Why do people never specify which 911?!!

[tom2019]

People always say 911 but never actualy say what model how do you guess between carrera gt3 turbo etc.....

[hoganscrogan]

Yeah! Really winds me up!

[PlainSpain]

Reminds me of that old TG episode with Martin Kemp. Everytime he said '911 garage' rather than a Porsch garage, and the fact he didn't know what variant he had! Cringeworthy!

[tom2019]

hoganscrogan said:

Yeah! Really winds me up!

do you have a 911?

[kambites]

I don't see how it's any different from saying "Ford Focus" rather than "Ford Focus 1.8TDCi Climate", or whatever.

[dave9]

if someone asks i say 911 then if they ask further i tell them.

but, you would sound a right idiot, if when someone asked you said' 1989 guards red turbo coupe with the g50 box'.

99% of people don't care about cars and you would look like a geek and that you were bragging about it.

likewise if asked you what you had and you replied 'vectra' i'd think fair enough. But, if you said vectra 2.0 CDTXI automatic with 6 disc changer in the boot' then i'd think alan partridge.

'911' is enough to satistfy someones inquisitive-ness when they ask about your car 99% of the time

[Proxy]

Och they're all the same anyway...

• runs for the hills*

[vixen1700]

Only 911s I'm interested in are air-cooled.

[MX7]

I don't find them particularly interesting cars, so to me they are all 911s.

[marshalla]

They're all just badly modified Beetles anyway.

[hoganscrogan]

Used to have a 996 C2 3.4 with sports suspension.

[hoganscrogan]

...and when anyone asked me what I drove that is how I would answer.


:::whisper::: ease off the steroids.

[steve singh]

If people ask and I say 996 they look at me blankly - so now I just say 911...makes it easier for non-petrolheads to understand.

Heaven forbid they think I have a boxster, for example

[pinchmeimdreamin]

hoganscrogan said:

Used to have a 996 C2 3.4 with sports suspension.

To me that just says you are a poseur sorry.

As was said above tell them you have a 911 if they are PHers or intereted they will ask which one.

[Globs]

marshalla said:

They're all just badly modified Beetles anyway.

Beetles are just cheap flimsy derivatives of the Panzer tank.

[briers]

Because you sound like a fking geek specifying the exact model making you look like an even bigger cock.

99% of people wouldn't have a clue

btw, not having a dig, love porsches

[dugsud]

Both 911's.....They do vary a bit to be fair

[Flintstone]

MX7 said:

I don't find them particularly interesting cars, so to me they are all 911s.

I see I'm not alone.

[CaptainSlow]

dugsud said:

Both 911's.....They do vary a bit to be fair

hmm I'm not sure which I prefer

[infradig]

Depends on who I'm talking to

Wife;'John down the village has got a new Porsche'
Blokes in Pub;'Johns got a 911'
My brother;Guy down the road's got a manual coupe 997 S with turbo rims and colour coded seat shells'