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    THE LAST GOODBYE

    Dec 18, 2020 3 minutes
    MARK WILLIAMS

    I seemed to have learned the value of patience as I’ve grown older. Patience at other road users, patience over waiting for a queue to evaporate in front of me, and patience with buying a car and then actually living with it for a few years, rather than getting bored after 12 months, which is how I used to operate. My late father once opined that the ashtray appeared to be full, and therefore presumably I would now be selling the car.

    Porsche ownership for me started back in September 2017, whereupon I turned my back new. So, turbodiesel power was swapped for a supercharged V6 and a PHEV drivetrain, boxy saloon aesthetics exchanged for a polarising rear three-quarter design. I swapped passive suspension for active damping, bodywork which remained in situ for a car with deployable wings and spoilers. Wood trim for carbon. Silver wheels for black. The list goes on.

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