A new TTAC podcast feature is born: a conversation with a car salesman about what's going down on the front line. We begin with my go-to Porsche guy, Kirk Stingle. Kirk's been selling Porkers for 10 years, establishing a large fan base of devoted buyers down in Southern New England. When the Cayman S first arrived at the permanent construction site known as Inskip Porsche, Kirk told us that the mid-engined tin top confused a lot of Boxster and 911 buyers. According to the man with the million dollar smile, there's still a bit of a bun fight amongst the models. And it's getting worse, what with a smaller-engined Cayman and bigger engined Boxster due soon. But who cares? Sales are up across the board. You pays your money, you gets your Porsche.
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Any way to get transcripts of these podcasts? I hate listening to my news.
Er, not at the moment. Is there a service/software for that kind of thing?
Mehh.. not that I can think of. Maybe I should make one. Of course, that statement probably means I’m already being beaten to the punch. I’m always late to these games.
Always IP, never an IPO. :(
How much for Kirk’s voice?
he said, “Draw-mur” in stead of “Drama” — love it.
Also, I have a crazy, crazy on-ramp to my freeway, so I do at least one 0-60 every day. And I noticed that the WRX is faster than the Boxster.
That said, I’ll take a Boxster, please. Oh hell, make it an S.
There is a service: Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Drop the url of the podcast, offer a price, and send it off! (It might be of benefit to allow a few folks to complete it.)
Whether it is a bigger-engined Boxster, or a small displacement version of the Cayman, just as long as Porsche finds a way to make its margins with something other than SUVs. I know, I know, they “needed to diversify” as a company – or so the head honchos said (as they looked eagerly at the BMW X5 ) And Dr. Porsche once designed a pretty neat tractor, also.
I’m sorry, but living in Seattle, I’ve tired of seeing folks in SUVs (although the street fight is between big-ass SUVs and Toyota Priuses). Of course, if I lived in Beverly Hills, I’d likely tire of folks in yellow Lambos and white Mercedes. Please Mr. Stingle, take the company back to its sports car roots (and no German versions of the Corvette this time).
Drive a Cayenne Turbo or Cayenne Turbo S and report back.
The cockster. Anyone remembers that? Any TG fans?
what do you people do for a living that you can afford to buy porsche, and rebuy them when you want a new one? Can’t be all just lawyers and doctors out there. Any Gun runners? Maybe some lobbyists?
I worked at Inskip as the Internet Manager for 2 1/2 years. You won’t find a better guy than Kirk. I’ve got lots of respect for him.
Really enjoyed the interview (and having worked with folks in RI as a lobbyist, I loved hearing the “draw-mur” of the dialect).
I liked the way Robert asked about 911 owners buying “down” to the Cayman and how Kirk responded (essentially saying that the Cayman is a great car in its own right).
I’ve never been a Porsche guy, but Kirk and the Cayman S are changing my mind.
Thanks!
Haha,
My god, it really is a permanent construction site. And now they’re expanding all up and down the road! They’re bringing their gospel of neverending chaos to the whole town. Yes!