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my gt3 left me today.
ive always wanted a porsche as long as i can remember. hell, when i was growing up and other kids wanted to be an astronaut i wanted to be a porsche. so to own one of this calibre was a huge thing for me. Huge. Most especially since i really dont earn the kind of money that could sustain or justify this kind of expenditure. but, good god am i glad that i made the stretch.
contrary to all of the nay-sayers, and a large majority of soft pooves advice, i used mine every day, for every-thing. Hell, i put 14,000 miles on it in sixth months. And, despite what everyone said, it was perfectly well suited to everything, and made every journey an experience. true enough, sometimes it was uncomfy compared to say a range rover, but do you know what? i never, ever, ever gave a
about that. not once. cos, like the last cookie in the jar, the last drag of a cigarette and the first beer of the night, that car was all about moments. little, tiny, perfect moments. moments that made everything worth it. worth the expense, worth the fuel bowser following me, worth having my spine telescoped over particularly viscous discarded newspapers. cos when it did what it did, it moved me. moved me to feel that not only was i in something really special, but that I was something really special. and youve got to know, Im an ordinary bloke. I have an ordinary income. And i have ordinary abilities. And yet, in the care of this car, i felt none of those things. I can only imagine how this car would feel in the hands of someone with more of any of those facets than me. If i had to put a price on that, Id say the price of this car was more than reasonable.
Moreover, whilst were talking about money, apart from a set of tyres, a reconditioned starter motor and the fact that someone was clearly stealing petrol from me, it cost me almost nothing to run. im pretty sure i couldn t have run any other super car in this way. so, i cant even say it was destructivity indulgent in terms of cost: ive had girlfriends that cost me way more without ever making me feel this great. or for that matter, looked as good.
Im not going to try and argue that this car changed me on any level, it is just a machine after all. But, it did bring me many things, all of them happy: It brought me some of the most vivid memories ill ever attain or indeed retain; it brought me a great many admiring glances, and thats always nice; it brought me a sense that id achieved, that i had something to show for all my hard work; it brought me some of the most thrilling moments behind a wheel ever, as if constantly in a bank heist getaway; but most of all it brought me two of the most amazing chums ever. I see no reason why it could not so the same for you.
If you can, or even if you cant, buy one of these things, today. I promise, really promise, that you wont regret it.
Thanks for all the laughs gang, Ive really enjoyed my time here. hope you dont mind if i pop by from time to time
ive always wanted a porsche as long as i can remember. hell, when i was growing up and other kids wanted to be an astronaut i wanted to be a porsche. so to own one of this calibre was a huge thing for me. Huge. Most especially since i really dont earn the kind of money that could sustain or justify this kind of expenditure. but, good god am i glad that i made the stretch.
contrary to all of the nay-sayers, and a large majority of soft pooves advice, i used mine every day, for every-thing. Hell, i put 14,000 miles on it in sixth months. And, despite what everyone said, it was perfectly well suited to everything, and made every journey an experience. true enough, sometimes it was uncomfy compared to say a range rover, but do you know what? i never, ever, ever gave a
about that. not once. cos, like the last cookie in the jar, the last drag of a cigarette and the first beer of the night, that car was all about moments. little, tiny, perfect moments. moments that made everything worth it. worth the expense, worth the fuel bowser following me, worth having my spine telescoped over particularly viscous discarded newspapers. cos when it did what it did, it moved me. moved me to feel that not only was i in something really special, but that I was something really special. and youve got to know, Im an ordinary bloke. I have an ordinary income. And i have ordinary abilities. And yet, in the care of this car, i felt none of those things. I can only imagine how this car would feel in the hands of someone with more of any of those facets than me. If i had to put a price on that, Id say the price of this car was more than reasonable. Moreover, whilst were talking about money, apart from a set of tyres, a reconditioned starter motor and the fact that someone was clearly stealing petrol from me, it cost me almost nothing to run. im pretty sure i couldn t have run any other super car in this way. so, i cant even say it was destructivity indulgent in terms of cost: ive had girlfriends that cost me way more without ever making me feel this great. or for that matter, looked as good.
Im not going to try and argue that this car changed me on any level, it is just a machine after all. But, it did bring me many things, all of them happy: It brought me some of the most vivid memories ill ever attain or indeed retain; it brought me a great many admiring glances, and thats always nice; it brought me a sense that id achieved, that i had something to show for all my hard work; it brought me some of the most thrilling moments behind a wheel ever, as if constantly in a bank heist getaway; but most of all it brought me two of the most amazing chums ever. I see no reason why it could not so the same for you.
If you can, or even if you cant, buy one of these things, today. I promise, really promise, that you wont regret it.
Thanks for all the laughs gang, Ive really enjoyed my time here. hope you dont mind if i pop by from time to time
That post made me sad. 
And what's with not posting here? I don't run a Porsche at the moment, and this has been, if anything, a positive boon when it comes to the pompous and opinionated effluent that spews forth and hits my keyboard like so much raw sewage *. It's liberating, because you've got no vested interest in justifying the jewel(s) residing expensively on your own driveway at any particular moment. This will all change when I get my next Porsche, of course, but then it won't be as much fun.
* All this naturally excludes Tips. I effing hate Tips.
And what's with not posting here? I don't run a Porsche at the moment, and this has been, if anything, a positive boon when it comes to the pompous and opinionated effluent that spews forth and hits my keyboard like so much raw sewage *. It's liberating, because you've got no vested interest in justifying the jewel(s) residing expensively on your own driveway at any particular moment. This will all change when I get my next Porsche, of course, but then it won't be as much fun.
* All this naturally excludes Tips. I effing hate Tips.
loach said:
That post made me sad.
And what's with not posting here? I don't run a Porsche at the moment, and this has been, if anything, a positive boon when it comes to the pompous and opinionated effluent that spews forth and hits my keyboard like so much raw sewage *. It's liberating, because you've got no vested interest in justifying the jewel(s) residing expensively on your own driveway at any particular moment. This will all change when I get my next Porsche, of course, but then it won't be as much fun.
* All this naturally excludes Tips. I effing hate Tips.
And what's with not posting here? I don't run a Porsche at the moment, and this has been, if anything, a positive boon when it comes to the pompous and opinionated effluent that spews forth and hits my keyboard like so much raw sewage *. It's liberating, because you've got no vested interest in justifying the jewel(s) residing expensively on your own driveway at any particular moment. This will all change when I get my next Porsche, of course, but then it won't be as much fun.
* All this naturally excludes Tips. I effing hate Tips.
again, loach gets my vote for poster of the year. both here and >ahem< elsewhere. whenever the voting starts, loach is my top three.
There goes possibly the best GT3, ever 
, it sounds like you are really just between porsches - I hope the new venture goes well and you'll get back into ownership pretty easily after that I'd expect. Also you've still got lots of drinking to do at the xmas bash and please feel free to snag a lift if I'm ever going down to an ACE breakfast 
, it sounds like you are really just between porsches - I hope the new venture goes well and you'll get back into ownership pretty easily after that I'd expect. Also you've still got lots of drinking to do at the xmas bash and please feel free to snag a lift if I'm ever going down to an ACE breakfast 
Don't be away too long. stuttgartmetal said:
Can't you get hold of Burriana's 3.2 cheap ?
I know its a massive come down from the GT3, but your post struck a chord.....
I know its a massive come down from the GT3, but your post struck a chord.....
too rich for my blood unfortunatley, since ive decide to spend much less than id originally planned. its lovely in every way, but ive managed to get the two vehicles i need for less than the price of burry's.
i would love it, but its not to be. sensible all the way for me now.
well, ish
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