Weekly Roundup: Goodbye (Second) Porsche, Hello (Next) Lynskey Edition

And then there was one... For a solid decade of my life, I owned three Porsches. Now I'm down to just one. The Boxster is gone to a very fit blonde friend of mine who wants to make her mark in the trackday community. It was hard for me to sell it. Some of the most memorable moments of my life took place behind that cocoa-brown leather steering wheel.

About a third of the proceeds from the sale went to the bike you see above --- a 2017 Lynskey Pro29 with most of the available upgrades. Three months ago, I bought an older Pro29 off eBay with the intent of returning to weekend mountain biking. The frame was in perfect condition; the helix-twisted-tube Lynskey bikes are effectively immortal. But every single part on the thing needed a refurb or a replacement. As fate would have it, it is possible to trade your old Lynskey in on your new Lynskey. So that's what I did. The old bike was good but this one is a revelation. It handles better than a 24" BMX cruiser and it somehow manages to fit perfectly. She needs a name, but what name could I possibly give a big titanium-hearted girl from Tennessee? Have to think about it.

Tomorrow I'm going to shake the Lynskey down at a local trail. It's going to be hard to sleep tonight. That's how excited I am. Anyway. To read more about my Boxster sale, and plenty more besides, click that jump, my friend.

For TTAC, I answered a reader question about replacing a Passat wagon with something cheaper, considered the idea of getting rich by driving a $5,000 car, and asked our readers if they would buy a Russian car.

Over at Road&Track I bid farewell to the Boxster and suggested that new-car owners shouldn't wait forever to buy their modifications of choice.

Last but not least, my cover feature from last month's issue of magazine is now online. I drove the McLaren 570GT4 racer and compared it to the street car from which it is derived. A good time was had by all, believe me!