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Location: Tennessee | I bought the Josh White on eBay. Cross my fingers, I hope it's not one of my memorably idiotic moves. It'll probably go to the mothership for some care and feeding, but I'll decide that once I get it in my hands and check it out in person. I'll post pics and commentary when it arrives. |
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Location: SoCal | Bob, you're going to be real happy with that guitar. I know you've been thinking about a shiny bowl for a while. I think that this is a good choice.
If it does need anything, send it to the mothership, and let them go thru the whole thing. Take a look at Witko's at his http://www.ovationgallery.com and you'll see just how beautiful these can look.
And the sound is to die for. I played the recreation at the OFC gathering (you probably did as well) and they are great. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | That was strung with nylon? |
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Location: Tennessee | Yup, nylon strings but only out of naivete. It'll go back to steel once I get my mitts on it. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I saw that you were leading the pack last night. It sure looked tempting and is worth it if it is in any kind of shape. I'm sure you'll let us know how it turns out.
I'm going to look at new Porsches tonight. The new Cayman is supposed to be in. You probably don't want me to reserve one for you. |
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Location: SoCal | Don't talk to us about Caymans and then tell us you can't afford new guitars... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Looking is free. Even my wife agrees with me on that one. I don't want to sell my Boxster anyway. I know I have your sympathy. |
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Location: Tennessee | Mark ... in addition to the JW, I also had to retire the 944. I was looking at the Cayman ... they are being produced but I couldn't find one. So I'm now the proud owner of a C4S. :cool: |
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Location: boulder | Stone man, i watched most of this auction.
I think that is a great buy.
Yours seems nicer then either of mine, and I love both of mine. The shiny bowls just sustain forever. Plus as I go on and on about, there just aren't a whole lot of them left. nice snag.. :cool: |
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Location: North Texas | Stoney enjoy your Josh White.
Maybe someday you fellers can get a real car like my 1962 Metropolitan convertible. ;) |
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Location: Tennessee | Maybe someday you fellers can get a real car like my 1962 Metropolitan convertible. I would, but I've had trouble finding a Shriner's fez which is required headwear for driving one. :)
I'm willing to bet it requires the same type of karma that's needed for driving my VW Thing around town. :cool:
Buckaroo, Texas, Metropolitan. I'm having a hard time visualizing the third given the first two. LOL. |
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Location: North Texas | The fez reference is funny. Good one! I bought the car in Sun Valley, Ca. back in '72 because it looked like it something right out of a Zap comic. We always reefered to it as the Klown Kar, still do. The ragtops are kinda rare, and always generate attention, and lots of laughs. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | OK, Stoney. Now I'm jealous. A JW and C4S. What year C4S? I just got back from a Porsche club meeting where they had a new one on display. The Cayman will be here next month. They have already sold 4 in Boise. Pretty good for a town that didn't have a Porsche dealership until last spring. |
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Location: Tennessee | Late 2002. Found a really nice one. Silver on black. Lease return with 30K on the clock and a warranty to 100K. Has all the goodies ... full leather, sport seats with embossed crest, aluminum-look seat backs, dash and console, suede headliner, 18" turbo wheels, bi-xenon, Bose system, etc. Wow ... what an incredible exhaust tone! I really like the looks of the 997 better, but I figured it was prudent to let someone else take the initial $40K hit that happens in the first 3 years.
I was seriously looking at the Cayman since the initial announcement, but in the end there's just not quite enough driving room in the Boxster for me, even the new 987, so the Cayman would have the same issue for me. I sorta subscribe to the Jim Clark school of driving position. Besides, having just endured 10 years of driving a NARP, I didn't think I could deal with 10 years of "a Porsche in panties" comments from those who don't know better. |
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