Car Guy Speaks

The Journey home,  reflecting on my newfound glory as we drive from Seattle to Boulder.   I'm gonna sprain my shoulder patting myself on the back.   High mileage, 6-speed, incredible condition, AWD. Just the right prescription for my mental health. About 10 yrs ago I sold my 1998 Carrera S under duress .   Times were a bit tight and unfortunately 993 values were on the rise.   Despite proclamations that I’d keep the car forever I sold it on Bring a trailer to cover life’s expenses .    Selling the car was the right decision at the time, but I've carried guilt over parting ever since.   My 1998 Carrera S. I think you can see why I miss it.  While selling net me a tidy profit that satisfaction proved insufficient to fill the void  selling left in my soul. Since its departure a few cars have come and gone.  All of which were impressive in one way or another.  Unfortunately none captured my heart enough...

 How to you win at cars and coffee?  You win by knowing it's not a competition. For years I have judged my cars by the praise I received,  photos taken, magazine articles published.   It started innocently enough.  Just a surge of pride and validation when other appreciated what I had built, found or bought.   Whomever sits here may be the coolest car guy in the world. Sir, I envy you.  As I grow old  I face many existential truths,  like that my cars cannot be perfect. I can't afford perfection but also lack the patience  to find it anyway.  I certainly know I can't buy new cars,  that's just too stressful waiting for the value to drop.  So what they hell do you do when your a mentally ill car-guy?   One of the few Loti with a back seat. You can shove a very small child back there. .   Get over yourself, and enjoy being an enthusiast in a different way.   Expand your appreciation for oth...

I wrote this as an homage to my car, but it's also a sale's pitch now I guess. It's currently for sale at Glenn Shelly Auto Consultants  Seems my cars all spend a little time at Simply Clean in Lafayette CO. Tyler, the owner applied a full hood PPF as well as a ceramic coat to preserve the paint's condition. My S52 powered M-Coupe is the slowest variant of the M-Coupe. It cost less than the faster versions, but It has other qualities of its own.  So I spent less coin, comparatively, and still achieved total immortality and dominance at Colorado Cars and Coffee .     Simply Clean applied  "temporary tattoos" that have sufficiently offended so many enthusiasts.  These helped distinguish my car from the hundreds of other silver M-Coupes in town.   I always wanted a Dinan-badged car, probably due to something I saw or read in my youth.   Glen Shelly   found me  an excellent example of a Dinan-badged M-Coupe locally with just 40,000...