I understand your anticipation. My Dad had the sports car bug, and owned
various models of MG, Mercedes, and Porsche. Of course, it was the
Porsches
that gave me the bug...which I have acted on all too often in the last 20
years. I had an '01 Boxster-S and really enjoyed it; however, we are now
grandparents and my spouse determined that we had to have space to
transport
them. So, it was back to 911's and we now have an '06, 997-S.
I don't know what kind of "warranty" or "return" privilege this used car
dealer offers, so...if necessary...DO NOT BUY, until you've had a Porsche
shop (dealer or independent) perform a prepurchase inspection. A
pre-owned
Porsche with "problems" can become a "money pit;" however, a good one can
perform as good as new...and be as reliable as any car.
Congratulations!
"jerry" <ifreeley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> When I was about 12 years old, I have been a Porsche nut... The year
> was around 1980, I would beg my mother for Road and Track, Car and
> Driver, Motortrend, anything I could get my grubby little hands on, I
> would dream about a Porsche, looking at the 911's in the magazines,
> cutting out pictures and pasting them all over my school notebooks.
>
> At 22 years of age, I got married, had a son, then a daughter. 20
> years later my son is off in the Army. Sure there have been fun cars
> along the journey. There was an Alfa Romeo, a Mustang GT, a Miata...
> still... in the back of my head lurked that image, quietly haunting me
> for the better part of my life. I have never been in a position to
> afford a Porsche, not so much as it is an expensive car, but for what
> it cost. it was completely impractical for a family guy. We currently
> own a Mercedes Benz E320 Wagon, and a Suburban. The Suburban was used
> mostly for towing a boat, which I still have, but I recently put my
> boat in a marina and have no need to tow it any more.
>
> While bitching with the wife about the 14mpg I get with the big Chevy,
> we rolled past a local used car dealer who only deals in high end
> European cars, and sitting there amongst the Mercedes, and BMW's and
> Volvo's was a bright red Boxster, a 2001 model. I stopped in a looked
> at it, smoked it over for a week, looking at possible every online
> review of that car ever written. This morning I called the dealer and
> he still has it, I am going to go buy it after work today. Sure, I'll
> have to sell the Suburban, but I won't miss it, I will be far too busy
> clearing a spot in the garage, to put my long awaited treasure.
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