Car Mats

        The mats show up rolled and folded. They are a motherfucker to straighten out. I tried a hair drier. Then tossed them in the drier at high heat for 20 minutes. Finally I was able to straighten them out. But for less than 100 what exactly did I expect?

        You need to order two 20 bags set worth of clips. The clips are need to make them form fit.

        China man, China. Of course they screwed up the packing. I got two for the passenger side. ^ emails later with pictures and they say they are sending a replacement. No tracking number after 5 days.

Why a 2010 Vs ????

     I could have gotten newer one. Money was never the issue. So why did I go with an 11 year old, 1st generation Panamera?

        New brand new Panamera loses money faster than a sailor in a whore house. So to buy one at 160-200k. Then by signing a paper it is now worth 120k. And next year a 100. I am a stupid bastard, but not that stupid. Plus I would have to wait. I am not good at waiting. Amazon has spoiled me.

        What about 2017 and up? They are the current style. The inside, the dash, the gps/radio flat screen thingy look like shit. It looks like the inside of my father's 2000 Buick. The buttons are the same a Walmart microwave. Not cool or futuristic. Straight shit.

        I went with the generation 1 because the inside is spectacular. The interior layout is amazing. Only downside is you need to pull the PCM and upgrade it for apple play. I spend most of my week in the car. Between the bed and the driver's seat, that i s 60% of my day. The interior of the car has to be comfortable and a place I want to be.

        Genny 1 is 25% of the cost of a new one. No difference in motor or tranny. I could drive it and crash it. Or drive it and dump it in a few years. Or drive it and not give a shit. At that price its a Ford or Chevy, a throw away car. But it is a Porsche.

        Now I should have gone with a 2012. Then gotten a V6 engine and no air suspension. I like the interior so it had to be a 4S. Have you seen the V6 and all the empty buttons. What the shit? Every day I would have wondered what went there? What am I missing? Why did I get one with no buttons? Cheated, cheated I say.

        The 4S has all the buttons filled. And all the buttons in the back. (except the extra loud engine button. I hate the little fucker across the street with his fast and furious shit box. That starts up every goddam morning at 5am. My soul would leave my body to punch myself in the nuts if I was the cause of such noise at 5 motherfuckin am) Air suspension is one of them. That will be 10k at some point. The rear shade, and start and stop. Sport and Sport plus, are optional holes in your gas tank. Yeah yeah its a Porsche, they are made to go fast. I live in the Northeast. The roads do not support that level of speed nor do the local LEOs. So unless a curve a weekend out for a track event. Where exactly am I going to drive the hell out of it? This is an every day drive that I am going to put a cubic butt ton of miles on it.

Here we go

 

        I don't know jack all about Porsche. So how did I get here? I saw a Panamera on the road and thought that it looked great. The car guy co-worker was breaking my balls about cars. I am not a car guy. There is no love for them. I want to be comfortable. Normally I put 26k a year on a car. That is a lot of windshield time. So old boy is a ball breaker, funny as hell. Most the time I don't hear anything he says. Yet when pressured about a dream car I said a Panamera would be cool or a Jag F-type. I was never going to buy either. We own both our cars. Both cars are in excellent working order. No problems. That bastard planted a seed.

        Then a few weeks later he is showing me pictures of the inside. I start looking at the pictures on my own. A few weeks after that he is showing me prices and watching youtube videos on Panameras. I am now looking at prices. 25-30 for a Porsche, fuck yeah. I have never driven one or sat in one. Now I am infected.

        The next week I am on call. For work, for customer issues, not calling for availability. Yet that is exactly what happens. Not doing shit I started searching. I was going to drive to Boston or NJ and take a look. Just a look. I have the time, not doing shit. 

        Ohhhhh I find one so close. An hour and change away. She is blue. I like Blue. She has white-ish in side. I want brown or black. But she is cheap and did I say blue. I had a blue 93 aero I put 287k on. I like blue. I call. They answer and we have an appointment. I call the bank, good to go. They call me back. Another saleman was working the same car. It just sold as my guy went to secure the key and put it on hold. 

        I am cheated. I am off to bed sick. Not sick I didn't get it. I can't believe I just about piss all that coin away. Our cars are fine. Good cars. No problems. 

        Now I debriefed the Wifi. She was cool. Didn't care what I did. The next day I tell her the story. Wifi say what does it look like. Whatever pissin away coin and doing stupid shit is my job. Why doesn't she care? The car was more than our kitchen we just did. So I show her the car. She says go fuckin get one, but I get to come with you when you do.

        After searching the Northeast for a used one. One with maintenance records, up to date maintenance, and a clear carfax. Remember I was planning to go 7 hours to Boston. Some how, some way a boy sits 30 minutes away. Down the street from my VA. It had been there all this time. I never ever saw it once. Nor did that asshole co-worker who planted the seed. A 2010 4S Black on Black with 71,000, 60k maintenance completed at the dealer at 62,381 and new tires put. Asking 30k.

        Before I retired a was a Saab guy. I had owned 6 over the years. I sold my baby. A black on black 93 aero convertible special edition. I cried that day. I missed it ever since and dreamed of it. 7 years later I am trading my Wifi's car for another Black on Black. (The Porsche is tighter all around. It is unbelievable. There is nothing like it in the world. As a Saab is god to a Mustang. Porsche is Zeus to a Saab.) The king is dead, long live the king.

        I got a 2010 Panamera 4S.