Welcome to our group. Here is the slightly updated version of my periodic post on being on this board:
1. All things Porsche are inherently better than any other car brand. We all know that we’d rather have a clapped-out, barely running ’97 Boxster than a pristine Aston Martin or Ferrari because, well, it’s a Porsche.
2. Boxsters are really the only true Porsche, with their mid-engine, original layout. Not like those vulgar 911s.
3. At the same time, we know that all Porsche owners are a discerning lot and that if we have that battered old ’97 Boxster, we know that the owner of a track-prepped 911 Turbo or a perfectly restored 356 with original factory stickers will find a kinship with us rather than someone with a mint-condition XKE or pristine Hudson Hornet.
4. There is no subject to trivial to raise on this board if it pertains to Porsche. If you have a slow day at work, try asking the board what kind of tissue they use to clean their sunglasses before they drive. The discussion will go on for days.
5. This is a great place to get solid information on repairs and maintenance. If you ask for advice on which model of something is better, don’t be surprised, in the case of Porsches, of getting long answers that in the end tell you all Porsches are great, whatever you pick you’ll be happy with. Other people have to kill time at work too.
6. If you’re really bored and can’t figure out a question to ask to start a discussion, ask which is a better watch to wear while driving. Most of us (male) board members have always had active fantasy lives and can argue forever over the relative merits of the Rolex Submariner, which was the watch James Bond never wore in the Ian Fleming books, and the Omega Speedmaster, which they wore when they faked the Moon landing.
7. Don’t try humor. It doesn’t work on this board. Someone will get offended.
2001 Base, purchased in 2004, replaced engine at 130K+, RIP 2017