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South Australian buys first Porsche ... at 85 years of age
Australia.
Adelaide’s Olaf Varley decided early this year to realise his dream and purchase his first
Nothing unusual about that, except Mr Varley waited a little longer than most for his dream car. He is 85 years of age.
“I had been walking into
Like most
“I’ve only ever driven manual gearbox cars and while everyone says the
The eye-catching yellow two-door Coupe arrived in mid-July and while Mr Varley is still getting acquanted with his new set of wheels, he says it is everything he expected of his first
“I’ve always had a passion for sporting cars in strong colours and always wanted a
The first
“I always liked the
It went out of his mind; he bought a Japanese sports car; but then he read a review written by journalists driving the latest
“It looked nice and I started making enquiries,” he said.
Now, some time on, he wonders why he waited so long before embracing
“We are still getting to know each other, but we are getting on fine,” he said. “My wife Ann and I are still to do a long trip, but we are working up to it, doing about 200 kms a week in the car. There’s no rush ...”
1/9/2014