Don’t You Just Love This Porsche

So I have to admit, I don’t really know all that much about the different models of Porsches available, or the best years, and motor size etc.  So far I have really done most of my shopping based on looks alone. Occasionally I think a newer expensive Porsche might be cool, but there is no possible way that I can afford to buy, much less maintain a new one, so I just tend to gravitate towards older models for my new porsche.  Anyway, there is something to be said for owning an older classic car.

I realize that looking for a classic model, or a well-running shiny completely restored model might end up being pretty expensive as well, so what I have in mind is finding one in decent shape that just looks a little past it’s prime. Or alternatively I might look for a pretty common older model and try to find a couple of reasonably decent cars, put them both in my porsche carport and use them to keep at least one running and fixed up.

This is my inspiration to date – isn’t this just the cutest little classic car you’ve ever seen?  I haven’t decided yet whether I would leave it looking dilapidated and multi-colored, looking like it was patched together with found parts … or whether I’d do a custom body job and a brand new paint and chrome job.  It’s hard to say, because I would really just like to have a Porsche to drive, and a nice shiny Porsche always looks super cool, but I don’t want to be afraid of driving it or getting a little dent every time I go shopping.

Cute Old Porsche. I don't know what year yet. I have to research that next.

Car Storage Options – Carport?

Well, I’ve been thinking a lot about my new Porsche (which I don’t have yet, if you haven’t read my blog from the beginning). And what I’ve been thinking is that I don’t have a good place to put it yet.

I happen to live in Canada, and for those of you that know, a Porsche in Canada, well except for Vancouver I guess, is pretty much a summer car only. Although I have heard of winter tires for a Porsche, I expect that I’ll just be storing my car the rest of the year, which is from about November (December if you are lucky) to the end of April (to be safe, since there is generally a good April snowstorm where I live). You need to find a good storage place so you don’t end up having a poor little summer car frozen solid in a snowbank, quietly rusting away as you huddle around the heating vents in the house.

So, all this is to say that I currently have an all-year car which I don’t worry too much about storage. I don’t have a garage or even a carport for it, which is a bit inconvenient when it snows, but as far as the car goes it doesn’t matter too much since it’s no longer in brand new condition and I don’t really care about keeping it super protected. (ps. this is the current car that I’m driving – a 1994 Nissan Pathfinder – I can’t knock it, it gets me where I need to go )

So what I’ve been thinking is that when it comes time for me to get my new/old Porsche, I’m going to need a place to store it. For one, I don’t expect that it will be in drive-away condition when I buy it, so I’ll need to store it while I’m doing a bit of work on it first. And taking the tires off and having it jacked up in my driveway is not the best look for my neighborhood, let alone my new dream car.

So here is what I did last night … I looked up pictures of carports – I figure that I won’t be able to afford to build a new garage, so at the very least I’ll build a carport, and maybe close in a wall or two, so I can have a place to work on it, and then once it’s all fixed up I have a place to keep it protected, both summer and winter. There’s a remote chance I’ll get a convertible, so if I have the option to keep the top down when I’m not driving it, that’s a bonus.

My favorite carport:

this wooden carport looks pretty simple – I could probably build it myself.  It looks good on it’s own, it doesn’t depend necessarily on tying into my house style since it will be set apart a bit. Also, since it is closed in on the sides it has some added protection, without the extra cost of a full garage.

Carport option 2:

as far as metal or aluminum carports go, this one is pretty elaborate, but then again, I don’t really like the typical ‘build from a kit’ super simple style.  If I were to get a metal version,  I would try to aim for something like this.  I’m not even sure if metal carport kits come in versions this fancy, but it’s worth checking out, since kits are generally a lot easier and faster to build than custom.

Cute carport option 3:

In my opinion this carport, even though it is very simple, has a lot of style.  I’ve traveled a lot in central america, where everything is built from concrete, so I’ve come to appreciate it’s simplicity, and the modern aesthetic  that you can achieve with this material.  This is probably not something that I could tackle myself, and I’d want to make certain that who ever I find to build me something like this has plenty of concrete experience and at least some contemporary design projects in their portfolio.

Another wooden carport option:

Here is another wooden carport – this time it is a sloped roof carport. This is probably something that I would build right on the side of the house, that way I could use the house as one of the walls that I wanted for extra protection anyway. This one also looks pretty simple to build – I’d need some footers, a basic wood frame and roof, and it looks like they used steel for the roof and fascia.  I could probably even add a gate on the front if I wanted to totally protect the Porsche from unexpected visitors.

So that’s my current research on carports – one of these will one day no doubt end up to be my new Porsche storage, at least until I can afford to build an attached garage. The only problem with that though is I don’t want to build just a garage, I’d like it to double as a workshop, so it’s going to be a bit more expensive than your typical garage.

My New Porsche

Hi! Well, this new blog of mine might lead you to believe that I have a new Porsche, but alas, that is just wishful thinking right now.  But it won’t be a pipe-dream forever (I hope)!

I’ve created this blog so that I can start figuring out how I will accomplish the eventual dream of owning a Porsche, what vintage and style I prefer, and so that I have a gathering spot of cool pictures and links, all to do with cars, sports cars and Porsche s.

So keep reading and maybe you’ll decide that maybe you can get a new Porsche one of these years too.