[widebody911]

...for reminding me why I don't buy parts from you.

Like hundreds of Porsche owners across the country today, I trekked down to my local (generic brand)/(generic brand)/Porsche dealer today to cash in my $100 cert. There were a couple other 911 guys already there, one guy I was talking to had a 930 he bought new in 1989, racking his brain for something to buy. I decided a set of those zoomy aero mirrors would be nice. I'd ordered a set last summer, but after 3+ weeks of "they'll be in any day now/oh wait, we didn't order them yet/the computer was down" I cancelled the order, as the car was already painted by that point.

At the time (May) I paid $285 (after PCA discount) for the manual (as opposed to electric) mirror kit. Today it was $413. I think they tacked on $100+ of vig just to offset the certificate. I should have just torn up the cert and walked away.