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BuyingPorsche22 July 2026

Separating men from boys: my first car was a manual 981 Boxster S

Manual, rear-wheel drive, over 300 horsepower - and 24 years of waiting. How a GT Silver Boxster 981 S became the first Porsche with my name on the paperwork, and how the first speeding ticket arrived that very night to confirm the choice.

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Buying91121 July 2026

The thief of joy stayed outside: collecting my first 911

Twenty years after the first time I sat in a 911 pretending to drive, I took a train to a place just north of Nottingham to collect my own. A story about dreams that take their time - with an F12 in the background, ice-grey seatbelts, and a heart rate of 160.

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