Well, I'm back from Parade and I've got to say it was fantastic! It was even more fun than I thought it would be. The thing is, from a blogging perspective, the weekend was busier than I anticipated - and so was my return to work - so I didn't get to post running updates on our time at the Parade. Sorry about that...

I am also a bit sorry we could only attend for the weekend, but I've got to say meeting a number of CC folks including our very own K-Man S (and lots of other...

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I'll be heading off to Charlotte later this afternoon to attend my first-ever Porsche Parade! I'll only be there for the weekend, but there's lots to see and do these first couple of days so I'm sure I'll be busy.

The car is all shined up and I'm keeping a wary eye on the weather. With the heat we've been having recently, a late afternoon thunderstorm is very likely. Well, at least the car is clean for now. I'm really hoping we don't get any hail!

I'm really...

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Today was the first day I have been able to hand wash and wax my CS (due to water restrictions in our city) since I picked it up at the end of January.

One of the things I did was to take the wheels off, wash them, and apply Wheel Wax. (As a first-time user I'm interested in seeing how well that stuff works...) Anyway, having the wheels off afforded me my first real chance to observe the artwork which is the mechanical bits of a Cayman.

My observation to an admiring...

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For entertainment value, I thought I'd related a little experience which happened while my wife and I were traveling on I-40 West near Morganton, NC this past weekend.

It all started when we were in the right-hand lane near the Lake James exit on I-40 W around 5:30 this past Friday afternoon. We noticed a State Police patrol car parked in the gore of the exit, and the tropper had just picked something up off the road and was heading back to the car, looking over his shoulder towards...

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I'm actually up above 2400 miles as I am finally getting around to posting here, but break-in mileage has officially been reached!

It didn't take me long to run up into the upper ranges of the rev band and all I've got to say is: "Holy ****!!!" Wow - what a rush. (I'm sure I'm not telling many of you folks anything you don't already know, but it is an eye-opener to me.)

I've taken to telling folks the car has three sounds. Sound 1: Cruising sound, and...

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