Slipstream - June 2020

Then I think after 2-3 times of striking out, she
proposed we go out. So we do, and the funny
thing was I had this Korean friend in the class
too, a girl, and Kristen thought that she was
my girlfriend and couldn’t figure out why I was
hitting on her (laughing). I think it worked out
OK. That was 1992; we married in 1998 and
now have two kids: Nicole, 19, and Tyler, 17.
BK: Let’s talk cars. What was your first car?
PW: Easy! That was an ‘86 Mazda 323, a
three-door hatchback; I drove that through
high school and college.
BK: Then what?
PW: My first NEW car was a 1995 Grand Prix;
remember Kristen worked for GM (smiling).
BK: So why the Porsche brand now?
PW: When I was a kid I remember seeing what I think was
a 911 SC just parked on the street and I loved it.
BK: So when did you get your first Porsche?
PW: Well we had always been living in cold climates with
ice and snow, so it never seemed feasible to own a sports
car and just store it half the year. So about 4-5 years ago
over dinner we were talking and I said I’d like to get
Peter and Bill share a post covid-era video conference interview. Hopefully we get back to
some in person events soon.
that Porsche, as we now can enjoy it. Well I don’t recall
Kristen hesitating, and she said “do it!” That’s how the
2014 Cayman came about.
BK: And how did the Turbo come about?
PW: I’m always looking just to look, and one day I saw
on Porsche.com this Turbo in Buffalo (crazy, right?) at
Northtown Porsche. Well heck, that dealer is right next
to the college campus. So I started inquiring more to find
out that the car was purchased there but immediately
shipped to Florida. Turns out the original owner was
from Buffalo but now lived and worked in Florida and
would buy and trade his cars here. Well I go back and
forth with the dealership checking stuff out, and finally
the dealer says “are you going to buy this car or not?”
(laughing).
BK: Fair to say you have this interest in Legos?
PW: I guess you could say that (smiling). It started of
course with the kids growing up. We would buy them
Legos, but then they got tired of them, and one day I
decided to sell some on eBay. Let’s just say I was shocked
at the number of people interested in Legos, so as I
continued to do some research, I discovered there is like
this whole used or vintage Lego market out there. So now
it’s turned into little hobby for me of buying and selling
them just for the fun of it.
BK: Well if I can ask, how many sets do you have?
PW: It varies, and of course the size of the sets vary too,
but I have probably some 500-700 sets right now.
And there you have it: 40 minutes of zoom chat and we
are continuing to Drive Friendships!
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