Guy leaves Porsche as a tip.

[Punked Out Comp]

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STOCKHOLM (AFP) - A waitress in Sweden thought her elderly customer was joking when he offered her his Porsche as a tip, but he kept his word and gave her the keys to the car, daily Aftonbladet reported.


"I thought at first he was joking with me," 19-year-old Josefin Justin told the paper on Thursday.

Justin was waiting tables at the Njuraanger Cafe in Sundsvall in central Sweden when the man, who had recently retired and was dining with a group of gentlemen, asked her age.

When she told him, "he said I would get his Porsche as a tip."

"At first I was a little suspicious but I didn't get the feeling he was hitting on me or anything, he just seemed really nice," she said.

She got his phone number and the next day when she called him, he said he remembered his generous offer. Accompanied by her father, she went to the man's house to pick up her new car.

It turned out to be 1979 Porsche 924 worth 30,000 kronor (4,000 dollars, 3,215 euros).

"It needs a little work, a paint job among other things, but we checked it out and everything was fine," Justin said.

The man, who asked to remain anonymous, told the paper he couldn't really explain why he gave her the car.

"I was just sitting there in the restaurant and looked her in the eyes and saw an angel and thought to myself 'The Porsche, she should have it'," he said.

Asked if he had any regrets, he replied: "No, absolutely not."

The incident is reminiscent of the 1994 Hollywood movie "It Could Happen To You" starring Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda, in which a waitress becomes a millionaire when her customer offers to share his lottery ticket with her in lieu of a tip.

[David M]

What a nice old guy. Now she has to get a job that can pay the cost of owning the car!

[Jaggannath]

Or do it up and sell it

[Mac Medic]

Poor Girl! How will she ever afford to maintain that car. Old Porsche's are a nightmare.

[mystvearn]

Originally Posted by Mac Medic Poor Girl! How will she ever afford to maintain that car. Old Porsche's are a nightmare.

You are quite right. Just having the snob value of the badge does not convince me. Maybe the guy was really happy to give it away.

[inflames988]

Lol my friend has a '69 porsche 911. its this really bright blue color bound to attract attention. dont get me wrong, it looks great, but it sits in the garage with no inspection sticker. theyve been putting work into it, but it still has all kinds of problems. Think its getting sold soon as they dont wanna bother anymore. Its really cool to sit in though, racings seats and all kinds of stuff like that, too bad it cant go anywhere!

[Jaggannath]

You see a lot of 924's and 944's on sale for doing up, as a lot of people buy them to do it and then realise how hard it is to find parts etc., and the cars are getting old and falling apart. This is most noticeable on 924s and 944s, although I have seen in from 928s, because they were built to a lesser quality for Audi and VW respectively I believe, and then rebadged as Porsches and sold when the deals fell through.