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husker boxster · 01-10-2012, 05:12 PM

I dusted off this old post because today I made my final payment on Punkin. She's offically all mine now! :dance:

One thing I didn't mention in the original thread is I made the deal on New Years Eve but didn't pick her up until Jan 2. After making the deal, I started calling my family to tell them the good news. My mom, brother and sister all said I was making a mistake trading in my pretty Lapis Blue 01S. Only my sister in law said she liked the LE. So now I have to sit and think about it for 2 days - am I making a big, costly mistake? I liked the color (reminded me of a 70 Mach 1 color), but would I flame out on it after 6 mo?

Obviously I disregarded my family's advice and I've never looked back. I love the color as much or more today than I did 4 yrs ago. People hang out of their cars to take pics of her with their cell phones. I get compliments all the time. I even get special attn from Omaha's finest.

One final story - after I picked her up, I drove over to my mom's to show her the new car. She took one look at it and said with arms folded in disgust, "hmmph, it looks like a pumpkin". I thought that sounded like a good name - so from that time on she was known as Punkin.

01-10-2012, 05:12 PM	#25
husker boxster Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Omaha Posts: 2,937	I dusted off this old post because today I made my final payment on Punkin. She's offically all mine now! :dance: One thing I didn't mention in the original thread is I made the deal on New Years Eve but didn't pick her up until Jan 2. After making the deal, I started calling my family to tell them the good news. My mom, brother and sister all said I was making a mistake trading in my pretty Lapis Blue 01S. Only my sister in law said she liked the LE. So now I have to sit and think about it for 2 days - am I making a big, costly mistake? I liked the color (reminded me of a 70 Mach 1 color), but would I flame out on it after 6 mo? Obviously I disregarded my family's advice and I've never looked back. I love the color as much or more today than I did 4 yrs ago. People hang out of their cars to take pics of her with their cell phones. I get compliments all the time. I even get special attn from Omaha's finest. One final story - after I picked her up, I drove over to my mom's to show her the new car. She took one look at it and said with arms folded in disgust, "hmmph, it looks like a pumpkin". I thought that sounded like a good name - so from that time on she was known as Punkin. __________________ GPRPCA Chief Driving Instructor 2008 Boxster S Limited Edition #005 2008 Cayman S Sport - Signal Green 1989 928 S4 5 spd - black Last edited by husker boxster; 01-11-2012 at 05:00 AM.