Everyone has a dream. Whether it be to travel the world, becoming an actor or purchasing that one car, we all have a dream. It is what gets us out of bed some days, to know that we are working towards something great. But have you ever wondered what happens once you turn that dream into a reality?
Jon Tapia, father of 3 and owner of a hair salon, had a dream of one day purchasing a convertible. When he was around 9 years old, he saw a picture of a convertible in a magazine and thought to himself ‘I am going to have that one day.’
Adding onto the dream, him and his father went on a trip one day when he lived in Chile and he saw a man driving a red convertible and as Jon said.
“I could see the freedom that he must’ve felt driving … so I always wanted one.”
Jon then started to work on making this dream his reality and so once his kids had grown up and his divorce papers came through, he knew that it was the right time to possibly start looking into buying his dream car. He one day saw a Porsche and it sparked his inspiration to look into what car is meant for him. He then, did some researching and found the car that he absolutely fell in love with.
Sonia Lanzi, Jon’s partner said “I remember when Jon first told me about this car, he found that he had always wanted. He had contacted the seller and so we packed the car and drove to them. It was in Cronulla in a suburb called Little Bay. Jon was so excited the entire trip up.”
A young family owned the car that Jon had always dreamed of, and now that they had two little kids and were buying their first home this family didn’t have the time to properly look after the car.
“Her father bought it for her, and she had named the car Peace Portia. But because they didn’t have the time or money to look after her, they made the very hard decision to sell.” Sonia Lanzi said.
Luckily for Jon, this meant he was now the new owner of Peace Portia. After much discussion, Jon decided that Peace Portia’s new name, would be Grace and now when he drives Grace, he feels like a free man, just like the one he saw when he was 9.
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