Diferent strokes for diferent folks.
People initially bought the 911 because it was a quirky driver's car from Porsche.
For some it was the best thing ever, for others the worse (4 wheel death trap from Germany, widow maker, sado-masochist german car, etc)
Now the 911 has many flavour so please anyone from hard-core sado-masochists with GT2 to user-friendly 110 year old great-grandmas car with the 997 Turbo.
Some will spit on the Turbo calling it compromised and prosti***d , while other won't touch a GT2 for anything in the world.
So its relative.
