In April 2004, after searching for several weeks with the increasingly intense realization

that I might actually become a Porsche owner,

I found an ad with this picture:

After checking out the car, I convinced myself that I absolutely,

positively,

would not buy the car.

Was something wrong with it? Nope. I was just chicken.

Then I came to my senses, and made the deal for the car the next day at lunchtime.

By Friday evening it was in my garage.

A wash and wax later, it is my new hobby,

and I couldn’t be happier:

Now appearing daily, my 1997 Porsche Carrera (993) -- Arena Red/Classic Grey