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| Registered Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sydneyish 
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				How often do you look at/touch your car
			 
			I've developed this fairly worrying habit of saying hi to the car once a day.  It's never happened with any of my other cars so I'm wondering how many of you have a look or run you hand down the side every day or so.
		 
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|  06-29-2005, 12:33 AM | 
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			I touch mine at least twice a day. Daily driver!
		 
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|  06-29-2005, 07:59 AM | 
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			When I go around locking doors at night before bed, I stick my head out into the garage "to make sure the door's closed."   But it's really to say goodnight to the cars. They like it. My 19-month-old son has taken to dragging a stuffed puppy dog around everyewhere he goes. I've seen him try to give the stuffed animal milk and pretzels. He also kisses it a lot. To a certain extent, I think sports cars are stuffed animals for grownups. Not that I kiss my cars...usually.  PS - I think we should be able to vote for "my wife thinks I'm crazy" AND "Once a day." 
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|  06-29-2005, 09:06 AM | 
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			Whenever I am in the garage, I like to visit with my P-car and at least say hi when I can't drive her. I am sure that once I start the projects I am going to have quite a difficult time not driving her around.
		 
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|  06-29-2005, 12:01 PM | 
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			My SC's a daily driver, 156 miles a day. When I'm at work I look at it out the window in the lot several times a day, just to be sure it's safe. I try to park on end spots and keep away from all the trucks in the parking lot. I worry about her.
		 
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|  06-29-2005, 02:40 PM | 
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			At least three times a day. Now that I have my license, I drive her at least once a day for a few miles. Then at night, I go in the garage, sit in her and put on a CD in my new CD player and listen to music for about an hour while sitting inside and fantasizing about the next drive, or just about owning a Porsche, or even going on ******* patrol. I know, I'm crazy.
		 
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| Semper drive! | Quote: 
  Great looking car, Matt! (Lucky sunnufa...  ) ooops, there it goes again! Randy 
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|  06-29-2005, 05:40 PM | 
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			Thanks Randy. By the way, I just got home from a drive.    
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|  06-29-2005, 05:57 PM | 
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| Semper drive! |           Randy 
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|  06-29-2005, 06:42 PM | 
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			Ah, you see, I just got back from driving again (this time running errands)                  
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|  06-29-2005, 06:49 PM | 
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			go to your room! Randy 
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|  06-29-2005, 07:14 PM | 
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			haHA.   i have a detached garage, so i sometimes go days without seeing my car.  oh, well. i have a work vehicle, so that is my daily. lately, i have been wrenching on the nine, so i have my hands up in the guts. oh well again. matt, dont run down that battery. my alt rebuilder always tells me, "a 911 alternator is the worst battery charger". 
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			Thanks for the info Cliff. I'm only driving it on average of 10 miles a day, so the drives are short. I really packed some miles on during the weekend and the last couple of days though (about 120 miles). Randy, I'm in my room now  . 
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|  06-29-2005, 07:54 PM | 
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			Get help, Gavin.
		 
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|  06-29-2005, 07:55 PM | 
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			Any suggestions stuart?  I figure I'm not kissing it so that's ok   On my old wagon I had to blow coolant from the overflow tank back into the radiator when I was a poverty stricken student (blown head gasket - yup subaru) and for about three weeks it looked to any onlookers like I'd be giving the car a big lingering smooch every time I started it.  Quite funny. All will be well when my gf returns from os - pehaps I've just been projecting. 
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|  06-29-2005, 08:41 PM | 
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			Get on down to the Men's Gallery. Tell em you drive a Porsche.
		 
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|  06-29-2005, 08:45 PM | 
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			hehe - ok.  Got to be honest though, used to work behind a bar in a strip club so they don't hold a lot of allure for me these days.  But who knows, maybe it's been long enough & it will be fun again.
		 
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			I go out every night we get high, hold hands, and then the slow petting starts. I softly run my hands down the rear quarter panel sweet spot ...you guys know where that is, and carress it's sumptuous rear panel. When hear it start to purr then I know it's time to put the key in the lock to really make her motor race. Then i .......... MAN YOU GUYS ARE NUTS IT"S JUST A CAR FOR CHRISSAKE! 
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|  06-30-2005, 08:06 AM | 
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			Every day, I drive it daily   If I am not driving it, I check on it. The comment from Colin hit home with me since I woke up the other morning to find that I had left my garage door cracked open all night !!!! HORROR!!! After making sure that everything was there, my heart started beating again. I don't touch the paint though, it scratches it  At work, I am the only person in the whole company who takes up two spots. I park where others don't go (too far for them) and still take two! Funny too since there are rich people in this company who drop many more times $$$$ on their cars and treat them like crap! -Chris 
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