Kyle Fortune

Warwickshire, UK

@kylefortune205 @Kyle_fortune

Model 993 Carrera 2 Year 1994

Acquired December 2014

The eagle-eyed among you might spot that my green 993 Carrera has mysteriously morphed into a 991.2 Carrera Coupe. It’s a short-term thing, Porsche UK lending me a Carrera off the press fleet to run here and elsewhere for a few months. Tough gig I know but, unlike my mollycoddled Carrera, it’s been immediately pressed into daily service while the 993 sits out the worst of the winter in my garage.

I’ve always said that the 911 is a genuinely useable family car and now here’s the opportunity to demonstrate that. Yes, there will be compromises, but they’re not so big they’re insurmountable. I’ve two children, currently three and five, and their Recaro child seats fit, admittedly snugly, into the back seats. With an additional ISOFIX mounting point optionally fitted to the Carrera here there’s the opportunity to put a seat in the front if I want to, but I prefer the back – not least because using the front one does mean access to the rears is significantly limited.

As to this car’s specification, it largely reflects that of my own Carrera, only 23 years younger. It’s a Coupe with a manual transmission, praise be, and a few options fitted. The list includes a heated steering wheel and seats, which have proved perfect given the time of year, as well as a Sports exhaust, 20-inch Carrera S wheels and tyres, the Metallic silver paint and the beautiful red and black leather combination inside. I’m not left wanting, really, the lack of kit like cruise control not limiting my enjoyment.

In its first proper week with me it’s been used for everything from the weekly shopping trips to the school run, as well as longer hauls relating to work in-between and around. All said, it’s racked up over 400 miles in its first few days with me, which is about 300 more than the 993’s done in the last few months. With it proving its worth as a daily driver, and us adapting to life with it, I’m already wondering how we’re going to manage without it when it goes back…