[BareTor]

I've just sold my 968 after three years of fun.



And I just wanted to share some of the last pictures I took of her:



Sad to see her go.

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[craigawoodman]

That still is an awesome colour. So, if the 968 has gone, what is next on the shopping list?

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[Rap]

How many miles did you have on it? Did you suggest to the new owner to join the Forum? Lol

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[Cloud9...68]

Yes, definitely an eye-catching color. Completely off topic, but I heard on the radio this morning that Norway has the highest gas prices in the world - over $10 per gallon! Ouch! I wonder if people would substantially change their driving habits here at prices like those. My guess is, not a whole lot...

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[Rap]

$10 a gallon might very well bring down whatever regime is in power! Useful thought eh?

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[Cloud9...68]

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$10 a gallon might very well bring down whatever regime is in power! Useful thought eh?

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Good point!

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[tamathumper]

Awesome color! And no bumperettes.



Re: the gas prices and regime, that's why gas prices will be artificially held low until after the elections... now where's my tinfoil hat?

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[BareTor]

Thank you guys for complementing the car. It will be missed.



The car has only done 55 k miles and I've driven about 15 k of them. The new owner has been informed about the forum. Don't worry. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/wink.png" class="smilie" alt="" />



Sad to say the new car is a VW Passat Tdi estate... <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/glare.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> That's what having a baby will do to your habits.

The Porsche dream will continue in 10-15 years...



And when it comes to gas prices, you are right, they are about $ 10 a gallon. But you have to take into consideration that the average salary in Norway is higher than in the US. And that we have many other benefits.

But all in all it's still expensive to get gas.

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[rxter]

Glad that you were able to enjoy before the children came. You can count on a different life style for hte next, oh 25 years or so.



Eat well, stay in good shape, and save your money so that when the kids are gone you'll have both the money and the health to pick up the habit again...



Great car.

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[Cloud9...68]

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Glad that you were able to enjoy before the children came. You can count on a different life style for hte next, oh 25 years or so.



Eat well, stay in good shape, and save your money so that when the kids are gone you'll have both the money and the health to pick up the habit again...

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You've just articulated my life experience/strategy <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/wink.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[egebhard]

Love the Signal Green. Wish they would have brought at least one to the US!

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[craigawoodman]

As my mum said to my dad when he was in his 40's and lusting over something a little more sporty given both kids had left - "if you don't do it now, in 10 years time - you wont be able to get in and out of the bloody thing".



Don't leave it too long. When you kids are around 4 - they fit in the back really well. When they hit around 9 - well, not so well.

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[tamathumper]

I sold my 944S when my second daughter was born and then I went through a series of SUVs as "kid movers". Now that the youngest is 14, they have their own thing going on and I'm back into my P-cars. It doesn't take until they're 20+, especially if they're girls.

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[WJH]

I bought my 968 when I turned 50. I've got 5 kids and the youngest just started college. All my cars had to be cheap and practical. I couldn't afford anything else. The 968 is the first car I ever bought just for fun.



My number 2 son loves the 968. He has a 951 but I think he likes mine better. He's always asking to drive it. My wife nor my other children know how to drive a stick, although my wife did learn years ago (many months pregnant at the time) on a Chevy Cavalier. I'm not sure I want to let her re-learn on my 968.



I feel your pain but practicality come first, even if it's no fun!

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[DaveN]

Remember there are alternatives. When I was young my dad had a 356 (yes, the late 50s) and all he did was put me behind the back seat. Car seat and seat belts? We don't need no stinking seat belts <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/wink.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[tamathumper]

We rode in the way-back of a station wagon with the rear window cracked to let the fumes in.

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[Langley968]

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We rode in the way-back of a station wagon with the rear window cracked to let the fumes in.

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Now we know what went wrong! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/icon_lol1.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[Rap]

Your family had a car? Wow so lucky. We walked! Lol

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[tamathumper]

Not too far off, Rap. My parents hitched a ride to high school on the back of a pulp wood truck, and while I didn't have it quite so spartan, my elementary school had only two rooms, with at most 6 kids in each class and K-3 in one room, 4-8 in the other.

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[Rap]

I walked to school until a merger required busing. That was a function of living in a small community and having a home strategically placed near schools. Now I live in the mountains on a dirt road where you have to have a vehicle to get anywhere. In a significantly smaller community!

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