A 1956 Porsche Whatever

Starting in 1948 this was Porsche’s first production automobile, and 1956 was the last year it was made.

It was replaced by the 911.

Of the 76,000 originally produced, about one half survived, making this one 1 / 38,000 in the world. Even less if you do the math based on model year (1 / 9,000-ish.)

Being so into cars, it’s assumed I’d be really into this, but I’m not, because…

I don’t like old cars.

I take a lot of heat for saying that, but it’s true.

Anything before circa 1995-ish doesn’t much interest me.

Why?

– because they break,
– are unreliable,
– and uncomfortable.

I barely fit into the backseat, and I fit into everywhere.

I’d be skeptical of any stories of 4 adults taking a road trip in one of these.

Even on this day, the car broke. Doesn’t matter if it’s meticulously maintained, which this one is, that’s just the nature of an old car: to break and be unreliable.

And since I will choose function over fashion every time, I don’t like them.