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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ OT: friend wants help

Posted by: TROJANMAN Jun 3 2004, 02:37 PM

friend comes to me this morning and wants to know where he could get a good deal on a Porsh. i explain the whole "if you buy one, you have to learn how to say it in 2 syllables" thing. he laughs, but all he really wants is a boxster. So i found him a 97 with 18k miles for $22,500. then i'm wondering why i didn't just buy one. (oh ya, i have a one year old. and my wife made me buy the MB)
this is the second time this month somebody asks me for advice on buying a PORSH. the other guy bought a '02 cabriolet with 8k miles on it.
i guess i am just venting cause i am a little jealous. oh well....... at least i know how to pronounce porsche.

Posted by: Hawktel Jun 3 2004, 03:37 PM

I bought my 914 and was chatting it up at work, telling some co-workers about it and showing some pictures.

2 hours later the general manager of the plant walked by, and asked me to help him with a problem his OBC was having in his 996. I gave it a look, but there sure is alot of difference between a 914 and a 996.

Posted by: 4WheelDrifter Jun 3 2004, 04:34 PM

At least you can afford a new Porsche. But I guess being able to afford one and still not being able to buy one is more painful than not being able to afford one in the first place.

I still have to figure out how to budget the resto.

Posted by: airsix Jun 3 2004, 06:21 PM

QUOTE(glstrojan @ Jun 3 2004, 12:37 PM)

then i'm wondering why i didn't just buy one.

(oh ya, i have a one year old. and my wife made me buy the MB)

Raise your hand if there is a child-seat in the passenger side of your 914.

(that's me)
I drive a two-seat roadster and the rest of the world just has to deal with it. (Oops, gotta go... Yes Dear; coming Dear...)

-Ben M.

Posted by: djm914-6 Jun 3 2004, 07:52 PM

(sshhhhh... they're sleeping finally)

Posted by: TROJANMAN Jun 3 2004, 08:00 PM

QUOTE(airsix @ Jun 3 2004, 04:21 PM)

Raise your hand if there is a child-seat in the passenger side of your 914. :wavey: (that's me)
I drive a two-seat roadster and the rest of the world just has to deal with it.

funny thing is, my wife and i just had that conversation last night. i think it would be awesome to take my kid on a sunday drive with me. wife thinks otherwise. but at least i finally got her to agree that the jeep was safe enough for the child.

and that's a convertible........just not a roadster.

Posted by: 4WheelDrifter Jun 3 2004, 09:34 PM

My 7yo son loves the 914. He even falls asleep in it while driving with the top off and all the noise. Lucky him. Only time I can fall asleep in a car is when I'm at the wheel. If I switch with a passenger and try to sleep, I'm wide awake.