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Thanks to all of you who answered my questions over the past few months. I had been looking for a 987.2 but as one of you suggested (THANK YOU VERY MUCH!), my budget got me into the category of 981s and I found a very nice looking 2013 manual with low miles and full leather in Irvine CA. I fly out there next Tues to pick her up. The car is Amaranth Red over black. I've not seen the color in person but my best friend and long time Porsche owner says it's stunning. I also checked out some of your comments on the color here at P9 and consensus seems to be that it is well liked. I do have pictures (I'll try to attach one here) but the seller says the pictures don't do it justice, a sentiment echoed on this site as well. It's a one owner car w 10k miles, serviced at the local dealer, so it is still basically new. This is my first Porsche and needless to say I'm SUPER excited to make the trip and pick up the new car. Thanks again for all your advice during the search.
As to the trip itself, after seeing a few old work friends and a college buddy, I've planned a road trip from SoCal to Evanston, IL via Houston TX to see my middle daughter. Roughly it will go like this - day 1 from Sherman Oaks to Payson AZ, just north of Phoenix. I was thinking Tucson but I noticed Hwy 87 north out of Phoenix into the Tonto National Forest and thought that squiggly little line looked a lot more inviting that the superslab, so I picked out a bnb in Payson. From there to Las Cruces. From Las Cruces to Houston (a 12 hour long superslab slog). Stop over for a few days to buy dinners and stuff for the kids. Then hopefully a day of fishing south of Dallas with another friend, then to make my way home through Arkansas to IL. I haven't mapped past TX but I assume there will be some roads I'll want to take through the Ozarks if I have the time.
I'm also busy reading the PDF version of the owners manual! I welcome any suggestions for things to pay attention to or to know about on the new car, advice on road-tripping, roads I might want to try to take along the way, etc....
Thanks again to everyone
John
As to the trip itself, after seeing a few old work friends and a college buddy, I've planned a road trip from SoCal to Evanston, IL via Houston TX to see my middle daughter. Roughly it will go like this - day 1 from Sherman Oaks to Payson AZ, just north of Phoenix. I was thinking Tucson but I noticed Hwy 87 north out of Phoenix into the Tonto National Forest and thought that squiggly little line looked a lot more inviting that the superslab, so I picked out a bnb in Payson. From there to Las Cruces. From Las Cruces to Houston (a 12 hour long superslab slog). Stop over for a few days to buy dinners and stuff for the kids. Then hopefully a day of fishing south of Dallas with another friend, then to make my way home through Arkansas to IL. I haven't mapped past TX but I assume there will be some roads I'll want to take through the Ozarks if I have the time.
I'm also busy reading the PDF version of the owners manual! I welcome any suggestions for things to pay attention to or to know about on the new car, advice on road-tripping, roads I might want to try to take along the way, etc....
Thanks again to everyone
John
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