I was in Honolulu May 6-13, 2013 with my wife, son, and his wife. I was there to see my 92 year young mom, but managed a couple fun occasions involving the 981!
Just a couple days before flying to HI, my license plate bracket sold on P-9. When I checked the buyer info, I found he lives in HI just a few miles from my mom's house where I would be staying. I was able to contact him via e-mail before the trip to ask him if he wanted to wait for me to ship the bracket to him after returning from the trip, or if he would like hand delivery in Honolulu where he could also show me his 981 Boxster. I was happy he chose the latter. So last Tuesday after work, he dropped by my mom's house to get the bracket. I am real happy I got to meet Colin, who comes to this forum now and then. He has the moniker motenai which he says means bad luck with women, haha. He drove his white 981S with blue top and blue interior....very SWEET looking Boxster. Colin bought the car just two weeks earlier off the lot of Porsche of Hawaii. No fair, no waiting, lol. Anyway, we struck up a good 30 minute discussion in the dark in front of the garage, but Chuck activated the bright security lights there. We talked about his options and experience so far. He's in the US Navy and is going to be transferring soon from HI to Florida, and taking the car from the West Coast on a nice cross country jaunt. I am really impressed by this young man, and am happy I got to meet him. I thanked him for serving our country...we are in good hands if he represents the service men and women protecting our nation. Darn, I did not get any pics of Colin and his Boxster S. I guess it still qualifies as my first sighting of a 981 in the wild! I was real happy that Sue and Chuck got to see what my Boxster looks like, but in a different color.
On Thursday, my son and I went to Porsche of Hawaii for the fun of it. Saw several 981 Boxsters there, and one basalt black 981 Cayman. It was the day of their "launch" of the new Cayman, so we suspect they had more there which were probably being detailed, since their website says they have three Cayman's. Oh, one of the Boxsters was lime-gold and that really is striking in bright Hawaii sunlight! A few pics are attached.
We went into the parts shop, and I couldn't help myself....I bought a couple of their own license plate frames and baseball caps. Very nice souvenirs of our visit there!
While standing outside the parts store, two very cool F-22's passed low over the buildings, probably on their way to landing at HNL. We learned later that each costs about $150M!! This pic shows one F-22 between the coconut trees.
We saw lots of 911's, Cayenne's, and a couple older Boxster's on the roads. Definitely way more than I see around the small city of Salem, OR, but there has to be lots more money in Honolulu!
Non 981 related...we were landing last night at PDX and were less than a mile from the runway, and on final approach. All of a sudden the pilot hits full throttle and pulls up quickly. Turns out a military plane touched down just ahead of us and blew a tire. We would have been 20 minutes early. Instead we ended up circling, then going to Seattle, landing, refueling, and waiting for PDX to open again. Turned out to be a 3 hour delay, but I lived to tell the story and drive my 981 again. All is good, haha!
It was a good trip, mostly I was there to visit my mom and spend lots of time with her, but managed to squeeze in the 981 outings which were great fun.
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