does anyone on forum own a 911? Options

[rosenfe]

i have my 914 and a 04 boxster s,and amwondering how it feels to drive an older well sorted 911,and how does it compare to our 914 and even the boxster.so much press about 911,high prices etc,that i just want to know how it feels to own and drive one.

[campbellcj]

I had a '70 911E from 1990-2002, which I daily drove for a while and then did a pretty thorough resto, then sold it to help with a house downpayment. I got at most half of what I'd put into it. Now that damn car would probably cover the whole downpayment, but that's life.

From around 1999-present I've also been into 914s but my current 914 got to the point where it was not really streetable anymore, and I started really jonesing for another 911 street car.

So finally after many years I got this. It's a 2009 997.1 Turbo, manual trans. This is the last year of the classic Mezger GT1-type engine as well as one of the last manual trans turbos, but it has the updated PCM dash/electronics of the 997.2 generation. It is a really spectacular machine and I doubt I'll ever sell it, or my 914. Especially my 914.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm6.staticflickr.com-21-1410407699.1.jpg)2009 911 Turbo on Mulholland by cjcam, on Flickr

[BK911]

I had a '70 911E from 1990-2002, which I daily drove for a while and then did a pretty thorough resto, then sold it to help with a house downpayment. I got at most half of what I'd put into it. Now that damn car would probably cover the whole downpayment, but that's life.

I think I remember that car. Light blue targa? One of my all time favorite cars. The 2.2E targas are the shizzle, IMHO.

[campbellcj]

I think I remember that car. Light blue targa? One of my all time favorite cars. The 2.2E targas are the shizzle, IMHO.

Correct, medium metallic blue. I loved that car and truly wish I'd kept it. It was the first car I bought with my own dough after finishing college. Now they are crazy money. Even back at the time I restored it (~2000) I had around $5,000 just into the friggen seats. The car even had its complete original toolkit, which is worth like $1,500 these days. Also a set of (5) correct 15x6 deep Fuchs with fresh period-correct Michelin tires, plus the 16x6's shown here.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm5.staticflickr.com-21-1410481252.1.jpg)1970 Porsche 911E Targa by cjcam, on Flickr