P-Car Quest

Sham wow!!

June 4, 2009 | Categories:

     HAS it been 15 months since my last blog?  Lotta gasoline under the hood since the last time i fired up the boxster.  When driving or as a passenger in my car I find myself gazing at the fender, sleek and silver in the wind.  It reminds me a little of a WW II bomber engine housing.  Ah, day dreams!!  I met a man whose mother (yes, mother) was a WW II fighter pilot.  After the war she competed in the Olympics as a swimmer and later helped organize the Portugese Air Force.  Nothing like having a stay-at-home mom like her, HA!  BTW she's still alive and well, tho a tad forgetful. The boxster continues to be a source of amazement, mainly because I've never owned anything that could remotely compare to it.  I am in awe of such technical mastery in motion.  If everyone's mathematical ability was comparable to mine, we wouldn't have invented the wheel yet.  How very fickle women are compared to men-Now I'm looking (believe me, outside of becoming the next Calilfornia Lotto winner) at the Mercedes-Benz AMG.  Boy, those Germans, they sure know how to werk mit metal!  I enjoy learning technical workings. My friend Brian used to own a GTI and competed in Moto-cross events.  Letting him drive the boxster is like giving a 9-year old boy the keys to the Fireworks store on July 3rd.  Watch him go with it!   NEXT WEEK:  My first drive with a maniacal master of manual transmissions on a very winding road.

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