[Adrian Thompson]

I’m not sure if this is the right place to introduce myself and my car, if not feel free to tell me and I’ll move this.

I’ve been a Porsche nut for years, I’ve come close on a couple of occasions, but never taken the plunge before. While some people aren’t keen on Boxsters I love them, and personally think the 986/996 front end works better on the Boxster than the 911, especially in drop top configuration. The Boxster just looks right, while a 911 Convertible looks like a hump back whale. You may have noticed I’m a convertible person having had a Spitfire, a Miata and several Mustang convertibles over the years as well. I’ve also done a fair bit of track driving, autocross, hillslimbs and even one season racings, but most of that was pre kids in the 90’s. I’ve only done a half dozen autocrosses in the last 10 years plus a couple of track days.

So, for a while I’ve been looking for a new car. I work for Ford and get a company car, but as my wife does more miles than I do she drives it. I’ve got a Volvo C30 that I bought new (When ford still owned Volvo I hasten to add) But as the Volvo is now 8 years old and 105K miles I’ve been looking for a new car. I bored everyone I know plus people on Grassroots Motorsport forum where I spend a lot of time with my what car rambling. I was considering the whole gamut from a new loaded Mustang GT or Focus RS, down through used Boxsters and other things, but I’d narrowed it down to either a nice low mileage Z4M Roadster (circa $20-25K) Or the best 986 S Boxster on the planet (Circa $20K). What did I do? I bought the least desirable Porsche in existence, except it’s the most desirable Porsche in existence as it’s mine. I wasn’t interested in a 897 with the M97 and non-serviceable IMS Bearing unless I could step up to an 09 with the 9A1 engine and no IMS at all, but that was getting a bit new and pricy. I have no problem buying a 10 year old non Ford product, but If I’m going to buy something newer it needs to be in the Ford family. Pride in what I do, who I do it for and don’t bite the hand that feeds you and all that.