There have been a few specific trouble spots, some of them really troublesome, but overall the cars have held up well compared to their peers from other manufacturers.

The 996 wasn’t a POS, it was just cost-reduced to the point of absurdity. Small matter of the company going bankrupt otherwise. The 993s actually had more mechanical issues.

It sounds like something a devout religious person might force themselves to say instead of “Christ!”, when in need of an expletive.

Who knows, she might surprise you.

All of which applies to other luxury marques if it applies at all.

How does that explain Mercedes, BMW, and all those other cars that are “better taken care of than a Corolla?”

I could have written this post, except that my ‘92 968 was very troublesome, with tons of early-quality issues that were frustrating to work through.

You’re not wrong or insane — it’s just a matter of mismatched expectations. Porsche doesn’t try to play the style game, for better or worse. That’s why you have to be an aficionado to tell the difference between a brand-new 911 and a 20-year old one.

It should be an older one, or a newer one. The 991s are very nicely appointed, inside and out, compared to the 997. Some people have actually complained that they’re too un-Spartan to be a proper sports car.

In other news, people sometimes forget they’re carrying a firearm. Doesn’t make any sense to me either, but since you guys are overlooking at least as many firearms as you find, and given that nobody has used a firearm to hijack a commercial US passenger aircraft for decades, it doesn’t seem like enough of a threat to…

That’s what I was thinking. It’s hard to believe that Otto’s highest, best purpose in life is saving the world from 4-ounce tubes of toothpaste. He could do better, and so could we.

Considering all of the other stupid, destructive things that my taxes are used to fund, I say give him whatever he asks for. He gets useful shit done.

He was going pretty slow when he left the pavement. So if he was originally doing 70 as he said, he must have nailed the brakes pretty hard when the flapping noise started. If he had eased off the gas instead he probably would have been able to pull over without any drama.

Also, I remember when I first realized that everybody I knew who owned cars like that either dropped out of college, or were forcibly evicted. Blink...

Both are accurate. First you dominate all the competing males, then you get the attention of the females. Works everywhere from the Wal-Mart parking lot to the set of Wild Kingdom.

Maintenance log entry: Autoland rough.

(Shrug) I’d buy a car from the people who built the HP Laserjet IV.

Smart money: Boxster or Cayman, ideally a 987.2 or 981. You can spend more money for a two-seater but you will not get a better car. Buy a 981S or GTS and you will forget you ever heard of Ferrari.

I agree, it’s rare I turn mine off, but uhh, cars were made without them for quite awhile.

If you’ll let me wander around in your house and garage for 10 minutes, I’ll bet I can find a half-dozen dangerous things that you had no idea were dangerous.