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WISOMPH
WOMEN IN SUPPORT OF MEN’S PORSCHE HABIT
EDITOR IN-CHIEF STAN THORNE
14
YEARS
Their man’s habit starts simply enough with a fascination with cars and horsepow-er. A subscription to Excellence, given as an unassuming Christmas or birthday gift, soon leads you down a long slippery slope. A slope that eventually leads to your first real need, your first Porsche.
That’s when the dominoes start to fall. Unknowingly you receive a “free” subscription to Panorama
My crack dealer called” was the greeting I got at
week.
“Really? You’re needing another fix already?” was my response.
“Yah... but, he said this time he had something special for me” came the reply. I could see it in his eyes; it was already a done deal.
There should be a support group for women whose men have a Porsche habit. I’d call the group WISOMPH.
in the mail. There is nothing “free” about it, because it does nothing but add fuel to the fire. You are introduced to the underworld of aftermarket parts. All with wild promises of increasing your... Well, let’s just say you are told more is better.
Some of us have it worse than others. For a few, the case is mild. There’s nothing one car and a subscription to Excellence or Panorama can’t cure.
Others, others have it bad. It is an insatiable urge to experience something new. If 3.2 liters is fun, surely 3.8 is better. Free flowing exhaust does not give me quite the extra push I want, I need a turbo.
Saturday breakfast last
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Der Sportwagen
It can come in many forms. Some want to be out there, exposed to
the world. They have the cabriolet or Boxster strain. Others have
the track strain, destined to chase their passion round and round. I’m sympathetic to those with concours. A fastidious curse involving