Doing a
baege and mulling my ride situation for no reason other than I can.
A few years ago I started a
thread on whether to go with a dedicated sports car or a compromise DD. I went with the sports car and have a lovely 997.2 in the garage.
Owning 3 cars with one garage has been far less of a problem than I thought so no issue there. The car is fabulous, real head turner though ideally it'd be a stick and the ride is notoriously poor on poor roads but I love the look, sound and performance and the analog nature of the car. In my initial thread I did raise concerns about road conditions, traffic and the type f roads in my area and this continues to raise it's head.
Local road conditions, so let's say a 40 minute round trip drive, are abysmal. Arrow straight, bland as can be. Road surface quality is somewhere between "Calcutta" and Goat Track, just appalling roads, really, really appalling condition. Traffic is insane, not only busy but in quieter times, say after 7pm where I enjoy a top down cruise, the area is plagued by just inept idiots blocking all lanes at half the speed limit, i am ALWAYS right up someone's arse.
So in summary, I am not really enjoying the car unless I drive a solid 45 mins west or north, drive for say 45 mins then 45 mins back. So a minimum half day excursion. I just cannot so that anywhere near as often as i'd like.
So revisiting the idea of selling the Porsche and selling the DD, a 2008 Saab wagon, and getting a compromise car. TBH I likely won't do it but after yet another miserable drive yesterday, it crossed my mind.
The tough part is compromise to what? I use the saab's wagon goodness to tote all types of shit, the wife's family car is smallish and no good for carrying stuff (Stelvio). I also have the one garage so my car would live outside, day in, day out through all sorts of miserable weather. I also do a LOT of short trips, maybe a total of 3,000 miles (5K km) per year but lots of short trips in shitty weather.
I have a large preference for convertibles, wagons and naturally aspirated engines if I am to drive it in a spirited fashion.
E92 M3? Mustang? Original X1 with the big boy engine and fresh sportier suspension? Thoughts, feelings, opinions?