Joost:
If the turbo gets boring, why not go for a GT3?
It may not have the same peformance, but I think it might be more exciting?
Like in some cars it is more funny to do 100 than it is in other cars to do 200. Or are you more drive by absolute performance/comparison to other cars than by emotion and feeling?
The Turbo S gets (sometimes) boring as a weekend fun car, simply because it is too perfect and...don't laugh...too fast. I don't want to get into details but when you exit an Autobahn ramp at 150 kph and don't even take a sweat, you get my point. There is no (real) competition on the road. The GT3 would be interesting but still too expensive for a weekend toy, unless I would track race it. I usually get to drive on the track once or twice per year, not much time left I'm afraid, the family has priority. So a "muscle car" could be more fun, it is slower but would provide more involvement and sound (emotions), so it wouldn't require very high speeds to have fun in it.
The 991 Turbo S is the perfect daily driver, indeed but for a weekend toy car, it is almost too tame: I'm afraid the GT3 wouldn't be much different, these cars got too refined, too perfect, almost too perfect. Also way too fast for public roads, I always have to pay attention to keep my driver's license.
Yes, I have a lot of fun being fast (or even the fastest) but in the end, I actually enjoy myself alone without any "challenge", so this is kind of boring sometimes (not always though). To experience the limits of the 991 Turbo S, I would need to be on the track, it is impossible on public roads. Another "downside" if you want to enjoy yourself.
The biggest problem with my 991 Turbo S is however that I barely get to drive it. So from a cost point of view, this car doesn't make much sense but I knew it before.
So now I have the Jeep SRT as a family car, which I really use often but maybe I will switch it the other way around...the Cayenne Turbo/S (next gen) as a family car and a US sports car as a weekend fun car for very little money.
Lots of thoughts, not sure I am going to do it. I'm afraid that when Porsche puts the "960" on the market, the itching starts again.
Well...I have aprox. 30 months to decide and no, don't worry...no new car for me for the next 30 months. Right now, I still love my 991 Turbo S more than anything out there on the market, unless I could afford a car like the 918 or even the LaFerrari (Futch loves his car).
--
RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Turbo S, Porsche Boxster S (981), Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT (2014), BMW X3 35d (2013)