Mike, TheMekanic take on Auto News, Gadgets, Tips and more ….

The last 2 post have me writing about Porsche. At first, I thought that I have pretty much brain dumped everything I have to write about the German car marquee. Clearly this is not the case. The more I think about it, the more I have know there are a ton more of stuff to write. This was after I finally tore myself away from my computer monitor. You see, I just could not stop looking for (and at) Panamera butt photos online.  It is similar to looking at road kill. You already know that any animal that’s been run over will be ghastly and yet you still can’t stop yourself from taking a look as you drive past.

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In my last article, I wrote about a friend buying a Porsche Boxster. Since he is a family man with young children, this means leaving half the brood at home while you have all the fun alone with one kid, while the rest turns the home upside down. After a few such episodes, any sane person would just leave the fun car at home and drive the boring Honda, just to make sure the kids don’t kill each other. While you might think the choice is rather simple, there is more to that.

Nice ~ Mike

Any responsible father today having fed a diet of CSI or Criminal Minds and a host of other shows, knows that the days of bringing your children up carelessly are over. In these times, it is either you do your utmost to ensure fairness by bringing the whole brood or the risk of one or more of the kids being set on the path be being sociopaths later in life. All because “dad brought me in his yellow sports one time less that my brother”. So no responsible father would want that on his head. It is either everyone goes in SUV or nobody goes. And so, the yellow sports car sits at home, begging to be driven.

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