Spoddle

It only took three attempts to find and better yet buy my first Porsche.

Attempt 1: Car was clean, except DME showed that first owner treated the car like it was meant to stay at red line.

Attempt 2: Car checks out clean, negotiated great price, purchased plane ticket to fly out and complete transaction. Car gets rear ended.

Success on attempt 3... car checked out (DME & Paint Meter).

Flew down to San Antonio TX and drove it back! Road trip pictures found bellow...

Day 1 - Pick up & drive to Dallas
Ignore my awful parking job...





Day 2 - Dallas to Memphis
Rock chip proofing through use of Pepboys clear bra. Note, they ran out of clear so I had to improvise with smoke.




Obligatory picture of fried pickles from Memphis.


Day 3 - Memphis to Asheville NC


Scratch from someone at the hotel getting to close.


It consistently rained, every day.


Day 4 - Asheville NC to Washington DC


Night turns into day...



Essentials (V1 + Latest Garmin)


All cleaned up (clear bra hack removed)


Planned immediate maintenance...

• IMS, RMS, Clutch
• 60k Maintenance (Serpentine Belt, Plugs, Filters)
• Dr. Colorchip - Fix a few rock chips & rash

PasPar2

Hey, I remember you from 6speed

very nice pick up - good luck with it.

mzn50

Nice .. fun resume..

The "Revelation" of your post --> "fried pickles "

Spoddle

Thanks guys. Yep, you can't go to Memphis without picking up some fried chicken and fried pickles!

We ate at Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken. I'm not sure if it's truly world famous but it sure was good.

PaulLA

Congratulations! Keep us posted on the IMS and RMS work. Also, let me know how that Dr. Colorchip works out. Hopefully the fender rash can be buffed out.

function12

Very nice. Enjoy.

USMC_DS1

Congrats on the new addition to the family. Great persistence... makes this one that more meaningful when you have to work for it. I negotiated on 11 vehicles before closing on the "one." Cool "aerial" like photo.

Tcc1999

Props to you for actively using the cup holders. The only time mine ever come out is when my daughter accidentally bumps into the dash. (Funny about attempt #2. When I sealed the deal to sell my C2S there was about a 3 to 4 week period before we exchanged title/cash. I parked the car in the garage, regularly idling it for short periods, to avoid that type of occurrence. Reassuring to find that I wasn't being overly cautious and that "accidents" do happen.)

PHX 911

Congrats!
Way to find her and drag her back home with you.
I drug mine 1200 miles and didn't get any fried pickles...

Spoddle

Thanks guys. I got the IMS, RMS and Clutch replaced. The IMS was pretty clean and in good condition although I found out my rear shocks are blown.

Lucky for me I picked up a used set which has under 2k miles on it. Now onto performing a DIY suspension swap...

Datura

Very nice car! And congratulations!

However, looking at picture #3 of the parking lot overhead shot; you done good finding a wide handicap spot to park next to, but you should have parked about 1.5 feet further towards the free space afforded by said handicap spot IMHO.

Now that you are acknowledging publicly that you embrace the results of hard work, success and own a P car you will be branded as a greedy, inheriting 1%'er by those who are several flakes short of a full box. There will be "accidental" retribution in most any parking lot you use so beware.

But you know all that............ ;-)

spourreza

Nice pics! Did u fix the scratch?

Renzsport

Looks like you had a good trip! minus the scratch. ****** eh.
Also looks like your gf did most of the driving

rsabeebe

interesting, i just brought a silver 997S from San Diego to Dallas. i thought at first, you trip may have ended in Dallas and we could meet. turns out, you wound up near where i used to live in DC (i was in MD). nice car - good luck.

Spoddle

Haven't fixed the scratch yet since I need to order a more aggressive polish + pad. I did a full detail this past weekend and the scratch is now barely noticeable. My wife did quite a bit of driving and finally understands why I bought the car.