"Porsche have spent years keeping the brand and style consistent. It was expensive and exclusive, which made it desirable."
True. Would add that the seeds were planted for me to want one of these many years ago.
"But that care (sic) was very hard to drive."
Also true even with the current model. I also owned a mini cooper s a few years ago and that was much easier and actually much more fun to drive.
"These were not always people who could get the true performance out of the car."
Having a car that goes from zero to 60 so quickly and corners so well doesn't have much utility unless you happen to live near a race track or in the country where there are winding roads and limited police presence. Acceleration of 0 to 60 in, say, 4 seconds when you take away the amount of time to get up to the point on the power curve where the fun starts give you about 1.5 seconds of thrill. Before you know it you are at 70mph on a 40mph road and have to slow down.
"But if I had to pick a car that was most likely to be reliable today then the Cad is an obvious choice."
Especially if you have to cart around adults. The two rear seats in the 911 won't hold an adult.
What's interesting about your comment is that since I have no idea about Arc I would automatically assume that PG is right in what he says. Even though knowing about the 911 I can see your argument and know you have a point.
Add: I love the 911 but sometimes I wonder how much of that love is manufactured in my head. Actually I think a large portion of it is but I'm still happy. It's like trying to analyze why breasts are nice to look at. They just are.
Ive owned a 911; it's a brilliant car and one of my favourites that I've owned. :) And I agree with everything you've said.
One of my current cars is an MGF; I love it. It's unreliable, isn't very good at acceleration, can be a bitch to drive... but I still love it :)
Conversely; I have an old Peugot 106 which sits on the drive and never ever fails to start when I need it. It looks ugly as sin and can handle like a bull, but it does the job (getting from A to B) without fail due to superb engineering and subtle simplicity.
But maybe I'm getting carried away with the car metaphors...
> the country where there are winding roads and limited police presence
These areas usually aren't that far away, just ask your local motorcyclists where the fun roads are if you don't know the local spots.
I happen to live in one of those areas and drive some really fun roads on my weekly trip to and from SF, but I'm not that far from a bunch of people who live in a very different environment and almost don't seem to know our roads exist.
"Porsche have spent years keeping the brand and style consistent. It was expensive and exclusive, which made it desirable."
True. Would add that the seeds were planted for me to want one of these many years ago.
"But that care (sic) was very hard to drive."
Also true even with the current model. I also owned a mini cooper s a few years ago and that was much easier and actually much more fun to drive.
"These were not always people who could get the true performance out of the car."
Having a car that goes from zero to 60 so quickly and corners so well doesn't have much utility unless you happen to live near a race track or in the country where there are winding roads and limited police presence. Acceleration of 0 to 60 in, say, 4 seconds when you take away the amount of time to get up to the point on the power curve where the fun starts give you about 1.5 seconds of thrill. Before you know it you are at 70mph on a 40mph road and have to slow down.
"But if I had to pick a car that was most likely to be reliable today then the Cad is an obvious choice."
Especially if you have to cart around adults. The two rear seats in the 911 won't hold an adult.
What's interesting about your comment is that since I have no idea about Arc I would automatically assume that PG is right in what he says. Even though knowing about the 911 I can see your argument and know you have a point.
Add: I love the 911 but sometimes I wonder how much of that love is manufactured in my head. Actually I think a large portion of it is but I'm still happy. It's like trying to analyze why breasts are nice to look at. They just are.