Photo of Sad Boxster

[Marc Gelefsky]

Originally Posted by cartagena

Only when they are outside. I would be happy to share the "other" photos on "986-xxx.com". :dance: :dance:

Feel free to email them to me

[Perfectlap]

hey you should remove the license plate from the photo. I'm sure you can still edit the picture.

I see by the license plate that you are in Bogota. Are Porsche cars common there? My gym instructor is from there and she is drop dead gorgeous she works as a fitness model for magazines. Thanks to her I never miss going to the gym! I wish she would wash my car someday.

p.s.
with a car like that in South America I hope and pray you are a single man

[Mantis]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

p.s.
with a car like that in South America I hope and pray you are a single man

Like it matters in South America !!

[RandallNeighbour]

"I see by the license plate that you are in Bogota. Are Porsche cars common there?"

Bogota = Drug capitol of the world.
Drugs = Lots of cash
Lots of cash = lots of fine european cars. I'm betting there's a huge crowd of Porsches around town!

Cartagena, I'm not implying you're involved in drugs because you live in Bogota... but it does stand to reason that if a guy has an extra 100k sitting around, he might as well buy himself a nice car to drive

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

"I see by the license plate that you are in Bogota. Are Porsche cars common there?"

Bogota = Drug capitol of the world.
Drugs = Lots of cash
Lots of cash = lots of fine european cars. I'm betting there's a huge crowd of Porsches around town!

Mexico is the drug capital of the world.

Porsches are very rare in Bogota. There are some but it is unusual to see one. Very few fine european cars.

I have lived in Colombia for 2.5 years. I have NEVER ONE TIME seen drugs. I have never been offered drugs on the street. I have never met a drug dealer. When I walk down the street in Miami, NY or LA I am offered drugs for sale but that has never happened in Colombia.

But it is ok, I understand your stereotyping from the media and television. Most Colombians think that Americans own a tree that grows money so it is not like people do not stereotype here.

I do not live in Bogota by the way. The car is registered there which is why the plates say Bogota but I live on the coast.

[RandallNeighbour]

Originally Posted by cartagena

But it is ok, I understand your stereotyping from the media and television. Most Colombians think that Americans own a tree that grows money so it is not like people do not stereotype here.

Sorry it took so long to reply. I was in the back yard doing some trimming to pay for my five-star vacation to Bermuda.

I have friends who were born, raised and still live in Bogota. They tell me there are sizeable and influential drug cartels operating there, possibly not in great a number as Mexico now, but nevertheless, lots of drugs and drug money flows through Colombia. Now they may keep a really low profile and drive "normal" cars and my assumption was wrong. Lord knows I've been wrong before!

They also tell me there is a small, but very wealthy upper class in Bogota who live and drive very well.

I tell you what though... if my Boxster got that much attention, I would only drive it out of town into the hills to enjoy the twisties. Sheesh!

[Perfectlap]

wow its not much cheaper over there than it is here in the NYC area, That's hard to believe. At least tell me you can buy a nice house for less than $500,000!

RN,
You don't want to drive in the hills in any South American coutry. That's where the communist lunatic Rebels like to kidnap unsuspecting Americans like us.
We had to work with a K & R firm once to negotiate the return of this businessman who went nature hiking in heart of a battle zone of guerillas shooting at goverment troops and then some mercenary para military dudes waiting to shoot up what was left. The people there seem allot like the Isrealis I have worked with, danger all around and they're asking where the party is??!

Stay in the urban cities is what we were told. Same goes for Brazil, big kidnapping problem over there too.

[mach schnell]

[QUOTE=Perfectlap]hey you should remove the license plate from the photo. I'm sure you can still edit the picture.

i've never understood why people black out their license plates - is there something special in the license, only on line or the internet, if someone sees your license plate - cuz, if you all remember, when you're driving down the street, parked at the coffee shop or your car is sitting in your drive way, your license plate is perfectly visible for all to read, copy, decipher and or steal! have people figured out a way to actually steal the plate off the car through the internet?!?! ooooh - matrix-y!!!

[Rondog]

My assistent just after I made her wash it today. "


Gawd Luv ya......Had i made my assistant wash my car, I'd be dealing with a sexual discrimination lawsuit, disability claims and an IRS investigation.....
Where did it all go wrong??!?!?!

RD

[Perfectlap]

RN,

having worked in federal law enforcement I can tell you the drug capitol of the world is not Bogota or anywhere in South America for that matter. Perhaps at one time but no longer and its been like that for a long time now. Mexico today is the headquarters of the drug trade. Very large amounts (passenger planes minus the seats) of drugs are flown into Northern Mexico where they are off loaded and packed onto trucks headed into the U.S. through the south west border. Mexican gangs control the distrbution of drugs coming into all the major U.S. cities. Mexico may not yet be a grower and processor of drugs like the South American countries but Mexico still does the majority of the leg work, where the big money is. And of course we still consume well north of 75% of the worlds drugs even though we no longer control the majority of the world's wealth.

As far as the license plate, again having worked in law enforcement I can tell you don't want your license plate number on the internet. Motor vehicle information is very easy to obtain, There are car theft gangs who operate by spotting cars & noting the plate number. In Southern California and South Florida this must be very easy given the concentration of Porsche, Ferrari, Lambo etc.
these very well funded guys do a little on line research and appear at your home in the middle of the night to steal your baby often times using a tow truck to make it look like a repossesion and your neighbohrs feeling embarrased for you don't call the police. Sometimes they follow you home too. Enthusiast websites like this one are like a virtual menu for theifs. So don't post your small town name or license plate number.

Information that was only available to law enforcement is now easily accessible on the internet through paid 'subscribtion' services that corporate investigation companies like Kroll and Interfor have access to. And of course if its on the internet someone is hacking into it.

[mach schnell]

come on guys, knowing that your license plate is perfectly visible to the anyone else on the street when you drive your car, can't you wrap your brains around this - isn't blacking your plate out on line to avoid the small chance that someone might track you down and take your car, the same thing as saying i'm not going to go outside without a mask because someone might be hiding in a tree today with the intent of shooting all the naven johnsons on the planet (assume for a moment your name is naven johnson...) or saying i'm not going to the grocery store because a plane may fall from the sky into the store...

really, if you're that worried - park the car in a climate controlled personal showroom and make sure cameron and ferris don't the keys. and god forbid you ever go outside without taking baby steps, wearing your respiratory mask, sterile gloves and watching out for any falling planes, asteroids, random tree hiding snipers, car thiefs, aliens, gnomes, smurfs, etc. and, oh yeah, stay off the internet!

[Marc Gelefsky]

Originally Posted by mach schnell

come on guys, knowing that your license plate is perfectly visible to the anyone else on the street when you drive your car, can't you wrap your brains around this - isn't blacking your plate out on line to avoid the small chance that someone might track you down and take your car, the same thing as saying i'm not going to go outside without a mask because someone might be hiding in a tree today with the intent of shooting all the naven johnsons on the planet (assume for a moment your name is naven johnson...) or saying i'm not going to the grocery store because a plane may fall from the sky into the store...

really, if you're that worried - park the car in a climate controlled personal showroom and make sure cameron and ferris don't the keys. and god forbid you ever go outside without taking baby steps, wearing your respiratory mask, sterile gloves and watching out for any falling planes, asteroids, random tree hiding snipers, car thiefs, aliens, gnomes, smurfs, etc. and, oh yeah, stay off the internet!

If it makes someone happy to blank out there plate, so be it... if they do not...again ..so be it.

Who cares... jeeez

Originally Posted by mach schnell

come on guys, knowing that your license plate is perfectly visible to the anyone else on the street when you drive your car, can't you wrap your brains around this - isn't blacking your plate out on line to avoid the small chance that someone might track you down and take your car, the same thing as saying i'm not going to go outside without a mask because someone might be hiding in a tree today with the intent of shooting all the naven johnsons on the planet (assume for a moment your name is naven johnson...) or saying i'm not going to the grocery store because a plane may fall from the sky into the store...

really, if you're that worried - park the car in a climate controlled personal showroom and make sure cameron and ferris don't the keys. and god forbid you ever go outside without taking baby steps, wearing your respiratory mask, sterile gloves and watching out for any falling planes, asteroids, random tree hiding snipers, car thiefs, aliens, gnomes, smurfs, etc. and, oh yeah, stay off the internet!

Don't forget the concerns over avian flu. That scars the poop out of me! At least President Bush has a plan. He thinks we should bomb the Canary Islands!

Good thing they got that al-Zarqawi guy last night. I'll be sleeping a little better tonight.

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

RN,

having worked in federal law enforcement I can tell you the drug capitol of the world is not Bogota or anywhere in South America for that matter. Perhaps at one time but no longer and its been like that for a long time now. Mexico today is the headquarters of the drug trade.

As far as the license plate, again having worked in law enforcement I can tell you don't want your license plate number on the internet. Motor vehicle information is very easy to obtain, There are car theft gangs who operate by spotting cars & noting the plate number. In Southern California and South Florida this must be very easy given the concentration of Porsche, Ferrari, Lambo etc.

Yes, you are absolutely right about Mexico. People would be very surprised at how uncommon drugs are in Colombia. There are also no car theft gangs here. Often on the street where I live there are no less than 30 military guys with machine guns and a dozen cops standing around. I am not too worried about the car getting stolen.

Originally Posted by Rondog

My assistent just after I made her wash it today. "


Gawd Luv ya......Had i made my assistant wash my car, I'd be dealing with a sexual discrimination lawsuit, disability claims and an IRS investigation.....
Where did it all go wrong??!?!?!

RD

Shhhh!!! Do not say those words too loud because they do not know what they mean here!!! I have three assistants. I made them all wash it today in bikinis.

[porscheracer]

Mach,
Why did you pimp your VW bug? short shifter, etc? did you track this car or lawn decoration.
Although you came into your senses and bought a Porsche!



Porsche factory should swtich from Boxster to 986 Roadster or 986 spyder.

:troll:

[QUOTE=mach schnell]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

hey you should remove the license plate from the photo. I'm sure you can still edit the picture.

i've never understood why people black out their license plates - is there something special in the license, only on line or the internet, if someone sees your license plate - cuz, if you all remember, when you're driving down the street, parked at the coffee shop or your car is sitting in your drive way, your license plate is perfectly visible for all to read, copy, decipher and or steal! have people figured out a way to actually steal the plate off the car through the internet?!?! ooooh - matrix-y!!!

I think it is an issue of anonymity.

[jeff740]

Super sweet ride, car and assistant! Cuando vengo a Colombia, espero que yo puedo concocer to Porsche y tu assistante tambien!

Enjoy!

Jeff.

[mach schnell]

bmussati - anonymity how? how doesn knowing or not knowing my plate (on the internet or driving down the freeway) have anything to do with you knowing who i am or not! if it were that big of a deal or really that easy that anyone could find you (oooohh big brother!) wouldn't we all have the special 007 revolving license plates, so the jackass that keeps riding your ass on the freeway doesn't figure out where you live - oh, that's right, he can just follow you home! my point is, that blacking your plate out may seem like something really necessary or like your disguising your identity - you're really not!

porscheracer - modded the beetle out just to make it a more interesting daily driver. wanted a stiffer suspension and sportier ride, better audio system and a car that just didn't look like everything else on the road. also, when i bought it, originally thought maybe this would be a car we'd keep in the family for a long time and as we added other cars, the beetle would get tweaked here and there as creativity saw fit. however, the 2.0 l engine has serious power limits and in leiu of shipping the car to hpa motors in canada and spending 15-20 grand to add a bi-turbo v6 and audi all wheel drive and turning the car into a 0-60 in 3.8s ferrari eater, i decided it was too much of a slug (don't go there!) funny thing is, started out feeling the same way about the box - it would be a car that we'd hold on to (the whole nostalgic - first porsche stuff) - oh well, some folks are never happy...

[QUOTE=mach schnell]bmussati - anonymity how? how doesn knowing or not knowing my plate (on the internet or driving down the freeway) have anything to do with you knowing who i am or not! if it were that big of a deal or really that easy that anyone could find you (oooohh big brother!) wouldn't we all have the special 007 revolving license plates, so the jackass that keeps riding your ass on the freeway doesn't figure out where you live - oh, that's right, he can just follow you home! my point is, that blacking your plate out may seem like something really necessary or like your disguising your identity - you're really not!


MS, it is very easy to find one's identity from their liscense plate number. That is my only guess as to why some forum members black-out this info when posting pictures.