The Porsche Centre in Stockport with community at its heart

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

The saying goes that you should never meet your heroes, as it almost always ends in bitter disappointment. But for one Porsche owner, meeting his hero was a magical moment - one that has changed his life for the better, forever.

Simon Griffiths, who has lived in Macclesfield for 12 years, never quite realised just how much he longed to own a Porsche until his children were grown up and suddenly, the need to drive a sensible 'family car' was no more.

In 2010, Simon cleared out his garage and welcomed his beautiful, 1990 Porsche 911 Targa home. And although it's undoubtedly a beautiful car which turns heads wherever Simon goes, owning a Porsche is about so much more - and for the people of Manchester, the efforts of Simon and his fellow