Ah, my beloved Dieter…yes, he’s named for the Mike Myer’s character from SNL. He even has his own monkey!
Dieter is a 1998 Porsche Boxster (black/black/biege). I bought Dieter in May 2003, becoming his third owner at 55k miles. I’m not one to avoid driving the car to put miles on it (unlike my wine-hoarding tendencies), so he’s up to about 80k as of November 2006. I’ve taken him up the coast of California, as well as through the desert to Phoenix. I love this car!
I have two words for anyone thinking of buying a car like this with higher mileage on it–EXTENDED WARRANTY. Dieter came with one from the private seller I bought him from, and that was fortunate. I’ve had a number of large repairs done to the car since that point and it saved me a lot of money. It’s still been worth it, though!
