Among the Porsche cognoscenti, various generations of 911s, Boxsters, Caymans,
et. al. are described by their Porsche production codes; thus, the second-generation, water-cooled 911s are 997s, second-generation Boxsters are 987s and so forth. One of the minor pleasures I enjoy is infuriating my wife by using these codes (which appear to have no logical order) rather than production year when discussing the cars, a thing I do far more often than she would prefer. Consequently, when we were at an amateur race for a local charity on Saturday, I happily pointed out the racing number (an obvious reference to the production code) applied by the owner of the '06 911 Carrera caught in the pics below. After the race, I truly tempted fate by holding forth on BMWs using their production codes (
e.g., an '08 3-Series sedan is an E90), but the murderous look in her eye prompted me to shift the conversation radically to another subject.
Jer
On the straight:
The Arctic Silver 997 911 Carrera (
) chasing (momentarily) a Titanium Silver Metallic E36 (
) Bimmer coupe:
Long past the E36:
In the barn before the race:
A first-generation (996) water-cooled 911 Carrera, known for what some call their "runny egg" front headlight design; at first, I was tempted to use the two cars to give Connie a short tutorial on applying manufacturing codes to various Porsches, but - in the end - I simply lacked the courage:
Originally posted by wtlwdwgn 
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