Anyway, adding my persistent random thought: I need a 911.
Like, is it finally time to start scheming as to how to buy a 911? The Lancer's CVT now cries foul on hot days after only about 30 minutes or so of goofing off on track, so...do I start scheming about replacing it? I'm thinking a nice aircooled, even though prices are usually dumb. Maybe a 997 if the right one materialized in front of me. Round headlamps and a fully attached coupe roof are a must. That's it. That's the car I've always wanted. Same shape 'cause they nailed it the first time and only really deviated from that with the 996. There are even some relatively reasonable driver-grade aircooleds to be had if you go on the hunt, and heck, I work from home, so why not? It'll be a while before I'm ready to buy something anyway, so like, I guess I'll start poking around at "car?" for a long, long time before probably keeping the Lancer anyway because I'd have to pay someone $2 to take it away by now. Besides, I still have dumb things I want to do with the Lancer. It's a good car as long as it's not a 105-degree-F track day. Heck, I could fit two 'Ring laps in comfortably in 30 minutes, and that one's not located on Satan's nutsack.
The other counterpoint: A nice second-gen Cayenne would fill the "I need to tow stuff sometimes" need without me having to ask work if I can review a car during my time off. It'd be newer with more modern safety tech in a place full of crappy roads and worse drivers. I could tow my Porsche/wagens WITH a Porsche. But the Lancer's best feature is "all the race cars are either broken or not here right now, so I'm going to blow off steam in this." I can show up on track and hoon. You can do that in a Cayenne, but lighter, smaller cars are much gentler on consumables. I have wanted a 911 ever since I knew the 911 existed, so it's like, a lifetime goal for me.
This is my eternal car dillemma. I have one carport hole. Also, I'm probably going to start saving money with a general idea of "a 911 would be nice" and then blow it on cheese and 944/411 race car parts anyway, as I do. Life is a sad, futile and pointless slog, but at least there's race cars.