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When I was a kid, there was a fancy car lot on the corner of the street where I grew up. It was an odd place to put it. Mainly used cars, but fancy nonetheless. Why anyone would put that car lot in the neighborhood I grew up in, I'll never know — but they are still there to this day! I used to ride my bike past that lot and dream of owning a fancy sports car, someday.

Even though my parents were always supportive of me, they did think I was crazy. There was no way I was going to be able to afford a car that cost three times what we made in a year — as much as our house.

When I was in college, I fell in love with Porsches and filled my apartment with Porsche posters. Remember the one with the lady on the hood of the red Porsche 944 facing forward with her legs pointing back toward the side view mirrors, her head raised facing the camera? I dreamed every day of owning a bevy of Porsches — it was one of the driving factors (no pun intended) that kept me working hard to achieve my goals. My mother threw away the posters after I graduated — disapproved of the lady on the hood of the red 944. Hey, I wasn't always a prudish dad, I was a teenager at one time — and had a full head of hair too!

I've yet to buy a Porsche. I've since become enamored with ozone-destroying, fossil fuel guzzling, CO2 emitting SUVs, and my wife would frown on a Porsche purchase, but someday…

George Zachar writes:

I occasionally come under pressure to consider trading up from my 1995 Mercedes wagon (I think E class), but as I rarely drive, I see no reason to do so.

Pointing out, "Oh, that's a cute one!" when a Cayenne goes past, is one tactic.

Comparing the top three Cayenne models, I am hard-pressed to understand their near 100% price spread. Must be a Giffen Good.

Jeff Sasmor suggests:

Get a BMW X5. You can assuage your carbonguilt as they are LEV or ULEV vehicles, depending on the engine. Or, if you don't feel guilty, you can feel lighter in the wallet when you have to fill it with premium gasoline.

I'm on my second X5. It blows away most of the Cayennes except the Turbo (0-60 in 5.9 sec.) and isn't fugly. The Cayenne is a rebadged VW Toureg — not even a bespoke car! That said, I wouldn't mind a Carerra Turbo…

Mark Goulston adds:

Ah! Porsche, the way s-x used to be… I have a '99 Carrera and, no, s-x was never this good.

 


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