if I bought one, I'd probably kill myself in it because they were still cars that would bite you if you didn't know what you were doing. That's what stopped me. I told myself that I'd buy one when I was mature and skilled enough.

By the time I reached that point, 911s didn't work for me in one way or another. By the time they could, new ones were too expensive, not-quite-as-new-but-affordable ones weren't as interesting to me and I was scared off older ones by ongoing maintenance concerns. Since then, they've all gotten way too expensive relative to the interest they generate for me to the point that I think the last time I got excited about the idea of a 911 was trying to talk JV into a GT3 circa 2007.

I get why people like them and are willing to spend so much money on them, and I think it's kinda strange that they just don't do anything for me.

But the way SCA phrased that passage above...it resonated.

[dan]

Originally Posted by clyde

they just don't do anything for me.

samesies

[John V]

I really wanted a 911 until I drove one.