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Old 08-22-2017, 08:05 PM
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Been pretty busy with selling my house and moving, then building a new shop and garage so my car has been sitting since I think, last October.
Finally took a run back south and picked it up on Sunday. Took it for a drive today, about 70 miles. No good twisties or any thing, just rural country roads to town and back.
I had forgotten how nice these cars are to drive. I usually drive my diesel pickup or a Jeep GC Overland which are both very nice but completely different than the Porsche.
I had convinced myself that I was going to sell the car after getting settled in here but I think I will be keeping it. We have some incredible roads around here and I'm only a half hour from the Sierra's. Really looking forward to putting the top down and going for some spirited runs in the mountains!
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Originally Posted by Spork
Been pretty busy with selling my house and moving, then building a new shop and garage so my car has been sitting since I think, last October.
Finally took a run back south and picked it up on Sunday. Took it for a drive today, about 70 miles. No good twisties or any thing, just rural country roads to town and back.
I had forgotten how nice these cars are to drive. I usually drive my diesel pickup or a Jeep GC Overland which are both very nice but completely different than the Porsche.
I had convinced myself that I was going to sell the car after getting settled in here but I think I will be keeping it. We have some incredible roads around here and I'm only a half hour from the Sierra's. Really looking forward to putting the top down and going for some spirited runs in the mountains!
Nice! Good luck...
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He's alive!!! Welcome back Spork!
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Nice car. What year and mileage?
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Originally Posted by HawkFan#12
He's alive!!! Welcome back Spork!
Thanks, Brandon!
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Originally Posted by Hurdigurdiman
Nice car. What year and mileage?
Thanks. It's a '99 with 66K miles.
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Congrats man. I bet it felt great to get behind the wheel again. Did you do any prophylactic car prep before taking her out of mothballs? Was battery still good, etc?


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You moved into a storage container? I love it!
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Originally Posted by sugarwood
You moved into a storage container? I love it!
He's one of those doomsday preppers!


Glad to hear you got back in OP. Hard top is a nice accent.



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