[968Syncro]

Well, exactly 5 years, on May 26th, 2006 is when I purchased the 968. It has been really enjoyable. When I bought it, I planned to keep it 3 years (economically speaking), or perhaps I should say I was hoping it would last 3 years. But no, at the time I didn't know how much these cars would really grow on me, and how these 968s are just a perfect balance of all the important car characteristics.



And it has been a journey. From this (from the ad when I found it):

   



To this, yeah my son drove it into a ditch, insurance totaled it (who is a great guy and I love him very much). I called for a tow truck, he said "this isn't a tow, this is a recovery!".

   



To this, we bought it back on salvage, did all the repairs ourselves (except wheel alignment and new tires), it was a great experience. In case anyone is interested, I posted lots of stuff here about the accident and all the repairs, search my posts from Feb. - Aug. of 2008.

   



To, this: car when completed.

   



It has been great, so I got my 968 back and have still been driving it heavily for the last 3 years.



Thanks to everyone for you support, I've really enjoyed the group, have gotten great help, and the meetings have been terrific when have gotten together.



Keep your 968 forever!



Roland

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[bombfactory]

At the rate I'm going, I'll have to keep mine forever to fix everything that needs fixing!



What a story - glad you held on to the car!

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[gbarrier]

Everything fixed??



As each item reaches it's critical use point we fix it and go on. Seldom perfect, Seldom totally clean or perfectly polished, just enjoying the journey and enjoying a reasonably high level of status quo.



It's a pretty cool ride.

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