carkid
Sao Paulo
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- 13 Nov 2012
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A friend of mine is fortunate in that he was born very bright, he studied maths at Cambridge University and then went straight to work at an investment bank in London. He did what all normal blokes in that position do and with one of his first bonuses in 1999 he bought a 911- it was from Paragon Porsche and had 44,000 on the clock.
He drove it for 5 years and took the odometer up to 54,000.
In 2004 he decided to take a year's sabbatical from banking to travel around the world....prior to departure he put the car into storage.
When he returned to England after his travels he immediately resumed
his banking career and the car languished in storage for a total of 10 years!
In 2014 he finally decided to get the 964 back on the road and paid a Porsche indy £7k+ to completely recommission it.
His career could only be regarded as very successful and he now spends most weekends in Monaco subsequently since getting the 964 back on the road he had done only 250 miles in nearly 2 years!- with the odometer now reading 54,250......fairly low for a car made in 1990.
Anyway, he is selling the house where he now keeps the 964 and when I saw him recently he made it clear he wanted to get rid of the car and he no longer had any use for it- despite already having a 993 which occupies enough of my time and money I could not resist buying it considering it's
low mileage etc and superb condition...
It's a C2 manual cab, silver with all black leather interior.
I had intended to just keep it a short while and flip it- but already I'm starting to bond with it- it drives lovely and despite my usual reservations the soft top has made a nice change as previously I've never had one....
He drove it for 5 years and took the odometer up to 54,000.
In 2004 he decided to take a year's sabbatical from banking to travel around the world....prior to departure he put the car into storage.
When he returned to England after his travels he immediately resumed
his banking career and the car languished in storage for a total of 10 years!
In 2014 he finally decided to get the 964 back on the road and paid a Porsche indy £7k+ to completely recommission it.
His career could only be regarded as very successful and he now spends most weekends in Monaco subsequently since getting the 964 back on the road he had done only 250 miles in nearly 2 years!- with the odometer now reading 54,250......fairly low for a car made in 1990.
Anyway, he is selling the house where he now keeps the 964 and when I saw him recently he made it clear he wanted to get rid of the car and he no longer had any use for it- despite already having a 993 which occupies enough of my time and money I could not resist buying it considering it's
low mileage etc and superb condition...
It's a C2 manual cab, silver with all black leather interior.
I had intended to just keep it a short while and flip it- but already I'm starting to bond with it- it drives lovely and despite my usual reservations the soft top has made a nice change as previously I've never had one....
