Focusing on Just One 911?

The other day, I wrote an article about “How Owners of Higher-End 911 Models Ultimately Decide a Base 911 Is Enough,” and it got quite a response. It seems many people feel the same way. Among the comments, one really stood out to me:

Everyone says, “The base 911 is the best” (and I say that too, by the way…). I don’t deny that at all. But do car enthusiasts who say that really settle for just one base 911? As you know from those close to you, they don’t (and I don’t either…). Even though they know how good plain white rice tastes and are satisfied with it, car lovers still crave the flavors of a fancy restaurant.

That’s so true! I told my husband about this comment, and he laughed, saying, “Yeah, that’s exactly right~ lol.” In fact, even though he says he prefers the base 911, he also says, “But the GT3 is great, the Boxster is great, and the air-cooled ones are great too…” — and in the end, he ends up adding more cars to the collection.

Among the people we meet on the Royu Driveway, I have never met anyone who said, “I’ve come full circle and decided one base 911 is enough, so I stuck with just that one.”

That said, when I asked owners who have multiple Porsches, “If you had to narrow it down to just one car, which would you choose?” — it’s pointless to ask people who don’t need to limit themselves to one car in the first place.

It’s the same with meals:

Just because plain white rice is the most delicious doesn’t mean your meal should be only white rice.

Most people want meat, vegetables, fish, and dessert too.

Porsche: Waste or Investment?

If someone said, “I thought the base 911 was enough, so I sold all the other models and stuck with just one 911,” that would be incredibly cool. But as for “The Porsche 911 base model is enough, but that doesn’t mean I’ll limit myself to just one,” I currently feel like, “I can understand that.” Because,

I’ve come to realize that each Porsche model has its own unique appeal.

Even though the core performance as a car is the same, the ride feel, the type of driving enjoyment, the engine sound, the fun speed range — everything is completely different. Each has its own charm, and that charm can never be experienced in another model.

So in the end, the conclusion is “I just have to add more cars” (laughs).

Also, Porsche has many legendary models, so it’s hard to part with those cars (some even increase in value). In fact, with our 981 Boxster GTS (MT), I’ve begged my husband, “Don’t ever sell it! (It took me four years to finally get comfortable driving it… lol).”

So I really understand why my husband and others can’t narrow it down to just one car.

Also, if owning multiple cars means it’s not wasteful but rather an investment — in other words, if “the positive effects on the family outweigh the purchase price” — then I think it’s totally fine.

Owning multiple cars means working even harder to earn more. Gas, tolls, inspections, insurance, maintenance, checkups, parking fees… doubling or tripling those costs is daunting just to think about.

To do that, you might have to change how you earn money, maybe even switch jobs or start a business. Either way, you have to put in more effort than before.

From what I see, my husband buying a new Porsche brings good results for both him and our family. His motivation for work rises, the people he meets change, and I get to live in a world I never imagined when we first met.

I’ve written before about “not restricting my husband’s freedom” and “not saying no to Porsche purchases,” but what I realized again while writing this article is that “I don’t say anything because Porsche buying has become an investment, not waste.”

On the other hand, if he added more Porsches but showed no intention of working harder, just spending more money and making life harder for the family — that would definitely make me furious. (Even though I have my own freedom, I’d still be upset — I know it’s selfish…)

Chasing Two Hares

Choosing just one thing you want is very difficult. Choosing one means giving up the other, which takes a lot of courage. At the same time, trying to have both without compromise isn’t easy either.

This might be a bit off-topic, but when I gave birth to my eldest daughter six years ago, I couldn’t choose between “childcare” or “work.” Both were precious and irreplaceable to me, so I didn’t want to lose either and chose to balance both.

However, choosing to balance both meant changing how I use my time, how I work, and how I think — and I struggled for a long time during that process.

When my child was hospitalized and hooked up to IVs, I blamed myself, thinking, “Is this punishment because I work too much…?” I felt guilty and thought, “Those who chase two hares catch neither,” feeling frustrated that my work was half-done because I couldn’t move freely with a child.

But looking back, because I chose both, I was able to start this Porsche blog, and now I see my own way to balance both. So now I’m glad I made that choice back then.

I’ve gone off on a tangent, and the conclusion has drifted from the beginning, but since life is only once, my husband and I want to remain partners who greedily keep challenging ourselves these days lol