Porsche Commercial 911 Owner Stories: Earl and his 964 Carrera Cabriolet 2025

VIDEO Porsche 911 Owner Stories: Earl and his 964 Carrera Cabriolet TV commercial 2020 • 69 year-old retired United Airline pilot, tennis player and background actor, Earl Von Buck, has seen the world. His Porsche dream became a reality in his 20s, when he bought his 1968 911 Targa. Now onto his 5th model, here he shares the story (which started off as a practical joke by his wife) behind his beloved 964 Carrera Cabriolet. 00:00 I've always looked at that commercial a 00:02 Porsche had nothing even comes close in 00:05 her soul right nothing comes close to 00:07 that car you're in a class of your own 00:10 right after I got out of high school my 00:12 mother bought me a Corvette but I always 00:15 wanted to own a Porsche that was only 23 00:18 years old I had this idea that one of 00:21 these days I was gonna buy me so I sold 00:23 my Corvette my first one was a 68 Targa 00:27 911 the next car I got was a 914 after 00:31 that I bought at 924 then I bought me up 00:34 1978 911s see when I first test drove 00:39 that car I made you scared the living 00:41 daylights I kind of had second thoughts 00:43 this car might be a little too much for 00:45 me but I love wishes I drove it I got 00:48 used to it again 00:50 I build up for four or five more years 00:53 then I sold it along this time I wish I 00:59 had kept on my way I want another one 01:02 one Christmas she decided to play a joke 01:03 oh she knew how bad I wanted a Porsche 01:06 so she went out and bought a little 01:08 Porsche box with a key for city and she 01:10 put it underneath the tree she had me 01:12 open it and when I opened it saw the 01:14 Porsche key in it and my eyes lit up she 01:18 was smiling so I figured I got this key 01:20 the car must be in the garage so I ran 01:22 in the garage find my brand-new Porsche 01:25 it was brand new all right but it was 01:27 only about this big there's a little toy 01:29 Porsche and she got a big kick out of it 01:32 soon after Christmas my birthday was in 01:34 March she allowed me to buy the car that 01:38 I have now the 19 01:39 is my fifth Porsche I had my doubts at 01:42 first I thought I wonder if sunroof for 01:45 there's nothing like a cantilever value 01:49 whose car is fast I live out in the 01:51 desert coming up the hill I floored it 01:54 in 100 plus miles an hour 01:56 my name is robot buck 1991 Porsche 02:00 Carrera 2 Cabriolet the car of my dreams 02:04 I've had the car since 1993 convertible 02:08 just the air flowing through the 02:10 openness it's exhilarating it's just fun 02:13 I always keep the top down people pull 02:16 up next to me and just stare at my car 02:18 they told me bring some big smiles I've 02:24 never had anything major I've replaced 02:27 the fall acts through than that you know 02:30 I've never really had any maintenance 02:32 issues as a traumatic strong and burning 02:36 the oil has a rack and pinion steering 02:39 so real responsive so I try to get the 02:42 soft tire so I could stay to the road 02:45 for me it's better handling they say 138 02:50 heading up towards the mountain was 02:51 supposed to be long the most danger 02:53 the highway our in the world so I need 02:56 to pass a car I'm real confident 02:59 shift it down pass cars back up my side 03:04 of the road kind of scared me wife 03:09 so much fun the car just handles the 03:14 injection system that this car has now 03:17 is so much better I think this is uh if 03:20 I'm correct a 2.4 liter 180 horsepower 03:24 4-cylinder engine it just goes and 03:27 responses it without hesitation out here 03:32 in the desert in the evenings Sun going 03:35 down there's nothing like a summer 03:37 evening Drive on the Mojave Desert it's 03:40 just beautiful 03:49 [Music]- advertisement spot 2020