“I raised two children thanks to you”: Owner bids farewell to 29-year-old Porter, and Hyundai says, “Please contact us”

“You were not just a car, but my companion in life, my friend and my family.” That was the message left by a South Korean owner as he prepared to part with a Hyundai Porter truck he had driven for nearly 30 years.

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You were not just a car, but my companion in life, my friend and my family.

A post titled “Farewell letter to my Porter” appeared on the automotive community Bobae Dream on the 30th of last month. A large letter attached to the truck’s windshield announced its “farewell drive.”

The owner wrote, “I dedicate this letter to my beloved friend, with whom I shared 29 years.” He said they had endured the turmoil of the IMF crisis together, while the truck quietly carried the burden of his hard work.

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I dedicate this letter to my beloved friend, with whom I shared 29 years.

“Thanks to you, I raised and educated two children,” he wrote. He added that his children now live their own lives and do their best, and that all those joys had been possible because the truck was there. “Thank you so much,” he wrote.

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Thanks to you, I raised and educated two children.

The Porter, a small truck Hyundai launched in 1987, is widely used by middle-aged and older self-employed people and is known in South Korea as a livelihood truck. After the farewell letter attracted attention, Hyundai Motor began searching for the owner and said, “Please contact us.”

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Thank you so much.