Update property: The end of a Porsche - Much has changed since I last had the opportunity to humblebrag CAPD. My good friend Derek has...
Much has changed since I last had the opportunity to humblebrag CAPD. My good friend Derek has monetized the skills acquired and polished here in real, the use of real life in the automotive industry, and I happened to have two Porsche 911 cars have zero - the least temporarily
Keen readers will remember that I bought a Porsche 911 from the heyday of the mid 190s, there is a little more 3 years. September will mark 20 years of my 993, and when it was delivered on Halloween in 1995, I was trick-or-treating at the local bank with the rest of my freshman class. During my stewardship the car never failed to generate acute emotional, intense; I loved, loved, and cursed the car several times. For those nostalgic reasons - and the price dynamics of the Porsche air cooled market - I decided to hang on to my old car when I bought my 997.1 GT3 last year
Recently I wrote an advertisement. for the car. I paid a high school kid to take some great pictures. And then I listed for sale. As I expected, the car generated a lot of interest, including that of a very kind, Mr. Minnesota patient who finally bought the car. I will not be so rude or insensitive to boast that my statements out standards on "investment", but suffice to say I bought the car for less than $ 30,000 and sold for well north of $ 40,000, after three years and 23,000 miles. On the other side of the ledger, there were certainly heavy maintenance bills, but the car proved a much better allocation of funds that CamCordImas #normcore of the Best & Brightest generally marry #millenials buying their first car.
during that time, I had planned a road trip for the GT3 fun. Two rather disinterested, the last GT3 generation owners - the GT3 991 in Porsche parlance - countless hours devoted their time to plan a journey of three days through my native North Georgia and the Smoky Mountains, which attracted nearly 40 new GT3s the entire east coast (and later). I left work a little early on a Thursday to change a suit before going to a BBQ grill launch with other participants.
Unfortunately, I do not.
I was driving on Peachtree Road, a street of large area with a speed limit of 45 mph in my neighborhood, I headed home. A teen driver traveling the opposite direction did not and made a left turn immediately before me. stop panic, ABS, brake system fiendishly expensive Porsche Ceramic Composite, etc., did little to retard my progress. When the collision occurred, I was probably about 40 mph and airbags deployed in both vehicles. Fortunately, everyone involved was not injured and the insurer of the other party has accepted responsibility
Of course, I wanted the GT3 totaled rather than repaired much, but the insurance company saw things differently -. For a time. The car had some damage and the image set inside should be replaced, courtesy of an unhappy marriage between 20-ounce Venti Iced Caramel Macchiato and acres of Alcantara. Add to that new panels on the front end, new clear bra, new air bag, among other things, the decision becomes easier. Although I'd love to regale the audience with the sordid details of my negotiations with the carrier of the opposing party, I will not. The insurance company possibly totaled my GT3 and I received a healthy payment reflects market appreciation transpired since I bought mine last April.
So with an intense distaste for the Atlanta public transport options and a reluctance to fully embrace the lifestyle of shared mobility, I started shopping for another car.
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David Walton grew up in the North Georgia mountains before moving to Virginia to study economics, and Classics natural light to Washington and Lee University. obtaining Post graduation, he returned to his home state to work in the financial services sector in Atlanta. A passionate automotive throughout, special interests include (old) and Porsche racing sports car.
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