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Originally Posted by amitmishra4
She's a beauty!! Do tell us your love story. How did you meet/find her? How many others did you see before you decided to bring her home?
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LOL. I started my search on Craigslist when I was still in Canada, and test drove a couple from there, in the Sarasota-Venice-Fort Myers areas. One I test drove was a Tip, which cemented in my mind that I wanted an M/T. Looked at a dark blue one with tan interior at a used car lot, just 49,000 miles, but no owner or service history at all. I even had arranged for a PPI at a local specialist shop, but then I saw this one pop up on Auto Trader. I had saved a search on both Cars.com and on AutoTrader.com. This car was owned by two prior owners. The first owner was 91 years old when he bought it, and he died a year later. Then the second owner bought it from the estate, until now. He was/is a Univ. professor at 3 different universities and babied it service-wise, oil changes every 6K, etc etc etc. He had every service file ever, the window sticker from when it was new on the lot, the sales brochures, colour charts, all of it. A test drive cemented it for me.
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Originally Posted by BoxsterSteve
Nice! You got a 750 km "perma-grin" preview.
Like most of us in Canada, it's a long hibernation season to put up with, but spring is soon upon us!
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Thanks Steve, it was interesting watching it follow me home on the trailer.
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Originally Posted by Uncle Brad
Congrats! Maybe we'll see you on the road this summer. I have a feeling I may see you before you see me!  Cheers! |
Yeah, thanks Brad, I'll have to watch myself. Small towns mean everyone knows you, especially the constabulary, when you have a car that looks like this one.
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Originally Posted by Giller
Glad you got her home safe and sound. I definitely agree our Canadian Winters are no place for a beauty like that. So keep her safe and warm and roll her out when the sun shines in April-ish.
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Yup, thanks. Got the CTEK battery tender connected today. I ordered it off Amazon so it would be here when I got home from Florida.
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Originally Posted by Retroman1969
Congrats! You ended up with an awesome looking Boxster!
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Thanks much! And it's in awesome shape for a 15 year old car, the Florida climate and roads are so much kinder to cars than ours.
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Originally Posted by BruceH
Congrats on getting her home safe! You live in a wonderful place to drive a Boxster, well once winter ends  |
Thanks. Waiting...waiting...waiting. I already have trips planned around the Cabot Trail and over to PEI.