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Message: Great story, Guenter--mine is way different
Changed By: MikenOH
Change Date: November 15, 2014 09:47AM
Great story, Guenter--mine is way different
Change Date: November 15, 2014 09:47AM
Great story, Guenter--mine is way different
It was 1999 and we were driving a '96' Vette for our fun car.
We weren't even thinking about getting another car until the rear differential on the Vette started making whining noises and GM said--despite our warranty--that it had to fail before they would pay for the repairs. That's all the wife had to hear--had visions of her driving it stuck on the side of the road--bye bye Vette.BTW, both of us had owned Corvettes over the years.
We started looking for alternatives and there were only 2 choices that seemed to make sense--Boxster or BMW M roadster. There were no M roadsters around so we drove to closest Porsche dealer to see what they had and found a 986 GR/BLK combo that looked perfect.
We knew next to nothing about the Boxster, but had seen them at car shows and liked the lines.The salesman gave us the keys to the Boxster and said go for a long drive--think a Chevy dealer might do that with a Vette?--and away we went for about 30 minutes. Did some of the winding roads south and east of Canton, OH and the car was amazing. We had just done a 3 day driving school in AZ with Bondurant and knew we wanted to go to the track; after 5 minutes it was clear the 986 was the ticket to do that.
Went back to the dealer, made a deal on the Vette and drove the Boxster home 3 days later. It was an easy buying experience and the car ran like a clock right out of the box for the next 6 years--until we traded it on the 987.
Funny, before driving the 986, the Porsche line wasn't on our radar scope. Afterwards, now 15 years later, it's difficult to get her interested in anything but.Went back to the dealer, made a deal on the Vette and drove the Boxster home 3 days later. It was an easy buying experience and the car ran like a clock right out of the box for the next 6 years--until we traded it on the 987.
Funny, before driving the 986, the Porsche line wasn't on our radar scope. Afterwards, now 15 years later, it's difficult to get her interested in anything but. Couldn't find a pic of out old 986 here's one of the 981 on a perfect summer day (something everyone in NE Ohio can appreciate after yesterday's lake effect snow event).
http://s692.photobucket.com/user/MikenOH/media/Track%20video/20140712_152407_resized.jpg.html
We weren't even thinking about getting another car until the rear differential on the Vette started making whining noises and GM said--despite our warranty--that it had to fail before they would pay for the repairs. That's all the wife had to hear--had visions of her driving it stuck on the side of the road--bye bye Vette.BTW, both of us had owned Corvettes over the years.
We started looking for alternatives and there were only 2 choices that seemed to make sense--Boxster or BMW M roadster. There were no M roadsters around so we drove to closest Porsche dealer to see what they had and found a 986 GR/BLK combo that looked perfect.
We knew next to nothing about the Boxster, but had seen them at car shows and liked the lines.The salesman gave us the keys to the Boxster and said go for a long drive--think a Chevy dealer might do that with a Vette?--and away we went for about 30 minutes. Did some of the winding roads south and east of Canton, OH and the car was amazing. We had just done a 3 day driving school in AZ with Bondurant and knew we wanted to go to the track; after 5 minutes it was clear the 986 was the ticket to do that.
Went back to the dealer, made a deal on the Vette and drove the Boxster home 3 days later. It was an easy buying experience and the car ran like a clock right out of the box for the next 6 years--until we traded it on the 987.
Funny, before driving the 986, the Porsche line wasn't on our radar scope. Afterwards, now 15 years later, it's difficult to get her interested in anything but.Went back to the dealer, made a deal on the Vette and drove the Boxster home 3 days later. It was an easy buying experience and the car ran like a clock right out of the box for the next 6 years--until we traded it on the 987.
Funny, before driving the 986, the Porsche line wasn't on our radar scope. Afterwards, now 15 years later, it's difficult to get her interested in anything but. Couldn't find a pic of out old 986 here's one of the 981 on a perfect summer day (something everyone in NE Ohio can appreciate after yesterday's lake effect snow event).
http://s692.photobucket.com/user/MikenOH/media/Track%20video/20140712_152407_resized.jpg.html
Changed By: MikenOH
Change Date: November 15, 2014 09:27AM
Great story, Guenter--mine is way different
Change Date: November 15, 2014 09:27AM
Great story, Guenter--mine is way different
It was 1999 and we were driving a '96' Vette for our fun car.
We weren't even thinking about getting another car until the rear differential on the Vette started making whining noises and GM said--despite our warranty--that it had to fail before they would pay for the repairs. That's all the wife had to hear--had visions of her driving it stuck on the side of the road--bye bye Vette.BTW, both of us had owned Corvettes over the years.
We started looking for alternatives and there were only 2 choices that seemed to make sense--Boxster or BMW M roadster. There were no M roadsters around so we drove to closest Porsche dealer to see what they had and found a 986 GR/BLK combo that looked perfect.
We knew next to nothing about the Boxster, but had seen them at car shows and liked the lines.The salesman gave us the keys to the Boxster and said go for a long drive--think a Chevy dealer might do that with a Vette?--and away we went for about 30 minutes. Did some of the winding roads south and east of Canton, OH and the car was amazing. We had just done a 3 day driving school in AZ with Bondurant and knew we wanted to go to the track; after 5 minutes it was clear the 986 was the ticket to do that.
Went back to the dealer, made a deal on the Vette and drove the Boxster home 3 days later. It was an easy buying experience and the car ran like a clock right out of the box for the next 6 years--until we traded it on the 987.
Funny, before driving the 986, the Porsche line wasn't on our radar scope. Afterwards, now 15 years later, it's difficult to get her interested in anything but.
We weren't even thinking about getting another car until the rear differential on the Vette started making whining noises and GM said--despite our warranty--that it had to fail before they would pay for the repairs. That's all the wife had to hear--had visions of her driving it stuck on the side of the road--bye bye Vette.BTW, both of us had owned Corvettes over the years.
We started looking for alternatives and there were only 2 choices that seemed to make sense--Boxster or BMW M roadster. There were no M roadsters around so we drove to closest Porsche dealer to see what they had and found a 986 GR/BLK combo that looked perfect.
We knew next to nothing about the Boxster, but had seen them at car shows and liked the lines.The salesman gave us the keys to the Boxster and said go for a long drive--think a Chevy dealer might do that with a Vette?--and away we went for about 30 minutes. Did some of the winding roads south and east of Canton, OH and the car was amazing. We had just done a 3 day driving school in AZ with Bondurant and knew we wanted to go to the track; after 5 minutes it was clear the 986 was the ticket to do that.
Went back to the dealer, made a deal on the Vette and drove the Boxster home 3 days later. It was an easy buying experience and the car ran like a clock right out of the box for the next 6 years--until we traded it on the 987.
Funny, before driving the 986, the Porsche line wasn't on our radar scope. Afterwards, now 15 years later, it's difficult to get her interested in anything but.
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Author: MikenOHDate: November 15, 2014 09:18AM
Great story, Guenter--mine is way different
It was 1999 and we were driving a '96' Vette for our fun car.
We weren't even thinking about getting another car until the rear differential on the Vette started making whining noises and GM said--despite our warranty--that it had to fail before they would pay for the repairs. That's all the wife had to hear--had visions of her driving it stuck on the side of the road--bye bye Vette.BTW, both of us had owned Corvettes over the years.
We started looking for alternatives and there were only 2 choices that seemed to make sense--Boxster or BMW M roadster. There were no M roadsters around so we drove to closest Porsche dealer to see what they had and found a 986 GR/BLK combo that looked perfect.
We knew next to nothing about the Boxster, but had seen them at car shows and liked the lines.The salesman gave us the keys to the Boxster and said go for a long drive--think a Chevy dealer might do that with a Vette?--and away we went for about 30 minutes. Did some of the winding roads south and east of Canton, OH and the car was amazing. We had just done a 3 day driving school in AZ with Bondurant and knew we wanted to go to the track; after 5 minutes it was clear the 986 was the ticket to do that.
Went back to the dealer, made a deal on the Vette and drove the Boxster home 3 days later. It was an easy buying experience and the car ran like a clock right out of the box for the next 6 years--until we traded it on the 987.
Funny, before driving the 986, the Porsche line wasn't on our radar scope. Afterwards, now 15 years later, it's difficult to get her interested in anything but.
We weren't even thinking about getting another car until the rear differential on the Vette started making whining noises and GM said--despite our warranty--that it had to fail before they would pay for the repairs. That's all the wife had to hear--had visions of her driving it stuck on the side of the road--bye bye Vette.BTW, both of us had owned Corvettes over the years.
We started looking for alternatives and there were only 2 choices that seemed to make sense--Boxster or BMW M roadster. There were no M roadsters around so we drove to closest Porsche dealer to see what they had and found a 986 GR/BLK combo that looked perfect.
We knew next to nothing about the Boxster, but had seen them at car shows and liked the lines.The salesman gave us the keys to the Boxster and said go for a long drive--think a Chevy dealer might do that with a Vette?--and away we went for about 30 minutes. Did some of the winding roads south and east of Canton, OH and the car was amazing. We had just done a 3 day driving school in AZ with Bondurant and knew we wanted to go to the track; after 5 minutes it was clear the 986 was the ticket to do that.
Went back to the dealer, made a deal on the Vette and drove the Boxster home 3 days later. It was an easy buying experience and the car ran like a clock right out of the box for the next 6 years--until we traded it on the 987.
Funny, before driving the 986, the Porsche line wasn't on our radar scope. Afterwards, now 15 years later, it's difficult to get her interested in anything but.