Thoughts on ageing, When is it time ti call it quits? |
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Thoughts on ageing, When is it time ti call it quits? |
Pat Garvey |
Mar 23 2009, 07:25 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
I bring this thread up on this forum because it's the forum I came to originally.
We, who have owned these beasts for many years (37 in my case) must reach a point where we have to consider moving on. Not all, but I personally am having questions about this. I bring this up here because I am a CW & will always be. But, I have been thinking lately (six months or so) - is it time to put 2 nice cars into someone else's responsibility? I keep buying new parts, but never get around to installing them. Hell, I don't even need them! But, in the last year my interest is wanning. I don't have the physical capabilities to do what I used to, and I won't pay someone else to do what I KNOW how to do. I also have other interests, namely model railroading, which I've been involved in since before Porsches (do I sound like Jon Lowe?). I also don't have the urgency to do anything on the Porsches. I just don't think I care anymore, at least not enough. Used to be, when the garage temp rose above 50, I was there. Not any more. So, I'm asking for some opinions here. I will take all of them seriously. Should I get out? I'm inclined to do so. Can something re-awake the fire? I wonder. Your opinions are appreciated & welcomed. I'm on the brink. |
JazonJJordan |
Jul 19 2009, 09:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 340 Joined: 6-June 09 From: Atlanta-Augusta, Georgia area Member No.: 10,446 Region Association: South East States |
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Question: It has sat too long and too little (or nothing)has been done this year...you feel too unable to fix it all and two Porsche are 1 too many...Correct? Answer: Is not to abandon the problem, but to complete it and get back to what you can enjoy- driving it some again; right? Soution: Personal work ethic aside~ Pay to have it done, gather a group to do it, as many hands make (quick) the task. All the rubber, the tank, the whatever could really be done in one long day. Even so, pay another to simply put it back on the road within a few weeks and just return to each small detail if you need to satisfy yourself. At least this sad time wasted would be driving instead of the needless end of a legacy, mentor and guide. My 2 cents include 12 pointless years of sitting decay so I could get it perfect; I should have been driving less than perfect instead. I feel robbed. Raped if I had sold it, now it is back! Take it to shows and drive it, let's roll! But don't sell it unless you are simply giving up the road....Peace my friend- jzn (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
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