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This is a VERY nice car! Maybe not 21K BUT I'll bet it is a solid 19K

 

Jay H... thats my problem with these low mile cars... they are like strippers... they look great, cost alot, and you never get to really drive them.... go for the higher mile car... even if it isn't quite as pretty, its ready to go whenever you are... no guilt and no excuses.

 

JCP911S: Isn't that the truth...

I've got 33,000 miles on my almost 15 year old 964 which I concours with (the first owner put about 15,000 of those miles on during the first two years of the car's life). Did 510 miles this past driving season... It seems to be such a waste of a car at times when you compete in concours...you spend hours cleaning to win. Once you start being competitive, you can't drive them too much to enjoy them since large amounts of driving erases hours of labor. Getting caught in the rain really pisses you off if you have your undercarriage judged...

I had the final show of the year on Labor Day of this year. I drove my car only once during month of August since I was getting it ready for that show... Though, when you impress the hell out of veteran judges ad get a trophy too, it's pretty fun...

Some of the top cars I judged this past season were doing only a few hundred miles a year too, so I'm not the only one... It's a sick, sick disease we concours guys have...!!!

Jay
90 964 (It's really clean...)

 

Jay H... talk about sick diseases, start doing track some time... bet you don't put three sets of tires on your car in one summer.... so don't hang up that toothbrush yet.

So its all about appreciating the cars... I bet on a beautiful summer day at that concourse life looks pretty good... just a matter of priorities.

I used to do alot of detailing... practically invented it... back in the early 70's my brother had a side business selling high end cars. He'd buy them, I'd detail them, he'd flip 'em.. He'd make $800 I'd make $75... (its good to be management) back then nobody had a clue how to clean up these cars.... nobody even used the word "detailing" they were still spraying water-based upholsery die on the rugs, grinding the the paint off with rubbing compound and buffers, and painting engines with clearcoat to make them shine...

Later I seriously considered dropping out of Business School and starting a detailing business...this was about 1981... German iron was flying out of the showrooms, to spend the rest of their lives with brake dust crusted on the wheels.....nobody was addressing that.... but somehow trading an MBA to wash cars rubbed against my staunch 'split level and a color TV" values... probably the dumbest decision I never made... I had the whole business plan laid out... selling "lifecycle" packages to folks at purchase of a new highline German car(in the financing of course) with hefty commissions to the dealership (of course).... pick up, loaners, franchises... the works. Big business now. Dummy.

So I totally understand the satisfaction of producing a gleaming, perfect car by the sweat of your own brow... and then it rains.

 

I like driving and cleaning - but if I had my choice I'd rather drive it! And my car always runs better after a trashing at the track. I now need to clean the bugs and the brake dust off after a Sunday at Sebring - woo woo! I did about 120 track miles yesterday. That's about 32 laps!