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[Tom]

Welcome aboard Norville! Will you be using your 992 as a daily driver? In the snow? Ferdinand Porsche famously said "Our cars are meant to be driven, not polished" so he'd be thrilled to hear that.

Garage looks good and seems to have everything you need. Just need to clear out some of that pesky garden equipment to make room for velvet ropes around the car.

[Norville]

Welcome aboard Norville! Will you be using your 992 as a daily driver? In the snow? Ferdinand Porsche famously said "Our cars are meant to be driven, not polished" so he'd be thrilled to hear that.

Garage looks good and seems to have everything you need. Just need to clear out some of that pesky garden equipment to make room for velvet ropes around the car.

Thanks Tom!

I have my leased BMW M550 for another three months, so that’ll get me through the worst of this season . After that it will be my daily. My wife has a Grand Cherokee (with Hakkas) if it’s too deep for the 911.

Just did a little more cleaning up today. This is it’s temporary home, makes more sense to keep the 550 in the attached garage until its departure. That garage isn’t that much nicer, but it is heated

[ferdinands-friends]

Name: Thorsten Krueger

Location: Hiddenhausen, Herford County, North-Rhine-Westfalia (NRW), Germany, Central-Europe

Current fun cars: '87 911 Convertible (guardsred), '84 targa (w/o targa-bar, but w works hardtop, black/blk), '01 Z3 Coupé (Sterling grey met.), '87 Merc 420SEC (C126, smokesilver met.)

Occupation: mostly retired mechanic 911 with own garage

First Porsche: '87 3.2 Carrera Convertible owned since 21 years-- still love this car.

Was hooked on Porsche's when: when my brother in law told me 21 years ago about a guardsred convertible is for sale. Colour and conv hadn't been my first choice, but the "Baby" was cheap and we are since like married.... 12 years ago I made my passion to profession..... since then aircooled-nuts.

[blueline]

Name: Thorsten Krueger

Location: Hiddenhausen, Herford County, North-Rhine-Westfalia (NRW), Germany, Central-Europe

Current fun cars: '87 911 Convertible (guardsred), '84 targa (w/o targa-bar, but w works hardtop, black/blk), '01 Z3 Coupé (Sterling grey met.), '87 Merc 420SEC (C126, smokesilver met.)

Occupation: mostly retired mechanic 911 with own garage

First Porsche: '87 3.2 Carrera Convertible owned since 21 years-- still love this car.

Was hooked on Porsche's when: when my brother in law told me 21 years ago about a guardsred convertible is for sale. Colour and conv hadn't been my first choice, but the "Baby" was cheap and we are since like married.... 12 years ago I made my passion to profession..... since then aircooled-nuts.

Welcome Thorsten!! Glad you found Carpokes!

[Tom]

Welcome aboard Thorsten! Great to have folks here from Germany -- especially those with great taste in cars. Looking forward to see pics and hearing more about them. Love your 420SEC too. If you poke around here a bit, you'll see I often go off-topic to report on the various projects I'm doing on my 450SL.

[ferdinands-friends]

'87 convertible

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Thanks Tom and blueline for your welcome. I appreciate.

[JTT]

Name: Joe Treen (middle initial T), so not very creative with handle

Hometown: Halifax, NS, Canada

First and only Porsche: 2003 996 C2 Cab

Employment: Safety Professional (hobbies not withstanding)

Hobbies: Track days, Instructing (PCA Instructor), ending term as president of Acadia Region PCA, working on my 996 and track rat Miata

[P_Coastal]

Hi Joe, welcome aboard.
I’m a Bluenoser living out west

[Acropora]

Name: Joe Treen (middle initial T), so not very creative with handle

Hometown: Halifax, NS, Canada

First and only Porsche: 2003 996 C2 Cab

Employment: Safety Professional (hobbies not withstanding)

Hobbies: Track days, Instructing (PCA Instructor), ending term as president of Acadia Region PCA, working on my 996 and track rat Miata

Welcome aboard Joe, glad to have a Maritimer around

[blueline]

@JTT

Welcome Joe!

You hail from a wonderful part of our continent - very nice, that's for sure. Beautiful and peaceful.