tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194796638249196625.post8212644358777506166..comments2024-03-10T07:02:58.150+11:00Comments on The Rolling Road : PATRICK'S CARJohnShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033531057302816461noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194796638249196625.post-83125728661023684262011-02-09T15:34:34.033+11:002011-02-09T15:34:34.033+11:00aww, thanks for the nice note. miss the car and ev...aww, thanks for the nice note. miss the car and even more miss seeing such cars on the road. financially our TCO in running the porsche was less than almost any modern car when you consider the lack of depreciation. and the number of smiles per gallon (don't ask about the fuel mileage of a 200k untouched engine with webers driven hard) was way up there. To work, the grocery store, with a group or on our own barnstorming up and down the Pacific Coast driving is an old porsche is pure pleasure. why would you drive anything else if you have one? (unless you need AC) over here there is salt on the roads and anticorrosion is a must for year-round driving, too bad ... (oh, and polishing an old car too often will strip the paint down to primer in no time, that patina of oxidation is a _protective_ coat ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com