Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?

Ghosthouse

With or without your fireproof suit, I would respond by saying that your "workingman's" rig description was consistent with your chippy observations about other peoples' expensive hobbies.

Understanding that some people might get carried away or like to show off in these types of threads, I think the underlying motivation and common demoninator is enthusiasm for good gear, hence the term "enthusiast".

As enthusiasts I have always found that audiophiles can get similarly obsessive about lots of things, and enjoy comparing notes and information on other topics.

So I am OK with these threads.

I would like to now give you my word that I will buy 5 lottery tickets this weekend.

And if I win, I will buy you a Porsche GT3, assuming that would be OK with you?

I am glad you are enjoying Audiogon and your system.

Whatever your view on these threads, it is a great community.

Cheers,

cwlondon

Cwlondon -
Well said...and frankly, I'm marginally apologetic about my little tirade.
Your offer of a GT3 is intriguing.
Will my wife enjoy driving it more than the Cayman we now have?

Don't read too much into "Workingman".

Ghosthouse, unless she's dead, yes she'll enjoy the GT3 more than a Cayman!

Ghosthouse

As promised, I bought the lottery tickets. But I have not had time to check and see if we had any winners. I will keep you posted.

Re the Cayman, I would certainly think a GT3 is more fun.

But I was thinking of this thread having spoken to a friend today who has a 964, a 993, a GT3 and a Cayman S.

His favourite driving car?

The Cayman S.

Hello Cw -
How's our luck running? I don't have your friend's breadth of experience with Porsches. Have had the chance to drive only a few. You've hit on my tacit point...I believe the GT3 is more or less a factory prep'd racer. Not likely to be much fun as a daily driver on surface roads - especially here in the States [extrapolating from my experience in a gymnkhana (spelling?) mod'd 911]. In addition, I believe the mid-engine design of the Cayman is desireable. For these reasons, I asked, "would my wife enjoy it (a GT3) more?" She uses the Cayman as a daily driver for a 90 mile round-trip commute. Were the alternative a Cayman S...no hesitation. My recollection of a past issue of AutoWeek put the Cayman S as a real challenger to the 911. I love the balance and driveabilty of the Cayman but wouldn't object to the extra HP of an S. Having said all of this - I still think I want to own a 911 before I'm dead! For me, that is the iconic Porsche.