PHOTO FINISH

Turbo among the Flowers

Ricardo

Ricardo’s Turbo, along with three other «cousins,» lives in Redland (aka «the Redlands »), the historic, unincorporated agricultural community south of Miami. Ricardo and his wife, Virginia, have owned a 911 Targa since 1990 but the Turbo has always been Ricardo’s dream car. Ricardo missed getting a 1989 model and eventually bought this 996 TT with few miles. As many 996 types, this Turbo was reasonably priced and handles like a super car. “I flashed the ECU to about 510 HP” says Ricardo, “. . . and it always puts a smile on my face.”

What about the red fuzzy dice? Ricardo says that he has fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview mirror in all of their Porsches that are either matching or a contrasting color.

The other “cousins” include a 1986 Silver Targa with contrasting red fuzzy dice, a Lapis Blue 2007 Boxster S with matching blue fuzzy dice and an Amethyst 968 Cabriolet with (sort of) matching purple dice. Virginia’s 968 was featured in the April 2021 Kassette Photo of the Month.

The red bougainvilleas make a great background for the silver 996 Turbo. The dice, brake lights and brake add nice red accents to complement the flowers. Ricardo and Virginia truly share a passion and love of Porsche.

Ricardo took this photo with a Leica V-Lux 5 and a Leica 24-400 mm lens

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