[Zeke]

Originally Posted by kaisen

To Speeder's point: You should know better too. People who buy late model (new) Porsches don't give a rat's azz about them. They are just cars.

You know from your 'hood that they drive them through Starbucks drive-thru, park them on the street overnight, let their little dogs hang out in the back seat, etc. They are just cars. Any given hour in the Beverly Hills area you will see a "new" Porsche parked off Rodeo with wheels black from brake dust, scraped front bumper from riding up on curb stops, deep door dings from the gym or nightclub, bird doo on the paint, and receipts and sunglasses strewn on the dash. These same cars will be sold two years old with 30K miles, the Porsche dealer will refinish the curb scuffed wheels, replace the worn tires, paint the front bumper, have the paintless dent removal guy straighten the panels, the leather guy patch and re-dye the back seat where Fifi dug in her claws when the owner took it too fast down Laurel, replace the broken knobs, refinish the peeling soft-touch switch surrounds, and detail the paint to a mirror. Then it's sold as "Certified Pre-Owned" and commands a premium.

Eventually, maybe an owner or two later, some "enthusiast" will buy it and wax on about how perfect and "original" the car is, rub it with egyptian cloth diapers before they go to bed each night, and not drive it more than a few miles each month to preserve its value.

That's quite a generalization. I, for one, don't fit and have a later model water pumper. It may have fit in with the description for its first 2 years of life, though. But in 10 years of ownership I have failed to find the signs.

It has never suffered the abuses you describe while in our possession.