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 Post subject: Hi everyone, I just bought my first Porsche!
PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 3:30 pm 
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Hi there,

Just thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Luke and I've owned a lot of interesting cars over the years (including lots of Alfas, a Ferrari and a Lotus) but I have never owned a Porsche which is weird because when I was 13 years old my neighbour had a 924 that I thought, at the time, was the coolest car I had ever een and I swore I'd get myself one when I was older. Well, this morning I put down a deposit on a 2006 Porsche Cayman S, so it looks like I've finally come good on that promise to myself!

Personally I blame one of your board moderators, Jim. As he is a work colleague I suspect he has been planting subliminal messages in emails over the past couple of years in a bid to get me into a Porsche... :D

Anyway, just wanted to say hello and let you know that I may well be hanging around and asking some annoying newbie questions over the next couple of months so please bear with me!


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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 3:40 pm 
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Subliminal messages.... maybe, weaned you off VW anyway, although our Chairman is a fan boy as well.... when his R32 isn't broken that is!
Welcome here Luke :wave: We have a few Cayman owners here & also some Cayman convertibles :mrgreen: .

Oh & everyone is about to pester you for pics....

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 4:29 pm 
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Is it in the quickest colour?

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 5:28 pm 
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Welcome to the forum and Porsche ownership.

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 5:33 pm 
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Hi and welcome. :hello2: Please give us your verdict on it once you've had a good run in it. Plenty of pictures too please.

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 6:50 pm 
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Thanks everyone,

Here are the first few pictures, I'll take some decent snaps of it once it's been delivered...

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Hi Luke,

Cayman S, good choice!

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Hello and welcome, silver is the fastest colour by the way :wink:

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Hi and welcome. And don't listen to Lindsey - he used to say Red was fastest until he sold it. Oh, and red is the fastest.

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Thanks everyone for the kind welcome. I should hopefully be picking my car up on Friday or Saturday, just in time for me to go away on business for three weeks, brilliant! It feels like I have been waiting for an eternity to get behind the wheel of my Cayman S already, so I will definitely get the most out of it this wekend and will pop back in to let you all know how I got on!

As for the colour, well, I'm new around here so don't want to rock the boat too much, but clearly silver is the fastest colour! :D


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