How did Porsche Canada know an Internet celebrity bought one of their cars

Had a package arrive in the mail today. Didn't remember ordering anything. ...hmmmmm it's from Porsche Canada. So what's inside?

Opened it up and found.



Bottom right envelope contained a letter and this gas card from Petro Canada (only gas company in Canada that sells 94 octane gas) (500 L - about 130 gal.)



Black folder contained.



Bottom left box, contained this solid brushed aluminum pylone (about 4" high) with my name, model and VIN engraved on it.



Top left box, contained a hard cover book I'm looking forward to reading through.



First two pages:



Thanks Porsche Canada and Petro Canada



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/20/2013 09:14PM by Guenter in Ontario. (view changes)

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

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"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

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A very nice package especially the
130 gallons of premium fuel.

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MikenOH
A very nice package especially the
130 gallons of premium fuel.

Actually, it's 10/L off on 500L (roughly $0.40/gal on 130 gal.) of fuel. Noticed after that I hadn't made that clear - still worth $50 which at Canadian prices is about 2/3 of a tank of 94 octane. We never used to get goodies like these here in Canada (at least I didn't)

I really liked the personalized pylon and Certificate of Authenticity. Shows some planning to hand out a personalized thank you.

"A mile of highway will take you one mile. A mile of runway will take you anywhere."

Jeff Benson:

2016 Boxster, See it here: www.greatvalleyhouse.com/Boxster

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First roadster: 1962 Austin Healy 3000 III

Still have: Computer free 1974 MGB

Previous Porsches since 1982: 924, 944, 944S, and four Boxsters; 97, 03, 08 & 2012

I received a package about a month ago. About the same size, it contained the same book ...... and a pen.

I think I'd prefer the fancy pylone.

Congrats Guenter!!!

Joanne

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Joanne in OC
I received a package about a month ago. About the same size, it contained the same book ...... and a pen.

I think I'd prefer the fancy pylone.

Congrats Guenter!!!

Joanne

Is it a Porsche pen? Does it match the colour of your car?

Here's the pylon on my desk. Kinda fits right in.

I'll take pics when I get home this evening (currently teaching at the hospital).

Joanne

The box I received in the mail:


The next box:


The surprise inside:


The 3 books I received:


My $70K pen, and a card that has my name and VIN# on it:


The pen does say "Boxster" on it :

Cool. I like the Boxster pen.

The Porsche Principle book has a nice history of Porsche, along with a picture of a very young Ferdinand Porsche that I'd never seen before.

Agree about the packaging. They do that very well. Makes you want to keep the box, along with the contents.

been sitting here on my desk since June...

waiting makes the heart grow fonder.

Considering the size of box mine came in, you must have a pretty good sized desk.

Nice going G Man

Very nice! I still get stuff from them in the mail - they have a good marketing department.

Pretty cool, particularly given that you single-handedly wore out Porsche's 981 'build you own' software.

And here I thought when you and Michelle took me to the Petrocan station for 94 octane last month, you were simply helping a friend get some of the 'good stuff' in his tank. I guess those security cams are a handy way of assessing customer loyalty.

Life is good.

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Roger987
Pretty cool, particularly given that you single-handedly wore out Porsche's 981 'build you own' software.

And here I thought when you and Michelle took me to the Petrocan station for 94 octane last month, you were simply helping a friend get some of the 'good stuff' in his tank. I guess those security cams are a handy way of assessing customer loyalty.

Life is good.

I was hoping you wouldn't notice the "security" cams.

.....figure if I bring in a new customer every other week, I'll never have to pay for gas again.

Minus 40 degrees... Is that Fahrenheit or Celsius?