Bought my first 911

[yayo_ayala]

Thanks to Pelican who has awesome articles and cool people talking about Porsches. I can say that I finally reach my dream and I bought my first Porsche.

I always been in love with these cars, I used to drive VW and for me Porsche was something out of this world. Here in Pelican I researched a lot of comments and at the beginning I was looking a 993. After reading articles here and also reading books (Porsche 911 performance handbook 1963-1998), I decided to buy 1987-89 carrera.

I probably was on the hunt for more than 6 months. I saw several on ebay and here, but it was not easy. Ebay the prices were very expensive and here, by the time I was making an offer the car was sold. It was December when I saw on ebay the car. It was red, nice color, and awesome white interior. It was 1989 the last of the G series. In terms of timing, it was horrible because it was Christmas and I was on vacations out of the country. It was listed in ebay and I knew that if I did not make an offer I would loose it.

I was really desperate to get the car. The car was on a dealership in Miami - Vertex. I called them and the sale associate (Alvaro), gave me an excellent service. He described the car and gave me a lot of confident. I made arrangement with him, in terms that if I win the auction, I will make the payment once I returned to the US.

I got the car two weeks ago and it had some issues with the turn signals (Probably the transporter cause them). I called Alvaro he made arrangements with a shop here in Dallas - MAYO Performance (awesome place, it is like porsche heaven).I took the car there and they replaced the switch. After that I took the car to inspection and its ready to roll!

Thank you to :
- Pelican to promote a very awesome car.
- Vertex for the awesome customer service. The arrangement they did, by taking care of fixing the car after they sold it. (and putting me in contact with MAYO).
- And Mayo for fixing my car. (and yes MAYO, I will not do the slantnose convertion. I will keep it original).

links of the car:
1989 Used Porsche 911 Carrera at Vertex Auto Serving Miami, FL, IID 11466304

Porsche 911 Carrera | eBay

[Craig_D]

Congrats!! Great looking car, and looks to be in really nice shape. Welcome to the club.

[Flojo]

Congrats from me too!
Enjoy!!

[pors1968]

Welcome and enjoy your new toys

[sc_rufctr]

Great looking car.

The colour combo is interesting... I haven't seen a white interior like that in a while.
It also looks very original and unmolested. That's always a good thing.

[ant7]

Congrats, and well done on finding what looks to be a good one, enjoy it!
Anthony.

[kach22i]

Looks like a very nice car, congratulations.

[bkreigsr]

get the trans looked at before it gets worse.
congrats - 3.2's are rock solid
Bill K

[tdw28210]

Yeah...I looked at the one too. (Like I need another car). Anyway, congrats and welcome aboard.

[AudiJames]

Congrats on the purchase!

[whiz05403]

Awesome car, G50's are great machines.

Now lower it!!

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by bkreigsr

get the trans looked at before it gets worse.
congrats - 3.2's are rock solid
Bill K

Good advice. That "small grind going into third" needs to be looked at.

[Jcslocum]

Nice and cool color combo. White should be cooler in TX!

[Uncle Enzo]

Love it. Welcome to the club.

[hhackma]

Nice looking car! Hope to see you at Cinco De Mayos.

[boss11]

that interior looks fantastic, congrats!!!

[Patrick3000]

Congrats!

[Nico911]

Very nice, I like the white interior. And the price seems fair also.

[TR]

Hi
Welcome

I just looked through the photos of the car in the attached link and noticed in one photo that shows the paint code, there seems to be some panel damage. Have a very close look at the area and see what you think.

[yayo_ayala]

thanks for all you comments!