My Story

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 My first exposure to sports car came in my youth. My Dad started his collection back in the early 50's. From Jaguar, MG, Austin Healey to Porsche. His first Porsche was a 1956, 356 coupe to be followed by a 1960 Super 90.

 When I finally reached ownership age I started with a 62 MG midget. Like all good “know it all teens” I proceeded to maximize and stretch the limits of my first car. While this ended as predicted, blown engines, broken axles, trashed clutches and finally broken crank shafts, life goes on.

 Realizing I might need something a little more substantial, I moved up to a MGB. This was a little better, a little more time and miles between incidents of mechanical fatigue and failure. I remained with MG until  the mid 80's.

In 1985 I had the opportunity to purchase my Dad’s 74, 911 coupe. It had just 11k on the speedo and like all young enthusiasts, I was overcome with infatuation and blinded to the realities that I had just bought into. It took twenty yrs. and much more money than I paid for the car to bring it up to speed. Paint had to be stripped to bare metal because of poor protection of the vehicle, it was shot all the way to the primer level. Shocks and tires were beyond unsafe. The rest of the upgrades covered everything form Oil coolers, Turbo valve covers, Engine heads rebuild for valve guides and the list went on. When I finally had it all together around 2005 I was ready to just enjoy the car.

As fate would have it, a close friend, Mike Forest, stopped by one day in his 914 and asked what I thought about a Boxster. I asked him what the hell is a Boxster, I had seen a few, but had no Idea as to his passion for that car. Long story short, six months later I had one. It was LOVE at first drive and the 911 was soon on its’ way to Belgium in the hands of a collector that fell in love with my creation.

My first Boxster was a base model with Tiptronic trans. I had driven a Tip prior to buying this one. My Dad had a 95 Carrera with a Tip and it was like flying a plane, no clutch, no shifter, just a couple of buttons on the wheel and a gas pedal, I was in heaven.

After a few years I was hearing stories of a new Transmission coming on the scene, a PDK. So the quest began to some how get my hands on one of these creatures. My first experience was almost as devastating as my 911 adventure. I was able to purchase a 2009 Cayman S with CPO coverage from lets say a less than reputable Porsche dealership. The car was a total adrenal rush and like a bad date, reality soon set in. The car had 32k on it and my relationship with this dealer got off to a bad start and then went down hill from there. 

After spending some time myself and then the boys at my favorite shop it was determined that the car had been snorkeled, chipped, aftermarket exhaust and had been partially repainted. These condition were verified when after only two months, I traded it in on a new 2014 Cayman. The dealership that took it in for trade was pissed to say the least, but CPO honored and I only suffered the loss of a few thousand dollars.

My next obsession was to move up to an S with PDK and sports chrono. That opportunity came in 2016 when I had the option to buy a 2013 Boxster S with all the goodies, it is still one of my favorite cars.

All while this obsession with cars was going on I was involved with occasional PCA events.

By 2013 I was being sucked into AutoX, first as a spectator and then as a participant. I started with my 2001 Tip running in SS01, winning Zone 8 in both 2016 and 2017. 

In 2018 I decided to move into a CC level and found a 2003 base Boxster with very low mileage and a 5 speed manual trans. and won my class again.

Final results for 2019 - 1st place CC05

2021 results - 1st place CC05

2022 results - 1st place CC05

Sadly PCA Zone 8 no longer

has a series program

2024 updates - In March I purchased a 2015 Cayman GTS

In June I traded both the 2015 Cayman GTS and the 2013 Boxster S

for a 2021 Cayman 718 PDK GTS 4.0