It's been a crazy couple of months, and I've almost escaped from the car business, but I don't know that I'll ever be able to do it completely. A close friend of mine had been looking for an air-cooled Porsche to have as a weekend and special occasions car, and my friends at RUF Auto Centre found a 993 Carrera 2S that ended up fitting the bill perfectly. When my friend first drove it, he commented that it felt like an old-school Porsche, and felt classic without being an "old car." I think he summed it up perfectly. We all know how I feel about newer cars, and Porsches in particular. There is a certain lack of soul about them. Don't get me wrong, technically and objectively they are amazing feats of engineering, but that doesn't make up for what's missing: the raw, organic feel of a hand-built sports car. Looking at the current prices of 993's, E30 M3's, Ferrari 355's, and other cars of that era, it appears that I'm not the onl...
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