One of the biggest issues I have with the 911 right now is simple: TIRE

It does if you want it to. My Porsche Boxster Spyder does (by choice).

People want their cars to look angry to better display their dissatisfaction with how their life actually turned out.

Just let Bill know that he wouldn’t be the first. Simon Pagenaud took a 532HP turbocharged Honda Odyssey up Pikes Peak in 2013.

Seriously. Whenever I get in my car.

Several thousand? Usually the minimum for bespoke options is $30K.

I often have my adblocker disabled for Jalopnik. Because of it, when the article got down to choice of vehicles (that would result in the Z06 being chosen as your Pikes Peak car) I saw this:

I’ve transported adults in the back of 2+2s I’ve owned (2G Eclipse, tight fit). To dinner and back. It’s not spacious and comfortable, but they did fit.

Why do people (including OP) buy Toyota Corollas? Great value for money, reliable in that they wear out/fail progressively and predictably, and low TCO.

Took a 6'3" friend to a dealer to get him to test drive a 911 Turbo.

2009 or later 997 Porsche 911. No IMS to deal with. Is within budget. Can put the kids in the back for short family trips for a while (until they get older and get too big).

Looks like an 8th generation Honda Accord.

PDK’s designed by Porsche, built by ZF. Porsche doesn’t build transmissions.

Er, most people swap to steel rotors. PCCBs have a replacement cost of ~$20K/set. The cast iron rotors are more around $2800/set. People who heavily track their cars will order PCCBs, but do a conversion for about $8K. They switch back to PCCBs when selling the car.  

You need to torque them to 500nM for road use and 600nm (444 lb-ft!) for track use. To do that you need the supplied meter-long breaker bar.

Wheel bearing replacement cost and frequency. Because center locks.

Regardless, it’s still 55% lease rate. That’s what Porsche told us salespeople at an actual sales meeting in Atlanta. Before the Panamera came out, it had the highest lease rate of any car they sold (ekeing out the Cayman a bit).

Eventually I think the EPAS issue will resolve itself in the usual fashion.

Actually, more than half of Boxsters are leased. About 55% at that.

I wasn’t keying on any complaining about seat comfort.