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Greetings folks!
I'm a long time car nut, but have typically stayed with British and Japanese cars. My wife and I have 3 boys, and as they've gotten older and started to move out, they've also been taking our more plebian cars for themselves. So with another car being subsumed by a boy here soon, it came time to find a vehicle for her to replace her boring ol' commuter. She's long wanted a convertible, and so we went and looked at... well, pretty much everything in the market. Miata, F-Type, MB E Class, Audi, BMW 2 and 3s... and that doesn't even include the used stuff like Vantages, XKs, older Boxsters, etc. When we finally drove a 718, she... well, she fell in love. It was small, easy to drive, and she loved the design inside and out. I countered with a 911, but after driving it, she genuinely prefers the smaller factor of the 718. And I have to admit, that it's very seductive. So, after considering our choices for the last 3 months or so, we finally pulled the trigger on finding a dealer with allotment and placed the order yesterday. I don't expect that we'll see it till late this year, as we went for a custom color as well. She's always been fond of green, and after going over SO many different PTS shades, we settled on a very classic color of Irish Green. Combined with a two tone (Espresso/Cognac) interior, I expect we're going to take delivery of a car that we keep for years and years.
We're joining this board first because... well... P9 and Rennlist have not had the most positive audience participation for the 718s - based mostly on exhaust note, it seems. We both liked the note that the 718 had, and went for an S with sports exhaust - just to be even more obnoxious.
At the end of the day, it was the 718 that seduced us to our first Porsche (First German car, even!) - so they must be doing something right. Looking forward to being a part of the online community here!
I'm a long time car nut, but have typically stayed with British and Japanese cars. My wife and I have 3 boys, and as they've gotten older and started to move out, they've also been taking our more plebian cars for themselves. So with another car being subsumed by a boy here soon, it came time to find a vehicle for her to replace her boring ol' commuter. She's long wanted a convertible, and so we went and looked at... well, pretty much everything in the market. Miata, F-Type, MB E Class, Audi, BMW 2 and 3s... and that doesn't even include the used stuff like Vantages, XKs, older Boxsters, etc. When we finally drove a 718, she... well, she fell in love. It was small, easy to drive, and she loved the design inside and out. I countered with a 911, but after driving it, she genuinely prefers the smaller factor of the 718. And I have to admit, that it's very seductive. So, after considering our choices for the last 3 months or so, we finally pulled the trigger on finding a dealer with allotment and placed the order yesterday. I don't expect that we'll see it till late this year, as we went for a custom color as well. She's always been fond of green, and after going over SO many different PTS shades, we settled on a very classic color of Irish Green. Combined with a two tone (Espresso/Cognac) interior, I expect we're going to take delivery of a car that we keep for years and years.
We're joining this board first because... well... P9 and Rennlist have not had the most positive audience participation for the 718s - based mostly on exhaust note, it seems. We both liked the note that the 718 had, and went for an S with sports exhaust - just to be even more obnoxious.
At the end of the day, it was the 718 that seduced us to our first Porsche (First German car, even!) - so they must be doing something right. Looking forward to being a part of the online community here!
