Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

No reason why you shouldn't.

The only questions/thoughts are if you want manual, then either 997.1 or 997.2 will be great, although the .2 is a better car if you can afford a newer one. If you want auto, the 997.2 PDK is much, much better than the 997.1 Tiptronic.

Can’t drive an automatic Porsche!