Highlights from your Porsche correspondence via email, social media and Total911.com

dear Sir, I’ve been a Porsche enthusiast since 1995 when I bought my first 911, a 1984 915 3.2 Carrera that I stupidly decided to forward date to a 964-look with cheap fibreglass parts. That 3.2 was followed by other 911s in the following years as I began to chase the newer models, moving through every generation up to the 997 and finally culminating in a 997.1 GT3 RS.

Through it all a 993 always stayed with me, with a C4S having now been in the garage coming on 15 years. To me it was always the perfect mix of old school air-cooled with the ability to be a true modern daily driver. Air con that worked enough for hot summer days, power steering for daily grinds, not too fast to get me in trouble but rather a car with far more accessible limits that always screamed involvement. And small enough to still feel old school and mobile.

While the market has seen the 993 lose ground to the previously scorned 964 with the backdate movement and the outlaw scene coming to the front along with what I call the ‘Singer effect’, I don’t see the 993 staying in the shadow of the 964 in the long term. The 993 is the true single bridge between the air-cooled brigade and the watercooled cars. A true daily driver, one car has all solutions from the air-cooled era of Porsche.

Today I still own three 993s: a C4S, a C2S and a C2 that is my little hot-rod mod car. I won’t ever sell them, but rather keep them for the kids when they grow up.

I also have a pretty rare 964 widebody Cabriolet and was as a result quite excited to see your discussion on the America Roadster in issue 173. Mine is one of just four manual TBL Cabriolets in the country and one of just 14 TBL Cabs to ever come to Australia. My love of all things 993 and 964 resulted in me also finally getting back into another passion of mine – photography – and I recently created an Instagram account (@ drivenbytaste) to celebrate the cars that I have been lucky enough to own or still hold.

I would also love to hear your thoughts around the current values of the 993 and where you see them long term if and when the backdate movement finally dies off. Harold Gan, australia Great to read of your penchant for the last of the air-cooled models, Harold. as you will have seen by issue 174, we’ve a particular soft spot for the excellent 993 c2s, so we hope you enjoy yours. In terms of values, every specialist we chat to always speaks very highly of the

993 and its long-term prospects. Simply put, it’s the last of the air-cooled era, considered something of a golden generation among the wider 911 enthusiast fraternity. For this reason alone, not to mention the fact they represent the last truly hand-built cars and most are in great condition due to never being cheap to buy, you have a pretty vivid picture painted as to the 993’s values going forward.