Throwback--Porsche in 1996 - Page 2

equ · 10-23-2020, 12:53 PM

I was out of energy/motivation to do more work on the e46 m3, after thousands spent and many large & small repairs, it still needed suspension work and maybe some other things. I do regret having sold it though. I felt like I had to because the garage I had for it was getting damp (and deeply hard to ameliorate). The right move would be to have kept it and the JGC and sell the cushy 535i.. The problem was the 5 was the car I kept driving as a daily, just like the 340 now. Ideally I'd have a modernish bmw as a daily, the boxster, the quasi-vintage m3, the JGC as occasional drivers but I don't have that appetite or budget. Had to draw the line. In fact, add a 911 coupe to that ideal fleet.

Pretty sure it hasn't done a thousand miles in the last 2.5 years. Went to a collection. He didn't even come to pick it up in person, just wired me the money. I drove it to his garage and his people handled it from there.

John V · 10-23-2020, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by clyde

Who remembers this 1993 Autoweek cover?

I do.

I still remember cringing at the name "Boxster" and I still hate it to this day.

JST · 10-23-2020, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by John V

I do.

I still remember cringing at the name "Boxster" and I still hate it to this day.

Amazingly, it predated Napster. What the hell was happening in the 90s that made people think that was a good construction?

Porsche's non-numeral names are uniformly bad. Cayman is maybe the least stupid of the bunch, but it's pretty stupid. I'm not sure which is the worst--"Boxster" and "Panamera" are both good candidates.

EDIT: The Carrera Cup sold for 335K.

John V · 10-23-2020, 05:55 PM

I never used Napster, but yeah, it was a really stupid name.

10-23-2020, 12:53 PM	#11
equ Alphanumeric Join Date: Aug 2005 Carmudgeonly Ride: 981S, 340i Posts: 9,584	I was out of energy/motivation to do more work on the e46 m3, after thousands spent and many large & small repairs, it still needed suspension work and maybe some other things. I do regret having sold it though. I felt like I had to because the garage I had for it was getting damp (and deeply hard to ameliorate). The right move would be to have kept it and the JGC and sell the cushy 535i.. The problem was the 5 was the car I kept driving as a daily, just like the 340 now. Ideally I'd have a modernish bmw as a daily, the boxster, the quasi-vintage m3, the JGC as occasional drivers but I don't have that appetite or budget. Had to draw the line. In fact, add a 911 coupe to that ideal fleet. Pretty sure it hasn't done a thousand miles in the last 2.5 years. Went to a collection. He didn't even come to pick it up in person, just wired me the money. I drove it to his garage and his people handled it from there.

10-23-2020, 05:55 PM	#14
John V No more BMWs Join Date: Apr 2005 Carmudgeonly Ride: Ram, MS3, CX-5, RX-8 Location: Glenwood, MD Posts: 14,753	I never used Napster, but yeah, it was a really stupid name.