Psssttt… over right here. Ah sure, you in all probability can’t recognise me on this crafty disguise.

Usually I rock as much as a automobile present in some form of BMW. Those that’ve learn my articles up to now will know that my alliances with the Bavarian titan are blood tight. Fidowicz with no BMW is like Christmas with no pine tree. However this time I’ve gone undercover. We’re going to infiltrate the Porsche crowd on the 2023 FlatSix occasion from the within, Trojan Horse type. However as an alternative of a horse, it’s a 20-year-old convertible, and as an alternative of a military of Greek troopers sitting inside, it’s simply me holding a digicam.

I’ve left my BMW at house, and as an alternative managed to get my pesky fingers on a unique set of keys for the weekend. As a result of, what higher technique to become involved with the Porsche neighborhood than rocking as much as certainly one of their very own automobile exhibits in a Porsche?!

My steed is a 2.7L mid-engined, handbook Boxster with a mere 160,000 miles on the clock and its fair proportion of age-related dents and scrapes. However whereas my disguise may not be the flashiest within the crowd, beneath its look we have a effectively taken care of sports activities automobile, fuelled and prepared for the dash down from London to Goodwood Motor Circuit.

Whereas the Greeks needed to endure a sweaty, cramped, wood journey to achieve their goal, I received to take pleasure in my journey on a few of South England’s most interesting B-roads, with wind in my hair and a raspy, induction-filled flat-six on the mercy of my proper foot. It’s an expertise that’s largely unparalleled within the motoring world, and one that gives a lot driving enjoyment that it’s solely persevering with to develop the Porsche model.

A lot in order that it’s unattainable to go to any automobile occasion within the UK now with out it being dominated by Porsches, particularly the 911. You would go to the annual MGB House owners Membership UK gathering and in some way MGBs will nonetheless be outnumbered by 911 homeowners. Head alongside to any Sunday Scramble occasion at Bicester Heritage and you’ll discover a normal carpark that appears extra like a Porsche fundamental seller parking zone.

You simply can’t shake the issues. They’ve at all times been unbelievable vehicles, however not too long ago their presence at motoring occasions appears to have quadrupled.

I believe the current inflow of used Porsche purchases may be largely attributed to the rise of social media creatives and so-called ‘influencers’ getting their fingers on them to take pleasure in as objects of luxurious on prime of simply being nice sports activities vehicles alone. A Porsche is the kind of object that suits a way of life the place your furnishings is from Scandinavia, the meals you eat is plant based mostly, you’ve gotten tennis classes on Tuesday, and also you’re married to somebody who works on Vogue journal.

Folks desire a slice of that life. Porsche themselves are conscious of this, and even fund their very own life-style journal to encourage the mystique.

So the massive query is, how does this new-found Porsche power radiate once you lastly get your fingers on slightly sports activities automobile to take to a Porsche occasion?

Bluntly talking, fairly effectively.

The FlatSix present is hosted by these additionally answerable for the UK’s present calendar spotlight, Gamers Traditional. Because the identify suggests, it’s in the end a celebration of every part Porsche.

The very first thing I realised is that almost each 911 right here appeared to have an thrilling spec. Positive, you had the classier, safer choices like darkish metallic colors too, however it’s clear that your common Porsche buyer pushes the boat out to get one thing fascinating and distinctive. This orange 911 might be the strongest instance of what I’m making an attempt to say. Take a look at the contrasting purple inside!

This carries into the actual high-end choices from Porsche, and this 996 GT2 was undoubtedly a spotlight. The way in which we see in the present day’s GT3 RS as a ridiculously succesful automobile with the most important rear wing on this planet, this in all probability had the identical impression on of us again within the early 2000s.

Tamer, however not too far down the meals chain had been these two 996s. The wonderful roof down blast with the Boxster actually received me serious about a 996 Cab, and a green-over-tan one ticks all of the packing containers for the right summer time sports activities automobile.

As is at all times the way in which with a Speedhunter, you rapidly gravitate to the modified part. No quantities of social media affiliation with modern-day structure or finely minimize natural cotton can take away from the pure dedication of taking a automobile and making it quicker.

The primary set of paddocks hosted a line up of modified Porsches. All types too, from slammed G-bodys to Sultan Al-Qassimi’s 997 drift automobile.

However the actual gem from the present – and the one that actually made me perceive the love and keenness for Porsche – didn’t even come from a Porsche-badged automobile.

After I attended this present final yr, I got here throughout a Porsche RTurbo – a 996 Turbo that received the RUF remedy at Pfaffenhausen in 2002. The chap who owns it’s referred to as Adam, and he introduced it alongside once more for this yr’s occasion. However that’s not all.

Alongside the RTurbo, Adam introduced one other automobile he owns, and this one is actually particular. An precise RUF RTurbo.

That’s proper, not a Porsche, however a RUF, with a RUF automobile identification quantity and all. Purchased new by his father, the automobile belonged to Adam’s mum who used it as her day by day. Yup, Adam’s mum’s day by day was a 1-of-25-ever-made, and solely right-hand drive RUF RTurbo on this planet.

At present, Adam makes use of the automobile himself to ferry his youngsters round, while his spouse drives the Porsche RTurbo. We’ve had some fairly cool line ups over time on Speedhunters, however this one can be engraved in my thoughts endlessly.

I completed my time on the FlatSix present and headed again to the plucky Boxster. My day cosplaying as a Porsche proprietor was full, and I drove house serious about the RUF RTurbo. It left me feeling fairly rattling good about that indisputable fact that the steering wheel I used to be holding onto shared the identical DNA as a automobile that blew me away.

I’ll go away you with an prolonged picture gallery from Flatsix 2023 under, and a few closing ideas.

It’s unattainable to match my love for BMW with what Porsche has to supply. It’s apples and pears on the finish of the day, however the Porsche neighborhood’s attraction is plain, thrilling and, most significantly, optimistic. I don’t assume I’ve ever walked away from a automobile present feeling like that earlier than.

Michał Fidowicz
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