If you got a call from new owner..

[Flavor 987S]

About 6 years ago when I was on the hunt for a 993 C2S/993 Turbo, I can across a car at the Porsche dealership in Grand Rapids, MI. Somehow I saw the prior owner's name and contact info on a service document, and made mental note of that. I used that to locate an e-mail address. I e-mailed him, and asked him for permission to call him to dicsuss his old car. He was great. Even told me what he got on trade. Powerful negotiating info. Even though I did not buy the car.

Last July I sold my 993 Turbo. Fast-forward 10 months, and man from Poland e-mails telling me he is now the current owner of my old whip. Very cool. I was so happy to hear from another passionate enthusiast.

[SKOOSH1970]

Keeping on topic.... wouldn't it be cool if members on here could advertise their current registration in order to see if any members are past owners of that vehicle... surely there must be a few...... wide open to pitfalls I know and probably not advised but a good friend of mine was once looking to buy what seemed a very well sorted and tuned Impreza P1............ 2 days before doing the deal and parting with £10k he stumbled upon some highly important information about said car that proved it had been nearly written off, without insurance being involved at all....scary but true..... internet is not just for shopping and P**N....................!!

[jb92563]

If he is/was a PCA'er then maybe you can look him up on the PCA site.

Also means he was an enthusiast and what enthusiast does not like talking about past and present cars.

I think if you call and introduce yourself politely and he gets the sense you are enjoying his old car, it should be a very pleasant experience for both of you.

[Perfectlap]

I'm curious to hear how PCA member car eventually ends up in an auction.
He must have sold to someone who knew someone else that was pretty lazy or potentially hiding something.

Before you put any big money into it, get an oil analysis from Blackstone Labs and see if a leakdown test was ever done and not just the compression.

[flaps10]

I'd be happy to answer questions to a new owner. I've called a couple of previous owners before.

Once was to a Miata owner, to see if they had the factory hard top. They had just sold it separately (a genius move as it turns out because they fetch a pretty penny).

Another one didn't work out so well. In the late 80's I bought a Nissan 4x4 in great shape. It had fog lights but I never found the switch. I had another question about it which escapes me at the moment, and found a previous registration in the glove box.

So I called. After enthusiastically reporting that I was the owner of the truck and said I had some questions the woman informed me that it had been her son's truck and that he had been involved in an accident that left him quadriplegic, and that they had to sell the truck to buy a van to transport him.

Suddenly the fog lights didn't matter so much.