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One of our regional PCA members is an attorney. He bought a lightly used 924 that was brown to celebrate passing the bar. He was already married and had the first kid. One night he was awakened with the "cop" knock at 3:00 AM. He got us and saw blue lights in the street everywhere. A drunk driver, driving his mom's car drove across the front yard and hit his 924 broadside and pushed it across his yard and out into the street. He lives on curving street, and the drunk was going way fast.
The "cockroach" as my friend called it was totaled. At the salvage yard they cleaned out the personal items, and he took the shift knob and a few other pieces. He wrote the insurance for the drunk's mom a nice letter on his attorney letterhead. They sat up and noticed. He never stated a value in the letter, he let them do that. They sent him an offer for the price an really nice 944 Turbo S. He accepted that, and bought a nice 944 non turbo with the proceeds, and helped remodel the kitchen.
He said at the salvage yard the kids wanted to have a funeral for the old 924. He said it was indeed an emotional time for the entire family as they all loved that car that had gotten him back home from working for all those years. It was his daily driver.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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