Re: Friday Scan Day - Porsches in famous places

One of the last drives last of 2011. CURVEN8R overlooking Paris. (OK, it's Paris Ontario )

Porsches gathering in the parking lot at Mike's Famous Harley Davidson in Delaware. ESBB run from a couple of years ago.



Dave - 06 987 S coupe SG/NL; gone (but still my first love): 03 986 AS/GG/BK;

Well, yes. You could get there in a round about sort of way.

An outstanding day for all !



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Definitely a famous place for the BRBSers..



Dave - 06 987 S coupe SG/NL; gone (but still my first love): 03 986 AS/GG/BK;

... CalNeva Resort

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which is split down the center by the California/Nevada State Line.

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As you can see I'm sitting in NV and Mary is in CA.

Happy Boxstering,
Pedro

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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Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

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

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna

I've got a picture of my dad in WW2 standing with one foot in Holland and the other in Germany. No signs; just some barbed wire.

Have you been to the "four corners?" (NM, Utah, Arizona, and Colorado.)



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Been there several times. When the spouse and I were able to square dance, we even danced on the medallion dentoing the actual junction of the 4 states.

both on the ground and miles above it

Morro Rock - Morro Bay



Some bridge on the West Coast:

The church from the Big Chill Funeral scene (you'd think living in DC I'd have more to chose from than recycling an oldie)

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Funny, I watched that film again, recently. Wow, how our memory can play tricks.

In my mind, William Hurt's Porsche was the epitome of PCar cool. It was shocking to see how beaten up, tired, and old it now looks..

Yeah, I watched it recently too, but while it is a bit of a beater (think it wasn't even four-years old when movie was shot) it seems like that nice comfy faded, pair of blue jeans. Look forward to the day my shinny new car ages. Hopefully, better than Nick's in the Big Chill, though.

Does it count if I drove my Porsche to a historic place, but didn't snap a shot with it in the foreground? Cuz I have this one from Summer 2011:

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I don't have to go far to find an historic place, I live in one. The Historic Great Valley House of Valley Forge Bed & Breakfast (circa 1720) Documented in 1720 but construction probably started pre 1700. The 'modern addition' on the left (left three upstairs windows) in the photo below was completed in 1791. See Photo below and our History page [www.greatvalleyhouse.com]. We understand the house was used by the British to meet and plan the Paoli Massacre.

Although our house is historic it is not famous so I drove the 2 miles over to the Valley Forge National park this morning and took two more photos also added below.


The Great Valley House front driveway

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Valley Forge Log Cabins

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The United States National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge Park

I noted that on the 2013 Boxster there are now two brown colors, Mahogany Metallic and Anthracite Brown Metallic. There is also a new special color Cognac Metallic which I don't like. They should have kept the "Macadamia Metallic". What I would really like to see is a "Copper Metallic".

Jeff Benson:

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

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First car: 1952 Hudson Hornet

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



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... you're cheating on me!
That is NOT me trying to steer your car into the apex
Happy Porsche-ing,
Pedro

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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Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

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

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna

i know, i know, that's your car, right there...the one with the top down.

...from a famous movie, "BULLITT"

Sorry, Mary was with me and she has a strict no airborne rule!

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I could not figure out how to add captions to the album.

My Boxster at an overlook of Santa Monica Bay; Cal Neva parking at WCBF 2004; 959 at Andial Motorsports shop at a PCA open house; PCA event at California Speedway (Festival of Speed?); TBHL parking from a Panorama article; Ruf at RM Auction 2006; 356 at Pebble Beach Concours; Carrera RS ready to enter Russo & Steele auction room; 2008 Monterey Historics; 2009 Concours on the Blvd. in Carmel; GT1 at Monterey Historics.

Interesting....a blimp in the background of the first photograph at Santa Monica Bay.

Bill