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Originally Posted by astrochex
Pick up Cayman tomorrow. For some reason, I can't think about anything else.
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I remember that feeling. I bought my 911 back in 1995. Before the internet, so I was looking in the newspaper, all analog! I found a guy selling it in Tulsa, 100 miles away. I had been looking for almost a year, and looked at lots of project cars, and cars that were not loved, and rejected them all.
My wife rode with me in case I wanted to buy it. In her words I was drooling and had stars in my eyes, and I don't deny that. It was just what I was looking for, nice paint, and well maintained. He drove it every day, but he parked it in his garage at home, and at work, he parked in underground parking, assigned parking spots, between two other guys with nice cars so not one door ding. and the interior was not sun damaged, and looked great.
I took it for a test drive, and whipped out my checkbook. My credit union knew I was looking, and they said I bought the car for loan value. I did not want to pull money out of an account that was doing well, so I financed it for 12 months, and a low interest rate. They just turned that check into a loan, and I have not had a car payment in this millennium.