My car was built in July 1989 which was the first month of twin turbo production.

The car was exported to Canada so it has features to comply with Canadian regulations including headlamp washers, daytime running lights and a different seatbelt mounting arrangement than US cars. The instruments are all in metric including a 260 kph speedometer. My license plate is CDN SPEC (Canadian Specification) to honor the car's Canadian heritage.

I bought the car in June 2004 from the original owner after seeing it offered on ebay. I have the original bill of sale for the car which shows that the previous owner had also made a deposit on another TT with a VIN of JN1CZ24SLX000033. He told me that these were two of the first three cars imported to Montreal. There is no character in the VIN to differentiate US versus Canada production so I believe mine is the 42nd TT ever built.

When I purchased the car it had only 18,504 kilometers on the odometer (11,498 miles). The original owner was a Russian immigrant who told me that the car was the symbol of his success. Clearly it was more important to him to simply have the car rather than to drive it.

The car was in outstanding original condition. The original owner had taken it to Journee Z Day, sponsored by the Z Owner's of Montreal club (ZOOM) on three occasions and had won Best Original (Z32) in 1998, Best in Show and Best Interior in 1999 and Best Original (Z32) in 2000. However the engine compartment had never been touched so I spent many hours over the winter detailing the engine compartment, suspension and exhaust in order to compete in ZCCA judging. Other improvements included new tires, two new interior panels, new belts and hoses, and touching up scuffs on the edges of two wheels.

I entered the car in three shows in 2005 prior to the national convention in Syracuse. The car won Best in Class (Sports--all makes and years) at the International Auto Showcase in Syracuse in April, Honorable Mention at Journee Z Day in Montreal in May after losing a tie-breaking re-judge for Best Original and First in Class at the 19th Annual Z Expo sponsored by the White Rose Z Club in York, PA in June.

The car will remain all stock and in Gold Medallion condition as long as I own it.

Roger Casanova