April 18, 2014 was the one year anniversary since the dual delivery of my 981 Boxster and Tad's 991 Carrera S. At 9AM, we left Salem for the dealership in Portland for the first oil change and servicing. I had about 2030 miles going up, so I am officially over the break-in period, but I have sort of ignored that the last 500 miles since I am no racer anyhow. We got a lot of looks on the way up and back as we caravaned the 1 hour+ trip each way.
Somehow though our hoped for one hour waiting at the dealership ended up much more. I needed the oil change as well as the patch for the service engine now dummy light issue that has existed in my car since delivery. Also had them take the meep meep out when I lock my car with the fob. My son only needed the oil change too, but they decided to do a campaign fix that took about another three hours on his 991. Knowing that we were together, they just took their time with my car too. What we hoped might be a 1-2 hour wait ended up 5 hours! Fortunately the dealership gave us a loaner car midway in the wait so that we could go eat lunch and kill some time. They actually offered my son the use of the car overnight, but we figured we were there and should just get it all done then. Lunch was just over an hour and we still had to wait almost an hour after we got back. Our 10AM appointment finally ended at 3PM and we got to hit the back roads home through some twisties, taking more like 90 minutes to get home.
While it was a frustratingly long wait, we managed to have fun and create another Porsche focused memory between father and son. Checked out all the cars in the showroom and the front lot at the dealership, window shopped all the Porsche Design merchandise inside, had lunch, and drove the marvels up and back between Salem and Portland. Not exactly as we had intended, but it was a nice day doing our Porsche car thing together, nevertheless.
I was real happy with how the car ran up and back. It's just easy to drive for short or longer trips, and I was comfortable all the time in the sport plus seats. The car handled all the roads well, and I can see taking a long roadtrip with no problems for my body. Oh hey, I noted the car was getting 28.3mpg as we neared Portland, via I-5 all the way except for a few miles in Salem.
I am a dinosaur and finally got a cell phone a few weeks ago. Using it via the bluetooth communication to the car is simply the best thing since sliced bread to me, lol. Really was easy and convenient to call my son dozens of times as we drove. I did keep the top up so that I could use the phone anytime. I think it might have been difficult to hear him with the top down. I noticed though that I got distracted a few times just using the hands free controls, so it ain't a great thing for me to use even the hands free while driving!
Best things...I love the sound during acceleration in the lower gears, so intoxicating still. Shifting is such a pleasure with the 6 speed gearbox, smooth and precise, snick snick snick. Monitoring the temps, oil, tire pressure, mileage, etc all easily with the lower right lever (forgot the name, haha) is a comforting capability. Comfort in the cockpit is outstanding to me, and I got out feeling tired only from being out for 8 hours, but my body did not ache from the seats or ride. I was still ready to stand there several minutes and grin at MY Boxster. The longer I have it, the more I love it, and the more I feel good about spending the money for it!
This is just a place for me to ramble (sometimes rant) about my hobbies which include radio controlled airplanes, oil paintings, my sports cars, and any other random blithering from me.
Aloha and Welcome to my small speck of cyberspace! Dec 8, 2010 is the birth date of my blog. Never had one before, but my son encouraged me to have one, and it seemed like a good way to at least keep a log of my RC airplane building and flying. With the initial design kicked off by my son, I'll carry on from here and have fun with it. Now that I have it, I will use it to also keep track of my oil painting efforts, and any other ideas, hobbies, travels, or whatever else that come up. LIFE IS GOOD!
Update on 02/25/2011. It's been a few months since I began this blog, and I am enjoying creating and having it! I like documenting the things I have done in my hobbies, and sharing with my small family. I think Jer and Tad actually view it fairly regularly, as a means to see what I've been up to lately. At worst, it serves as a reference for my own use.
Update on 12/22/2011. This blog stuff is habit forming. My blog is a year old now, and I make an entry about every other day or so as that seems to be the frequency of doing something in one of my hobbies. Like my hobbies, this blog is a lot of fun, and it has become in itself another hobby that I enjoy.
Years are flying by...update on 01/11/2013. Still enjoying maintaining this blog even though hardly anyone sees it. I don't advertise it anywhere or to anyone, and it is mainly just a way for me to keep my own notes and thoughts on my flying, painting, and cars. If a stranger happens upon it, I think it is by pressing NEXT at the top of the current blog they are visiting, lol. It's a great device for me.
August 2014: still here! Took up flying RC helicopters one year ago and got hooked. Had flown micro Helis up to then, but got serious with 450 size for a couple months, then bought the Goblin 500 and Gaui X5 . Also got my Boxster in April 2013. Most importantly, Ariel was born 12/02/12 followed by Skylar 07/20/13, and they are little beacons of joy in our lives. Life is indeed good!!!
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