Classic car search? Project car? More like a mid-life crisis....whoops.

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    I'm excited for you!

    It's not going to be boring for sure. But I do really think a lot of that excitement will come from the driving experience more than the spannering. I just headed back on a spirited drive (35miles) from the motorhome storage yard home this PM in the 911. Honestly, I don't think I've ever owned anything which has given me more smiles per mile.

    Good luck with the shopping, I'd take it to be honest. The quid-pro-quo from my Missus when I bought the 911 was that she wanted an all inclusive ski holiday (the one just been). It was a very expensive trade-off to getting into a Porkie! :oops::LOL:

    Keep us posted on tomorrow please! :cool:
     
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    Have a great collection day!
    I’ll not bore you with my failed purchase, I’m still bitter, it was a 958.2
     
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    A 968.2?
    Edit: just checked and an 958 is a Cayenne. I didn’t know that! It’s like a new language so it is.
     
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    Wishing a successful introduction to your new wheels.
     
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    Pray tell.

    However if it was anything like my 958.2 GTS then you did well to swerve!
     
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    It shall be a story for another thread, when and if it ever comes to fruition
    Its collection day
     
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    Right, off to the train station we go. Slightly apprehensive, more to do with starting an ownership experience with a new (to me) marque than the actual car itself.
    Obviously I will be starting a new ownership thread later on today! See you on the other side.
     
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    Can’t wait to read about your collection!!
     
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    Fantastic day! New thread started in the Porsche section....... :driving:
     
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    I shall add, your thread / tribulations served well! Read and reread.

    Found the perfect car, GTS in black, 2 previous owners, over spec’d and a supplying dealer service history, replaced transfer box, recent N rated tyres x4 & still under Warranty, supplied with a set of discs & pads! Albeit wheels were in need of a tidy up!
    I stumbled and factored in axle and diff servicing to the price I was willing to pay so negotiated hard and was pipped!
    That was back in early January, haven’t seen a car like it since, have since looked at AUC hybrids but reluctant!
    Something shall come along…. “Maybe”

    Final year of the Audi & in need of a dog car…..
    Who knows where the search shall take me, or hand shall be guided by the wife,
    A garage queen is not out the question
     
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    Sounds like a lovely car (similar to mine in terms of virtually every option ticked). They are very rare in good specs. Good luck with the ongoing search.
     
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