The Thrill of Driving your Box/Cayman

[doctorie]

A Porsche come true: I spent more than a few years dreaming about a Porsche. Then, of course, abandoning the dream to so-called common sense. After all, we must be cautious, and practical, and mindful of all the horrendous things that can go wrong. And the money, since my wife and I are now retired. And then, after another winter of our Lexus sitting in the garage, in favour of a front wheel drive for the snowy winter, I figured, we could just as easily have a Porsche safe in storage. So we traded the Lexus and some cash and drove home in a 2007 Boxster, grinning from ear-to-ear. (Both us and the car...) Yesterday we even had the top down for a quick spin in the cool spring. We are looking forward to a great summer in a dream come true. Foolish, mad, crazy -- I am all those things. Finally. At least I will go to hell in style....