[Hal Copple]

Can't. It would be fratricide.

As i have mentioned in the past, i hold no grudges against the car, it was just that i had "a bad experience" with the snobbery of a Boxster driver the day i brought the Great Stroker, SPF #672, home from the Olthoff's. I have hunted and mocked them ever since.

But my son, Chris, who is about to graduate from Clemson U, and has some nice job offers already, has just today gotten his graduation car, replacing his trusty Pathfinder.

A low mileage 2000 Boxster. Not the S, but a pretty Yellow with the "sports package", bigger wheels, and i am not sure what else.

A week ago, Chris asked for my opinion about what kind of vehicle he should get, he was wanting a Defender 90 for a long time. We talked a lot, and then went to Charlotte to see what was out there. Like his dad, Chris likes small, nimble cars, (the Defender excepted), and he has many thousands of miles, and much track time, in our SPF.

We eventually stopped at a Porsche dealer, just for fun, he wanted to just sit in one, and we admired a new yellow Boxster, and when we were about to climb back into our formidable Replica, which by the way gathered much attention from the BMW and Porsche crowd, a yellow one pulled up, and Chris and the driver chatted, turned out he was looking to trade his car for a Carrerra.

So the deal was made, and we are going up to pick it up (in the rain) this evening.

I think they are fine cars, and Chris will bring dignity and respect to the Porsche owners group.

I will now nod and wave at them when we pass out on the road.

I have raised him right, he is a true "car guy."

And a great son.