Traded/Sold my C4S to a buddy yesterday

[jhynesrockmtn]

I owned my 2004 C4S for several years. I've done quite a bit of work on it myself, water pump, engine mounts, stereo upgrade, exhaust refresh, plugs/coil packs, shifter upgrade, much more..... Winter 2020 it went to my Indy and got a rebuilt trans and all the while you're in there stuff and also a refresh on the shocks/springs/mounts. Currently sitting at 106k. I thought I'd keep this thing forever but a buddy from Portland emailed last week and asked if I'd consider selling it. It's been my daily driver for a year or so and with a 5 mile round trip commute. Using it for that stinks. Many good weather days I bike to work or take the 914 or 356 instead. Weekend nice day drive is usually one of those as well.

I thought hard about it and decided I could handle selling it. What to replace it with? I still need a more modern car for the winter and longer road trips. Just so happens he has a very low mile 2012 Infiniti G37 AWD sport edition sedan he was getting ready to sell. We're did a trade plus cash deal. This has all been worked out over email but we met up yesterday and swapped the cars over after test drives and speeches about what happens if our respective cars blow up. I wanted to make sure the friendship wasn't impacted. He said, call me with any questions but if it breaks, call your mechanic. Ditto!

This will be the first time without a 911 in over 15 years. My son now has my SC. I retire in 6 years and may look for a 997.2 when that happens. On the other hand, I may not own a Porsche newer than the early 70's again. Other than my wife's Macan. 1st world problems for sure. Sorry for the long winded post. Just reminiscing.

Anyone else ever sell a car to a friend because he asked? I'm really hoping the engine doesn't grenade on him after 3 months.