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The "half low" recommendation was due to inadequacies of the factory AOS function...( UAOS correct this) ..
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The newer problem is the rarity of the manual transmission.
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I was thinking you meant "cool" more in the context of buying it just because it was the trendy thing to do.
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Last time I checked 104 was $13 a gallon, I filled my truck yesterday for $2.19 a gallon.
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Carfax was helpful in locating dealers that worked on my cars though.
I'm not a moderator nor carry any real authority around here but this thread is loooong overdue. The goal is to prevent junk posts in threads that are there asking car related questions or talking about 996 related topics.
So ask yourself...are you sitting there all giddy and all you want to do is share your latest smoker endeavor, beer/liquor run, talk about Apple stock or your recent street racing story (don't drink and drive!!!)? This is a safe space for it so have at it and let it rip! Please keep it civil
^sounds refreshing. Puts me in the mood for summer.
Speaking of which, Boff�s shandy will be served by our new pool this summer. 1/2 bottle of lager, 1/2 bottle of Jamaican ginger beer, served over ice.
My uncle used to have a Boxer that loved Martini's and would take him to the local bar, place a clean ashtray on the floor and pour a very small amount into it for his pleasure. Our dog pictured below enjoys a small taste of Guinness...but
2 or more Ounces Bird Dog Peach Whiskey, 1/2 glass Arizona Iced Tea / Newmans yellow lemonade sounds interesting, especially on a hot day, however, I'll eliminate the Peach whiskey for all 140 lbs of him.
You're right! Does go together well. I need to buy another bottle. Not only did my son and I get the car together, but we finished the bottle together.
I heard Meghan wants a DNA test on Harry. As if she needs one - let's see, the stableboy (fine, riding instructor) who instructed mom in "riding" has red hair. Nobody on Dad's side going back 27 generations was a ginger.
Case Solved.
Next?
Thanks, Corso, the dog's name is Luca Brasi and I found what was left of a shoe and a piece of blue jeans the other night. The owner has yet to return to collect them!
There isn't a woman on the planet married to Charles who wouldn't have known the riding instructor.
God rest her soul, she was a truly fine woman.
Sir Elton John at her funeral is my favorite, all time performance..."Candle in the Wind"...
Pete thanks for this thread man. Great idea. I went on a 40-mile "Tour of Henderson" on my cycle the other day and thought of your comment. Now we have a home to share cycling progress with each other
I've got to get one of those apps like Strava so I can post my routes.
I PMd him and asked him to go hog wild on food and drink ideas on the thread. His bbq skills can lead to a successful Porsche 996 cooking series on YuTube. Who doesn't like food and 911s?
Heck yeah! Strava is a fun platform so give it a go. We have another member here that runs a cool bike shop in NC, I believe. I recently sold one of my road bikes which essentially covered 90% of cost of my new one. That's right, bicycle prices are drifting up too
Some bikes and bike part costs really make our 996 parts pretty affordable by comparison.
My bike is so not sexy but I'll post a picture of it once I'm done re-wrapping my handlebars and stuff. It's a black 2003 Klein aluminum frame with carbon forks that my dad gave me to get me into the hobby. I told myself after I hit 10,000 miles cutting my teeth I'll get a dentist bike. My first triathlon is this fall so I figure I'll be able to talk to some folks there and educate myself. I know NOTHING about bikes. But I do know myself - and if I go for this education at a bike store I'll come home with a bike. So for now I'm just riding and enjoying the outdoors before I can cook my dinner on my riding trail.
Edit - those gumwalls are fire on the red frame.
You're doing it right and don't knock a Klein! They are some of the coolest bikes ever made and are actually very well regarded. I think they were one of the first to introduce internal cable routing and had some beautiful paint jobs. Enjoying the ride and outside is what it's all about! Just stay safe out there.
Seriously. Pretty much what happened to me 2 months ago, except it was a car and a hit and run. Just riding along in a residential area and hit from the back. Some broken ribs in the back, T8 and T11 compression fractures on the vertebrates, busted tailbone and sciatic nerve damage.
Key word would be slowly and it will take time. Doc said I was lucky vertebrae stayed intact because the artery is right there and no ambulance would be fast enough in that case. Bones should heal over coming months. Most annoying is the nerve damage which causes random burning sensation in my left arm and leg. Nerves are tricky. They might heal or might not. Should know more Monday.
Pete, I am so sorry you have to deal with this. You seem like a mentally pretty tough guy, so no doubt in my mind you will get thru the healing process quickly. Damn...
Oh holy crap - no way I'm a weenie and I ride on bike-dedicated trails. I need to watch out for stray dogs, toddlers, joggers, and on certain trails some jackasses on four wheelers or dirt bikes that are using the paved trail instead of the hundreds of square miles of desert wilderness their machines are built for. Glad you're ok Pete that is some scary stuff...
Thanks gents - appreciate it. Being a cyclist and a car guy I'm always very conscious and aware of my surroundings and all road users and my rides take me miles outside of the city. Ironically this happened 4 miles away from home in a residential area and it's just a risk I take every time I go outside. I think this is a reason why gravel cycling has taken off so much in recent years as it takes you on quiet country roads.
love those. So yesterday the pork butt turned out pretty good, the black beans were great but can�t still compare to my moms. While we where eating listening to music in patio number two came up with solution to take 250 lbs of weight from my car for tomorrow�s drive the concourse de elegance in Kemah Texas, about a 150 mile rd trip for me. My wife�s is staying at home and I�m taking my �mistress � Jackie our 18 soon to be 19 chihuahua rat terrier, two awesome benefits, weight reduction, number two and most important to me my dog lets me drive triple digits. Today since it�s lent, grilled shrimp over house made salad, choices of blue cheese, hidden valley ranch and Cesar dressings with garlic bread.
15-20 per lb shrimp on skewers.
Porsche Parts garage and yes, spare tire is out, part of the 250 lbs off plan.
My copilot for tomorrow�s trip.
Color on butt was awesome, pretty good smoked ring too.
Black beans with potatoes and ham hocks, still can�t make them as good as my moms.
That was what a plate would look for serving.
Glad to hear you are recovering Pete. I have thought about getting into cycling and that's what has kept me out. I know way to many people that have been hit, especially in recent years. Way too many people out there texting and not paying attention while driving. My old boss' husband nearly lost his arm and had to get emergency surgery after getting side swiped and thrown into some metal garbage cans while riding.
I used to ride motorcycles, I always enjoyed the enduros because of their dual purpose. Then I realized the danger and no more bikes for me. The smoker I use was from my neighbor of twenty years, he went on a Sunday Harley ride and never came back, he was run off the road. My brother also had a sporttest or sportsman�s, the small Harley and after a near miss incident, no more. Then my nephew againts my brothers opinion gets an electric bike, it was Christmas 2 years ago. Two days latter they were scheduled to go visit my mother. That same day he got into an accident, broke his leg in three places. My brother was seeing blood. My nephew a soccer superstar had private coaching, 3 weekly practices and competitive games at least once a weekend. Tournaments all over the states. My brother that�s the surgeon with the Gt3 have been spending all that time and money with my nephew and then all of the sudden this could go down the toilet. Anyway my nephew is back full speed and thanks to professional courtesies my brother got him the best medical care and rehab training. My nephew it�s extremely fast, I seen him score 4 goals in a game, but the most awesome in my opinion was that on a regulation size court he scored from midfield. I go fast on 4 wheels but feel safe while doing it. 2 wheels no that much.
I miss riding motorcycles almost every day. The smell of the grass being the ONLY thing on my mind other than exactly what I planned to do in the next seconds as I rip by a New England farm.
I have told people who ask what I am trying to do with my car that the build of my 996 has been based around facilitating THAT state of being where the ONLY thing that matters is the next couple of seconds, and they really matter, so make them count.
Thanks a lot! And Louis is right - being on two wheels definitely puts you at a higher risk. I think that's why mountain biking and gravel has been so popular as of late as it takes you away from those roads. I think it's a combination of what you said re. people not paying attention while driving and road aggression, which I feel is just lack of education and awareness of other road users. Our roads were not designed taking into consideration any other road user than a car. That's slowly changing with more bike lanes but it's a long way from being where it should. That said, I'm very much aware there are many bone headed cyclists that blow through stop signs and etc not helping the situation. At the end of the day we're all trying to get somewhere, have families and one is travelling in a 3000lb+ steel capsule while the other is not so things are not exactly even.
Louis - you should sharing some of those recipes. Summer is almost here!
Jason since you seem pretty unorthodox to me, you should have done a rotary engine, 12000 rpms with a huge turbo , I seen a few of those in Puerto Rico. Anyway, good luck in your new engine venture.
saw your post about your third cousin working at chili�s but could go work at hooters. Anyway, here in Texas chillis makes some pretty good burgers. I don�t get certain burger joints, White Castle, definitely in and out. They opened an in and out here a few years ago, I did spoke with the Gm and she said that a lot of Californians where moving here which I agree with, more even today and the place is pretty pack, majority of their customers are transplants. My wife likes it, my son says is a ****ty burger place, I�ll eat it but really don�t care for it. At that price level I take a flame 🔥 broil whopper. We have some pretty different burger shops here but as fast food one that gets a lot of fans is Whataburger. For lunch my wife keeping her lent wanted a whatacatch (fried fish sandwich, tomato, tartar sauce). So after I picked up my son at Outback, we drove to Whataburger. I took the car out, warmed it out, check fluids, etc, also took the co pilot with me. My son who has a disability loves burgers. He eats them plain, just ketchup. Even when we go out to fancy steakhouses he goes for burgers and fries.I took my brother in law in when his dad past away, he didn�t had anywhere to go really. Anyway him (40) and my son live upstairs, both of them are single and they go to hooters twice a week, I feel good that my son spends time with his uncle doing their own thing. Finally hooters I like going to the original, the first one is in Clearwater Florida, every time I go visit my brother. Some of pics of the last time I went to hooters with the family here in Katy. Mc Laren in parking lot.
This one was park right outside hooters, on a handicap parking spot.
Hooters had increased their prices. Menus didn�t have pricing. Anyway my wife suggested we go there so why not. I was in a great mood because I have just gotten the car from the mechanic, soul headers in, almost 10 days since I had been in the car.
Somebody�s new ride. McLaren.
Had to take my co pilot with me. She enjoys riding in cars.
If you are in Texas, Florida and a few other states you got to try these. You can add jalape�os, mushrooms, bacon, all kind of toppings. This place is like a Texas landmark, people even buy Whataburger merchandise and clothes. Anyway I was just taking the car to make sure everything would be good for today.
This place opened up recently, happy hour 5 days a week and craft beers 🍻 my kind of joint.
In New Jersey, the Clinton Diner offers a 105lb burger, and a challenges anyone who can consume it in one hour will receive a cash prize of $2,000.00 grand.
It�s funny because the Meghan and Harry fan doesn�t have the ***** to admit it.
They just go behind your back and erase a picture that hurt their delicate feelings.
I�m just glad they�re not a vegan or recovering alcoholic. 🤡
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I think Mr. plpete84, who started this thread, should get some sort of achievement recognition. He launched this thread 2 days ago, 70 posts, over 1600 looks.
Mods can tell us if that is a record.
This is the perfect thread. Was out of the house at 7 am. Driving 65 miles to Kemah. Dog is with me. She was afraid of fast speeds so hanging in the floor boor. All of the sudden she starts barking, guess what, cops, slow down I don�t want to go to the dog pound and have those monsters rape me. So, since she is old we have to stop to a **** stop literally. I go inside a Whataburger, I let her out. She goes by the front door of Wells Fargo and drops a few deuces. She made a deposit I�m getting a call on Monday which account we want to put them on.
I�m scared dont know how fast your going!!! My handy dandy cooler, like the American Express cars don�t leave home with out it 9 beers.
**** she alerted me about a cop.
Guard dog in action.
I was going supersonic but hard to do when she wants to jump on my left arm.
Dropping a deposit at Wells Fargo, I didn�t picked it up because they certainly screwed a bunch of people.
My best friend got me this bottle of Nikka and I love a Japanese Whisky. Packing now for my upcoming deployment and decided to have a little something.
One thing I �miss� about Afghanistan and Iraq was being able to get mail. Maritime deployments kinda screw us in that respect so in some cases, If you don�t bring it� you don�t have it. I�m not really an anxious person but man I want to get these next 6 months done so I can hurry the hell up and come back already. Doing hoodrat **** is fun but so is hanging out with friends and family. Any Shellbacks in this thread?
We get there. My car is non show quality so no use in me participating in this thing. I find a spot next to this 996 targa. Had a blast all day long walking around and seeing the cars. Saw a few 996s but the gt3 rs where all there together. Those cars where pretty loud. Three Iguana or lizard green, two reds, two violets. Two cars older than me in original paint. A red 356, 1965, it�s amazing that the car is in this shape after all the years. Silver 1999, 12/98 production triptonic cab with boxster red leather interior. In the end this was a perfect Saturday for me.
Cool story about the targa. It belonged to Jake Raby. Has a 4.0 FSI built engine. The owner bought it in November from Jake.
I would put a 4.0 badge on it.
A few cars
40th anniversary the owners is one of the event judges. Nice guy. Car is in awesome shape.
The 99 triptonic coupe. Wheels are 18 turbo twist . The car has 9,500 miles. Original sticker said that boxster red interior was a $3750 option. At the right in floor you see my kozie with beer, for me it�s cars and beers, caffeine is bad for you.
Pretty cool 😎 he put this cover piece on the windshield.
Black 02 coupe.
There where more 930s out there than any other type.
White interior is kind of different on this one.
Another 930.
Gt3RS row, that�s where the money is at.?
Got to love my blues. Gt3 and speedster.
Random photo.
Lunch for me and the dog a smoked Turkey leg. Kind of steep price $15. At least I didn�t had to pay for a single drink.
They were heavily advertising the event.
I finished the evening at home in my second patio jamming to music. Shrimp on the grill. Two different dishes for my wife and son. Grilled shrimp quesadillas, salad.
My sons salad.
We eat these often. My son calls them lollipops. Anyway I buy it rough and I French dressed the rack, plus clean it up. They�ll be dry brining tonight. Going on the Weber tomorrow�s, garlic sour cream mash potatoes, house salad.
I French dressed the rack. Oregano, rosemary, sage on it. On the grill tomorrow.
I saw gas here Friday at $3.49 a gallon. Went to a burger place with the wife on the way back gas at same place $3.89
a gallon, now i
just saw the oil futures, boom another 8 percent up. Highest in my life I have seen WTI $140. Anyway I�m mad at myself I was bidding on a 04 cobalt blue X50 turbo with 19k miles today, I set my max at $90k, it sold for $102. Anyway due to my ConocoPhillips and Exxonmobil stocks, if the stocks move accordingly to the oil price move I�ll be making more than the $12k I didn�t bid on the car as soon as the market opens in the morning. Well I may just continue to sell some lots of ConocoPhillips stock, keep the money in cash and wait for a new bigger engine build. Like the Cher song �If I could turnback time�.
The overall market is down but due to my huge , biggest position in my portfolio being COP (ConocoPhillips) I�m actually on the green. Should have put another $15k on that cobalt blue X50.
Thanks! You can't see it in the photo, but the downtube is a twin vane design so it pretty much has a slot running through the middle. Supposed to help with aerodynamics and stiffness but my fat *** wouldn't know. It's crazy what they're able to do with carbon and bikes these days. This is a mid weight build coming in at about 8kg for the whole bike. Some engineers that used to work for McLaren now work for Factor - thought that was neat. Oh in total, it needs 5 batteries of some kind to fully operate and none are for the motor
I�m retired so I cook And plan the menus over at the house and screw around the rest of the day. Today, I made breakfast, O brien potatoes. Scramble eggs and cheese. Flour tortillas, dinner a rack of lamb chops, sour cream, Parmesan mashed potatoes. After I made breakfast, I was free to go to my watering hole drink $2.50 pints of beer and play golden tee, life Is great.
Breakfast for the wife. She didn�t want bacon today, anyway no harm I used bacon fat to fry the potatoes,
I took care of breakfast, so I hit my waterhole for $2.50 pints and golden tee golf.
Dinner started with chopped cob salad. With uncured bacon, onion bits, vine ripe tomatoes and blue cheese dressing.
The rack of lamb had different cooking temps, I sliced them and grilled them more for my wife and son.
This is what a finished plate looked like.
Went to cars and biers for me yesterday. Met a fellow 99 996 owner with the aero kit. After that we went to a Porsche club dinner in the evening with the wife, we had a blast. Then with my buddy we went to a local bar night caps. Anyway to finish it up wife said let�s go to breakfast where we met and had breakfast 21 years ago. I had a blast and a lot fun, yesterday. Making a akaushi Wagyu 4.5 lbs chuck roast. Put some red wine in the water can and sprayer. Aujus will have carrots, potatoes, garlic, onions, green peppers, all to go with white rice. Watching the players drinking 4 roses small batch and ipa beers. Life is great.
Two early 99s next to each other.
Wagyu chuck roast in the making.
thats a sic pic. I never had the ***** to do anything like that when I was invincible, and never going to happen now.
I have a nice Specialized Roubaix, but spend most my time on a fatty on single trac all year round these days.
Took my 1997 Ford F150 truck to Walmart to make a key. Gave him my original master and he made a copy for only... get this... $2. Wow! How far we've come in 25 years.
Since this is the off topic thread, I'm going to go way off topic: Dogs.
I've had dogs since I was a teenager. I'm 54 now. A beagle that passed at 14, a cockapoo that passed at almost 18 and now we have Luke, the standard poodle, almost 4. My dogs have always been an important part of the family and of my life. I take my dog anywhere dogs are allowed, they are always walked at least 3X per day. They are also very well mannered - the first year I call the year of discipline. Crate training, proper leash training, good manners. Last two were off leash trained also. Basically go anywhere, crowded areas, transit etc. with no leash. I've always gone by the rule that the leash is never about punishment but always about reward and security. Heck, when my boy gets rowdy on the leash and wants to play, I take the leash off and that is his trigger to stop playing.
So, here's the question. All 3 dogs have similar behaviours, contrary to most dogs that I have ever seen. We host lots of weekends at the cottage with friends who always bring their dogs. So we get to observe first hand.
Our dogs don't eat like animals. All three, including the beagle, known for eating everything and anything, eat slowly and all 3 have always left 1/3 behind after their 530pm dinner for the before bed snack at 930 in the evening, always after the night walk.
I thought this was normal behaviour. Until our friends couldn't believe it. So, we are on dog 3, 36 years of dog ownership. All dogs were pups and none co-existed so no learned behaviour
Wife and I have determined it has to be us. We can't figure out what we do that makes our dogs defer their meals for later snacks and not eat voraciously.
Any vets or animal behaviourlists have any theories?
I think it�s just luck of the draw. We had a Labrador retriever (of all breeds) that ate like a cat. In fact, our cats would elbow her out of the way to eat her kibble. But she was always lean which probably contributed to her long healthy life (almost made it to 17).
Our current dog, a Westie, also is a reluctant eater. In fact we have to put him in his crate with his meal. This may be an ADHD thing�there are so many more interesting things to do than eat kibble.
That said, he�s a maniac for handouts and treats�how about yours?
BTW I love your attitude towards training. Yes, the dog has to know who is boss, but 99% of the time it should be about joyful compliance.
We discovered in the pandemic that being left home alone all day was seriously negatively affecting our dog�s physical health. So now we bring him to work. Brodie delights everyone with his cheerful antics and is unfailingly friendly. I stash him in my office behind a baby gate and he is quiet as a church mouse (most of the time). He�s definitely living his best life.
My parents dog who is an 8 year old standard poodle, also does the same thing, but she has digestive issues and throws up a lot, likely because of damage caused by eating things as a puppy and needing 2 emergency stomach surgeries.
My girlfriend's dog who is a heeler mix does this too. She also has some digestive issues, but we don't know the cause.
So maybe my dogs haven't been all that odd. Luke does like treats, but I wouldn't say he is obsessed with treats. He will chase a toy as much if not more that deciding to get a treat. Boff you are lucky taking your dog to work. I occasionally will take Luke to the office, or at least did pre-pandemic. I did appreciate that there were some people that were very uncomfortable around dogs, although that was just entering and exiting the building. Our campus is about 700 staff. My area is sealed off from the rest of the building and only my group has access. They prefer Luke at the office lol.
The first pic is my favourite. He stands a little over 5 feet. That's at the backdoor of the cottage and he is ensuring we are safe from the chipmunks. The other pic was just a couple days ago at the cottage. Took that pic because he looks like one of those cement dog statues you put at the end of his driveway. And my wife says she will divorce me if I ever give him the pooffy poodle cut, which I want to do just once.
The right to bring our dogs to our offices (within reasonable limits) is in fact enshrined in our faculty collective agreement! (Not so for staff, though, which has raised some hackles).
Most dogs on campus are retrievers or retriever/poodle hybrids, and many have been brought here from puppyhood. I�ve not heard of any problems, so I reckon that people have a good handle on what is and what is not suitable for their dog.
I was going to say the all over clip is great for poodles, because it doesn�t obscure their heritage as a field dog behind a pampered pooch hairdo.
I'm in Canada and we don't have very liberal laws when it comes to dogs. Certainly assistance dogs are allowed everywhere, not so much for regular dogs. Besides pet stores, very limited retailers allow you to bring in dogs, unless they are purse dogs. Dogs are not even permitted on outdoor patios. We have had the occasion to be travelling and stopped for lunch. We had our dog on the outside of the patio and would sneak him a french fry. Oh, patios here need to be fenced if alcohol is served - draconian laws argh.
Unless I need to go somewhere after work, I stopped brining my dog as just the walk from the car to my area, I upset a number of people just walking into the building. I don't feel I have a right to do that. At the end of the day, it is a workplace and there is no real need for my dog to be there, as much as I would love him to be there with me. If my dog were an assistance dog, I would expect tolerance, but not for a pet.
Wife had a business trip to Vegas so the son and I decided to tag along and spend a couple of extra days there, I started drinking by the get go, wife was driving Darth Vader (Mercedes triple black suv) to the airport. So I loaded my artic mug with old gran dad 100 and Coke Zero to control the calories. Wife flew direct we took a two leg AA flight. Got a 1.5 hour delay in Dallas, cool no problem we hit Fridays cheaper to drink in Dallas than in Vegas. This morning coffee, which I don�t drink, but wild Turkey 101 and Coke Zero will put a little caffeine in my system. Let the drunks continue. When you are ok financially and there are no set obligations like a job because you are retired, life can be a hell of a lot of fun every minute.
There�s no coffee in there.
Lunch for my son, a few tequila shots and IPAs for me (liquid lunch)
My son loves Fridays and they closed the one by the house so we hit this one yesterday on a 3 hour lay over at DFW.
I don�t drink coffee that�s for my wife, almost $8 for a latte. Wise decision on my part to buy a $31 bottle of Turkey 101 to get my day going.
Rules are the same here in the US. He was saying that he has the right from his company, not the government. Although, most places have gotten a lot more pet friendly in the last several years. Like it used to be dogs weren't allowed on patios, now a lot of places have chosen to allow them, but not everywhere. Also, most hardware stores allow dogs now. Increasingly more work places have been allowing them too. The liquor needing a fence is true in a lot of places here as well, but that all depends on the state and city. Like in parts of New Orleans and Vegas there are no open container laws and you can walk down the street drinking.
I love poodles and it sounds like you've got yourself a great one!
I�m just down the 401 from you.
Brodie is only 30 pounds and looks more like a cartoon dog than a real dog. Everyone who sees him can�t help but smile, although some I am sure are not keen on dogs. One of my staff calls him our CHO (Chief Happiness Officer).
My boy Toby growing up on the water
Dogs are essential to our lives. We have Toby plus 2 female Standard Dachshunds now. Makes for a crowded king size bed.....
My boy loves the bowrider and the fishing boat. Take the cover off the boat and he is in waiting to go. Comes fishing with me too.
Boff, where are you? 401 Kipling or 401 Winston Chirchill?
It gave me good luck this morning. After I helped my wife set up her booth at the exhibit hall. I played black Jack for about two hours and won about $2k. That will pay for the whole vacation. Tonight we are doing a company party free booze and food. Tomorrow night we have reservations at Gordon Ramsey�s burger.
Here it goes. So Carrera, slim and slick not too much of anything but fast. Carrera S, same as a Carrera but with a wider a??. Carrera 4S, same as Carrera S but with enhanced double D front. Carrera GTS same as Carrera 4S but with bigger and bouncier headlights. Turbo, same as Carrera GTS but with sucking action added to the equation. Finally turbo S, all of the the above and it sucks the most, be careful not to wake up with the bed linens stuck in your as??
The 911s.
Individual models.
I have a company sales kick off in Vegas May 17-19th and may extend the stay a bit so might hit you up for some good driving road recommendations! Hoping to score an AirBnB and a turo rental maybe.
My Uber ride. I made some coin about $500 yesterday playing black Jack. Bet some money on Texas Tech. I thought this miniature Winnie dog was adorable, they asked me $5200 for it 4 weeks old. Look at my retirement card is perfect all I�m telling people is to fck off.over here walking down the strip just about every body smells like a skunk 🦨 (marijuana) people watching is a must if you come to Vegas. We are day drinking at the Cheesecake Factory watching the Atlantic show. Ramsey�s burger last night was awesome, everyone needs to try the farm to table burgers **** had to pay $12 for a saint ar old hazy ipa pint i get that in Houston for $6. Doing a helicopter ride over the strip this evening.
My Uber ride.
What my parents wanted for me .
Turn $200 into seven hundred get drunk while at it.
This 4 week Old girl was adorable, $5200 no I don�t love her that much.
Getting comp $16 drinks while playing poker priceless, my retirement business card, basically I don�t give a fck.
Don�t know what�s better a clean car, or clean *****.
Hit my first port and it was nice as always, can't complain about the deployment so far... I have 6 months to go though so let's see how long this lasts.
Been looking up raising my VW and doing some light overlanding. Eurowise Off-road specializes in Euro 4x4 parts and this is the wheel set up I�m going with.
It�ll have a 2� lift, those rotiforms pictured above and 270/65/18 Nitto hybrids. We drive to Disney 5x a year and my family lives up in Melbourne so there�s no way in hell I�ll drive on real ATs for 4hrs at a time.
Made over $1500 last night. In the middle of the casino floor they had girls dancing. Almost all the tables were full. To get a seat at the sports book you have to pay $225 per seat. They would give you $200 to spend towards drinks. Had a late dinner at PF Chang�s. Recuperating this morning because I got fubar 😂. I used to come to Vegas for 20 years, AAPEX-SEMA, in addition to that I owned 4 weeks at polo towers on the strip in front of the Monte Carlo I gave that to my ex wife. Anyway gambling to me comes naturally since I started gambling at the cook fights with my dad, who passed away, when I was 8 years old. Also gambling in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 is legal. A few pics, enjoy.
Atlantis show.
You can really feel the heat from the flames.
What can I say, man does not lived on bread along.
Went to a BMW show that had been on a two year Covid hiatus. It started in 2002 as answer to what was perceived as overly stuffy BMCCA events. It was originally a e28 only event but has morphed into any BMW made before 2000 being welcome.
Not a bad turnout considering the two year gap from the last meet.
I would not say Vegas is a super friendly family town as let�s say Orlando. Look at the stuff that they pass out. Even walking on the strip during the day with my wife and son I was approach solicited multiple times. Maybe this week wasn�t a normal week because of March madness but honestly I�m a little to old for this. Anyway we had a great time yesterday, we went to breakfast at the Luxe, where i had my IPAs. Then Ramsey�s fish and chips for lunch, kA cirque de solei show, Wolfgang puck for dinner. I finished the evening playing poker and drinking old forester 1920. Glad I�m on my way home.
Never had that Firestone walker hazy till Vegas.
A black guy with dreadlocks smelling like marijuana gave it to me and told me, �bro if you have money anything is possible �
My wife ordered a taco pizza at Wolfgang . Good taste almost no meat but plenty of cheap lettuce.
Even though it was expensive Ramsey�s burger was the boomb. Would go there again and again.
Boy was I glad I got home. Was real tired on Sunday we actually walked quite a bit on this trip. My son and i
had a 3 hour lay over in DFW, so we
hit Fridays. I was glad to pay $8 for a tall draft. Anyway saw this Atari and it brought back memories. My dad got it for us while he was in Chicago for business. Got to make Korean fried rice with chicken and andouille sausage and filet mignon pin wheels stuffed with green peppers and cheeses. For what it cost to eat at Wolfgang Puck I can cook all week making better food. Yes I finished another bottle of Turkey 101.
My dad got it for us when I was 7, that was 47 years ago. My favorite game was space invaders.
Tender filet mignon pinwheel, I�m pretty handy with butchers twine.
I guess I need to get me another bottle.
The Korean fried rice was awesome, need to make more next time as there where no leftovers.
That was the spread at my wife�s cousin on Sunday, I honestly would have preferred to be there than coming back from Vegas. Already planning out next get together.
Went to Katie's Cars & Coffee this weekend. Few standouts from the morning:
Double Lucid Airs'! Very cool to see in person.
Old British roadster
Any car that comes with a pretty hammer in the engine bay to fix stuff gets an A+ in my book!
A gentleman I know brought out his fully restored Dino. It was perfect.
Cool Ford
Best sounding 4 banger I heard in a loooong time. I guess carbs will do that.
The copper hammer is for the knockoffs on the wire wheels. I've not seen one displayed like that in the engine bay before. They are usually rolled up in the tool bag - which is an essential companion for a British sports car!
I was curious as to just which old British car that was so I did some googling. I came up with Alvis Speed 25. Rare, lovely, fast for its day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvis_Speed_25
You're right! It was a 1938 Alvis Speed 25 Roadster! It looked beautiful in the flesh and the owner was very cool. Some fun characters show up to this show, including a character that drives an old British race car that looks like it hasn't been washed in a year. He wears a full period correct racing suit and helmet. Legend.
Awesome - thanks for explaining this. I was curious what it was there for. It looks like the hammer was used here and there!
Wow! Love the Superbird! That's one of my all time favorite cars! I am jealous, I have never seen one in person.
You all have some really nice cars around you! The events I have been to in Western and Eastern WA haven't had anything nearly this impressive.
It�s not LA but there�s definitely some nice cars.
This guy with a Bugatti Chiron has passed me twice on the roads near my house.
I was driving home from work in my 350Z and I managed to catch him at the light
He�s driving it around on semi salty roads in late January
I bought my house 23 years ago. Its paid for and I loved it here, now my neighbor who�s a police Sargent insists on smoking marijuana in his backyard with family and friends. I told him many times to please do that inside his house. No compromise, so now I go
outside and pee in the back yard without giving a hoot if his daughter or son are there. Tomorrow I�m taking delivery of a large quantity of rabbit ****, that I�ll be spreading around my connecting fence to his, on top I have moved my Bose sound system to the patio that�s next to him and I�m playing my jams till midnight every night, this is rouge warfare.
So you admit to sexually assaulting a police officers children as retaliation for his choice of legitimate legal medicine?
Then you brag about it to strangers in the internet... You continue to impress!
Perhaps you are in fact the ******* neighbor...The old fat guy who is always smoking meats, getting drunk, rambling about all the women he slept with, while blasting crappy music at all hours.... While the guy nextdoor is a civil servant with kids who chooses to medicate on his own property in a safe outdoor environment.
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had a conversation with my neighbor in uniform while he was fixing to go to work early this morning while we were both taking out the trash. He commented to me
about the music, and how sometimes it bothers him when he needs to go to work early in the morning. I said yes sir, thank you for your service, then I proceeded you are the law and marijuana is illegal here in the state of Texas. If I�m at a bar or restaurant and I smell it I talk to the owner I now quite a few if they don�t do nothing I call the cops. Anyway he now took me seriously about the marijuana issue and agreed not to do it in the back, I agreed to if I�m playing music I�ll stop it by 10 and I�ll control the volume. I made sure he understood that it wasn�t an issue with him, I have never done drugs because my father told me I could forget about being his son if I ever did drugs. Everything cool now, my end was get him to take my request seriously, so we ended up with a win win agreement. 7 habits of highly effective people (Stephen R covey) begin with the end in mind. I didn�t assaulted no one, there is a double red cedar fence between the yards. You call me an ******* you are probably a stoner, you live your life, I live mine.
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I been drinking since I was 12. Yes it can get people to do things that they wouldn�t do otherwise specially while driving. Me no accidents, no DWI, No
DUI. I�ll do the heavy stuff at
home. Anyway don�t know a place
where alcohol is ilegal. If Texas legalizes marijuana and i have investments in it, this will be fine with me. I
just don�t want my patio to smell like cheech and Chong. Maybe somebody develops marijuana that smells good instead of a 🦨 skunk. People used to tell me that they couldn�t handle the smell of nicotine cigarettes. I smoked for 33 years and now April 12 will be 9 years since I quit. I don�t go to bars where smoking is allowed because now that I don�t smoke it badders me. Hell I use to smoke in the last two rows of first class all the time. In Vegas I found myself moving to a different table or slot machine due to cigarette smoke. But once again I take the smell of cigarettes any day compared to Mary Jane. I never smoked inside my houses or cars. With the cost of cigarettes I have probably save myself over $50k.
I�m getting closer to premium status at total wine two more trips. In here it�s a lot cheaper than specs.
professionally I was paid to wine and dine customers all over the world. Hey as long as the sales numbers were exceeded it was all fine. When I quit smoking April 12 2012 I also quit drinking coffee and alcohol. I went to AA and stayed alcohol free for two years. Anyway, one day I just said to myself I like it, I enjoyed and haven�t created the disasters that a bunch of people spoke about on the AA meetings, anyway I went back to drinking beer, and now I really enjoy good bourbon. Cheers I�m on my first 151 Cuba libre.
You may have nailed the final 4. Great thing about college hoops is that anything can happen. It's all in how you gel during the tournament.
Love to see Zags vs Nova in the final.
Sounds great
Since I�m paying for my daughter�s fifth year (she graduated from Villanova in �20 and is currently a grad student) there..
They could at least win another championship
real great times this year. I would push for Texas tech but I�m, being realistic. Anyway while I was in Vegas and sitting at the extra lounge in planned Hollywood a dude shows up wearing a Baylor shirt, my wife gets in a conversation with him because she went the first year at Baylor. When
i mentioned Texas Tech , he was pissed. Anyway we finished, making a bet that Texas Tech was going deeper in the tournament than Baylor. My wife just got the $100 payment Today, north Carolina took care of number one seat Baylor in the first round. I think gonzaga is going to win it all.
Shoe Halo Display I helped create. Installed at Dicks Sporting Goods Victor, NY.
we designed, built and painted the Roto casting machine. Used 3D printed patterns of the shoes and created silicone rubber molds to make parts. Laser etched the names of significant employees.
over budget 😎
Chris Rock missed an opportunity, should have taken out his cell phone and called 911 onstage, on live TV, and had Will Smith taken out in handcuffed. Would have been biggest TV moment, and would have been just.
This is what I like about social media. I get caught up on all of the people and events in which I have absolutely zero interest. Thanks for helping me stay current.
"..
.this is rouge warfare
"? Sounds like Cher and Boy George arguing over makeup.
Just sayin'; Carry on.
FWIW, I don't like the smell of MJ wafting over the fence from my next door neighbor, either.
sometimes you don�t say nothing, when it matters to you you take a stand. I wasn�t going to let a guy that move next to me 3 years ago completely change the rules dynamics of the neighborhood. If you conquered a land are you willing to let a new comer take over, just saying.
Went to the supermarket today Kroger, I only bought beer. Literally I�m on a liquid diet, in addition to beer
being on sale, I used my Amex blue cash preferred, 6 percent cash back on supermarkets. When you get past 50, everything changes, so now that I�m turning 54, my insurance wants to test me for colon cancer every two years. So yes I literally shipped today a box full of ****. I was tempted to put my dogs poop 💩 in there but I thought about the repercussions, I would have gotten a call saying you are not human, etc, plus I was probably going to **** my primary care physician and the insurance company. Need to reload on bourbon and rum.
I love the prices in Texas.
The new Belgium double Imperial Juicy IPA is outstanding, had two last night with pizza. So Had to buy a six pack today. The shinner one is good too and selling at a discount so why not. Those are my impulse buys.
This is pretty good bourbon, price is niece too, which is important too me.
They want to test fresh poop 💩 that has been preserved. So anyway sampled at 8:30 am was at UPS
store before 9 am. Anyway still had the instructions in the bathroom. Last time while I was visiting my mom in Puerto Rico, we went to our farm and I had to go to the bathroom, i sent my wife some pictures of my turds 💩 because I had to crap outside anyway she was offended by that. The pictures below is what Hurricane Maria did to our little farm house completely destroyed.
Cologuard instructions and label sheets.
Our farm house.
No active plumbing, this is inside the restroom. Hurricanes can be extremely destructive.
All good! This thread never had a specific direction. I've created it as a catch all for all other shenanigans, food pics, booze pics, apparently even pooping references to keep that stuff out of all other 996 technical threads. For the most part it's been working. Louis slipped up a few times here and there but eventually finds his way here and let's it rip. It's off topic - so have at it!
What do you want to chat about Lady S?
I keep breaking parts off / ordering the wrong size parts for my bike; so I haven't taken a picture of it.
Also I have downloaded Strava (Step 1!) But I keep forgetting to turn it on when I ride. I'm going to try to set a reminder tomorrow morning. IF I find a cool photo op I'll just take a picture of my road warrior in its current glory as well.
Do you have a bike computer like a Garmin or Wahoo? That's what I use. It will sync automatically with Strava. I have an older Garmin one laying around but you need to plug it into your computer to upload the ride and frankly, who has the time hah
I've been riding more post accident and this weekend is our team camp in the Shenandoah mountains. Should be a good time with a bunch of riding, team building stuff and other shenanigans.
BTW, here is my do everything bike with the deeper wheels on just for ****s and giggles. Rides great but I usually use this one for gravel riding.
Nice! My dad, who got me into the sport and gave me the Klein, is a Trek devotee. He is the guy I ride with the most but I am 90% of the time solo.
Answer to your Q - No I have a very basic speed/distance display right now from CatEye.
I live mere yards from some great paved trails so I don't find myself getting lost very often
Cars mostly. And subjects associated with cars. Food, drinks, parties, all good. Anything non technical about cars. Technical stuff goes over in the mainstream.
I would say anything gentlemen want to discuss associated with cars is good. Emphasis on gentlemen.
Another awesome day. Took the dog out and went with the family to craft burger 🍔. Pretty good, happy hour $3 IPAs, 2 for one shakes. The owner who was also the chef super cool 😎 guy, outside area pet friendly. Look how affordable shell v power is, i filled the car up today. Now since I can�t give a rat *** about gas prices I almost have a deal done on a cayenne GTS. Black on black. So since the mercedes is darth Vader the cayenne is going to be the dark knight.
Almost have a deal worked on it.
Interior looks pretty good.
$3 craft draft on happy hour has my name written all over it.
Burgers, chicken some bd as? Milkshakes,
Small almost like neighborhood friendly place where they know you by your name.
The shakes where a hit, one was creme br�l�e Oreo, the other One bananas foster. Guess what I was drinking???
$4.24 a gallon with my T-Mobile discount for shell v power 93, that�s a bargain.
My copilot was worried about triple digits.
She likes to go out to eat, always she gets some treats.
Ok so I'm coming up on replacing my DD. I am in a place where I'd like to get an SUV because it will fit my lifestyle very well. (I'm
always
borrowing my dad's...) I can spend $40-45,000. My list of requirements are; something comfortable, spacious, off-road capable, reliable long term as I will own the car 10 years minimum. MPG can be whatever.
Talk me out of a Lexus GX460.
Here is the Strangebike� - also my do everything (only) bike.
Rode it this morning!
Well, I have a Jeep GC that will probably do anything the Lexus can do for half the price, or less. I have owned it for 10 years, 68,000 miles, no problems at all.
Good truck.
For what it's worth.
I�m on my third one my brother is on his 5. I don�t need 4x4 but that�s an option. If you get the sport package with 20 inch wheels the Michelin�s LTX
if you rotate them can last you 80,000 miles. The stx package is good. No issues driving the family on the highway at 110. If you dont tow or haul much stay with the 2.7
eco boost. I�m not trading her in, I maybe substitutive it for a 2014 cayenne GTS.
Velocity blue is the color. If not 4x4 probably less than $35k.
If you aren't looking to tow much and just want the storage capacity of an SUV then the Lexus isn't a bad choice. However, if you are looking to tow with it I'd look for something bigger. I am not a GM fan, but if you are looking for something to do a lot of towing the Suburban/Escalade, is typical the best choice. Although, I have heard good things about the Toyota Sequoia, too. If you are willing to go older the Ford Excursions with the 7.3L diesels are fantastic and tend to be a real affordable way to get a 7.3L PowerStroke. A lot of them also came with the leather Eddie Bauer interior which is quite nice/comfortable. An Excursion will also by far give you the most interior cargo space of any standard SUV.
Washing the car for tomorrow�s car and coffee, but then we are going to my mechanics to drop a friend 99 aero
for a bunch of work. Anyway my wife is keeping lent, no meat on Fridays. Today Korean shrimp fried rice, with soy, garlic, and spice. Enjoy.
16-20 Texas fresh shrimp, cut up a bit.
Came out pretty good, next time I need water chestnuts and bamboo shoots.
I also have a 2004 Grand Cherokee that runs strong with the straight six at 154,000 miles but it is prone to nagging little problems such as weeping rear main seal, lights burn out in the cabin mysteriously, rust spots on the body. Stuff like that but it is our foul weather (snow) car and the straight six purrs.
Both Jeeps serviced by the dealer and he provides excellent service at competitive prices.
I worked for Lexus and Toyota for 8yrs and barring fuel economy, the GX has been secretly(not so much lately) one of the most capable and comfortable true SUVs on the market. The third row is kinda a joke and if I didn�t drive so much, I�d own one. My garage barely has enough room for my VW Touareg and Porsche.
With that said, I love my VW and it�s diesel. I averaged about 30mpg on a trip from Miami to Tallahassee, they�re very capable as an overland set up and tow 8000lbs� AWD is standard.
Happy Sunday everyone, I already made breakfast for the family and dinner menu is set. Needles to say it�s Sunday, which honestly doesn�t make a difference for me I�m already on the Juice.
IPAs. Currently in my arsenal. The thing about Juicy hazy IPAs is that they are a lot like females. You don�t know what you are going to get until you opened them up and take a sip.
I�m like a gas station different octanes. Start with new Belgium Juicy Hazy IPa At 7.5 abv, then you move the needle to the shinner product juicy hazy with cactus juice a Texas, maybe New Mexico, Arizona, California thing at 8 abv. Finally Juice Power from New Belgium 9.5 ABV, this is a double ipa rocket fuel.
Dinner tonight with garlic Parmesan mashed potatoes and salad. Nolan Ryan Prime 34 strip steaks available exclusively at Kroger.
Breakfast was papas,(O�Brien potatoes), then the meat component Kielbasa chorizo, HEB chicken Jalape�o cheddar sausage. Add scramble eggs, fresh made flour tortillas and off course Tito�s hand made vodka Bloody Marie�s or vodka with orange 🍊 juice I needed my vitamin C so I went for the orange juice.
A pickup truck certainly crosses my mind every now and then, however, it seems I'm going to have to get an entry model unless I increase my budget. Used pickup values have me kind of scared off at the moment. Thanks for the recco!
At the moment I'm not but as my boy grows I'm not sure where life will take us. I can't see myself towing anything more substantial than a Porsche behind me, however, and I feel the GX is up to the task? I have no clue hence the question mark.
I do like the Pilot but I worry about 4x4 capability. See my comment below, please...
That's what I've been reading / learning. As I started talking about them I came to find out that my business partner's cousin has one that is highly modified for off-road and so I've politely requested a ride-along upon his next visit to NV. The funny thing is I know that most people (correctly) believe that most of these SUV's will not see desert rocks. There are 3 off-road trailheads leading out of my neighborhood and into the Mojave as I'm fortunate to be at the
permanent
outskirts of town. (Power company owns the land behind our house.) Suffice it to say I have big plans to see some dirt and rocks - whatever I end up with. Now that I'm looking I see a LOT of older GX's heading out on the trails.
Yeah, hauling a Porsche shouldn't be a problem. A 996 loaded on an open car hauler would probably be around 5,500lb depending on the specific trailer and car. You'd want to step up when you start looking at enclosed trailers/heavy cars, horse trailers, or what I figured would be more likely large camper trailers. Something to keep in mind is that if you plan to tow a lot on big trips even if you aren't exceeding your towing capacity a larger vehicle would likely be more pleasant to drive. For example, I had an old 80s Toyota pickup that could tow my jetskis and utility trailer just fine and a Nissan Frontier that could tow small cars fine, but my F250 could do it way better. You could tell that the smaller trucks were having to work much harder than the 3/4 ton.
I might be in your area next year, looking to do the Mojave trail. Oddly enough the rest of the world who didn�t get a Lexus brand got the 4.0L V6 and the small diesel optioned Toyota Prado. The 4.7 and 4.6 engines are damned near indestructible and the running gear matches in durability. Can�t remember the years but a magnetic suspension was an option and dude it was amazing for it�s time.
That's awesome Chunk. I have so much to learn about all of this - I've never even heard of that trail but I just looked it up and it looks really fun. Off-road really just a nagging thought that has built up over the years as I've been surrounded by all of this beautiful desert wilderness. I try to do as much outside as I can and naturally marrying my two passions of vehicles and the desert southwest seems like a win-win for me. As I start chatting about it with people I know of course I'm coming to find out I'm surrounded by people who are active in it or interested in it so I'm hoping to catch a chance to go out with someone before I can cook my breakfast on the sidewalk.
if you want to really explore, get a motorcycle. helps when you encounter situations like this. This was yesterday actually. I would have had to turn around (somehow) if I was in a 4x4.
I have thought about that pulpo, it seems like 1/4 of my neighbors have a dirt bike or a quad bike. I've never ridden a motorcycle so I'm hesitant to go that route. First time for everything, though.
This would be my first trail too but love the outdoors and camped a lot with my grandpa in Puerto Rico, he is a Korean and Vietnam war vet so we learned a lot... also helps that I did aircrew survival training while in the Air Force. Apparently it takes 3-4 days to do the full 140mi-ish trail. I'd plan to start at Laughlin NV and end close to Barstow CA. My VW is currently lowered and plan on adding a 3" lift and slapping on some 255/65/19s, it's a TDI so it shouldn't have much of an issue getting around. The drive from Miami to Laughlin is about 2500mi and that should take about 3-3.5days, my family thinks I'm a crazy person but I work for 8 months a year and have 4 months off. Unfortunately I'd probably do this trip solo and have one buddy in TX that would come with me but he'd be riding with me. Had a suicide in my family in 2020 and it's really really getting to me so told my girlfriend that there are some things I'd like to do before turning 45, currently 39 and turning 40 in Oct. So far there are only 4 things the car would need to be ready:
Lift
Spare Tire Carrier
Winch
Recovery items(Guess that's part of having a winch)
I have several other things that are on that bucket list that involve cars but these are the ones that I'd like to do in the 996.
1. Pikes Peak
2. Utah Salt Flats
3. Tail of the Dragon
That was me 1 year ago! Definitely one of the best decisions I made. Riding the motorcycle off-road is a feeling of freedom I haven't felt since I was a kid.
We were scheduled to go to the beach in Port Aransas Texas, so instead we decided to come to San Antonio, wasn�t going to be warm enough to get into the water. Many things to do. First load up the cooler IPAs, Miller lite. Wife wanted to go to �Mi Tierra�. Mexican place awesome food and drinks, they have their bakery and to top it all off it�s open 24 hours a day. First time I came to Mi Tierra was 1986, still same recipe good reasonable price food open 24 hours a day and as always there is a wait. Anyway we had a blast. Brought my son and the brother in law. They went to Hooters on the rivet walk. If you are ever in San Antonio you definitely need to go to mi Tierra. Some pics.
Had to load up for San Antonio.
Inside mi Tierra all day and night you have mariachis, and also singers with guitars.
Mexican cookies, pastries, pretty traditional.
I made the queso on Sunday, r�tel velveta, a can of cream of chicken or mushrooms, a chopped jalape�o, jimmy dean spicy breakfast sausage.
We had to wait like 45 minute for dinner So off course we hit the bar. A relief from Vegas, $5.50 for 23 onz drafts.
Queso fundido for appetizer with spicy Mexican chorizo with fresh made flour tortillas.
I had mole. This is something that takes a bunch of work to make. To make the black sauce you have to ground all kinds of chiles, also peanuts and it also has some chocolate on it. Off course more flour tortillas, margaritas and beer.
It's nigh on impossible to get good mole up here in Massachusetts. It's like spicy peanut butter at every place. The only decent mole is at Sol Azteca in Brookline. I got so spoiled on good mole when I liven in Santa Ana.
We started early. Pretty good breakfast at the Hotel. We went to visit my wife�s aunt and got some bill Miller bbq for lunch. I made myself a niece moist brisket sausage sandwich with a few IPAs. Potato salad and pinto beans. We had to run a bunch of Aaron�s, trying to find a cord for my wife�s Apple laptop, I drop them at the mall and I went to total wine. They were sampling quite a bit of bourbons I finished buying **** creek 9, early times bib, and cheap Kentucky deluxe. Anyway after that Cars, went to see test drove blue 2002 Carrera. The place had a bunch of niece car but this Carrera had some red flags for me. First thing was car was fully warmed when I got there. Car is pretty plain Jane manual seats, no rear wiper. As I�m driving I�m looking at a few things oil pressure, temps etc, cars mpg was 18. Oil smell like fuel, no coolant intermix. So the sales guy tells me that they spent $3k on the car in November and he had the work order. Brand new brake but the pedal felt mushy, no lips on the rotors, new pads and sensors. Clutch was super stiff, no slip. Anyway I asked the guy you know what oil they put in the car?? He said synthetic. Then i asked what viscosity grade and he says. I don�t know we need to ask the service manager. I was able to accelerate Hard to 60, engine felt hesitant, like something was holding back, I�ll guarantee my car is faster and revs more freely. Anyway when we get back to the dealership he says here is the car fax and what we did to the car. They said tires were rebalance and rotated , I said sir this car has different size tires in front and back, their add said the car had 17s, wrong 18 on the 40th anniversary wheels. Anyway these people put 7 quarts motor oil 3 quarts motor oil additives. 6 qt synthetic atf. On top of that I asked you had and advertise price Monday i call you and now Tuesday your price went up by $1k. So he says well you called and then someone else was interested. I said if you�ll think I drove here to see the car you assumption is wrong, I�m here on my birthday week, look at my license. Then I say you guys didn�t even clean these car properly a lot of wax residue, dirty frunk. Radio had code etc. I said you know that if you get this car paint corrected you can get more than the cost and it will show better. Anyway too many red flags, I said if I get a chance I�ll come by we can start it when cold. Car other than the wheels is all original. Ride height is high need a better suspension. I guess I got to drive it and see a bunch of cool cars. Finally closing the evening the bar and Restaurant at Tower of the Americas 750 ft in the air.
Lunch, bill miller�s bbq is reasonable, about average, sausage is good, all over San Antonio so ok.
Birthday shopping hunting for rare bourbons.
**** creek was $25 cheaper than at home. Early times bib may be never made again, got the last bottle.
Hell cat
Cool Ferrari,
GT40.
2002 Carrera 44k miles. Overpriced, too many red flags.
Time to let it go.
Dessert after drinks, I had a 12 onz rare herb crusted prime rib. Waiter was super cool. Got us two extra desserts and he bought my voodo ranger hazy juice Ipa, I tipped him $50.
Should? Not sure what that means.
Twitter is a company, like every company.
Companies get taken private all the time.
If Elon wants to do it, and can pull it off, then it's a business deal like any other.
Not sure what you mean by should... It's not an ethical question.
Unless you're asking if we think it's a financially sound decision? I gotta imagine the wealthiest man in the world has done his diligence on the financials.
This seems like a lame attempt to stir up political B.S. I think there's a subforum for that. One of the reasons I come here is to get break from that crap.
No, there's a Politics sub-forum for members, which is in the official Off-Topic section. This "Off-Topic" thread is on the fringe of what the mods normally allow and our only hope of keeping this thread alive is staying civil and keeping politics and other topics that might incite strong viewpoints out of it.
All I know is I should own more tools. I'm redoing the suspension on my targa and every time I turn around I need something I don't have. I'm actually ordering stuff online AND making runs to local auto supply houses.
When I did my suspension I was able to rent a spring compressor and few other things from local AutoZone. They have a free tool rental. You essentially get a hold on your CC and take it off when you return it.
Off topic:
Finally got the engine in the frame on my other project.
I have been slowly working on converting a Jeep Wrangler to Diesel and will be building a custom camper on it.
big project, but I am getting there!
JK130 Update #5 Engine In the Frame!
Yep, when I first saw their YJ with the 1.9 years ago, I said: "One day I am going to do that"
Its not a YJ, its a JK, and not the 1.9TDI, but the 2.0, but I am!
So brisket special, got to get me one. Bought used Jake Raby 3.6 pistons from a build. Had to clean them up. In the interim bourbon is gone. Making my meat sauce for lasagna, tomorrow�s chow. Now I need to go watch the brothers on power, drugs, hoes, clubs, bootty, what else do you want???
Not bad. 12 lb brisket, not much deckle fat.
Pistons on the bank 2 where pretty dirty number 4.
After bourbon beer, carb cleaner, good looking pistons.
Sorry, bourbons are gone at the same time pistons are cleaned.
Meat, sausage sauce for tomorrow�s lasagna.
so first layer is Italian blend shredded cheeses and ricotta. Top layer the Italian cheeses plus the Mexican blend ones. Now overnight the lasagna will seat in the fridge so the pasta will absorb the flavor. I suggest you eat this type of food early in the day.
so I just have to bake it tomorrow at 350 for one hour. Vuola dinner is ready.
No reason to start a new thread... but just curious, does anyone know what the dealerships are charging for rear and front brake jobs? - including new pads, rotors, sensors, and shims. No bleeding.
I would sure hope so or they wouldn't be worth the effort or money if the independent shop can't offer the same quality service cheaper than the dealership.
Just an informational and cautionary tale:
I don�t know an Indy in my area so I went to the Porsche dealer to get fluids and filters. My vin wasn�t in their system so they wanted to do every major service (differential, transmission, spark plugs etc) and the total they quoted me was just under $6000.
I let them do the oil, filters, and brake fluid, for $1000. Yes I know that is still a rip off. I need to find an Indy.
I could be off base, and this might not be true for all dealers, but if I have a 20 year old car I do not necessarily expect the dealer to have a mechanic on staff who is intimately familiar with the vintage. A good indy on the other hand? That's what they work on every day.
Same happened with my VW, my car came from the midwest and when it hit 30k mi.... they got me good. Unfortunately whenever I take the car for service, it ends up costing me $150 easily.
I agree with you 100%. Most of the guys at the dealer have probably never worked on a 996. Unfortunately I don't know anyone in the area so taking it to an Indy off google is a shot in the dark too. But that's what I'll do next time after some more research. I've just been finding nothing but bad reviews for shops in my area.
Take this with a grain of salt. A couple of years ago I looked at a 944, a friend referred me to Mikar in Carmel for the PPI. I scheduled this outside of the owner based on my friends recomendation and he actually worked on the car previouslly and he told me to walk away. I was very impressed by his honesty and in my brief interaction, he seemed like a great guy. Best of luck!
I know not everyone is mechanically inclined but brakes on these cars are some of the easiest I've ever worked on. Pads literally just slide into the caliper! I'd never pay to have them done, personally. I've been able to swap pads at a track in less than 30 mins on the front working at a normal pace. Removing rotors requires you to loosen 2 more bolts to remove the caliper and one or two screws holding the rotor on.
Where are you located? I am sure some people here could give you a recommendation. We cover a pretty wide range. Your local PCA could also probably help you with suggestions. What the dealer charged you for basic fluids/filters seems quite high, and I'd imagine you'd save a lot with an indie.
Nope. Not for a brake job on a 20 year old car. Definitely not a fact, but perhaps your personal opinion, sure.
On a complete engine rebuild, it probably makes a difference.
Same thing goes for you. Your differing opinion is just that... an opinion.
IMHO, buyers will pay more if they see a service/maintenance history (yes, beyond warranty period) carried out by an official Porsche service center.
Porsche dealerships don't do "rebuilds". At least they don't in Atlanta... they swap out engines. Yes, I asked.
And yes, they have specially trained techs to work on the 996. It may seem like a 20 year "classic" but the M9X based Porsches are still very modern cars that they support unlike the aircooled stuff. That's a different ballgame.
btw... All I asked was if anyone knows the going rate for Porsche brake service from a dealership and this is what I get?
LOL... In that case... This thread should be called the Official Food Thread with Luis Almighty. Thought anything goes here?
Look it's simple. Just asked a kind question that didn't need it's own thread. Something simple turned into a debate. All Fishah had to say is... "Hey man, I don't know what the dealers are asking these days with the horrible inflation, parts shortage, and all, but my independent will do a complete brake job for $500/wheel" or something like that. But no, he had to put on the ***** hat.
Here's the deal... The only time I go to the dealer is to get new keys. They lost me when they wanted $175.00 to change out a tag light. I kid you not. Last time I asked for a price on a brake job from them, it was north of $3000. Therefore, I do all my brakes, fluids, and minor repairs. Beyond that, I'm asking the man himself for help.
Dealt with both Porsche dealerships in Atlanta many times and they have trained staff specifically for the M9X based Porsches - i.e. 986, 996, 997, and 987.1.
While it may seem like the 996 is a 20 year old "classic" car, the engine platform was used up to 2008. Routine maintenance hasn't changed much either.
That is about what I figured. $500 worth of work, + 100% dealership tax. There are a couple reasons I decided to pay instead of walk away but I won't get into them all.
I am in South Orange County, California. I looked at PCA and they had a couple but when I looked at the Yelp reviews I became concerned. But that's life I guess.
For what it's worth. I use Porsche dealers while the car is under warranty -- and I will use them after if I still feel their techs still know the car (which they do for current models).
For something that's 20 years old, I would definitely not use the dealer and I think on average they don't know those older cars almost at all. That was my direct experience about 20 years ago with my old 1987 3.2 Carrera -- I needed air conditioning fixed and I thought: why not use the dealer for a generic task? I found out why not, they screwed it up big time and that was a very basic task and a very simple car. They tried to fix it themselves and then ended up having to send it to an independent shop to correct their work. It still wasn't anywhere near perfect when I got if back, but I would not in a million years put it back in their hands.
A 996, now that they are 20-ish years old, is probably one of the most complicated 911's to understand because of the unique idiosyncrasies and nuances of the 996 with things like bore scoring, which oil is best, which aftermarket solutions to use (e.g. IMS). I don't think they knew or cared about that stuff even back in the day because they just replaced whatever was broken without caring about the nuances of why it failed or how to prevent it (not a criticism, that's just their role when the car was new). Today, I think the chances of a tech even knowing the 996 are pretty low -- and properly servicing them now when they have 20 years of use is a lot more nuanced. A quality specialized independent that deals with these older models day-in and day out is going to know these cars better than the dealer. It's very rare to see a 996 in the garage (being worked on) at the dealers I've used.
For brakes, I can't say for the 996, but I just had a quote from a dealer for a Base model Macan -- rear brakes only - $1715 -- for the Base model. The rotors and disks for the front are a lot more expensive, so they probably would have quoted close to $4k for the front and rear. By their own measurements, my rear rotors did not need to be replaced, but they refuse to do pads only (I would have been fine doing rotors and pads if their quote wasn't beyond ridiculous). Their quote for parts was insane -- way above Porsche MSRP -- and they quoted 4 hours of labor ($900) for just the rear brakes (which is a very fast and simple task). I declined to have them do the brakes. I'm not even going to say what add-ins they tossed in as "recommended services" on a car with 27k miles in for its 30k service (which is supposed to be "oil change only" according to the schedule). I did consent to having the spark plugs changed also ($695 for a 4-cylinder 2.0t), which isn't due till 40k, but it didn't bother me to have that done one year earlier.
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I agree but we're talking about routine stuff here. The car runs great it's got no problems and got a new bearing and clutch last summer. IDK if extensive 996 knowledge affects their ability to change spark plugs, fluids and filters. They offered all before inspection. I'm guessing they could perform it all and charge me the $6 grand and be none the wiser if bore scoring or ims problems exist. I don't think they are interested in determining whether the car has issues. They were very busy. They called me to tell me the pads and rotors were okay and they didn't find any additional issues, so I don't think they're scammers. I also think that invoices from a Porsche dealership do put a certain buyer at ease when reselling, however it is not even close to worth the premium they charge. For me the reason I will not go back for routine maintenance is simply the cost.
Exactly! Both of my 996 cars were sold by auction, before listing them, I examined analytics on cars in a 5 year period that sold above average and all them provided complete Porsche dealerships maintenance records, even the stamp book. Of course there are other factors (e.g. miles), but that one stood out.
When I sold my last two 996 cars, this is what they wanted to know the most...
1. Has the IMS been replaced?
2. Were there any accidents?
3. Provide a CarFax to show the service history and to back up #2. Porsche service invoices?
4. ECU evaluation to show overrevs, O2 readiness, etc.
5. Would you consider a PPI? and BTW, they insisted on a Porsche dealership instead of an unknown independent shop.
I definitely place a value on having dealer service when the car was new and when it was still a relatively current model. When it's an older model, I'd probably be neutral about the market value of dealer service because I'm certain the average dealer tech knows less than an independent who specializes in 996s (there may be exceptions, but on average, probably very few of the dealer techs in the garage today went through 996 training 20+ years ago).
As far as choosing to get service today, I'd definitely pick a specialized 996 independent (or do it myself) over having a dealer do the work, because I feel the dealer has less knowledge and is a lot more expensive. Admittedly for brakes, it's almost impossible to screw that up and I'll probably use OEM discs and pads, so the dealer would still be fine -- but I just got raked over the coals for Macan brakes by the dealer, so there's that
. Also, the AC service on my 3.2 Carrera should have been "routine" (almost as simple as brakes), and the dealer screwed it up very badly.
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For sure, there's no better price negotiation tool for a buyer than a cost quote from a dealer itemizing "what's needed"
I would probably value a PPI from a dealer. Running diagnostics and history is certainly something they can do. I really don't know about their ability to comment accurately on the bores or the status of the IMS (maybe those who have done a dealer PPI can comment), but generally I think a PPI form a dealer would be comforting (though I'd presume it a little less comprehensive in the age-related engine vulnerability areas).
One thing Porsche dealers don't have (in all of the dealers I've dealt with at least) is the ability to see work that was done at other Porsche dealers. Much to my surprise, there doesn't seem to be any way for them to see it except through a third party like CarFax.
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The last time I was at the dealership just before the pandemic shut-downs, there were quite a few 996 models waiting for service. Even had a 996 RUF RTurbo on display. Who knows if that's still the case.
That sounds about what they quoted me for the 996... around $800/wheel... wouldn't be surprised if it's not north of $4K now for 911 models. Gotta factor the P-tax is more for 911. ha!
I decided to let our local dealer arrange storage for my car this past winter, and since a friend had good things to say about the service dept I had them change the oil and also deal with a SAI problem I�d had for a while. There was a lot of classic Porsches all over the service dept when I dropped it off which felt pretty good. The price for oil service was eye-watering, and they also said the expansion tank was leaking and needed replacement. The price they charged for the tank was the usual retail, so that was good. Also they said that the SAI job took double the hours I was quoted but they didn�t charge for that. Overall I was satisfied. And my wife binged on Brookside candies while I paid the bill, so she was satisfied too. I could have paid less elsewhere but I would be happy to have those guys put their hands on my car once a year. But given the extra time it took to do the SAI repair, perhaps the specific 996 expertise is not there amongst all their techs.
Holy cow, you guys gotta find a good Porsche Indy...
I had an extended warranty that ran from 2002 thru 2007. I did all of my warranty work thru the dealership thru that time period and all the non-warranty work thru my Indy. As soon as the warranty was over, it was indy all the way. Not to mention have a strong relationship with the owners and staff. Makes it easy to discuss the issues and find the most cost effective path for us non-wrenchers.
If a dealer is actively working on 996's, then I wouldn't be against using the dealer if the prices are fair. I haven't seen dealers working on older 911's in our area, so I don't feel comfortable but that's probably a dealer-to-dealer variable.
I don't mind paying a premium for dealer service -- in fact I always do that for new daily drivers -- but when the quotes are ridiculous, I can't do it. It isn't even about the money -- it's just personally offensive when you can look at the parts and know that they are WAY over MSRP and the hours are way over whatever even "book time" is, let alone real time -- and they don't budge when you call them out on ridiculously unsupportable quotes (took 3 attempts to get them to break down parts and labor, for obvious reasons (neither was defensible)).
With the Macan, I'm going to do stupid tasks like the pollen filter and air filters myself -- I'd rater pay a modest dealer premium to do those, but last time it was just insane and offensive. I will still have the dealer to oil/PDK service/inspections.
FWIW : Porsche Training Center at Atlanta Headquarters still holds regular classes for P10L ( Luft/Air cooled engines) P10W ( water cooled engines) P10T ( Turbo and Mezger engines ) plus most other classes such as suspension, electronics ect. on a yearly basis, and dealership send there techs there for training yearly. And yes the classes are updated periodically so even if you have taken the class before, you are encouraged to take it again after 5 years or so.
The only class I know for sure that is no longer held is the exclusive and rare Carrera GT Class that I was fortunate enough to attend back in 2004. they only held a few of these to the lucky dealers Techs who were fortunate enough to get a new one, they had to have 1 Tech that had been to the class. ( yes it was pretty fun taking that thing apart and putting it back together., totally splitting the car in half to get the engine/trans out.....lol )
Being a Dealer Tech for 45 years and going to training at least twice a year ( two weeks 4-5 day classes ) I have been to over 100 Dealer Training Classes. When I started for Porsche they flew me to Reno Nevada ( that was where Headquarters were at the time) for 1 week a month for 7 months for Training., They called it the " Turbo Track Training"...
I�m lucky that I have a great independent that really knows the 996 and a good local Porsche dealership.
The dealership has a clean work area, the alignment was reasonably priced and a really nice showroom.
I have gotten good support from other Porsche dealers who serviced my cars before I purchased them. I called the service department and gave them the VIN and they pulled up what they had. I have also done that with indys as well. Carfax was helpful in locating dealers that worked on my cars though.
Meh, a good indy is as important as Dealer support. BeFreak is a troll but he's not completely wrong in regards to resale prices benefiting dealer maintained cars for a larger audience and or a collector.
What if I told you that many Indy shops are ran by old Porsche techs that know their stuff quite well. What if I told you that an old Porsche tech developed UAOS and UIDS where a regular dealer would install an OEM AOS unit that is prone to failing and then more than happy to do the job again? B3freak is clearly trolling when he could have had a 5 min call with his local dealer to find out the pricing but I suppose time is better spent here arguing when all we really want is more whisky and brisket content. Where you at, Luis?!? Get us back off track!
Well guys the 996 got me into the porsche crowd lifestyle etc. Anyway I always loved the driving experience but in my search for more power, finished landing on a 996 turbo, which I purchased yesterday. Pretty soon I�ll be selling my coupe and the performance parts. Please meet my late belated birthday present, � The black knight�.
Love the red accents.
Spare set of wheels.
I have always been an as? Guy, what can I say.
Powder coated turbo hollows I do like.
$122 plus msrp not bad.
I think it's great that Porsche still provide service for the older cars. Try going into a VW dealership with a Corrado - they haven't ever heard of it, the parts counter guy at the nearest VW dealership hates me, one of the techs asked me if it was made by Saturn! I think I'm going to change my license plate to 535-NLA in celebration of VW's parts support (535 is the internal VAG code for Corrado similar to 996 for our Porsches).
I just got information from Porsche of Atlanta.
The total cost for 4-wheel brake service is $3674.00 + tax. That includes pads, rotors, sensors, and bleeding the system.
I'm sure that could vary from dealer to dealer. That's one reason for my original post.
I would expect it to be a little more since the C4S uses different rotors and pads. I would estimate for $4K.
Wonder how this compares to some of the larger independent Porsche shops?
That�s about what it would cost me for the M3 at the dealer. It�s my wife�s car so she won�t let me work on jt (aside from swapping the wheels/tires). I�m pretty sure I could tackle the 996 brake job though.
my love for food and drinks still be there, hitting a happy hour place today with wife and son, pretty soon, I�ll have soul headers with less than 2,000 miles for sale. Also fabspeed x pipes with the cheaters, Carrera S Airbox 3.8, I really wanted a Carrera S but when I saw the prices and probable issues compared with the Turbo, I decided to go this way. Thee we turbo will not be staying stock. Peace,
If you haven't received this detail already, you should definitely ask for a breakdown of parts (by part number) and labor. That's the
only
way to effectively evaluate the quote. You can evaluate the parts against Suncoast or Sunset (for the same exact OEM parts) to compare both their price and to see Porsche MSRP. If the dealer is above MSRP for parts, that's not a good sign. Mine was very, very far above MSRP. Also, it's hard to spend many hours replacing brakes, you just unbolt stuff and bolt it back on -- nothing could be simpler. They are still going to charge "book rate" hours, which will be longer than what it actually takes, but it shouldn't be ridiculously longer.
Yea, that's a good idea. I've bought a lot of parts from Porsche of Atlanta and they've always been way under the MSRP. In fact, in some cases better than some of the independent retailers. They've been really helpful, but service labor is crazy high. I enjoy meeting and talking with alot of people at car events that own Porsche cars. Seems like many of them are older than I expected, I would venture to say retirement age. Admittedly, many of them can't physically get in and out of the cars easily much less do a brake jobs even though it may seem easy for many of the contributors here on Rennlist. Conversations always come up like... "Hey do you know any good Porsche mechanics locally that can work on these cars?" "Or, any idea what the dealership charges for [this or that]?" With the pandemic, many of the car events were cancelled, but looking forward to going back as they get back to some sort of normal.
Good news for many 996 owners is that they don't drive hard enough to have to replace their rotors and pads very often.
Still wouldn't go to the dealership to have any work done because of the typical $250-300 hourly rate versus typical $150 hourly rate for an indy.
Not to mention, you can accumulate replacement parts over time for a much better price and then hand them to your indy. All you have to do is pay attention to what all the part distributors and manufacturers are doing and buy on sale. Can't do that with a typical dealer. It's gotta be from the factory and at full price. They are a huge profit center after all for the dealership.
This doesn't take away from the training and expertise of the dealership technicians, nor their ability to properly service a 996. It's just more expensive by the hour and by the part.
Definitely ask them for that breakdown. Even if their parts counter normally offers a discount when you buy from them, what they charge for parts embedded in a service quote probably is very, very different from that. If not, and they are actually quoting parts at decent prices, then the labor hours/rate has to be absolutely through the roof (there's nowhere to hide on a brake quote because it is so stupidly easy to do and the parts all known).
This is awesome info and good to hear. Can you share whether Porsche has a standardized corporate "book rate hours" for commodity tasks like brakes rotor & pads front/rear, etc.
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Wow, you all are lucky, shop rates for a quality indie are all $200+ out here now.
As far as dealer rates go, I think GC996 pretty much nailed the range. I asked the Spokane dealer just out of curiosity while I was picking up some parts, and I believe their rate is $250. Also, I had a C300 and I took it to the dealer in Tacoma, WA at the end of 2020 for a transmission service (they were supposed to be sealed for life, so it is a PITA and requires a special pump) and I believe that Mercedes dealer and the Porsche dealer next door owned by the same company all charge the same rate and it was $250/hour, but I wouldn't be surprised if that has increased in the last year and a half. Their engine oil change was also $20 more than the Spokane dealer who was $20 more than the Boston dealer. I personally would never go back to that family of dealership again for a variety of reasons, but I was in a bind, needed it done quickly, and needed recall work done.
The dealer was kind of reasonable for some things. For example they only wanted $160 for the parts/labor to replace both hood struts (must be pretty cheap parts.) Then other things are just overpriced, they wanted $350 for an alignment. So i'm guessing their labor is quite expensive.
For reference, hood struts are $25 for generic and $45 for Stabilus (OEM brand) on Amazon and $78 on SunCoast (presumably OEM), it takes less than 5 minutes a side to install once you know what to do, but $160 is not a bad price for a dealer. I just had tires installed on the 996 and a tire shop that tailors to higher-end cars was going to charge $200 for alignment, but said it didn't need it (tire wear was even). A dealer recently quoted $400 for alignment on the Macan.
The " Flat Rate Book Times" are published by the Manufactures for the models they produce, and are to be used by Dealers to charge for Warranty Repair back to the Manufacturers. The "Flat Rate Book Times" are also used by Dealers to charge for Customer Pay repair orders, but NOT above "Book Times" , they can get in legal trouble for charging above "Book Time" The exception to this is for abnormal diagnostics, or for broken or rusty bolts, that can add additional "Actual Time" to the "Book Time"...
Independents use the times published in either Chilton Labor Time Manual or Motor Labor Time Manual. These labor time guides are published using the Manufacturers Times from the various auto manufacturers+ 15%...These Labor Guides can be found in most Public Library's and will list the "Manufacturer Time" in parenthesis along with their +15% Time.
The Labor Times are established by an actual Factory Trained Technician doing the operation 3 times, then averaged, he must follow the Factory procedure and use any Factory Special Tools required. In years past, they were not allowed to use Air or Electric Tools, ( hand tools only) , but that is long past..If the operation is over 4 hours, time is allowed for bathroom visits, and visit to parts counter, but no time is allowed for parts counter delay or for any lengthy conversations...lol
Sometimes the operations are not actually "timed" using an actual Factory Trained Technician, if the new model is similar to the old model, they will just "assume" the same time required. This will be discovered by a Dealer Technician and will file a review of the operation, they Factory may move the Time up or down accordingly..
If the operation is not in the "book" the Technician must clock on the RO and use "Actual Time" of the operation, and explain all the steps taken to justify the time. ( this is reviewed by Porsche if they are being charged for it)
Sometimes I think they just make up ****, because the times are unrealistically low.,,,like Cayenne Hybrid engine/transmission/complete front cradle R&R about 8.5 hours...but filing a review/complaint takes time, and probably will not result in a change...lol
Times include the usual 6 mile road test before repair and 6 mile minimum road test after the repair, but not extensive road tests..
Competitive operations like brake jobs and front end alignments are usually charged at "less than book time" to be competitive with Indy's, but don't have to be, and they won't charge OVER. (they would get in trouble , they just have to up the $ per hour)
The Dealer in Bama that I retired from was $150 per hour when I left...
I went to pick up my car from the dealer and there was a beautiful white 996 GT2 being picked up from the service department as well.
So at least mine wasn't the only 20 year old car passing through the shop this week.
Got her done Brembo style. My book time was 4 hrs. That included cleaning up the garage afterwards. Had to come back and adjust the parking brake. Had the drums too high� was making a scraping/ tapping sound. Other than that, smooth sailing. Came in at about $530 for parts. Like these better than the Zimmermans I bought last time.
I have Brembo branded pads on my Touareg with 18z calipers... they make some weird noises. Not so much a squeal but like rubbing sound at very low breaking speeds.
I love the squeeling and grinding sounds of aggressive pads against slotted rotors on the street. Let's me know the brakes are working. After all its a Porsche not a Lexus right?!
Thanks guys. Yea, I thought it was coming from the new pads and rotors, but then realized that I had tightened the parking brake drums because the noise was coming from the back. While I was test driving it, I could feel the tapping and scrapping vibration radiated through the hand brake. If I pull on the hand brake up while driving slow, the noise would change in pitch leading me to believe the drums were the culprit. I returned back to my garage jacked her butt up in the air, removed the wheels, positioned the bolt hole over the drum adjustment wheel, gave it a few negative clicks on both sides, put the wheels back on and went for another test drive. Tapping/scrapping noise was gone. Surprisingly, the new rotors and pads didn't squeal like other cars I did this job on.
And, I'll have to admit. Like Peter said, doing this job is easier on these cars. I'm not as fast as him, but It's remarkable how easy it is to remove the calipers and pads on these cars. The last owner didn't use the factory shims on the rear and so those pads just slid right out. I also had to change out the old sensors since they were toasted. But they're also easy to swap out.
I wish couldn't say the same for my old truck...
I just finished the front brakes on my old 97 Ford F150 truck. That was a job because the wheel bearings have to be swapped out with a rotor change. When I pulled the two bearings, I couldn't help but think about the pains associated with the IMS bearing on M9X engines. Anyway, it was a PITA chore compressing the pistons on that old rusted caliper. Thought I'd never get it down enough for the new pads to slide back on the new rotors. Ugh! Went for a test drive and it squealed like a pig and smoked like a freight train. There goes the neighborhood! haha I yelled out the window... "No worries... Mosquito control!!!!"
look at mileage on mi 996 sitting in the driveway. Making breakfast for the fam. Poblano chicken sausage, Mexican chorizo, potatoes, scrambled eggs, tortillas, bacon fat refried beans, flour tortillas. Latter on 996 tt
celebration smoked prime rib. Life is definitely good, hopefully my Yankees win today again.
Crusting that prime rib with mc cormicks Montreal steak seasoning.
Awesome mileage 99699.
I�m pretty handy with the knife and butchers twine.
Ready to start the meat potatoes scramble eggs.
Bacon fat refried beans.
Sunday so fruity Day Spanish sangria my way, Don q 151 (Puerto Rican ), Tito�s handmade vodka (Texas product), Spanish rioja wine fruit juices to get my vitamins, i surely don�t know the octane of this conccuction.
The ship I'm working on has a pretty extensive movie library and has 99% of all the movies from the Star Wars franchise, decided to start watching them... all. Yes that includes the animated series too, found a website that has them in somewhat chronological order. I've watched the live action movies over the years but never the animated ones and never in order... let me tell you episodes 1-3 were extremely hard to watch because they're terrible. I'm halfway and about to start watching episode IV A New Hope today. This is the list I've been using and the only caveat being The Bad Batch and that would go at the end Clone War Season 6 as it has Order 66 in it's first episode(spoiler alert):
Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-2020)
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Star Wars Rebels (2014-2018)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Mandalorian (2019-present)
The Book of Boba Feet (2021-present)
Star Wars: Resistance (2018-2020)
Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Still think IV - VI are the best and I'm relatively young at 39yrs old and Rouge One is the best Disney film(I'll fight you on that one too... try me). Also hope the upcoming Ashoka series continues some of the Star Wars Rebels because it's a decent storyline.
1. Taken three, black 996 at the end a la will smith action. 2. Watch all of them Power series. Start in the right order. Power all six seasons. The part two Ghost. Tariq two season. Part 3 raising Kanan ( fifty cent). Part four force Tommy Eagan (in Chicago). Drugs, hoes, sex, gangs, the whole underworld. 3. If you have the time : got to go back to the Sopranos, Damn i wish that would have been my family, I would have been general manager, QC inspector at �Bada Bing�
Ah man - just seeing this! Would be great to meet up. Was this on 95? There are some speed traps, especially between Delaware and Baltimore. Waze has saved my butt more than a few times.
I�m still celebrating the purchase of the tt. So I had to take my 996 out to get some more supplies. I sware I feel like a bootlegger when I go out on this liquor runs. A few pics.
Got to love the look of that as?, I should be a brand ambassador for new Belgium this imperial hazy juicy ipa is to die for 9.5 abv. Don�t drink too many of them in a row.
Total wine is the bomb, i Used to shop at specs but this is awesome. They have a rewards program plus on bourbons and whiskey always some tastings.
High octane bourbons. For the price both are excellent. Don Q out of Puerto Rico, best silver rum in the world. Is aged 6 more months than Bacardi. They produce whatever, if some is left after local sales in PR, the rest is available for export. Anyway don�t get confused barcardi is the number one rum in the world Sales wise, but is made in a bunch Of different places, PR, Cuba, Panama, Mexico, etc, never drink the Mexican One you�ll get the biggest hangover headache 🤕 in the world.
The liquor chariot, just another excuse to take the car out.
Bacardi isn’t made in Cuba but it did originate there, they haven’t made rum there since the Communist Revolution. Havana Club is the preferred domestic Cuban Rum and Rum Barrilito 5 Star is considered the best rum produced on the island of Puerto Rico.
thanks for the info about Cuba. I disagree about el barilito. Best dark rum in the world is made in Guatemala Zacapa Centenario. Yes Appleton estate (Jamaica) is good, brugal from the Dominican has some interesting limited releases, El Salvador has one that starts with 5 years and goes up from there. Zacapa just takes the crown. Havana club is not bad.
It's all good and I'm not particularly a rum person but I do like Don Q Gran Reserva, I've never had 5 star ever because it's a $1k bottle of rum and my grandpa only drank Barilito 3 star when we were kids. I'm first generation American in my family and only person of my generation born outside PR. If you ever get a chance the main Bacardi Distillery is in Cata�o PR and across the bay from San Juan... it's a really nice tour and very scenic. The new tour is way more polished than the old one but I preferred the old one as you saw most of the original distillery.
I found this mouse pad about 6yrs ago when my parents sold my childhood home and moved to Melbourne, this thing is easily 20yrs old and has been with me since I found it.
Yeah I was born in San Jose but grew up in PR. From 6 months to 5 years old I actually lived in Vieques because my dad was VP of General Electric and he built the industrial fuse factory there. We used to buy lobsters at 25 cents a pound. Anyway from 5 to 18 I was in the island. In 2013 I organized a group trip with a bunch of my wife�s family and we stayed at the Marriott in el condado. So 25 people on total, Bacardi tour, Serralles (Don Q tour), we went to culebra for a day. We also went to Palomino island off Fajardo from el Conquistador hotel. My mom who�s fixing to be 82 in December still lives in the Island, I was there for three weeks in oct-November. I still haven�t changed my mind, PR is a nice place to visit but not a nice place to live. I been living in Texas for 35 years, wouldn�t change a thing. Coolest thing about PR, go there on the winter time, enjoy the beach, the locals don�t like to go there during that time. Drunk in December by 10 am in the morning with a sun tan,
I used to work for Diageo in my past life. They are one of the biggest liquor distributors and own many brands. Having done multiple tastings I can confirm Zacapa being the jam. I haven't had their black edition but the 23yo was wonderful. Actually preferred it to the XO! I'm more of a scotch guy but during the summer I switch to mezcal an gin.
The last three years since I was thinking my mother passed away I had spent like 20 weeks in PR. There are a few places that are worth while. On the west go to Rinc�n. Their brewery is pretty good. If you are there go to Mangia me, it�s an Italian restaurant, daily fresh made pastas, out of this world, the owners who are lesbians are celebrity chefs, you cant go wrong with any dish there, the girls have been in the food network all of the time. In San Juan go to pescader�a Atl�ntico, paella, whole red snapper, octopus in olive oil amazing. There are a bunch of hole in the wall places there that are amazing. The problem is finding if they are open. If you are in the San Juan , isla verde �rea, go to ocean lab brewery amazing.
There is also the 15 year version. I actually prefer the 8 year... maybe because that is what I'm used to. It's the standard.
For those who try it... do not get the 3 star. Get the 5 Star or the 15 year Reserve Du Domain. The 3 star is purely a mixer-level rum, IMO.
This is the 15 year version bottle. It comes in a box.
This is probably the only thing I miss about Haiti, the true armpit of the world. It�s incredible that Hait� and the Dominican Republic share the same island, Haiti looks likes it has been thru a fire, the Dominican is beautiful. I had the 15 but since I like to mix it I drink this one. At one point in time and I haven�t kept up to day with it Zacapa had won the gold medal 5 years in a row. My distributor in Guatemala used to sell them lubes for their distribution vehicles and some of the industrial lubricants for their plants. Anyway the word centenario means century 100 years. Depending which Zacapa you buy you get more of the 100 year old rum in the blend. If you really like sipping try the Zacapa XO, pricey but good. I just read Zacapas page now the blend runs between 6 and 25 years. I really wonder when they made the change.
My family is from Haiti, and I will tell you that there are parts of Haiti that are so beautiful that you can�t even imagine it. Now, as far as Haiti vs the Dominican Republic, these countries� histories are very different� the former having defeated Napoleon�s army in a violent slave rebellion and being saddled with reparations to France� essentially bankrupting it well into the 21st century.
Haitians did not have the benefit that other Caribbean islands such as the Dominican Republic had due to the fact that it�s slaves fought a bloody war and won their independence in 1804. Haiti was a bad example for other slave populations and the world powers certainly did everything to make sure it was not successful, lest all the other slave colonies mimic the Haitian Revolution. All the other islands looked up to Haiti. Amazing how people don�t know the history.
So� hopefully that answered why you can�t imagine how they are on the same island. Smh.
I don't really drink rum, but I've had a 7-year Havana Club (from Cuba, not Puerto Rico) in the cabinet for probably 20 years. You can't get the Cuban version in the US, but a friend of mine convinced me to get it when we were traveling internationally.
Is it good? I don't know, I don't really drink rum
. This thread has me thinking I should try it though.
I first went to Haiti in 93. I have travelled the whole country by car several times. I did the same in the Dominican had to establish product sales and distribution thru the countries. My last time in Haiti was 2010. So I honestly don�t know what the country looks like today. I also traveled all over central, South America and Mexico plus all the Caribbean islands. Hopefully Haiti is doing better today. I grew up in Puerto Rico so another Caribbean island but off course US territory. What I will say and a lot of Puerto Rican�s that live in the Island and haven�t seen a lot of other Places around the world dont like to hear. PR had a huge advantage and in the nineties was still good and modern, today a bunch of the places in Central America and the Caribbean have progressed and PR
has gone backwards to the point that in my opini�n it has become a third world country. I say it like I see it. I spent money going to PR because my mom is still there, but honestly a super cool beach vacation Atlantis in the Bahamas, the hard rock in the Dominican. Anyway my mom is going to Tampa to visit my brother so I�ll be down there for a few weeks, we�ll be there Mother�s Day.
I just a achieve higher status at total wine. I free gift bag per month. I get the opportunity to buy allocated liquors.
Watching the Yankees on Yes. IPAs and ghost pepper wings at the house.
Got my shipment of Yankees stuff. My mom gets the blue shirt and the Stanton cozzy. My mom loves both Stanton and Judge. Bag thing the Yankees are loosing time for another shot of **** creek 9.
in you tube there are a bunch of guys that have bourbon shows. Some guys have over 1000 bottles. Some of them have clearly stated two things, certain bourbons continue to get better in the bottles like the red wines as they age, they other thing that I found interesting is that some of them state certain bourbons when they get to a certain part of the bottle the pours are better. Now these guys are snobs and I guess experts (ie. Fred Minnick). Yes Cuban Havana club is good.
I'm on an outing with some BMW Z car folks and we had lunch at an exotic car dealer in Charlotte NC today. This was in there; an homage to the 1962 Porsche 804 F1 car. This one only has 6 cylinders but it is still pretty cool.
Had an awesome day at Einers garage (a PCA sponsored shop). Plenty of cool cars to look at and people to interact with. The sausage kolaches were awesome, the sausage jalape�o a little on the super hot side. Had the for sale in my car and a few people inquired about it. Anyway a few times I took the car to 145, I�m honestly questioning myself if I really need something faster than this coupe. Met my wife and son at black bear dinner for a late lunch, to my surprise a week ago they got their liquor license so I had a liquid lunch because I had like 6 kolaches at the porsche meet. Anyway on the way back to the house a woman in a white tundra honked at me gave me the thumps up and flashed me her ****. Maybe the lord is telling me that I need to keep this car. Started a few hours ago slow smoked cheek meat (barbacoa), will make some eggs with potatoes and fresh flour tortillas. A few pics.
I got there early to secure an inside parking spot, wanted people to see that the car will be for sale.
Some people drink coffee. I was drinking Turkey 101 and Coke Zero followed by Miller lites and a few voodoo ranger IPAs.
This interior job is bad ***.
It�s on this 1981 sc. the engine is pretty awesome too. The guy was telling that he is going to do a Windows out paint job next.
Love the Orange color, makes the car looks younger than it is in my opinion.
Pretty cool set up on another SC.
Cheek meat. Need to make sure you cook all that collagen so internal temp has to get to 210.
Cars and coffee, pca events and any event where you got alot of very cool cars grouped together in one setting can be very dangerous to your wallet. You see everything you would love to have. Been there done that.
But at the end of the day, I kept driving home in my 996.2 because I just liked it. Every year or two I would do a project to enhance its capabilities. That controlled my itch to get another one because the car was getting better and better and I know every inch of it, its history, every noise, vibration and sound. What more can you ask for?
Too late almost two weeks ago I sank $60k on a turbo, hopefully it doesn�t push me in The future to a gt3. I�ll be driving my brothers gt3 in about a week and a half. Boring pdk 😂 🤣 . Wo hoo Aaron judge just hit the ball a country mile (453 ft). 115 mph out of his bat.
Cheek meat. Made ove easy eggs and French toasts for my son. To take advance of the fire some bacon wrapped filet mignon and deer pork beef garlic sausage. Buen provecho 😋.
One of my sons favorite breakfasts.
Awesome barbacoa, not the healthiest thing to eat. Almost 8 hours total cook time. Tender as hell.
Cheek meat. Made ove easy eggs and French toasts for my son. To take advance of the fire some bacon wrapped filet mignon and deer pork beef garlic sausage. Buen provecho 😋.
One of my sons favorite breakfasts.
Awesome barbacoa, not the healthiest thing to eat. Almost 8 hours total cook time. Tender as hell.
We will be together in my bro�s house Saturday in Tampa. The discussions arguments right now revolves around which fresh fish to get, grouper, red snapper, golden tile, dorado, anyway I�m voting for grouper can�t get that one fresh here in Texas. Porsche item my bro bought a 15 Gt3 like 4 months ago, I�ll get to
go to
9,000 rpms. Pdk is ****.
Ha, it's a real weird time for S.FLA sports. Panther's #1 overall going into the Playoffs and the Miami Heat are the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference.... now if we could only get the Dolphins to play better! The Panther's are the only S.FL professional team not to win a title so maybe this could be it?
Funny thing is that whenever an improbable team wins it all (Bosox, Cubs, Cavs, Canes, etc) I always think that �the Leafs have to be next!� The Panthers and Leafs could well collide this year which would be an epic battle.
Driving from Houston to Florida to see my brother and mom saw this sign Crying Eagle Brewery, it was on my way so I had to stop. Awesome place. Their IPAs are ok but nothing to talk about. I didn�t even bought a six pack to go. Now the atmosphere and food was great. Friday so live music, in the hour plus I was there the band played stuff from Brian Adams, Steve miller band and survivor, pretty cool, I wish their beers were better. Some pics. Place is in lake Charles Louisiana off I 210.
Pretty nice table tops.
They are aging some bourbon with beer stuff flavor,
Ipa flight, good but not great compared to what I like.
Bistro has a cool pizza oven.
Niece brewery.
Stage on outside patio.
Patio view.
Cool sign in the entrance. If you are around the area, you should go and give it a try.
The king was the butcher block pizza. Awesome for $15. I would definitely buy it again. Pizza and beer, maybe that could be my last meal.
Still in Florida with my mother and my brother and his family. A week ago Sunday we went to Tarpon had some fresh, caught same day grouper. A few pics. My brothers 15 Gt3 , the whole exhaust system is soul sounds amazing. I got crazy yesterday and spent $50k bought a .4 acre lot in front of my brothers houses, trying to get my mom to move over here.can�t wait to get back to Texas, drive the 996, rest for a few days and then onto riverside California to pick up the Turbo. Life is pretty good.
View from one of his houses the waterfront. My brother sold both boats.
The grouper was amazing, I can�t get this fish in Texas.
My brothers 15 Gt3.
Front view both of my brothers houses.
Already has buckeye license frame. Soul exhaust system is bad ***, car is missing a pedal.
I taught this is pretty funny.
My lot.
Pretty nice big lot, corner.
As always got to have some high octane stuff. View from the House lanai.
Yesterday I attended my first-ever Cars & Coffee, at my local Porsche dealership. I have no frame of reference, but the turnout was amazing with maybe 200 cars (about half Porsches). I arrived a little late and was thus relegated to a back lot (see circled car in photo). Frankly amongst all the Lambos and Ferraris and Vipers and GT4s my 99 C2 felt a little ordinary, but that�s OK because he�s mine and I love him. My fave car was one in the showroom that looks to have recently sold. It is a 964 in Vesuvio over Nephrite Green. Sensational! If I could go back in time I would totally have ordered a 996 in that combo. Check out the asking price!!
yeah porsche Houston north had the same event. The cool thing was that 95 percent of the cars were porsche.
Like the American Express card. Never leave home without it.
so I already cooked a 7.5 lb pork butt on a small Weber it was awesome, the seasoning Puerto Rican�s style garlic salt and oregano my mom made Arroz con gandules . Anyway after I walk with my 82 year old mom we make breakfast sandwiches, I�ll eat mine with rum and Coke Zero.
Johnsonville breakfast sausage scramble eggs cheese toast and butter.
7.5 lb pork butt was awesome we ate almost 3 days.
3/98, how long did you cook the pork butt on the grill? I'll assume low heat and X amount of hours? I have a big BBQ coming up in a few months and I was thinking of doing some pork butts and beef roasts on the grill, but never did it before.
so i
put that piece of foil to avoid flare ups. As of lately usda said you can cook pork to 145
and it�ll be good. Anyway I don�t do the traditional pull pork. So I cook until 125-130, then goes to oven with mix of injection and beef broth. I set the oven temp at 250. I pull out of the oven at 165
and let it rest. I like to be able to slice
for sandwiches with plenty of Mayo, spicy brown mustard and Swiss cheese. If you are doing pull pork style you need to cook it to 200 in the oven. Make sure you season right.
I never understood the point of those pulled pork recipes that say to cook it to 200 -- it's always a lot more dried out and less tender at that point.
We usually slow cook it too, but last week my wife got a late start on it and decided to just use the oven. It was the most tender we've had. Really good.
I've done it only a couple times since I don't really cook for myself anymore and split groceries with my longtime girlfriend... who doesn't like pork. The only thing she'll eat that has some pork product in it is called Mofongo, it's essentially a side item that uses fried green plantains, pork rind with fat(I get mine from a butcher), garlic/salt to taste and smash together with a giant mortar and pestle(we call it a Pilon). Primarily a Puerto Rican dish but the Spanish speaking Caribbean islands have a similar variation. Man what I would give for some mojo pork and Mofongo right now...
@3/98 911 coupe
has me drooling with most of his food posts.
if my mom is around you are going to have the best Arroz con gandules you ever had in your life. Sadly to say I�m down over $$150k this week in the stock market. Look at my celebration medicines. My mom told me I was messed up, I drink if I loose, I drink to celebrate. I told her that�s how I cope with life, same way she goes to church every day. 🤣 🤣 😝
Found me a bottle of Buffalo trace the flavor bomb, time to make some kind of custom bbq sauce.
Florida is great, this doesn�t happen in Texas you go get your meds, then you buy your real liquid medicine, available on Sundays.
Awesome liquor store at Walgreens.
If I get stop by the cops, i just tell them I�m drinking the rest of my Coke Zero after my double meat triple cheeseburger at Hardee�s.
I'm fortunate enough to have both my mom who emigrated to Miami in 1978 and my Grandma who still lives on the island, I have a lot of their prepared food. My grandma who's almost completely blind picks gandules from a bush when she prepares it for me, all my aunts still cook and are amazing. I would've loved to have tried your mom's cooking though. My girlfriend is part Cuban through her mom and Puerto Rican on the dad's side, both sets of grand parents were born in their respective countries. Being native to Miami, she does more of the Cuban style cuisine until we started dating. Now she does both and she taught herself to do Arroz con gandules like my mom does it... mind you my mom doesn't use a written recipe so she figured it out by taste. Only thing that cracks me up is when she asked me what the "green stuff" was during prep, Cubans use a red Sofrito while we use a green one... so similar but very different at the same time.
In Florida, back in the 70's you could get draft beer to go as well as liquor and cigarettes tax free at drive-through stands on what were then called "Indian Reservations".
my mom makes her own sofrito and it has tomato sauce so it�s read. The other thing she puts a lot of meat in it. She made me chop half a rack of St. Louis ribs to put there in the rice. She says that if It doesn�t have enough meat, �est� ciego�, my dad used to say the same thing about pasteles. This a bunch of people are not going to
believe, before 911
i saw some Dominicans taking whole pigs in the plane because they where going to New York to spend Christmas with the family. Then again when they opened the airport in Santiago in the Dominican Republic this lady had a live young pig on a suitcase. When my mom comes here she brings all kinds of things because she says she can�t find them here. Now I need to go hunt for Yautia because she wants to make Cuban style black beans.
Man my local Publix has Yautia often and it took ma a little to realize that Malanga and Yautia is the same thing! When I get back, hit me up if you can't find certain things because we also have a Spanish supermarket chain called Sedano's which will carry most of what you're missing.
yes Indian reservations are awesome I used to go in Oklahoma all the time. In PR in most bars if you were 13-14
had the money cash they would sell to you. Anyway tonight I cooked ribeyes we made salad and rice and red kidney beans. I decide to get out, go to a heavy biker bar, someone gets drunk over served and drives his truck thru the office while I�m inside the bar, sounded like a bomb, then I got the hell out of there and found another Florida gem,
Someone is going to be invited to the officers work of place.
It sounded like a bomb 💣 inside the bar.
Half a mile down the road i find another Florida�s gem.
Dover , DE air show. Thurderbirds, blue angles and a b2 were tge highlights. My cell phone pics didnt really do it for high speed flight. I did get ti park the pete and jeep on the tarmac because we were invited to have a booth as a non-profit.
Ask and u will recieve.
They had a hairer jump jet "dancing" 100' off the deck. it was amazing.
Oh and the private b25, u think it had 11, 50cal machine guns. One of the most frightening things i have ever seen.
The modern planes I want to see in the order I want to see them if I go an airshow.
F22
B2
A10
AC130
F35
F15
F18
F16
Some pics from the last one I went to too long ago
I remember the first time I saw a F22 at Nellis AFB back in 2005 or so... such a crazy thing to see. The vectored engine loop vs a regular loop is probably one of the most memorable thing I've witnessed. Freaking amazing.
The F35 is a baby F22 and sadly they stopped making the F22 in favor of the global F35 that can be exported. The F22 on the other hand can not and is still our air superiority platform. I've yet to see a F35 in any variation but they look pretty damn cool.
Finally back from a lengthy vacation to Greece followed by a work trip to Vegas so cue a bunch of photos. Greece was friggin amazing - go if you haven't. Country, people and food was all top notch. Below are some of my favorite photos. Stay included Athens, Nafplio and Mykonos for a friends wedding. Also had a chance to spend some time behind a slowest car I ever drove, Peugeot 206 (3 cyl, 1.2L and 75hp) and the fastest, C8 Corvette, while in Vegas. Let's just say I was glad to get behind the wheel of my 996!
Thanks Skip! That blue Marcos and the owner were awesome. Wooden chassis with a Volvo motor with ITBs and suspension by Lotus. Pedal box was adjustable with a ****. All from 1964!
I went mountain biking for the first time. Had a blast! My rental, unfortunately, was a $6,500 Specialized Stumpjumper Expert that I fell in love with. I have a friend who is an experienced mountain biker so he put together a small group of guys who were willing to show a newbie the ropes of the hobby and I could tell they had put a lot of thought into the ride and were very conscientious of making sure I had a good time. Well, the bastards succeeded and now I want a bike. So I get to save for yet another expensive hobby. Yay. Honestly - living where I'm living I really should have gotten into this sooner. While I was out there I kept thinking "WTF, man, you live here! This is your home! Get out and ride!!!"
Found an awesome Dominican Cuban little joint. Roast pork leg (pernil) Chinese rice, yuca en mojo for breakfast, my mom got a huge sandwich on fresh baked French bread. Found another awesome watering hole at St John�s tavern in Crystal river, finally my church. Bubbaques. Bbq joint, post oak 1000 gallon offset smoker. I always seem to have a good nose for good food and drinks. Now I need to find a good steakhouse.
Good place awesome pastrami sandwiches.
Never seen one of these before, they don�t have moist brisket, ie they don�t cooked the points, just flats.
Huge salad bar, with chili, meatballs, you can just come here to eat the salad bar.
Bar is not bad, $3 draft Michellob ultra. Good place in Crystal river Florida 34448 zip code.
Looking forward to going home already and possibly might get extended but really can't complain. Managed to get lucky on a couple port calls in the Med and Crete is one of my all time favorite places to visit, we did get to port in France as well. First two pics are of Chania and the second are of France. The Figurehead is from a French ship that sailed in the mid 1700s... pretty bad ***. Pretty fortunate to have a job that allows me to visit some cool places, especially after being stuck in Iraq and Afghanistan for about 9yrs collectively. Also happy that my people back at home are in good health, definitely a decent amount of silver lining items.
I don't particularly talk about it very often but with Memorial Day coming up, don't forget about the people who couldn't leave the war and that life on that side of the world... it just followed them home and played into giving in to their depression. My cousin committed the ultimate act during the height of Covid in 2020. Born in New Jersey(First person born outside of Puerto Rico on my Dad's side), Air Force Academy grad that was recruited to play football but ended up playing Rugby, went on to fly C117s out of Charleston and later flew C-130J in Germany... even instructed Afghan pilots. He was the best of us, succeeded in everything he did and surpassed his father in both rank and prestige when he retired. After he retired in his mid 40's, he began working at JP Morgan as an executive. Father to 4 boys and husband to an amazing wife, just wasn't enough. My bro and I saw him in January of 2020, last time we would ever see him alive and he looked great... never and indication he had already come to grips with what he was going to do. I was on the same ship then as I am now so these days are almost bittersweet. With all of that said, he did a Ted Talk that is worth listening to if you have the time.
You Tube
May you all have an amazing Memorial Day, drink like crazy and eat yourselves into a coma. All the guys that aren't here anymore wouldn't want it any other way.
That is a devastating story Joel - it hurt to read but I appreciate you sharing and am so grateful for those of you who bear a weight I know, I can't understand.
Thank You all for what you did, and what you do.
Thanks brother and was hoping that it wouldn't be so somber, everyone has that one day that they just think of things and mine just happens to be Memorial Day. We're having a bbq on board so it'll be some good eating.
I know man, I'm happy you shared it though. America will have a great Memorial Day, with hopefully lots of burgers, booze and babes - it's important to remember the WHY, and your Cousin was a great example.
Thanks for sharing and since Jason called you by name now I now your name is Joel. Wish you a good trip back home. Mental health is a serious issue, years ago I was drugged while on a business trip in Panama and ever since those three days where I finally came to my senses and ended up in the American embassy my whole life changed. I kept reliving those days trying to figure out what happened, I saw all kinds of doctors and spent time at several mental hospitals, they put me on all kinds of medications to name a few risperdal, lexapro, lithium, etc etc. One particular medicine would make me drool like a dog, it was embarrassing. Finally after a 12 day stint at yet another mental hospital a Vietnamese doctor diagnosed me right and put me on Invega sustenna once a month injection. After two years of my wife going with me to the Doctor, he switched me to Xeroquel. I have not relapsed of been in an institution in over 9 years. What happened was that I would not take my meds and I would not sleep sometimes as many as 5 days. I would drink huge amounts of coffee and then switch to Diet Coke etc, but I used the caffeine to keep me awake. If you don�t sleep in 17 hours it already impairs you as alcohol. My diagnosis is bipolar, I still take Xeroquel every so often. I have never said or tried to kill myself or no one. But when I was without sleep I couldn�t tell real from what my mind was suggesting. On an ocassion that I was sleepless
for over three days I had walked 4 miles to a mall and after closing the TGI Fridays ate drank a ton of Diet Coke, smoked like two packs of cigarettes and yes my wife had already filed a missing person report. While I was walking trying to make it back home, the cops stopped me and asked for my Id and they realized I was missing. Anyway they took me to the station and after checking me out even blood tests, they offered me more coffee. Then they interviewed me, I told them that I have gotten in business with a family that was connected to the mafia and they have killed my family. 10 dps showed at my house with guns
as my wife opened the front door. They even called all my brothers and sister and my mom in Puerto Rico. We must remember and thank all of those who have served, we also should take care of all of those that have had all those traumatic experiences while on duty. Joel i ordered for breakfast the other day (one pound of pernil with cuero), yuca al mojo and chinese rice. A cuban and a Dominican owned the little place.
I made this pork loin yesterday. Mom made rice and Cuban style black beans.
Breakfast was awesome my mom couldn�t believe that I was going to eat some of this food for breakfast.
Rental Villa. 1100 ft. Elevation. USVI. Private compound of 6 Villas. Google Calichi at Picture Point. If people brag about million dollar views this place has billion dollar views.
My moms flight last Monday was canceled, so she left Tampa this morning. Had a blast at marguerita ville on the river in Homosassa yesterday, fried calamari and we shared a grouper basket. Happy hour draft ultra $1.75, should have been going to this place all the time. Had to go say goodbye to my biker friends, huge bike culture here, huge Harley dealer on Crystal river. Driving home , a little old forester 100 pour to wake me up. Heck I still have 575 miles to go. Going to stop on Pensacola beach, few beers and hopefully more grouper.
Drinking beer eating fresh caught grouper and looking at this not bad. Place has boat docks so my brother used to take his 27 footer there.
Calamari to start.
Grouper was awesome.
My 82 year old mother stole the truck again. At least I�m training her so I can get fck up and just pass the keys.
Instead of rest areas , bourbon break areas.
I had a good time specially doing all kinds of things with my mom. From walking in the morning, to cooking, going to mass on Sundays and yes shopping she likes to shop. We went to a few nice places. I had never paid too much attention at the cost of living over there, but after I did my due diligence within the 10 days i backed away from the contract. To name a few, homeowners insurance, car insurance, grocery cost, the cost of gas, flood insurance, it takes 18 months to build, the house i wanted 2700 square ft, block, pool, 3 car garage circular drive $612k plus the lot. On top of everything 2 years ago they changed the subdivision rules and the lot has to be build up and that work is time and material. One big deciding factor was
Medical treatment. My wife has two conditions which both are hereditary and will get worse with time. We can a bigger house here for about $500k. Anyway my current house is 3,500 sqft so we are going to put money in it. It�s already paid and I�m the original owner. Tomorrow we have an appointment with a pool company. Now I had a great time in Pensacola beach yesterday, few draft beers in a cabana, beach bar, some awesome grouper. As long as my brother keeps both houses, I can always go and visit. I had a old forester 1920 pour with my grouper last night. That Pete place was happening over an hour wait for dinner, I got a seat at my favorite place the bar.
Monkey place seemed interesting. Long wait for table, higher prices.
I walked some of the beach.
I went to monkeys cabana beach bar, pretty good views, unfortunately limited menu no grouper.
Lobsters at Pete�s.
Kind of interesting �Pirates of the Caribbean �
Over 1 hour wait. Reasonable prices, a few people told me the food was Great there.
Grouper and IPAs. They get their seafood daily.
I think kids would love to take pics next to Pete.
You betcha. We had a place in Naples for 10 years. We have 3 dogs so I had to do a lot of dog walking around ponds and drainages. One day some guy was walking his golden retriever near a canal, and a big gator grabbed the dog right in front of him. We put the place up for sale the following week and we were gone in 4 weeks. We became "fullbacks". Never will I ever set foot in FL again.
That's sad and unfortunately happens all the time. I'm born, raised and still live in Miami... its "common" knowledge to us but there are certain situations we don't put ourselves in especially with kids and pets. My girlfriend who is also a Miami native had no idea how gators hunted and was mortified when I explained that process when one little boy got nabbed at Disney. Like big cats, they are the epitome of stealth and not typically opportunistic so they pick their shots well. With all that said, mating season and dusk are two times where you should probably avoid fresh water and known areas where they have been spotted but typically they'll leave you alone. Crocs on the other hand are curious and know they're at the top of the food chain. They will come check you out but if at any moment they deem you not a threat and submerge towards you, their intentions are no longer curious.
There are a lot of areas in central Florida where people kayak in crystal clear water where gators are present but due to the amount of people they see, they'll just stay out of your way. Plenty of vids of a gators cruising a water way and kayakers just altering their course to let them by. Hell there's a popular paved bikeway called Shark Valley that gators regularly come up and sun themselves on the bike path, they'll hiss since they have their mouths open already but that's about it. Think the thing most people don't realize about FL that is far worse than gators is our snake population. Florida has most of North America's venomous snakes and they're freaking everywhere.
Yes, I didn't mention the coyotes and snakes. We had those also. At night the coyotes would come out of the deep woods to stalk the rabbits in the development. We all had to put screens over our drainage pipes because the terrified rabbits would run up the drains, and the coyotes would tear the pipes down. Also we had the poison toads which were plentiful and could make a dog very sick if they grabbed one or licked it, as they were prone to do. It was nice where we were in Naples but just too damned many threats....and as you said, for people like us from the North we often did not appreciate the danger in these threats...
Remember this is the off topic thread. I�m who I�m , back at it last night angus prime Ribeyes baked potatoes and salad, awesome dinner, my only alcoholic drinks for the day hey two glasses of concha & Toro Merlot trio. Today I was reminded of Chinese ingenuity and hard work, a lot of companies ie Apple are never first to market with the product the take an existing product and make it better. Not any different than the Chinese, I had this for early lunch today. Spicy crawfish boudang kolache. leave to the Chinese go improve on a Cajun product. My son loved to go to this place, this people work 7 days a week, everyweek of the year and they never close. For who they are they speak great English and always are offering you a sample of something they just created, I can feel nothing but admiration for them. A year ago my friends sister died in a bad car crash in Tampa. He�s family wanted to bury her here in the Houston area. Since it was at the end of the year it was hard to get her on a plane as cargo, anyway I was with the family and the mother and brother wanted to pre approved the make up. I told the family no worries I�ll take care of the food, after I talked to the chinese they offered to provide the food for free, I told them I had to pay and keep in contact with them. As the mortician and make up artist were off on holidays they held their end of the bargain. Respect.
Late breakfast early lunch crawfish boudang kolache with juicy hazy imperial IPA. Kolache created by donut delight. Chinese donut shop
Didn't see them. But there was a new barbecue restaurant opened up not too far away the year we left. I think they specialized roast pork. Could be where the poor pigs ended up. Survival of the fittest. I also think the pythons in the 'Glades may have whittled down the pigs also. Tough to be food in the food chain....
Man FWC is going hard on those pythons. They only kill males and tag females so during mating season when the males start tracking females... they're done. As for feral pigs, they can be hunted year around on private land. No restrictions on what you use(trap, shoot or use dogs), you can hunt at night and only require a permit in WMAs. I haven't gone pig hunting and shoot steel and paper but older/bigger pigs tend to have parasites so the smaller ones are better for eating.
Interesting cars from my local C&C this morning
1980 911SC with a Mitsubishi 4 G63 making 650 hp
Hurracan Evo Spyder parked next to a Plymouth Superbird
993 Turbo
A gaggle of 914 s
Spent a little time on the Man Cave project putting up the acoustic foam tiles. When I was picturing it in my head, it looked great. The real thing? Not so much. It was supposed to be in the theme of the Gulf Le Mans livery, but besides the blue being waaay off, it just seems too busy or something...
Put the stereo system in anyway.
Took the Gulf logo out for now. I'll live with it like this for the time being. At least I can now listen to music while I ponder any changes.
That's actually really funny. I was born in '63 and my parents bought that cabinet a few years before. It's really a 'buffet' and was part of the first real furniture they owned after they got married. They also bought dining room, living room, some bookcases and yes, a stereo. This was in Berlin, Germany and I have no idea what they paid.
As my Mom remembered it, my Dad was dead set against spending the money and only relented when he was allowed to buy a stereo (as long as it was also Danish Modern).
The stereo was a tube Blaupunkt that had to warm up. It also had a Garrard record changer. You can see it behind my sister's head here. BTW, this pic was taken the day I left home to join a barbershop quartet.
This would have been taken in Berlin in the mid '60s. You can see the 'hi-fi cabinet' behind Sis.
And another shot a few years later back in the states. I see I've already unwrapped a Tonka loader and a Buddy L bulldozer.
After driving the coupe Friday and Saturday, the car sat for 29 days, I just went back and enjoyed the car, I�m glad I decided not to sell it. Last night my ipd plenum came in. Can�t wait to
have it installed on the car. After this is done, I�ll be removing the back seat covers. The car is going to be as fast as it is going to be. The thing that will make it faster, a bigger engine. Anyway decided to stay home and rest, i
drove over 1300 miles between Wednesday and Thursday and I�m fixing to drive 1600 more miles. So today I made breakfast for the family. Then Chinese rice. After many trips to China and some friendships I got the real meaning of how they created Chinese rice. After a week worth of leftovers you basically combine everything to make the rice. That�s what I created today, scramble eggs, Chinese vegetables, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, smoked sausage, garlic shrimp, ribeye, pork rib meat, lightly breaded chicken breast. A few Chinese sauces included soy sauce and vuola, creation for the day. Now tomorrow I�m flying early in the morning to meet the �black night in Person � 2003 55k mile 996tt that I�m bringing home, epic drive 1600 miles, more interesting for me I�m getting a bunch of performance parts, wheels for free from the owner. Believe me as soon as this car is here and I get it registered it will be transformed, I was told by the owner that after I put all the performance parts there this is a 600 hp plus mezger beast, I�m like a little kid waiting for Santa.
That�s the serpentine belt for the turbo. The owner had the 60k service done at the Porsche dealership but they didn�t had the belt. They told him the belt was good but that he could change it whenever. Ipd plenum for the 99 coupe.
Different ingredients for the Chinese rice.
Finished concoction, I wish I could make egg rolls.
Are you thinking you'll return the tiles for another color? Looking at your stereo setup I was thinking just white/light grey would have a Porsche Racing vibe and would look killer with your setup & the red Porsche logo.
Even a dark blue (while not being anywhere close to Gulf blue) might look nice against the orange versus the current Tealish color (not that there's anything wrong with Teal
@Dr_Strangelove
). The orange is such a strong color, something like dark blue would make it blend better into that environment in my opinion.
To the OP: What amps are those?
Additionally, adding a simple stained wood border (maybe 4" or so) all the way around the acoustic tiles would be very simple and inexpensive to do and it would make the tile blend in with the room and equipment cabinet much more. The Porsche logo sign is very cool and kind of screams for some stained wood to go with it to my eye.
I'm open to all suggestions. My S/O thinks the colors are gaudy and even though it's *my* man-cave, in the interest of domestic harmony, I have to consider her opinion too.
Cambridge Audio 851W. It looks like this particular model is discontinued but here are the specs anyway:
851W
I got that going on with the living room stereo.
You just need one of those huge boulders you roll in front of the man cave entrance to keep her out
One thing you could do that might have some WAF (wife acceptance factor) is to build a wood frame around both the Porsche letters and badge, using a lighter shade as background and a much darker stain as the surrounding frame. I did this on a much smaller scale to build a vintage looking "Hot Wheels" sign for my son. I used flamed maple in the center and dark select pine to build the outside frame. All done with a $15 Stanley miter box hand saw, wood glue, and some clamps. Both my son and wife loved it. Flame maple fit the Hot Wheels theme, but would probably be too gaudy (and ridiculously expensive) in the size needed for yours -- just stained Birch plywood would look great.
Here are a few Father's Day gift you can suggest the SO get for you: (they have a "Man Cave Essentials" article coming soon - the writer is a RLer)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/father...s_4429558.html
I haven�t posted in a few days. Went to California to pick �The Dark knight� 03 turbo. I had a blast driving it back 1700 miles. Yes California stunk $7.09 91 octane fuel, got cheap brand 91 octane. Anyway went thru the mountains canyons etc, cool 😎 experience. I also found out the the car has bigger turbos and intercoolers. Yes like i really mind, the owner was super nice. I got about $7k worth of performance parts, a Car cover and a porsche battery tender. Anyway here are some pics for you guys, now I wake up in the morning looking at these in my driveway. Currently simmering some meat sauce for spaghetti. My life is going to be more complicated now, ie do I drive the �silver surfer � or the �dark knight � i need to get a Harvey two face coin to make those decisions now.
Yippee cayee Mthfcker free bd as? Performance parts.
In the middle of the dessert in Cali.
Headers and airbox traveling with me.
Proper introduction to the car, epic stop at �Hooters � in Tucson Arizona.
In addition to a few IPAs, I had to have my general wings,
Morning inspiration driveway picture.
Simmering spaghetti meat sauce a leopard never losses his marks.
The garage looks like a performance shop,
Congrats on the car. Very nice. That airbox is useless, at best it's equal to stock but ruins MAF's. The stock airbox is good for 750-800 HP. Inspect the headers carefully. Bits of weld coming off can trash a turbo in an instant. Most headers are also trash, worse than stock. Shinyness doesn't make them good. Most aftermarket intercoolers are also worse than stock. The best bet for intercoolers is the 997 GT2 RS intercooler @ about a grand a pair. They're better than everything else until you get into the $8k range.
I�ll need to post a picture of the exhaust they look awesome. I�ll stay away from the agency power airbox. The headers look like awesome quality but they don�t have any markings on them, I believe the inter coolers are agency power. In the end I�ll put a tune in it , I want something reliable and consistent. Any suggestions on a tune,?
Do I drive the voluptuos *** ie Jeniffer Lopez, or do I take the small stay in Shape but solid �Jeniffer garner�. These are questions that �Batman� ie Ben Affleck had to answer in his life. I�m happy with either one, it�s awesome when we have choices. 😂
Was driving by the backside of the PHL airport this weekend and spotted this big boi:
Antonov 124 which is a "smaller" brother to the Antonov 225, which was the largest cargo plane in the world.
I got to see this bad *** marvel of engineering in person once and it was jaw dropping. Too bad the fuc**** ruskis destroyed it
Unfortunately, I did not. I know those jet engines produce thousands of pounds of thrust per engine but still hard to imagine how that thing goes up. It does kind of look fake because it seems to move....well not that fast! It was parked on the side of the airfield. I imagine it will bring back some sort of supplies back to Ukraine.
Man I still haven�t flown on one yet and ironically they have a very interesting engine whine� I can hear it on the ground when they�re flying in the area.
I was C-130 aircrew for 6yrs, every time we�d taxi next to one� it would boggle my mind how big those bastards were.
It doesn�t seem that simple when you walk into a two story warehouse/garage that�s going to fly across an ocean
Some pics from my local C&C this morning:
Original 914-6
1969 912
Taycan Turbo S My 996 sounded better than it when we left
The best part of a wrap is that it�s removable
Probably not a fan of the 996
Another awesome Saturday. I washed the silver surfer and alas cars and coffee (beers and old grand dad 114 for me). The surgeon brought his hybrid. Pretty bad when you own a Carrera gt, a 911r, a speedster, a widow maker and this 718 hybrid. The cool thing about this guy is that he drives all of them and takes them around. The hybrid is pushing like 1000 hp. 3 996s today. The two
old cars a 67 & 68 both older than me. Life is good. Doing that brisket point starting this evening with some good ole bourbon and beer.
Brisket point ready to rock and roll.
He touched a button in the dash and this thing came to life.
Another awesome journey with the silver surfer.
Mean looking car.
01 996. Owner paid $15 For the car but then spent $16k on it. I�m glad I�m only between 22-23 on mine. This car has 150k miles.
Blue 996.
Triptonic and wood trim, sorry not for me.
A few cars.
2022 GTS 4.0, car has 500 miles.
The blue is a modified 68, the green is a 67 Pitina, rust, etc, all original. Surprisingly engine sounds good.
Hey happy belated Father's Day to all the papa's out there. My wife went to help her sister with their newborn which meant that I got to take my son on our first father-son vacation to the San Diego zoo. He's only 3, so the quick airplane trip was ideal! I'm thinking soon enough he and I will do the same trip in the 911. At this stage, I get "Daddy, how long does this last?" inside of 15 minutes.
Here we are aboard the famous Cabrillo ferry on Father's Day - heading to Coronado beach.
Adriatic Blue! Reminds me of the Adriatic Blue 914 I bought in high school, quite used, for $2300. I funded it by having a lawn service and cooking and busing tables at night in an Italian restaurant. Mine was a 4-cylinder sadly -- a 1.7 liter, which was actually better than the 1.8 liter, but not nearly as good as the 2.0 liter 4-cylinder that came later. A very fun car, and transformational when the top came off.
These faded, scanned photos, likely taken with Kodak 110 Instamatic, are from around 1980:
NICE! Reminds me of about 1985. I had rolled my '77 civic and the top contenders to replace it were a high-mileage Saab 900 or a 914. Turned out another Civic got me to college, this one a brown '82. At least it wasn't an automatic.
HOW COULD ANYONE GET TIRED OF DRIVING THESE CARS FLAT OUT I FEEL LIKE I COULD RUN THROUGH A BRICK WALL RIGHT NOW
Hope you guys are having a good weekend.
i went yesterday to cars and coffee (off course biers for me). I took the 996 turbo. On the way out a white 07 gt3
wanted to race me. He was louder than hell, mine is still stock exhaust so it sounds like a lawnmower.
anyway two lights I smoked his ***
twice both runs where a little bit more than quarter miles. Wait till I put the exhaust with sport cats and headers on the car. My goal is to be faster than a 15 gt3 , my brothers at a lot less cost. The 996 mezger turbos should be in a class by themselves. Some pics including food,
I choose the cars and coffees by quality of provided food. Bad as? Jalape�o sausage kolaches with IPAs.
The dark knight next to a 65 jag, God that a rare car and older than me.
We went to maggianos Italian wife had some lobster pasta.
My son as always either spaghetti and meatballs or lasagna.
Bd as? Dessert plate, 5 For $14 how can you say no.
Today was Puerto Rican day. Smoked pork butt, Arroz con gandules with a Mexican twist. Cleaning the 996 silver surfer interior. Another bad as? Porsche Day,
Off course Puerto Rican Rum to go along the 6-8 hours smoking journey.
Puerto Rican dish � Arroz con gandules � with a Mexican twist to make it like fusion cuisine.
That pork butt was bad ***.
That�s what a plate look like.
Got the seats and dash cleaned protected on the 99 coupe. I�m hungry fixing to eat.
Went to a fun 968 themed C&C at a nearby dealer. The below green 914 was an original owner 313k mile example. Legend. They are building a Classic Center next door and will be restoring cars there.
The main event was the real 968 CS that was recently purchased on BAT.
The white one is in the process of a pretty major rebuild.
Ran into the older cousin, 50AE car. Nice guy and car. Loved the interior on it.
Nice! The later 2.0 liter 4 was actually quite an improvement in power (that 2.0 4 was also used in the "1-year-only" 1976 912e) --but I couldn't afford a 2.0 back then though. Are those unpainted Fuchs allows on yours 914? If so, no common to see them on the 4-cylinder 914's. Mine (as seen in the prior photo) had Fuchs-style hubcaps fitted by the prior owner. They looked legit unless you got really close to them, but even in high school I couldn't handle the fake Fuchs, so I fitted the stock moon caps over the original steel wheels.
22 year old ge gas range, some of the stains
are war scars. Jason got your point. Breakfast sandwich of champions, smoked brisket, smoked pork but, toasted 7 grain bread, Mayo , gouldens spicy mustard, melted Swiss cheese, Ipa to wash it down. Life is good.
Texas bbq at its best.
Yes, the 2.0 wasn't completely gutless and the car only weighed 2,000lbs soaking wet. The PO had done the 5 lug conversion but IIRC, the Fuchs were knock-offs. Like so many of these cars, it had been converted to carbs from the factory fuel injection. Because of this, I couldn't get it smogged legitimately. That was an era where there were still smog places with shall we say questionable ethics that would "find" ways to get it to pass.
I got tired of going through this song and dance every two years so I sold it.
I was going through the workshop last weekend and came across the well worn repair manual and a DelLorto carb manual. In those pre-internet days, I wouldn't have been able to keep it running without these books.
Finally hit port for the first time in 3 months and so far all my friends had to look up where the hell Seychelles was because they thought it was a fake place.
One of my guys wanted to go on a hike to a Tea place up on the mountain� 12kms and 3hrs later(23kms round trip)� we made it. Rained 3/4 of the time but the walk was nice. The locals have been really accommodating and so far I�m enjoying the port call. We should be heading to a Rum tour tomorrow so I�m especially looking forward to that. 4 months to go and I�ll be back in Miami. For those who were interested in doing that Dragon in Nov, I�m going to have to reschedule to the first week of Dec because I�ve been formally extended.
Yes it was everywhere and they're clearing it in large swaths.
Thanks and I've had to pinch myself a lot this year, I'm grateful and fortunate. 2 of my crew were with me on another deployment early this year and so far we've been to:
Key West
Puerto Rico(21 days) - Ziplined, Hiked and spent time with my family who are native to PR
Curacao
Trinidad
Cuba(Not so nice but we were the closest asset to Haiti during the earthquake, we did real world stuff)
Jamaica
Greece(Crete)
France
Seychelles
With any luck I'll be getting off at the end of the Oct via Maldives and will probably spend a couple days before going back home to Miami. Ship life is rough especially with the way the world is now but my guys are good so there's virtually no babysitting on my part, we're a team of 4 and we all know how to do our jobs which makes my day to day very easy. Right now I'm especially missing home, my girlfriend's son started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and that's something I enjoy. My brother competes and I roll with him every so often, it's something that I hope to do with her little boy who's only 7. He's been telling my girl that he wants to give me "that smoke"... I'm going choke his little *** out.
wish you a fast and safe return home. Don�t be surprised when you get back to Florida you will realize the cost of everything has gone thru the roof. The second highest inflation market in the nation is actually the Tampa st Pete area and Miami is like 6 or 7. I was just reading a bunch of articles about costing and how everything is moving in the us economy. I particularly recall that the average home price increase in the Tampa st Pete area was 35 percent year over year. In another news I went shopping for my fireworks today, trying to avoid traffic. I can give you a clue my fireworks are not going up in smoke.
Getting ready for the 4th. I don�t spend money in fireworks 💥 I prefer to drink them while watching someone else�s money going up in smoke. I�ll be loading on beer Friday.
My girl has been keeping me in the loop, diesel is almost at 5.20 and my VW has a 24gal tank which means I�ll be filling up once a week at 125.00. Been look at a getting a small beater.
Finally found Havana Club Especial from Cuba here, the local rum is called Takamaka. Looking forward trying their rum and attending their tour, I�m not a rum person but I enjoy learning about different things.
Had a blast at cars and coffee (off course biers for me). 40 cars, 8 of them gt3s of some variety. Pretty good event and turn out. We are going to the beach tomorrow so had to shop for some things. Yes the 99 has more frunk space than the turbo and the insurance is definitely cheaper. Long live the silver surfer 🏄♂️.
Definitely can fit more cases of beer in the 99. Kroger decided to be patriotic Miller lite, bud light, coors light, Budweiser, $17.76 a case.
2022 Gt3, shark blue black interior yellow deviated stitching , yellow seat belts and calipers, my favorite car. 4.0 stick shift.
Cobalt blue 07 997 turbo, triptonic.
Rocket ship.
Got to like that license plate. That one and mine the only 996s. I sware I see more Gt3 cars than any other things at these events, yes I know I�m in Houston and there�s a bunch of money here, but i guess in the future the base models will be the rare cars.
Gt3 RS weisech
Another weisech, some of this guys got money to burn.
The green one is just a poor man plain Jane Gt3.
Always some foreigners present.
Speedster.
Another foreigner, Italian I believe pretty loud car.
Probably they are going to kick me out of bat. That old grand dad 114 was making me tell the truth. Stopped at prasecks on 59 so my 19 year old Could do her business and I could reload on Turkey 101. Still driving going to the beach port Aransas here we go.
My dog was saying Don get drunk get us to the beach 😂.
The effects of old gran dad 114 I already got a private message saying to leave the political stuff out of there. That�s why I want Elon to buy Twitter, he�ll let trump back In and we can say whatever we want.
Yeah, I wondered if that comment would ruffle some feathers at BaT.
Since you’ve spent some money there, they may let it slide though.
Enough Granddad 114 and you’ll own another 911.
I guess I need to make some garage space here for you.
This is what happens when you drive your F150 at 110 mph on 110 degrees heat. So after we put the spare on I was designated to the back with the dog. Crossing the bay with my medication Turkey 101. Hell I don�t have to drive to have fun.
Ouch that thing let go at 110 , I was able to Control it.
Go across Aransas bay.
My 19 year old chihuahua rat terrier on my lap was getting Ansy.
My faithful rtic filled with something other than coffee.
What can I say.
Wife is driving I�m getting fck up. Happy birthday USA. Not enough liquor to celebrate 246 years. To be continued.
No my 99 I found it on cars gurus the car was in Wisconsin had to go pretty close to downtown Chicago to see BP super at $5 something a gallon,, haha 😂 when I got home the shell that�s literally 2 minutes from my house $2.99, I�m glad that I never came out of retirement I had a job offer in Crystal lake. The 03 turbo came from pcar. Don�t know if it�s just me but it seems that if you want to sell your car go with bat, if you want to buy one I believe your better off with Pcar. Happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸, wish you and your family a great day.
I agree with this and give that advice when people ask. I was lucky and dumb when I bought mine from AutoTrader, No PPI and I just wanted a Slate car with Aero. Philooo was awesome to deal with and his first words to me when we spoke on the phone were �I will not go down on the price.�.
We have been to 5 places here in Port Aransas Texas. The clear winner is Mobie Dicks, it looks like something out of Johnny Depth and pirates 🏴☠️ of the Caribbean theme. Food was good, fresh and not overpriced. Non happy hour price for a pint of Michelob Ultra $3.75. We tasted fried shrimp, fried mahi, calamari. Great tartar sauce. Super good crusty light dusted French fries. Now other places here typical of your tourist trap scenarios, $30 for a plate of 6 fried shrimp, we can get that at home for $15. My suggestions would be yes come to port Aransas , come out of season not on holiday weekend. Your hotel is going to be 30 percent of what you pay on the big holidays. Out of season the server at the restaurants are the normal employees, in high season you find all kind of college kids trying to make a buck and they make all kinds of mistakes with your order since they honestly don�t know the restaurant, they don�t even know their draft beers. It is what it is, a few pics.
Good outside dinning by the marina.
Beach is pretty cool, it�s not Clearwater Florida but it works only a 3:30 hour drive for us.
Good reasonable liquor store.
At fins eating outside. This place gets super busy advice go have dinner at 6:00 pm,
Fins outside bar.
Pics from the fourth.
A lot of tropical drinks, my wife had the pi�a colada served in half a pineapple and topped with blue bell vanilla Ice cream good, in my opinion it needed more alcohol, 😝 🤣
Good sea food.
Some of my disciples.
Inside dicks.
Great food good drinks.
Looks like pirates of the Caribbean,
Getting ready for the Pool.
I went to a car show today, the
Deutsche Classic
in Oley PA. This is officially off topic because, you won't believe it -- there was not a single 996 on the show grounds. I didn't see any in the parking area either. I almost went back home and got mine just to represent.
Deutsche Classic 2022 at the Oley Fire Company Fairgrounds
Old Carrera on steroids
Trip Webers yum
Plenty of Porsches but no 996's
Opels were represented
BMW with holes in the hood
BMW with holes in the sides
Beautiful pagoda roof
Secret weapon
Oddballs and orphans
Auto Union with 3 coils, 1 for each spark plug
Nice old R50
I never saw a German inline 4 before
The strangest thing I saw there
The best of the parking lot
Yes Buffalo trace it�s my caffeine with Coke Zero in the morning, was washing the car at 5:00 am. Actually 3 996s in less than 30 cars at the show, my turbo , a pretty blue carrera and a lapis blue C4S convertible. Getting out of there a WRX wanted to race and I smoked it with the turbo. Went for cheap $2.50 Michelob ultra pints to one of my watering holes, got to love Texas. Fixing to go to hooters with wife and son.
Buffalo trace instead of Cinnamon Toast Crunch for breakfast.
Cooler is always stock up with Miller lites IPAs and my RTIC.
Newer turbo. Car came with porsche carbon Fiber floor mats $1500 option, who orders that. You know how much bourbon and beer I can buy with that.
Niece blue 996 coupe.
A look from the back of my turbo.
Time to buy Mobil one at advance auto parts, you get a $15 gift card plus the filter. Lucky for me the turbo and coupe both use the same oil filter.
God bless Texas, Saturday�s non happy hour $2.50 for a pint of beer, yes is $2 on happy hour .
Wow! That is a pretty solid Opel turnout and a Manta in the mix too, not just GTs. The largest Opel meet on the West Coast (possibly the country) that didn't travel used to be held in Tacoma WA. It is the only time I have seen an Opel on the road that wasn't mine. We would get people from all over the country and have maybe 20 cars. Unfortunately, the yearly meet stopped back in 2016 or 2017 if I remember correctly. Not exactly sure why. I am pretty sure it had been a thing for 20+ years.
I know your inline 4 comment was in reference to the bike, but Opels had either 1.1L or 1.9L German inline 4s.
Made some nice progress on my other project!
10 minute Youtube video on it:
JK130 Part #8 Charge Pipes, Inner and Outer Fenders, Accessory Trays
Once I am done with this project, then I think I will do a sunroof delete and a whale tail on the 996.
Why thank you!
Here is the full build thread if you are interested:
JK130 | Custom TDI Diesel Parallel Hybrid Jeep Wrangler with composite camper build.
Had the pleasure of seeing another 911 at the county golf course, and not just any 911, a White 2018 991.2 GT3 Touring...what a special car. Stupidly didn't snap any photos.
The photography thread made me dig out the drone I haven't used in ages. I stumbled on a site that sells different themed drone skins so I'm going from this:
To this:
Hah that's awesome! Went from a subtle M logo on there to full "race drone"! Speaking of, drone racing is pretty insane and people have some serious skills when it comes to controlling it. The 1080 footage from these things is pretty awesome. 4k is good but not really necessary and it will eat up a lot of memory on your card. My old production teacher taught us to always think of were your audience will be watching your footage. Today its a cell phone more often than not so 1080 is the best middle ground
I might hit up a local C&C i haven't been to before and go for a little ripper of a drive after. Will bring my drone in case I come across something interesting.
Sometimes I wish UAV/Drone work wasn't my job so I could actually enjoy the hobby. Currently have a DJI Inspire that I use to check people's roofs as a hobby, not for hire and would like a smaller one to film automotive things.
Mine is is the Mavic Air 2 and it does shoot in 4k. It's interesting that I paid $988 in August of 2020 and I see it's now selling for $899
.
DJI Mavic Air 2 Fly More Combo
DJI Mavic Air 2 Fly More Combo
That's an interesting take. I was on the drone team at work when it started as a pilot program back in 2017. I got kicked off the team when we got a new director of engineering who was a drone skeptic. He thought someone in my pay grade should quit playing with toys and get back to doing *real* work . I was bummed at the time, but maybe it was for the best.
The drone team got the last laugh though because the pilot program was a
huge
success and is now fully funded with its own substantial budget.
I went down to Mission Bay this afternoon to get some flying time in. I can't believe how rusty I've gotten from lack of practice. It almost felt like I was learning from scratch.
Bro that is awesome! I can't really talk too much about the system but I work for a Boeing company and our UAVs are the extended performance type... not armed or anything and the heaviest is under 24kgs fully fueled. Unfortunately my experience has little use in the US unless I'm tracking(or searching) something relative to OCONUS operations. I think I have around 6k imagery hours in 104 months total deployment time over a 13.5yr span. Don't do a lot of flying now as I'm a lead and mostly run sites. This is what the system looks like, my parents were lucky enough to see the system when I was in Puerto Rico and they were visiting. Probably my favorite pic of my parents.
That's so cool (and a great pic with your parents).
A roommate in college back in the '80s was working on commercial grade unmanned gliders (i don't remember what his major was) and I've been into UAVs ever since. Back when our drone program started I got to spend some time with some really smart guys at
UCSD's DroneLab
. I remember being jealous because they seemed to have free reign to work on whatever cool idea they wanted to.
This was back in 2017, who knows what they're up to now.
Yes, it's a 2006 'Titanium Edition' which is just a Cayenne S with some unique trim and paint options.
I decided to show up in the kitchen today. Spanish paella, lobster meat, shrimp, andouille sausage, chicken, bacon, pork tenderloin, ribeye, saffron, clams, mussels, octopus and squid. Most seafood was precooked in garlic butter. Now a glass of Spanish rioja wine, awesome, I would charge an arm and a leg if i was cooking this for someone.
Bon apetit.
if I wanted it too look great, I would have served it in a plate, with a half lobster tail with the meat side up, strategically placed some octopus legs, shrimps with heads, clams still in open up shells etc. As on a fancy restaurant. I was cooking it for my wife, son and brother in law. Everyone had a second serving so they really liked the taste. When the plates are left cleaned that�s proof enough for me. My wife is super picky , sometimes I have cooked things that she would actually taste don�t like and go wherever to buy food. Sometimes at a restaurant she has ordered dishes and finished eating what I order because she didn�t like what she ordered. You need to cook for your customers, not necessarily your taste. Last time I made the paella I used the shrimp and lobster carcasses to make a broth that was used at 50 percent mix as the boiling liquid and that was a too fishy taste according to my wife. I modified my recipe by using chicken broth instead and adding more meat , toning down the fish taste. Thats just a regular caldero to cook rice, there is a special paella pot, pan that would be more appropriate, which I don�t own. That�s the second meal I cooked for the day. I made scramble, also overeasy eggs, bacon, French toasts for breakfast. As a cook I�m like the way I like my cars, not necessarily the prettiest but performance and reliability wise as fast and realizable as hell, don�t judge a book by its cover. Taste wise I would have put this thing as good or better than what I have had, In Sevilla, Valencia or Madrid.
Technically speaking it's a UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and part of a UAS(Unmanned Aerial System), its not completely automated.... but yes essentially a drone.
Ha lemme check... yeah it's closed.
Speaking of automated electronics... my Roomba didn't make it to the charging area before it died, I can start and stop the cycle via my app. I had to send my buddy to the house to return the Roomba to the dock and he said:
"He looked all pitiful and sad with his slowly dimming red light asking for help."
Inspired by Luis... My cooking talents extend to - ALL breakfast items, Prime rib... and that's about it. Got a couple of grill specials but so does everyone with a pair of *****. Decided it was time to expand my horizons...
Did you guys know you can down like 10 bud lights while you cook a rack of baby back ribs ? Really ! I did it a week ago, and they came out awesome. Took the day off today and decided to see if it was a fluke... Nope - recipe, 10 bud lights for the chef, a baby back rack of ribs... some rub, some bbq sauce at the end, a tire temp thermometer repurposed to a grill thermometer and boom - delicious baby back ribs... You dudes should try it.
saw your video, bad as??. Well done. I just made a lasagna, drank some bourbon and beer. I have two porsche events this weekend. Driving the silver surfer today, the black knight tomorrow,The Erza Brooks 99 proof is pretty tasteful, not a bad sipping bourbon. I�ll smoke a brisket next weekend.
These two are brothers. I consider them like my kids. Each of them have good qualities and bad ones. When you have kids is hard to really say you love one more than the other. That�s exactly how I feel about them,
Made a lasagna with two pounds of Italian sausage. I love to let the lasagna sit in the refrigerator for a day or two so that the pasta soaks the flavor. 45 minute bake, garlic bread and salad , awesome, add an Italian wine and you�ll have a feast.
Had a great day driving the 99, couldn�t push it much heavy traffic, still few stints as high as 120. Einers was great, huge crowd, I had to park outside. Big kolaches Miller lite, F1 qualifying on the big screen great day. After I came back home I took my wife and son to eat. Look at the size of the chicken fried steak. The millennium is for sale $55k, super low mileage I believe less than 26k miles, a lot of recent work, service,
dry iced Engine and transmission clean.
The gt3 as always together, skittles row.
Miller lite is always great with these huge kolaches.
F1 qualifying, I�m pulling for Verstapen. Porsche is buying Red Bull racing.
The exterior and interior of this low mileage millennium is to die for. Pm if you are interested,
Every time I go to these events I see more gt3s than anything else.
This is my cars baby, well done. A lot more expensive.!
Everything is bigger in Texas.
Trump burger. Got to organize a drive to Belleville Texas to go eat a $14 one pound angus burger with 4 slices of cheese, could be a great road trip.
8th day of a covid caused fever and mild flue symptoms for me...going stir crazy. Glad i canceled my 2 days at pitt race. It would have been dangerious for me to be on the track with my equilibium issues due to fever.
That's a lot of really nice classic BMWs! I have personally never been much of a Beamer fan, but its impossible to deny that the E30 is one nice looking car. I've always had a soft spot E24s. If I ever find a good one it will be hard for me to pass up.
Is the Black M5 yours? It looks fantastic!
yuck yuck yuck. My wife is on day 6. caught it from family reunion in Wisconsin. Her fever broke Thursday, but she's exhausted almost immediately after an 8 hour sleep. Hope you feel better soon. Drink more water and sleep alot.
Thx.
Deff getting better but it just wont fully end. The wifes fever may be done after 5 days, which is good because she is self employed and if she cant work then there is no $$. My buisiness and employees can survive without me.
I saw this one on pcar. Wow 7 speeds,
yellow , ducktail. It could be a great addition to my skittles color collection. My problem is that I have never driven something like this. I went to look for the performance numbers and while good they are not as impressive as I Taught. The only 991 I have driven have been gt3s, all pdk. The last
One was my brother in Florida in May. Now the gemballa turbo has to be a freaking scary experience, 1300 hp.
Only 4.3 to sixty my coupe is at 4.6, with A bigger 3.8 engine maybe this is more than achievable. The turbo is in the 3 seconds range.
This has to be a hell of a ride better than the hulk at Universal Florida�s island of adventures.
Car has a cool color and three pedals.
I love that ducktail, sets the car Apart.
Typical Boulder Hippie� overcomplicated gadget for a simple problem. When I was a young privileged boy forced to rough it on the odd summer I'd bring a shaken up can of seltzer with me to the woods.
Got my 996 full with shell v power 93, went to navy federal credit union to move some money around and finished up at Brewwingz, 99 cents drafts ultra, $1.00 wells, sunny Brook bourbon is not bad when the price is a dollar. Meanwhile love Conoco Phillips, today they announced their VROC (variable return of cash) my pay out in 3 months went from $5k I got this month to double so $10k in 3 months. That�s a stockholder friendly company. I like that
attitude, we make a lot of money so let�s pay the stockholders more money. Ryan lance the CEO at COP May have started something that some other companies may follow. All of this while scratching my blls doing nothing. I love capitalism, now I need to
figure out where I�m going to spend all this new found money, yes I know I was already trying to convince my wife why I needed a third Porsche. Cheers.
Awesome they made a lot of money, I got a lot back outstanding. Can�t care less about Californians paying $7-$8 for premium.
With my discount $4.17 a gallon for shell V power 93 ain�t bad at all.
Let her eat.
Two fist Louie in action, both drinks $1.99. Now I need these people to install a pole over Here and provide some action so I can throw some dollars away. Yes I know I�m sick.
American Express had a Specs offer Spend $100 get $25 back how could I resist. Then today is international beer day, like I honestly really need another reason to drink. Then I go support my local oil people bar and they have $1 hot dogs for lunch. I�m in heaven.
The 119 proof rye single small batch $35. Buffalo trace $24. Rebel 100 $17. Good priced huge discount.
Another day for me to drink.
The frunk in the 99 is definitely more usable than on the turbo.
Supporting Houston�s oil based economy sports bar.
$1 Nolan Ryan hot dogs awesome, I Can probably have lunch and dinner here at a bargain.
I put Mayo on everything. Hell as a kid I loved to eat mayonnaise sandwiches. I put some Mayo on mashed potatoes, on macaroni and cheese, love the Mayo ketchup, fresh made garlic salt and olive oil mixture (Mayo ketchup) excellent for tostones, those are the flat crispy fried plantains, Dominicans and Panamanians called them patacones. I also put Mayo on my ceviches. I love making sandwiches with leftovers Ribeyes, brisket, pork butt, hams, turkeys etc, same mix toasted bread Mayo, spicy mustard and always melted Swiss. My wife and son love chilli dogs, but I prefer to put cheese and all my condiments and not the chili.
Speaking of food, I am going to host a family event at my house and I am looking for a good smoker. Pit Barrel (18") and Masterbuilt MPS 340/G (propane fired) are two of the ones I found that got some really decent reviews AND are reasonable priced. The bummer is I had just missed a lightly used Pit Barrel smoker by just a few hours !! Could have saved some good money !
Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
if you want a lot of smoke flavor and nice smoking rings, the only way to go
is with an offset. With an offset you have to work, watching the temps, feeding it additional wood etc. For the money you can�t go wrong with
an Oklahoma joes. You can buy them at Lowe�s, Home Depot, even check your local grocery stores. If you want something reliable, easy to use, technologically advanced so that you can control it from your phone, set it and for get it buy a traeger. That�s a pellet grill, for sure you are never going to get thf same smoke ring or flavor as an upset but the amount of labor and time involved is minimal. All is going to depend on two factors, one how much money you want to spend and how involved and busy you want to be during the cooking process. I own an offset smoker and two Webber gas grills, I have had many bbq pits thru out my life, spend the extra money and buy the nicer higher quality ones because they�ll last a lot longer.
For the price this on is a good deal. Since I just saw it at Heb. I am just posting a pic. It�s the highland. Anywhere from $400-$450.
I've got to agree with Luis about the smokers. Except I would not recommend a Traeger. They aren't bad, but if you are going to spend that much money you are best off spending a little more and getting a RecTeq. They truly are a much higher quality product and have a phenomenal warranty. Everyone I know that has owned both wishes they would have upgraded sooner.
Treagers are great but their competition has caught up for almost half of the price. I have a Pit Boss now that I got from Lowe�s with all the digital/wireless upgrades for less than 600.00.
I have never seen or cooked on a rec teq. My mechanic and my wife�s cousin have pit bosses so I have cooked plenty with those. I love cooking and grilling in whatever, I have also cooked in a few traegers. Chunks comment about pit boss catching up is true to a point. I would definitely like to see a Rec Teq in action and taste the food. Maybe the reason rec teq is not that well known is because they go direct to consumer, specially here in Texas they should be doing cookouts and inviting people to show the grills. all I am saying you can have the best product in the world but If people don�t know about it you ain�t going to sell much. Thanks once again for telling me. Happy Sunday guys.
Speaking of great products nobody knows about
: the last hose reel you will ever need.
https://www.eleyhosereels.com/collec...den-hose-reels
The one we have -- there are other formats available.
That is pretty cool. I ended up with an Ames years ago because I live close to a marina and there�s just enough salt in the air to ruin most things that aren�t plastic.
This is good to know. Last time I used a Pit Boss was years and they were more trouble than they were worth. I am actually also looking to pick up a smoker sometime in the next year and It would be nice to save a little money on the smoker to budget in equipment for boils and frys.
That is a really good point about the advertising. The only reason I know about RecTeqs is because one guy in the town I used to live in bought one like a decade ago and then he spread the word about them. I have cooked on both the Traegers and RecTeqs, and I don't know that the food will come out tasting too much different, but the RecTeq is all stainless and holds up a lot better over the years. I know a lot of people who live out on the ocean and their Traegers rusted, RecTeqs didn't. Also, it is only on the larger models, but the RecTeqs have the hopper in back so the auger is much shorter and less likely to jam up than the Traeger ones. It also provides a little more even heating. Also, I don't know if Traegers do this now too, but the ReqTecs go up to 700 degrees for pizzas and what not making them very versatile.
I will also say that I learned to BBQ with a little propane cabinet smoker I got for free. That thing was a ton of work and not as good as a pellet smoker or offset smoker, but I made some damn good ribs, brisket, wings, etc for dirt cheap. So you don't necessarily need anything fancy to make some good food.
The Houston livestock and rodeo is probably the biggest cook off competition in the USA. I have been involved with this since 1994. All I can say, in my opinion the two biggest variables are the quality of the meat and the seasoning, proving that lesser smokers or grills can still get the job done.
So I can�t post these for sale yet in the market place for some reason.
soo anyone want Any CCW c10? 18s powder coated no stretches or bends
wheels only. $2500 [phone removed] txt me
245/45 and 315/30 needed 10mm spacer to clear My coil over perch in front
Took the 996 to the local dealership for a state inspection today.
My favorite 3 911s for sale there are similarly priced.
1995 Carrera RS Speed Yellow
2018 GT3 manual PTS Linden Green
2018 GT3 manual PTS Sport Classic Gray
So the 250K question is which one would I buy
I told my wife that the 95 RS was a good investment
Any Kit Car people in here? Specifically Factory Five Cobra cars. Been toying with the idea of putting one together, feel like I've watched a dozen vids this last year. My 996 is almost done and I'd like to get another project started by 2024. I never really considered a MK4 until I saw one with a Lemans top, always looked at Type 65 Coupes.
The best wat to do it is to buy an already started project. Also the body kits r not that good and they take a ton of $ to get correct. Just figure on double the $ for what u figure it will cost. I gave up on a reasonably priced build long ago.
I can't offer you much other than my neighbor was building a Cobra kit car in the early 2000s and it took him like 5+ years and TONS more money than he expected. It was sweet when he pulled it out for a spin around the block the first time though.
If you are going to get a Type 65 though, you should get a proper Type 65:
Not mine, just off the internet. I wish mine looked that good.
My coworker did one and he said if he did it again, he'd probably look for a completed one OR get their complete kit. All in all cost him about $50k-ish when he was done. Since then he's sold it and looking for another one which got me looking.
Definitely similar but the one I pictured was a Type 65 or Europa S2 which was made around 69 to 70. While the BAT one is a Type 74 or Europa Twin Cam (Special) which was made around 71 to 75. Looks like a real nice car for someone though.
I did. I just couldn't resist the plug for a Europa. In all seriousness those kits look like good fun if you are willing to dedicate the time and money.
Best Kit Car out there, i helped complete a couple of the Cobra kits , Just get the complete Kit and option it correctly. Buying from Factory 5 will get you all tech support you need. Not a easy project but very fulfilling.
Did you order the DVD and go through it?
I'm looking at add the Hot Rod myself. If do all specialty Hot Rod manufacturer parts (Heidt's Pete and Jakes, etc.) you got a lot of stuff you have to engineer yourself. That takes time and talent. Most people come up short on the Talent, Usually can come up with the money, time wastes away w/o a clear project path.
Best of Luck and let us know UR progress
So far I've watched their build vids and some other random YouTuber vids. I think the general consensus is they ordered their kit before having the engine and realized what certain engine options cost after the fact, perfect example being a Coyote 5.0. Check those boxes with the modular V8 option and the price for the kit goes up almost $8k, then add the price of the Coyote and T-5 or TKO. In their forum classifieds, you'll find a ton of parts that people decided not to use but bought with the original kit. The other thing is the body work, removing fiberglass mold edges via a body shop is alot of extra prep and that is the #1 killer of some because the paint and prep it'll range from $6k - $10k simply on how much prep the shop needs to do. Fitting of panels is a pain in the *** too.
Think if I did do it, I'd go pretty basic with a 351w(with the option to bore to 427) and a T5. The car comes with manual brakes and no P/S but the P/S can be easily be addressed. The only weirdo thing I'd really want to add is A/C if I was able to get the Lemans removable top because... S.FL is hot. This year should be a good year at work(bonus wise) and assuming my 996 doesn't have a failure of some sort, I'd be looking to start amassing parts at the beginning of 2024. With all that said, I do look for air-cooled 911s and 996/997 rollers because I feel these will continue to get more and more expensive. Other car I'd love to mess with is a VW Golf R.
That would be awesome and since I have lots of time now... might as well read up on the topic.
Joel the one and only R is the 2004
v6 3.2 R. I had one from 2006-to 2013. HPA twin turbo $30k job. Unbelievable. Aristo wheels, koening seats, Moonson sound system , blue gauges, coupe. If you want to mess with the four bangers that�s ok, the 04 is the king of the road, a car I should have never sold. 10.01 in the quarter with 104 octane fuel. Ultimate awd sleeper.
I have always been a Ford guy when it comes to American classics and trucks. I love Ford V8s and I'd definitely recommend that route over an LS, but have you priced out a 351W or 427 lately? If you aren't a Ford guy you may not know but. 351M shares no parts with a Windsor and the Ms are cheap Windsors deservedly are not I'd seriously reconsider a Coyote. It may actually be cheaper (at least engine wise, IDK about the kit) especially if you are trying to make serious power or go EFI.
The Caterham 7 would be a total different feel so it really depends on what you are looking for. The 7 is probably one of the scariest things on 4 wheels you will likely be running around 1,200 lbs with a 4 cylinder Toyota engine that you can force induct if you'd like. You can get crazy power to weight ratios and good handling. It is pretty much literally a big go-cart. I'd also imagine if you put AC in one you'd be the only person ever to do so. The Factory Five on the other hand will be that big torquey V8 American racer. Also there never has been and likely never will be ANY comfort in any lotus based vehicle. Colin Chapman would roll over in his grave if there was.
Jason it was a turn key deal. After I picked the car up from HPA. I paid them $30k and I just drove the car. From 2006-2013 I put 40k miles and it never broke. I would go to the track driving the car with about an 1/8 of a tank. Add about 4 gallons of 104 blue racing fuel, burn a bit in the parking lot, get my tech card after I have switched the tune with the left stalk in the steering wheel and she would just go. The track was at Sealy Texas, 20 minutes from my house, test and tune on Friday nights for a cost of $15. Years ago Hennessy bought the facility and it�s no longer a public race track. I had to go thru the gears in the car, yes it had a short shifter, I just would imagine how quick this thing could have been with a pdk, this was the first time in my life I turned the car to a tunner, all previous cars I had modified piece by piece. HPA sold me a total package, I was extremely satisfied with the finished product and breakage free performance for 7 years 40,000 miles.
I'm def looking for carbureted 351W and you can get a 400hp roller engine long block for under 8k and need nothing to mount to the body. The problem with the Coyote is you're paying close an extra $8k just to be able to use that engine, then the cost of the engine and then have to use a non T56 transmission. I'm not averse to using a 302 which is the most common swap. The Seven looks awesome and I went to their site, pretty bad ***.
To be fair... the only "real R32" is the 2nd Gen Nissan Skyline. People sleep on the Golf R until they line up against one and realize it doesn't take too much money to make them really fast and they have a newer AWD system than the older Haldex units in the R32 models and weighs 150lbs less. There are a lot of 500hp Golf Rs running similar numbers for less the price and a better car all around.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/w...deo-90537.html
I want you to specifically look at the upgrade components.
https://www.onlyrevo.com/blog/how-to...m-your-golf-r/
R32 cars cool and always liked them but man imagine putting $30k into a car and not being able to pull away from a stock internal EA888 4 cylinder with literally just bolt ons. Also if you really want to go fast, a RS3 5 cylinder swap costs(Both are MB chassis cars and everything swaps in, some electrical needs to be done) about $30k and you can get constant 9 second runs in a daily driver. New Golf R EA888 Gen 3 cars start with 315hp.
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/mod...ine-second-car
Less money, modern car that still comes in a manual 6 speed is the way.
I love me a G60!!! Speed Density does 3.2 VR6 swaps in 996s and that�s why I�m always looking for a roller. The sun is setting on my career so once I�m done contracting, I�ll have to stick to one hobby and one hobby alone.
Oh jeez! I didn't realize that $8k was just the difference in mounting hardware. That seems awfully steep! You can do a lot to a carbureted Windsor for $8k and they are one of the best Ford engines. Probably my favorite behind the FEs. That engine could to it all.
If you chose the 2015 IRS and all the 5.0 Coyote extras� it�s right under $7k. You can piece is pretty serious 351W and always have the option to bore up to 427 if 400ish wasn�t enough. Hell you can add a simple Holley EFI kit and make more reliable power.
Either way, those are some of the things I�ve been looking at. A Daytona would be amazing but the build seems a little more in-depth than a MK4.
Yes while I�m cleaning my porsches I�m getting ready to smoke a 5.5-6 lb brisket flat with mesquite pecan and oak wood for probably 12 hours. Tomorrow in the morning scrambled eggs, potatoes, fresh made flour tortillas and brisket for awesome tacos. Yes I�m going to throw in a cheese jalape�o pork beef, garlic venison sausage on the mix. Off course I have plenty of high octane refreshments to keep me company on the 12 plus hour cook.
Brisket flat is ready. Need to wait a bit for the sun to go down.
I buy this 94 proof specifically to simulate when the aliens are coming and the apocalypse just got started, I�ll be too happy to know any better.
For sure. I'd honestly probably just do a super charger if you want more power though. Unless you are dead set on NA. Definitely do your research if you are looking to build a 427 or use Holley Sniper. You need a very specific 351W block (factory racing block or Aluminum aftermarket block) in order to go bigger than 408 and you are probably looking at an additional $6k+ just in machine work and parts on top of that roller crate engine (if that even has the right block). I am building a stroked FE for my High-boy and things add up quick and I was able to save a lot on the top end since I am building a modest towing motor (should be about 400HP/450TQ with a lower power band) and I was able to get a lot of parts 2nd hand or on sale. Also, like we always talk about with our M96s you've got to match all of the components, so if you are adding a lot to the bottom end it's going to need some top end work too.
And just do a lot research on Holley Sniper if you want to use one. They are definitely getting better, but ultimately from talking to owners with them and all my research I decided they were far too unreliable for anything used for towing or off-roading. They are also a huge pain to install on a classic, especially a truck with 3 tanks. On a kit it would likely be a lot easier.
I know it's going to be a bit, but if you end up going forward and having a build thread on a different forum, definitely share the link with us. It sounds like a few of us including myself would be interested in following along.
That is all good info and I didn�t specifically know about the blocks not all being able to be brought up to 427. 400hp is what I�d be looking at and think anything more would be a handful to drive especially since we�re talking about a truly analogue car.
A guy at work built this.
It's registered as a 1964 Lotus 7. He built the frame, chassis and front suspension himself. The motor, transmission and rear subframe are from a Miata. The front fenders are from a trailer supply place. It weighs a 1000lbs less than a Miata and is much more fun to drive (thanks Martin
).
Years ago. Let�s say 15 i was awake at this time of the morning wondering where the hell i was going to go, (Sudan, Haiti, Pakistan, Indonesia, etc) and what kind of Ashles I was going to have to deal with. Now the present, I�m awake watching the fire kiss the meat for a magnificent outcome. Today I�m drinking beer and bourbon not wondering which asshles I have to deal with. I�m grateful for my past experiences as I have learned to deal with a bunch of challenges, it is better now, doing what I want, when I want and not answering to anyone. I guess reflecting on my learnings, make small sacrifices today, you will have huge benefits tomorrow. Plan for the future it doesn�t happen automatically. Today I cleaned detailed my porsches, cooked two meals, watched the Yankees get their *** kicked by the Redsox and started cooking this brisket flat, The future will be brisket scrambled eggs with potatoes and cheese with fresh flour tortillas. Stay tuned,
I enjoy sitting in the garage watching the smoker and looking at my babies, listening to classic rock, drinking a cool beer while at it,
Brisket flat, almost 6 lbs, pretty good for slices to eat breakfast tacos, sandwiches etc. still a few hours to go, the texas way, low and slow.
So i have failed capacitor on a board in a jeep part. I have soldering tools, butane wand, wire and small items that r real good for wiring but i dont think it works real well for small items. I could also use a built in magnifirer.
Can anyone reccomend a decent quality and priced rig?
I priced one out via Caterham on their site using a Seven 420 with a 2.0 Duratech and it came out to close to $50k before importation. The configuration suite is pretty damn cool too and they make a Seven for bigger people which was a extra 2500�.
I suppose someone sells a complete setup but I have not looked into it. You want at minimum the following:
small soldering iron -- made for electronics work
solder sucker or solder wick (I like solder suckers)
small diameter solder
small needle-nosed pliers
small flush-cut wire cutter
Nice-to-haves:
small vise with plastic jaws
magnifier with built-in lighting
To replace your capacitor you would:
pay attention to orientation, capacitors have polarity!
https://www.ourpcb.com/capacitor-polarity.html
heat the solder joints one at a time
suck or wick the old solder away
pull the old one out
insert the new one -- don't worry about trimming the extra leads yet
solder it in
trim the leads
Get a Weller wtctp and don't look back. We have these in our production area and they run 8 hours a day 5 days a week, some are 20 years old and still rolling.
Get some 63/37 leaded rosin core solder. Can't make a bad joint with this.
Use whatever clamps & magnifer you like. Panavise makes nice stuff.
If you use solder wick get some liquid rosin flux.
Great advice on the Weller and PanaVise. I purchased mine around 1994 and they're still going strong.
For magnification, I went with the nuclear option and bought a stereo microscope.
I like Metcals and ran them for many years on our shop floor. We run Hakko's now and have had good success with them, I'm nostalgic for my Metcal's though and still have one in my office.
Tha Hakkos have really good temp metering that reacts to the needs of the work, it sounds gimmicky but my employees have found it works well.
Here's something one of the artists that works for me did when the right package size wasn't released yet for a prototype we were building - we "dead bugged" the available package size to get the widget through its show and tell. I love this picture.
Don't worry...it won't. For what they lack in bells and whistles, they make up for in simple reliability. You'd be hard pressed to walk into any EE's office and NOT see a weller.
Started at 6:00 am yesterday morning. Washed the 99, packed my supplies and off to cars and coffee. Not too many cars even though the weather was good, maybe 15. Saw this new color to me sapphire blue in an 15 gt4. Then we went out for family dinner. Gringos. Wife ordered this shrimp Tampico, the waitress recommended the Mariscos topping which is basically smaller shrimp crawfish, with caramelized onion and peppers on a butter white wine sauce. Delish. I ate half the plate making flour tortillas tacos or burritos. I had a free $10 guacamole with chicharrones (pork rings, cracklings) awesome combination. I love my porsche Saturdays, the 99 as always never disappoints, it tells me something because I had driven it on Friday, and I wanted to drive again yesterday leaving the turbo in its parking place.
That sapphire blue talks to me.
Gringos has this down to a science guacamole with chicharrones.
The chicharrones have a spicy Sprinkle on top, believe me tastes a lot better than it looks.
The shrimp Tampico are actually embrochete with bacon.
Wife couldn�t eat it all so I made two tacos, yes some guacamole and chicharrones on it for the crunch factor. I will literally eat crap inside a flour tortilla.
Love the free ice creams at gringos, good old fashioned.
Had to take a picture of this jeep. Love the blue, unfortunately they are underpowered, so I would have to put a hemi in it with a big blower sticking thru the hood.
As always Restaurant was pack, we did got amazing service. Yes I was riding in the back of the Mercedes suv, I went into a food coma when I got home.
Our Macan is Sapphire Blue. I can�t recommend the color highly enough. People roll down their windows at stop lights to either compliment the color or ask for the color name. This isn�t the best photo, but it just glows when properly polished.
I wish I was driving my F150 because this color looks real close to velocity blue. Anyway back to Porsche, I really like Mexico blue, cobalt blue. This sapphire blue and shark blue, all of them are amazing shades of blue. Blue is my favorite color but every time I been hunting for a porsche the price hasn�t been right for me.
I have owned two F150 on this blue, velocity blue, I just love this color. Supporting my local economy drinking $2.50 pints. Someone has to do it.
I�ve had 5 blue Porsches - Lapis Blue 996.1, Ocean Blue Metallic 996.1, Sapphire Blue Macan, Venetian Blue Metallic 3.2 Carrera, and Adriatic Blue 914. I never really thought about it, but I guess I like blue also.
I think I went to Gringos on a drive from New Orleans to Austin. Very cool place.
This particular California azzuro I have never seen. Only 50 of these cars were made. I wish they didn�t have the M97 engine on them. Looks cool factory aero kit and only 49 cars out there because 1 is in the porsche museum.
Im going to give it a good effort but I�m almost certain it�s going to go for more than I�m willing to pay.
Love the center color matching console. In addition the interiors are black, I don�t like the tan interiors at all.
Not super crazy about the wheels.
That rear spoiler looks bad a???
My mechanic went to do a stint at road America for two weeks, just in case I had to find a substitute. Constance nunes said she had 2 4 poles lifts. Wife doesn�t want me to go there I wonder why, I normally pay cash. Yes I�m already passed 5 0 clock.
Big crash at road America.
Someone�s garage at road America�s.
Gotham garage is pretty cool.
Constance nunes engine specialist at Gotham garage can dyno my car any day of the week.
After some high octane bourbon , I found the magic lamp so I decided that my first wish would be for my porsches to kiss 💋 each other have relations and then in 9 months I would have a fresh born Frankenstein, the genes of the first throttle cable 996 combined with the turbo superpowers, wishful thinking. Went to cars and coffee today, kolaches jalape�o cheese sausage where awesome had to wash them down with beer. A bunch of GT3s and yes actually some 996s, the 99 with the Red interior triptonic has only 10,000 miles that should be a museum piece. The owner of the shop sold his gt3 and got the V12 Ferrari, he already ordered a $10k italian made exhaust and he�s going to do a $50k job to make it a stick. That green purple wrap job on the Audi QS7 is sick.
That�s a $7500 wrap . It�s sick. Depending on the viewing angle it looks a different color,
Drove the turbo the dark knight today.
Lava orange is a pretty interesting color.
The early 99 is s triptonic with red interior, 10k miles should be in some museum.
I guess this one is going camping.
Off course they had a mclaren there.
The owner just got this V12 Ferrari. He�s converting it to a manual.
Had two of these with my beers, awesome.
Im wishing for my porsches to make a baby with a mix of both DNAS, yes I was hitting the high octane bourbon early in the morning.
Went to the local cars & coffee
Ultima GTR decided to park behind me and draw a crowd
Interesting Cayman with a LV3 swap
Young man going for a cruise in his 1969 Aston Martin DBS
Always one of my favorites
Yes, Bucks County in the Philadelphia suburbs
http://www.buckscountyexotics.com/index.html
Always a great variety of cars but unfortunately this year it has turned into Cars & Coffee + Dog walking
For some reason morons feel the need to bring their big slobbering dogs to a car show.
Rant over
Not really anything to do with Porsches. Good old Texas boys getting together, shutting the **** and cooking the storm.
We started last night at 9 pm. These are huge 18 lbs a piece.
Yes we were drinking some custom high octane whiskeys and bourbons.
Ribs.
Chicken thighs .
On the smoker .
So I�m the wing biatch. Walking around telling people about 4 different flavors of wings, blue cheese and ranch. We had 20 lbs of wings, these stuff is going to last a week. Everything is bigger in Texas.
we have to do a rally and go visit your uncle looks delicious. The hard question will be which beer to wash them down with. Happy holiday weekend. The p car looks great.
since after 2023 there will be no more hemis Challengers and chargers in all their variations. The below photos are from my neighbor, he bought the last year where they made the factory wide body. I helped him to install a huge exhaust and some body panels the car was wreck but it only had 14k miles. He says he�s not flipping it. We go on drives together sometimes, this thing is loud as fck.
Public Service Announcement:
For my friends that have pets and let them out into the yard. Check for Cane Toads or similar, my girlfriend�s dog passed yesterday due to having contact with a toxic toad. In the 6yrs I�ve been with her, I�ve never seen one in her small yard that is fully fenced and has artificial grass but somehow one those bastards made it in.
I was woken up by a phone call and was on the phone listening to her sob while trying to get him to the emergency vet while in 8am Miami traffic. He didn�t make the 15min ride and passed as she pulled into the parking lot. He was her dog but I loved him like he was mine. The best boy there will ever be. Very quiet, not destructive, never bit anyone� just a good dog. So check your yard periodically, even for poisoned rats as dogs will also get poisoned if they eat them. Have 34 days until getting home and feel it was an absolute kick in the dick and wouldn�t wish this on my worst enemy. RIP Coco.
@TheChunkNorris
my sincerest condolences. I recently had to put down my 13 year old bloodhound and my 15 year old basset hound won't be far behind. Worst part of pet ownership are these days. Sorry you can't be there for your girlfriend.
Thanks brother, he was an old boy at 13 and it was getting close but man passing the way he did is just hard. My parents couldn't afford for us to have pets growing up so we never had any, so he was really my first dog. I legit made a FB post for people who live in my hood that if they ever needed anyone to remove toads... to please contact me on my return and I'll take care of that. When I say "take care", I really mean to pop their heads off by way of a pellet gun. Just think we get complacent sometimes and forget how hostile nature really is.
So sorry to hear. Such a tragedy.
We wintered in Naples for 10 years with our three dogs. We finally sold the home after the threats, the dammed toads, coyotes, alligators, spiders, pythons, and what all else just took the fun out of living there. We lived right on the edge of the Everglades.
Had a great time at cars and coffee, the 99 never disappoints. I think I�m the only Porsche guy that drinks tall boys in Paper sacks.
Super cool 930.
Batman�s car.
The owner is a surgeon, he owns a Carrera Gt, a 911R, a 930, this car that looks like Batman is out and another One. The cool thing is he drives his cars not museum pieces.
Another 996.
I�m the only Porsche guy drinking beers in paper sacks.
I am really sorry to hear about Coco. That's just awful. I had no idea we had toads like this here in the U.S. and good for you for offering to help out the neighborhood and the state by getting rid of another problematic invasive species. I also appreciate the PSA. I did a search and somehow we get lucky in LA they skip over us and just live in South TX and FL.
We only have one native species of toad in S FL (Southern Toad) and because of the introduction of Cane Toads to help control bugs in sugar cane fields� they�re the largest invasive animal species in the state. Bro if I disliked them before, I absolutely hate them now. Here�s how big they get by my area which is adjacent to farm area.
That one met it�s demise via two .177 pellets at 1300fps. The pellet rifle I just bought is a .22 Stoeger that is around 1000fps but can shoot pointed projectiles. Florida allows them to be exterminated without tags or state permission. I�m going to John Wick those bastards.
sorry To hear Joel. By the way my first dogs 🐶 name was CoCo, pure basset hounds, my dad had him breeding so we also had his son Coquito. It was real hard when he passed. Support your girl, probably your next adventure with her is going to go hunting for your next dog. A lot of cuties out there. My chihuahua rat terrier just turned 19 and I�m dreading the day. Anyway my step son has a disability but I�m preparing him by ocasionally going to pet stores and play with different poppies. Feel for you, please give my condolences to Melissa, our pets are part of our family.
Thanks Luis, I really just wanted people to check because not everyone is aware of the dangers of being left unattended for 15mins. I had to learn about all the venomous, poisonous and things that can kill you locally when I was in the Air Force for local SERE training. I was surprised to hear my friends who have lived in Miami their whole lives not know certain aspects of wildlife we encounter every day, figured I'd at least try and spread the word and who knows... the one time they checked there was something around? The hard part is over, she got her son back from his dad and told him the news. Poor little dude is taking it like a champ. Right now she's 100% averse to even talking about it so for now we're going to chill for a couple years or until her son is old enough to ask for one, he's only 7 so we'll see.
Thanks Brother. Means a lot and Thank you guys from the bottom of my soul for reaching out.
Sorry to hear of this as well. My condolences. Hazel and Grace send theirs as well. Pets are family. They leave a hole when they go. But this is part of life. Rest in peace Coco.
Woke up at 5 am. Took both cars on spirited drives both at over 100. Anyway put an injected dry brined pork butt on the smoker. I don�t have to answer to no one, I don�t have to produce a report, I don�t have to get ready to travel to a foreign country. Im just listening to rock and roll smoking a pork butt, drinking good ole bourbons and beer, yes the Dow and s&p are down got plenty of money in cash to buy on the downturn, that�s how you make money, buy when everyone is selling and scare.
Two nice butts watching another one being smoked.
Dry brined injected 7 lb pork butt, ready for the smoker.
As good as me, experimental IPA, they still haven�t concluded the experiment.
A friend has one in blue. I seriously looked at one when I bought my F150 super crew. If I needed the off-road capability this was going to be it. Looking at how we were going to use it family car, my daily, many highway miles, cargo space for all our beach gear, Cost, interior space I choose my third F150. Money wise they wanted $40k for the jeep, I paid $28.5 for the F150. People will definitely notice when you are driving the jeep �truck�, it clearly looks real different than the Ford, chevys, Rams, gmcs, etc. Congrats an enjoy.
We are cat people so please don't misconstrue this. You want to keep that cat off your convertible top. The oils in the cat's skin will discolor it. Claws could be another reason.
Thx guys, its a 2020 fully loaded. I was going to order a new one but then i decided to spend the extra 20k on other car hobbies
. Its deffinately not a versitle as a f150 for the cost but im keeping my '03 cummims for the hd stuff. I just need to send it to the bidy shop now that i have the jeep.
old and new
This came up available here in Texas. It�s 2.5 hours away but I got to go see drive and get me enough nerves for probably what is going to take to buy this car. Ruf gt2. It�ll be a longer cars and coffee for me this Saturday taking the turbo on another adventure, maybe the seller would even consider taking my turbo in trade in.
You need a pilots license to drive this thing. You tube driving video is out of this world, real rare and unique car.
Will be looking at it this Saturday, what am awesome cars and coffee day. Then on my way back, I�ll find me a craft brewery, a brick oven pizza joint or a good bbq place.
That cat has that quintessential "I don't give a fu**" look on it's face. I will ruin your top and scratch the sh*t out of your paint if I so please and you will take it, human! Now **** off while I take a nap. Mocking you tires me out.
Have 150 shares of POAHY
PORSCHE AUTOMOBIL HLDG SE UNSPONSORD ADR PFD
after 14 months, like Adobe, NVDA, etc. down over 35% YTD.
Thanks, Brandon, It's all you and your leadership.
My hope is people wake up and see what the liberal side has done, I can't wait for the winter heating bills to come in with the new taxes on board.
Orange man was tolerable but his policies worked for the economy. Strangling the oil industry worst decision in history of mankind.
Wait til the trains stop running and we have no chlorine delivered for our drinking water plants. Flint and Jackson are telltale signs of impact.
But hey, EV's are topic of choice this year.
To be clear, POAHY is Porsche SE (holding company), VWAPY is Volkswagen stock.
Volkswagen is taking Porsche AG (the car manufacturer) public in the coming weeks, and it will trade separately from POAHY and VWAPY under a yet unknown stock ticker.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90786312...r-brand-public
NP. I own some POAHY and VWAPY just to have, as well. And I'll probably pick up some Porsche stock too. I'm not a stock trader though I Just buy and hold companies I personally use/like.
iPos have a tendency of being overpriced at the beginning. What needs to be understood is the shares that have a dark period, bunch of times employees early investors have to wait till a certain time to sell. Examples of initial behaviors of IPOs, Facebook, lift, Uber, Rivian, traeger, yeti. As you im not a trader, I�m a long term investor. I also buy companies I know well, support and use their products. But like anything I�m buying at my price when they go on sale. I own POAHY and i
bought in different batches $7-8, I have had it for a more than 1.5 years. Pays good dividends but you pay foreign taxes. On September 21 everyone is expecting the fed to go another .75 raise in interest rates, Powells speech after is what Is going to move the market.
I agree with you. I've seen may too many IPOs crash and burn to buy on the first day. But I might get in after the initial drop (if there is one).
The most recent comparable IPO RACE (Ferrari) has a real nice graph. Started at $56, dropped to $35. Then to $100+ and never looked back. But that is on the NYSE. Porsche will be on a foreign exchange. Adds an element of risk for me.
Did some serious thinking this week and realized I'm not selling this car.. At least for a few years. And so I decided it was time to sink some money in it.
Ordered the control arm kits for front and fear, new slotted brake discs and pads, plugs, coils, and injectors. Doing a transmission and front differential oil change with Porsche Gear oil 75w90. I also ordered replacements for some of the interior pieces that are all scratched up.
Gonna be a fun and busy weekend!
Going to stick with the stock struts/springs for now. But I'm upon to suggestions. My goal is to keep the entire suspension stock, but just refresh the ride. I did order new shock bump stops as mine are kind of ratty. Do I have to completely disassemble the struts to get those in?
I really like my RoW M030 springs. Yes you have to pull the whole thing apart to get at the bump stops.
I like the Porsche gear oil too but I don�t have much basis for comparison. It�s better than the stuff that was in there before, that is certain.
@TheChunkNorris
the red Cobra is a Factory Five and actually belongs to my new neighbor. He built it himself and put a SBC 383 stroker in it. The thing is a real screamer. It was my first time seeing one in person in at least a decade. It would definitely make a fun project.
My dirty azz car made an appearance in that pic too. Not only was I the only 996 at the PCA event I was the oldest Porsche. Next oldest was the 997 next to me. It was like a 991 turbo S convention.
I drove my turbo a total of 351 miles yesterday. I went to Austin Texas to see 1 of 2 ruf gt2 conversions. If you have never been, once you get into the hill country (velande) you have smaller roads, climbs, drops, many blind climbs, curves, etc. Anyway it was fun because I was able to push my car to70-75 mph in 35-40 mph zones. Anyway on the same road, all kinds of cool cars (Evos, Supra�s, stis, m3s, all of them seem modified doing what I was doing). Apparently that�s the way it is on the weekends. So anyway I get to the guys house , he shows me the garage and here we go. The seller is a race car driver, he�s also a PCA instructor. The corvette is his race car. One of his daily in addition to the F250 is a 07 c4s White Alc�ntara black interior. All his cars are manual and he is also a car dealer. So he started the gt2, sounds good but my exhaust is actually louder and better flowing than the $10k ruff piece. We wait while the car warms up. The suspension on this car is amazing, the rear tires are 315, compared to the 295 on mine. We take off driving and he shifts below 4K rpm while the brakes carbon ceramic and the tranny fluid warms up. The tranny has been rebuilt different more durable gears and synchros another $10k job. The car has also a custom differential another upgrade can�t remember what he said this thing costed. By that time the fun begins and it�s hard on the brakes upshifts downshifts, he�s up shifting at 6k rpms the way the ruff ecu is the rev limiter is at 7150 but he says there�s really no more pass 6000 rpms. He lives there so he knows the roads extremely well, that was a hell of a ride, test drive. This guy can actually charge people for rides like that. Amazing, more fun that the hulk at universal island of adventures and mission to Mars in Disney. Super cool car, rare. Now the negatives for me. I want to go fast as economical as possible. Because the ruff ecu is write protected cannot get a newer tune unless you get a new ecu. Case in point, he got his brother in law an X50 turbo that was tuned by Sam at auto by design and that car is faster than the Gt2 at a fraction of the cost. I also have hybrid K24s on my car and with a right tune my car will be faster than the gt2�also. The euro porsche gt3 seats are two narrow for my fat as???. Because the porsche roll cage in my opinion the leg room in the front is reduced. There are only two of these ruff gt2 conversions in the US and i had this wonderful experience. The previous owner that converted the car paid $65k for the conversion, this guy has spent between another $50-60k in this car to make it what it is today. I�m still interested but at my price. Anyway, the seller is a super nice cool all around car
guy, he showed me
everything with the car. The car is wrapped in 10 mil thick xpel film another $8.5k. Anyway I had to drive my car out to the main roads and I had a lot of fun but took it easy more traffic latter in the day. Finished stopping by Pinthouse brewing to drink a few IPAs and take Home one of my favorites �Electric Jellyfish �. Awesome porsche Saturday. Now football Sunday. Smoking baby backs, doing some wings, sausage etc. That gt2 experience was awesome, now it makes me think about other items in my bucket list, ride test drive a Carrera GT, ride test drive a 911R (at least I know a guy here than owns those car), the own thing that I have no idea how I going to make it happen get a BJ in the White House.
Got to love that license plate.
Race car.
He will be selling some of these cars. There is a Ferrari there.
Both cars in his driveway.
Pinthouse never disappoints.
I tested a few IPAs, not that good as electric Jellyfish. Cosmic nectar another one of my favorites wasn�t available.
Baby backs ready.
Yes, at this point, I will not be selling my car. Look, are we not witnessing Volkswagen putting up an offering to raise $9.4 billion from the forthcoming IPO of Porsche, with the
valuation that puts Porsche at 10.2x EBITDA, well below Ferrari's valuation of 23.1x EBITDA......but then add
this toxic mix..... Germany declares gas crisis as Russia cuts supplies to Europe, ArcelorMittal is closing steel plants all over EU, Norsk Hydro announced last month that they were shutting down their aluminum smelter plant, due to unprofitably high electrical prices; perhaps this may be the best time to correct all the known issues with the car while parts are somewhat available. Certainly having sufficient energy to warm and feed workers in Germany may present a big problem, as well as plugging in your recently acquired EV..... .
I�m I the only weirdo that thinks EV/Hybrids are cool? Would I push to eliminate internal combustion cars? No. Do I love the electric motor whine over a 5 cylinder WRC Audi GT? Hell no. Had that convo today with some co workers and some are either very hot or cold on the topic.
My issue with the conversion is the geo-political influence that trumps common sense.
i like the hybrid idea but perfer an efficient deisel generator over a gas engine. I was waiting for jeep to put there hybrud system in the gladiator but i couldnt wait any longer. All other infrustructure issues aside i think 50 miles a charge is more then enough for 80% of tge populatiin
It is completely bonkers fun. Yesterday I pushed the front end wide at the start of a turn, flicked the wheel to collect it, added noise to bring the rear end in line, and out we came at the other end ----- sublime. All of this was at 40-ish MPH through a pair of 90's in the middle of a farmer's field, no animals were harmed etc. But, well, wow. I haven't had that kind of fun in quite some time. Maybe I need to get the 996 to a track...
I made some pretty good videos with the Caterham but they are upside down. I finally gave up trying to right them. I guess I'll just have to go out and redo them. Aw shucks.
Pleasepleaseplease share some route numbers. I have cross country trips to San Antonio penciled into my future plans, and fun roads in TX would be a huge addition.
Heh. I was at a local florist today doing performing one of my essential manly duties (wedding anniversary is imminent), and had the 996 as my companion. When I came out the florist and the guy watering the outside plants engaged me in a 5 minute discussion on the Porsche IPO. Orthagonal I guess but wouldn't one think that florists would favor electrics? Not all of them apparently. Anyway yeah I would like to eventually add an EV to the mix here. I'm not a big fan of how the rollout is being handled; maybe, you know, those people in that town could stop their inane bickering long enough to throw a trillion or so at the electrical grid, before forcing them on us? But then as a rural person who
needs
a generator I've been carping about the condition of the grid since, oh, Reagan and his Great DeRegulation.
But I digress. I don't care so much about the geewhiz acceleration, and I find the increase in weight to be antithetical to true automotive performance. But the overall noise reduction would be great during those times that I am not actively seeking engine sounds. And having a runabout for 90% of our trips for which we would not have to stop for gas, ever, is also appealing.
Went out to buy a new dishwasher today and felt the same enthusiasm that I have for EVs.
Actually the dishwasher might be a little more exciting.
EVs are more on the vacuum/dehumidifier level.
the Hyundai fuel cell EV looks pretty cool. Also Camaro and Challenger EVs are coming. I'll probably get an EV within the next 10 years. But i'll also be keeping my ICE 911. Maybe get a hybrid 911 to sit next to it.
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https://www.hyundai-n.com/en/models/...n-vision-74.do
for clarity
I agree with that, completely. But when you want a cup of tea you're not gonna fire up the grill and get your cast iron tea kettle ready...
The right tool for the right job requires multiple tools.
That may be true, but everybody I've ever talked to that decided to eat microwaved burgers daily, metaphorically speaking, absolutely loves them. The fuel cost savings alone are insane.
The Teslas, with their golf car front end and dash, are not for me, but I'm hoping to replace my Macan with an EV Macan if Porsche doesn't screw it up (e.g. make it anywhere as ugly as the spy photo Macan EV pics look, find some way to insert massive maintenance costs into their EV, etc.).
We've had our model 3 performance now for about a month and it is absolutely awesome. I'll always want to have more "soulful" (noisy, leaky, rickety) cars, but considering the fuel savings, insane performance, NVH, tech, etc
electric is the future
DeJeeper
BINGO! Having the government pick and choose what industry or methodology defeats the process. Perhaps referring to how AMF, back in the seventies, was awarded a contract to build a safe car should be the lesson learned on all of this.
Just as a side note to the whole EV thing, data says that over 25% of all EV owners have sold and switched back to dino fueled vehicles. Number one issue was lack of useful range and number two was charging availability. EV's will be great sometime in the future (think solid state), but that is still a ways off. Plus Hydrogen may give electric a good run for the money.
According to who?
Our superiors who fly private jets to collect their awards for fighting climate change?
They also think the little people eating bugs is the future.
You're talking about this report, or one that mimics it =>
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news...as-052021.html
The 20% discontinuance number is real, but it's a fake article that cherry-picks certain data points, and leaves out others from the UC Davis report, to internionally paint a false picture. You can tell it's fake because they claim, obviously erroneously, that the only options for home charging are 110 volts (slow charging) or 450 volts (impossible to get at home) -- cut & paste -
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The volts supplied by the outlet charging the vehicle appear to be a key factor. Standard home outlets -- the kind you might have in your garage -- supply only 120 volts of electricity. It could take days to fully charge an EV battery. To address this issue, Tesla designed a “supercharger” power outlet delivering 450 volts of electricity. Plugged into that a Tesla can be fully charged in about an hour. But few, if any homes have a Tesla supercharger
"
. (<- last line is particularly ridiculous because the Tesla SuperCharger is purely a commercial product -- no home, in a million years, would ever have commercial 450-volt Supercharger). They completely left out the 240-volt home charger, which is what virtually everybody uses at home. Tesla's 240-volt home charger only costs $495, and install/electrical work was only $500 for my sister-in-law's model Y.
This report provides more information from the the underlying report =>
https://www.greencarcongress.com/202...10503-ucd.html
It shows that of those 20.96% who discontinued, 65.2% of them are likely to purchase an EV in the future, 10.5% are unsure, and only 24.3 percent said they were unlikely to purchase an EV in the future. 24.3% of 20.96% means that actually only 5.09% are unlikely to purchase an EV in the future. The research was also across all EV brands, including those not ready for prime time, like Fiat's EV (with rated 87 mile range) had a 38% discontinuance -- Tesla only had 10% discontinuance. And again, many of those will buy one in the future, just logistics don't work for now. For example, I you had a home and moved to an apartment complex where you can't put in your own 240-volt charger, then it likely isn't practical right now.
Rather than rely on research, much of which is intentionally slanted, talk to Tesla owners and see if you can find one that doesn't like it. My sister-in-law is on cloud nine -- costs almost nothing in electricity to run and she loves never having to go to the gas station. Only had to use an external Tesla Supercharger once on a trip to another state in 6 months of ownership.
I"m a vintage car guy -- absolutely love ICE's and hope I can keep vintage cars forever -- but the facts are the facts about EV's and in most areas it trounces ICE. Range limits and battery replacement costs are constraints now, for sure, but for most use cases EV's that you are trading in every 5 or 6 years, they are entirely practical for most scenarios as long as you have access to quality home charging.
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Well, it should be interesting to witness which vehicles pollutes more, and also in terms of recycling.
Batteries....I hate batteries.....they are "stored power" ....did I mention I hate batteries?
I like instant power, "combustion power"!! Yes,...I don't care if it's gasoline, alcohol, diesel, jet fuel, kerosene , benzine, Nitro-Methane , Rocket Fuel, gun powder, just as long as it's instant combustion power...
After everyone is dependent on Electricity, the "independents" will be building their own Electricity Generators and powering them on who knows what...
Synthetic fuel powered hybrids that take the best of EV technology integrated with the best of ICE technology to get 250 miles to the gallon is the future. Imagine driving from the east coast to the west coast on one tank of gas...
The racing community tells you the future. 2026 F1 synthetic fuel powered turbo hybrids engines, 2023 Hypercars in WEC and IMSA.
EV is nice, but hybrids are the future.
Hah. The instant EV power is a waste of money. Most folks don't know how to control their 320 HP 996 let alone an instant power EV that runs out of juice quickly and takes forever to recharge.
Unfortunately pure EV is an expensive, feel good grocery getter. Need clean ICE power to continuously charge it to make it viable.
But I can't deny, it's as exciting as a new iphone, a selfie on instagram and a tik tok video.
Thats no big deal, i can get from Delaware to Colorado weighing 50k lbs in my Pete. Just using old school tech [and big tanks
]. If i added one more tank i could get to CA.
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Race on Sunday, buy on Monday, to paraphrase. I concur with the postulate that turbo electric hybrid with regen tech will be homologated to John Q Public’s driveway. The fully electric vehicle is not sustainable, yet. Charge times. Home recharge standards. Battery life and reliability. Battery pack replacement cost. Range. On-road infrastructure. Off-road/on farm recharge?
Do you think FoMoCo will tool up for a full EV product line if they can’t sell 2,000,000 F150’s a year?
Let’s talk full EV again in 10 years.
That's right......You totally missed the point...Technically speaking, EV's don't even make power, the power is "made" at the "power plant"..lol
I prefer the ICE's because they "make power". period ...
What choice does FoMoCo have?
Governor Hairdo has decreed that the little people shall drive EVs.
17 states have their emission standards tied to California and I�m sure more will join.
It�s clear that EVs aren�t going to be produced because of consumer demand because there isn�t any demand from consumers.
EVs are nothing more than the government mandated and accepted mode of transportation and the manufactures have no choice if they want to survive.
It is amusing to see how many are happy to goose step along with this idiocracy.
I've heard you say this a few times. Is the 250 MPG a real number from a target or proof of concept or just something you picked?
Then you could run out of credit trying to fill up in CA and probably get kicked right out, since I'm guessing the toterhome doesn't meet or exceed 2008 CA diesel emission standards
Honestly, this is very far off the mark, unless you are talking about a 2013 Fiat 500e. I'm guessing you haven't talked to anyone who owns a Tesla. The number one thing I hear, besides the fact that it costs almost nothing to fuel (e.g. $10-$12 in electricity for 250 to 300 mile range), is that they
LOVE
never needing to go to the gas station. For a Tesla, unless you are driving more than 200+ miles a day on a regular basis, you will almost never need to go to a "gas station" (SuperCharger) because you recharge at home.
If you live in an apartment complex where you don't have self-charging ability, an EV is probably not viable. If you have a 250 mile daily commute, an EV is probably not viable. On the other hand, if you have a 180 mile daily commute, nothing could be more viable than an EV because you will save a ton of money on fuel costs versus driving an ICE.
Unfortunately, it's an expensive toy car to purchase that only the affluent class can afford. Like a golf cart reserved for short duration jaunts. Nothing wrong with owning a golf cart or EV, just a very limited set of capabilities. Hybrid is the answer for the masses.
You're definitely right about the cost, for now, due to the extremely high cost of EV battery replacement making the used market not viable (battery cost also makes new EV's so expensive). The battery price will go down dramatically over time when resource availability and technology improves, as is always the case for "new tech", but for now and the next few years, cost is prohibitive for many.
You're not right about only being viable for short jaunts -- remember that, unlike an ICE car, you can start every day with "full tank" on an EV because of home charging. You will find yourself at the refueling station a LOT more with an ICE -- you almost never need stop anywhere for refueling with an EV unless you are going 200+ miles in a day. If you do cross-country trips regularly, ICE is more convenient for sure.
Its a target that has been thrown around. Keep in the back of your mind that the Porsche 918 which is a 10 year old supercar got 100 mpg in hybrid economy mode. This included a high output ICE engine integrated with an inefficient EV system in comparison to today's technology.
Better EV technology coupled with better ICE technology with get us there in the next generation of hybrids.
Do you remember when Formula E racing began a few years ago, they needed 2 cars to run the race. Halfway thru the race they would do a pit stop and change cars because the batteries could not store enough juice. Today, they can complete the entire race with one car.
Today, F1, indy, WEC, IMSA all run hybrids that harvest energy from exhaust and braking that is used to recharge the battery. As each season goes by, the technology gets better. Same can be said with fuel mileage through better technology.
I hear you. But its reserved for local use. Not ready for prime time with long distance commerce.
I love EV and the technological innovation thats occuring. But i would never buy one. What I would buy is a petrol powered car because synthetic fuel will become a reality thanks to Porsche and I would gladly buy the next generation hybrid that combines the best of next generation ICE with the best of the next generation of EV.
It's an evolution.
Can't agree enough. I think PHEVs are the actual solution for Americans anyway. Other countries with real public transport can probably get away with BEVs with significantly less range. Most people really only "need" 40-50 miles of BEV range anyway. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to mine,process, then lug around a whole bunch of unused battery.
I'll be picking up a Prius Prime when the used car market implodes.. just a matter of time.
EV's may be the way of the future, but as many have already stated, the tech isn't there yet. We don't currently have the infrastructure or power grid to support what governments want, or car manufacturers switching to full EV lineups, and its going to take quite some time for that to be feasible on such a large scale.
The ICE's currently provide a level of versatility that EV's don't currently have, and will likely struggle to match even in the future. Hopefully in the future the ICE isn't outright banned, or heavily taxed to the point where only the wealthy can afford it.
Not that anyone asked for it, but thats my two cents worth(not adjusted for inflation).
I am in the same stupid boat with EV's as I am with ICE cars; all the ones I like I can't afford. I am personally turned off by Tesla as a brand. As more EV's saturate the market I'm sure one will entice me soon enough. I enjoy driving my friend's Teslas and I get it, I get it. My only fear with EV's I'm sure some of you guys have seen me say in my other comments is it won't be feasible to "own your dream car 20 years down the road" because the cost of the technology to support working on a Taycan in 2040 is going to be, (I project,) stupid.
Bear in mind that our electricity providers here in New England have announced price increases of 60% effective next month, due to high natural gas prices.
Yes that is another thing; for as long as I keep getting text messages from NV Energy asking me to "please be considerate between the hours of 2pm and 8pm to avoid blackouts" this will be another factor on my mind moving forward.
Yeah, similar things are happening down south. There are a lot of ordinary families that have been stuck with $500+ electric bills this Summer (electric prices are super weird, political, and complicated down here in LA), but when rates are that high charging your car gets a lot more expensive, especially when the price of gas is dropping, also there is a serious lack of infrastructure for them down here. And maybe one of the most important for us down here in hurricane and flood prone areas: are you going to trust an electric car to get you where you need to go when you may need to evacuate or be with out power for weeks because of a storm? I'm certainly not.
Also, I feel like range anxiety is a real thing and it would affect me a lot. Most of the people who I know that ditched them, said even if they weren't at a real risk of running out of power the stress/anxiety it caused wasn't worth it. I am the type person who is looking for a gas station at a half tank, so I don't think I'd be very comfortable taking a 200 mile EV much more than a 100 mile round trip without worrying about running out of juice. I also never have and don't think I ever will trust a "fuel guage" especially one in miles. I've had them be inaccurate far too many times, even on newer cars.
Automotive history is complicated and the product of imperfect human beings, yet the biggest problem to overcome will be the variety of new federal and presumably global mandates that will force an unproven, uncertain technology and the absence of the logistics to accomplish some of the forthcoming mandatory restrictions that are now being quietly done by fiat behind closed doors in Congress and in corporate boardrooms. Yet most of these decisions have little value to citizens of developing nations whose electric grids are nonexistent and are decades away from basic standards. How do you charge an EV when there is no electric power?
Currently, Ford and presumably other vehicle makers will move toward 100 percent online sales as they begin to move direct sales from dealerships. With a goal of “no inventory ” and remote pickup and delivery, this will accelerate the elimination of many dealerships. Those who survive may be forced into being essentially repair facilities competing with the dwindling number of “indies” that will survive only by developing parts and inventory associations. ( Ford would like to eliminate dealerships entirely but must wait until their lobbyists can overturn state laws that require vehicle sales to be through dealers ). All of this cedes power to those who control access to electricity rather than the current market-driven access.
From a personal emotional standpoint, it severs dealerships right to be put "under the gun'...let me explain....
I was with FoMoCo from 1974 till 1994 in Service, and was Top troubleshooter in the SouthEast for over a decade and also the AFLCIO Union President for our Dealership ( the only unionized dealer in the state ) ..and was involved in many contract negotiations between Techs and Dealer Principals...All the Techs took a beating all through the years ( our Techs were highest paid in the State but still took a beating) ...When I first stated working for a Dealer the Techs were paid 50% of the labor charge, the dealer made 50% plus what ever % profit from Parts used..( "Top Techs" nowadays get less than 25% of labor charged, at some dealers WAY less) ..Techs were "tricked" into getting away from "percentage based" pay to "flat rate" based pay by the dealers offering a flat rate that was "equivalent" to 55% of labor charged, but that changed as soon as everyone was on "flat rate' instead of "percentage based"...Dealers could charge more and more and more for the same job and the Techs would not receive any benefit because they were locked to "flat rate"..
Back in the day dealerships business thrived on the reputation of the Service Dept. In any town the dealership with the best Service Dept. got the most business. And they advertised the proficiency of the Service Dept..I did some commercials with Bobby Alison, Niel Bonnet , and Bill Elliot back in the day...
FoMoCo actually forced dealers to have a service Dept., they were not allowed to sell cars and have a Franchise without also servicing what they sell..
But during Contract negotiations I can still remember Dealer Principals saying they would rather not even have a Service Dept. They would rather just have a Sales Dept. even though they made a lot of money on the Service Dept. Infact the Service Dept. paid all the overhead for the Dealership, the power bill, phone bill, floor plan, rent,ect.. all expenses were paid by the Service Dept. ( so that it looked like the Service Dept. made no profit for the Dealership ) ...During Contract negotiations they always said the Service Dept. didn't make any money, that their profit was made from the Sales Dept. ( which paid no bills/overhead)..
So IMO it serves them right to be forced to survive on Service/Parts Dept. only..lol ..Maybe they will value their Techs more, but will probably just praise the Parts Dept. and still beat up on the Service Dept...
I hear you, Porschetech3; this always happens whenever some anointed halfwit attempts to cajole, threaten and force people and then believes that they won't be affected while looking to find ways to justify their path to Sesame Street. This is happening not only in the automotive industries but also in other related industries that have devoted themselves to adapting to the latest trends until they squeal to pay for their egalitarian ideological partying. What worries me more is that these same companies are exerting their power not only directed at their workers but also through the corporate board level, pushing the transition from traditional capitalism to inclusive capitalism. It should be rather interesting to see what becomes of Volkswagen targeting the valuation of Porsche with the latest turbulence going on and Germany's energy policy disaster.
Depending on how bad the next two years go in Europe and the US, my bet is that many of the idealistic, inclusive and environmental policies will go thru a recalibration. Especially in Europe. Then it comes down to who runs for office and how the voters end up voting. You cant have the major macro disruption that we have begun to experience without a major change in behavior. Could be good, or could be bad. But there will be a change. Always happens. Hold on tight.
if I could painlessly order a new 911 at MSRP to spec and have it delivered to my house that would be hazardous to my bank account
so slimeball stealerships are wealth preservation for me, in a sense.
mixed feelings.
I do not believe that they will be tossed quickly to the curb, but judging by the difference between the ICE and electric, the latter requires fewer mechanics which takes away a larger share of generated profits. Look, less than fifteen years ago, some of these auto companies were bailed out of bankruptcy, and that handshake began the alignment between government cash, the insistence on the latest trend of moral preening, and all of those glorious politically correct institutions within government bureaucracies and other related entities buying vehicles in bulk. With the advent of the internet marketplace, purchasers can deal directly with the manufacturers instead of a dealer sales network that, over the years, has been never been that sterling, to begin with, no matter how many times they have rehabilitated themselves with gimmicks
What enhancements can dealerships offer when the entire marketplace is slowly being changed by the government in collusion with the auto industry, especially with bribes of $7,500 tax credit for purchasers of electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles ($4,000 for used vehicles). How can dealerships compete when purchasers are given government handouts in collusion with lenders and the auto industry itself?
Then, couple all of that with the concept that Henry Ford created a vehicle that was practical and somewhat inexpensive to own, nor could Ford�s internal combustion engine rely on one form of fuel vs. the current, expensive, utterly fragile in extreme conditions and diminishing functionality vehicle whose batteries cannot be fully repaired even by dealerships. Regardless of dealerships, their networks, or the industry itself, here, we are satisfying the gods of climate by fiat while tying our hands to the weakness of relying on one sole energy source, just like the 1979 Arab Oil Embargo.
Yeah, I am not pro or con dealerships. I am pro productive innovation and evolution. But quite frankly, I can't stand the sales side of dealerships. My relationships have always been on the service side.
Musk has certainly changed the sales model for dealershops, just like Henry Ford single handedly eliminated the need for buggy whips.
capitalism = adaptation and innovation
I think the jury is still out on this one, but I think you are likely right. The maintenance burden for an electric car will largely be in the parts that need to be replaced and not quite as much in the labor. Swapping a battery pack doesn't take long, but the cost is crippling.
Taking anything political aside here, but NIO, a Chinese EV company just entered Germany and I think another Scandinavian country. The big thing they are offering are swappable battery packs. I've seen a video of the process and it literally requires zero user involvement besides driving into the battery swap "pod". The rest of the process is automated. I know Elon promised this for Tesla but there has been nothing on it. Although anything he promises needs to be taken with a grain of salt - and that's an understatement. I don't know the details but the a potential negative is that it's yet another subscription you maintain. The good part is that you never need to worry about the battery as they are maintained by manufacturer and swap takes minutes.
Yes they really are... The Dealers have organized into groups like the "the Greater Chicago Dealers Association" ect. But are they more powerful than Ford Global? I think not...I think the Auto Manufactures have a plan, probably take them down small group at a time, or maybe even "trick" them like the Dealers did the Techs by offering an incentive to make the change and the incentive only last a short time while the change allows the Manufactures to get what they want in the long run...
I also believe that Equity, Diversity, and Justice along with ESG, Environmental, Social, and Governance will be used to eliminate some of the dealerships. These will become the pillars on which global corporations are expected to report. Just what federal, state, or government entity would challenge the restructuring of their business model if they used those metrics?
I know a little about Ford Franchise but certainly not everything...
The Dealer I worked for for two decades back in the 70's 80's was the largest in the state selling about 300 new cars a month (by contrast the Porsche Dealer I retired from was happy to sell 30 a month ).....had 13 techs and ran 50-100 cars a day through the shop with about 50 left over every day during peak months..
They had a separate Heavy Truck Sales and Service but didn't have a Heavy Truck Franchise because there was another dealer within 50 miles who had one, and in the Heavy Truck Franchises there couldn't be another one within 50 miles. ( Ford new car sales had 5 dealers within 50 miles) So we just bought Heavy trucks from an out-of-state dealer and brought them in and sold them and serviced them and were able to get around the franchise barrier..
I agree...but FoMoCo always gets sued for just about anything, so there will be litigation..lol
I was aware of the existence of state laws specifically protecting auto dealerships that have been on the books for a long time. A recent google search turned up some stuff that might be more timely.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...e-of-consumers
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/20...ranchise-laws/
https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi...ntext=articles
Franchise laws, state laws, federal laws or whatever does not translate into protecting when most of the current manufacturers have become big-time
drones who are far too timid to utter a peep of disapproval or at least acquiesce to every egregious policy demanded. Yet here is a case in point of the direction in which California and possibly the rest of us is headed:
A close friend farms over 10,000 acres of corn in the Midwest. The property is spread out over three counties. His operation is a “partnership farm” with John Deere… He recently received a phone call from his John Deere representative, and they want the farm to go to electric tractors and combines in 2023. He currently has 5 diesel combines that cost $900,000 each that are traded in every three years. Also, over ten very BIG tractors. JD wants him to go all-electric soon. He said: “Ok, I have some questions. How do I charge these combines when they are 3 counties away in the middle of nowhere? How do I run them 24 hours a day for 10 or 12 days straight when the harvest is ready, and the weather is coming in? How do I get a 50,000+ lb. combine that takes up the width of an entire road back to the shop 20 miles away when the battery goes dead?” There was dead silence on the other end of the phone…
So how much protection will state laws, federal laws offer franchises when the Darwin principle is alive and well......
My mother who still lives in Puerto Rico got hit by the Huracane . Today she has been without power since Saturday the 17, 10 days. Last Friday the water
was shot down. She still in good spirits and manages to go to church every day. She doesn�t want to leave. Ever since I became a professional and was well to
do I wanted them to move here to the states. Anyway my Brother owns two homes next to each other and the house next door is supposed to be moms but she doesn�t want to leave. I even had a contract on a 1/3 acre lot across my brothers two houses and I couldn�t get her to commit. It blows my mind that someone could have such a better more comfortable life but decides to endure all of that crap. When I tell my mother that PR is a third world country, she keeps on saying how wonderful it is. Anyway I�m visiting friends and family in Victoria Texas, eating all kinds of tacos, and enjoying the pool at the hotel with my dog. By the way what about the Damn �Cowboys � we had a blast, I got 15 pizzas from domino�s, the wife�s cousin got 175 wings from wing stop. I had to get the bourbons, royal battle Turkey 101, vs Jim Bean 108, vs 1792 small batch. I think the Jim bean is great and wasn�t super overpriced for what is .
In Victoria Texas they have a bunch of little hole in the wall restaurants, refried beans with lard and salt pork. Homemade flour tortillas.
Bean Ribeye tacos.
Food smorgasbord for the game.
Battle royale
My red raiders beat the Longhorns, yeah another long day of drinking for me.
Just wait until Governor Hairdo demands zero emission livestock.
The little people shall eat alternative meat, drive vacuum cleaners and save the planet.
It's interesting that some opinions on EVs are based on politics rather than technology.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/08/...tric-tractors/
https://news.knowledia.com/US/en/art...841a168c61252e
"We reached out to a company spokesperson for John Deere to ask about the viral post. By email, they told us, �John Deere does not have a partner farm program.� They also said that they �never called farmers to ask that they switch to electric tractors by 2023.� Perhaps most important, the spokesperson said that the company �has no plans for battery operated/electric large tractors and combines.� In other words, the viral story appeared to not even be a possibility in reality.
Additionally, while we were told that the company does have some long term business goals
that involve offering a line of small electric tractors and other compact equipment by 2026, large tractors and combines for farms are not part of these plans."
Isn�t the decree to ban the sale of the internal combustion engine based on politics?
BS story aside, will John Deere be allowed to sell ICE tractors in California after 2035?
To put this as apolitically as possible for this thread - agree with philbert that I believe when something is decreed "illegal" then it becomes political. Seeing some governments seem to be favoring one technology over the other to the point of making one illegal seems like a political move to me. But I'm a guy who buys old broken cars for fun so don't listen to me.
What ever happened to a free market? All these new laws are just a form of socialism. I know...off topic. But I fought during wartime for our freedoms. It really ticks me off these days. People use to have a brain and could make a decision for themselves. Not so anymore...
We live in a very soft, feel good, politically correct time in history. It will eventually end as our population matures. Always does.
And thanks for your service in fighting for our freedom.
Just listening to a recent Smoking Tire podcast and an interesting fact came up with regards to EV production. "Lithium is what's needed for batteries and it's a very abundant element, however, in order for the western civilization to have 0 emissions cars some poor people lives are going to get f***ed up. We're going to need a lot of mines. To satisfy the capacity needed per government EV goals we need to open about 35 lithium mines a year for the next 20 years globally. That's 700 lithium mines." Just let that sink in.
I think the main reason that socialism or authoritarianism might be creeping in is because too many citizens don't care one way or the other. People in the US tend to forget why we can enjoy an incredible sense of freedom in our lives. But with this freedom comes individual responsibility, and that means being responsible for understanding the political issues, being informed and educated, and telling our representatives what we want, and then voting to prove it. And of course we have to be responsible to our fellow citizens as well. I am a bit worried that people simply feel entitled to the freedom our country provides, take it for granted. But clearly we have to work to keep our freedom or else we won't even notice that it is slipping away until it is too late.
Now my brother the surgeon with the 15 GT3 is going to get hit. He�s getting his houses ready in Homosassa Florida and they are driving to his in law in North Carolina. He told me they are leaving at 4 am in the morning.
There are a ton of reasons why some of the younger guys or gals feel entitled to certain things. They state capitalism is bad. I seen 10 year olds with $1000 iPhones. Many high school kids barely 16 with brand new cars. My wife�s cousin just bought his 16 year old daughter a $30k Nissan. Some of these younger people had it to easy and then they get to an age where Daddy or Mommy is not there anymore. Then they start complaining about the system, they say it�s unfair, big corporations making record profits, not caring about the little guy. I was telling my wife�s cousin last night that me or him can�t change the system. Look at it as the game of life you understand the rules and make the best decisions to play the best you can. Then he said well you are well to do that�s easy for you to say. And I said, you can get to where I am, you have to save and invest, you have to make sacrifices early on so that you can live comfortable latter on. Then He went to say you have to live, you need this and that, then he said you save whatever is left. I said my Cuz that�s exactly why you are wrong. You put saving as the number one item in your budget, then living below your means you live with the rest. he�s 44 10 years younger than me, above average job and pay. Most people don�t understand the differences between needs and wants. Life is like eating a cow 🐄 patty, you need to eat the crunchy outside before getting to the creamy inside. Since I had bought the pizzas and he was originally going to buy them too, I said no that�s my contribution but you know that I worked at Dominoes for three years while going to college full time. So he asked about if I had student loans and all that other stuff. I said yes I took a $8k loan to buy me a VW gti. When I left college I had three cars, a motorcycle and had saved more than enough to buy my first house. he said how did you do that. Well I worked as much as 80 hours a week, the owner of the Dominoes (Larry) would pay me $20 cash in the 80s to close the store per night. I had free food whenever, I wanted plus during my masters degree, the US
government set me a stipend of $750/month because I was working on two studies for them, one for the post office and another one for the Air Force. So he didn�t had a clue. Then he tells me he owes $50k on student loans. Then I said you know for you and your cousins benefit my wife I would hope they wipe out your Loans, but that�s irresponsible as hell you decided to buy your daughter a $30k car and not paid your loan. He said well they didn�t educated me as how to pay this back they took advantage of me. Dude you signed in the bottom line, you decided to have a pretty cool college life and now you are winning about that you have to pay that money back. Listen let�s turn the lights on here, we were watching the cowboys in his man cave with an 80� 4K tv. You see those marks on my left
and right arms, I didn�t do drugs I donated plasma twice a week and made another $200 a month. I said when you work for what you have and it cost you a lot of sweat and tears you appreciate it. People that were born into money are completely different than the self mades. I finished the conversation by saying, i
have tried to change your cousin my wife�s modus operandus about money and I haven�t been successful, I even paid for a Dave Ramsey coach
For her and guess what nada. Some people will never learn. If you have any questions or need advice please feel free to ask, if you are going to do exactly as my wife, you ain�t going to get to where you want to. It�s not what you make, it�s what you do with it.
There is a ton of bad info out there just like this. I discussed one earlier in this thread about a reference to "research" saying that 25% of EV owners won't buy another. While that number is somewhat accurate (it's actually 20%) , it cherry-picked a single number from an extensive report and left out other data from that report that painted a completely different picture, while also misrepresenting charging options at home as needing 450 volts
.
The efficiency difference between ICE and EV is not even close, or anywhere in the ballpark of being close. I know many have seen data showing EV are worse than ICE, it's all fake. I'm generally against mandates, but there are reasons we need to migrate towards EV (California has more motivation than most). A mandate by 2035 for new cars doesn't bother me at all because I very seriously doubt anyone will want to buy a non-EV as a brand new car by the time 2035 rolls around. We'll still want to keep our current ICE's like the 996 and vintage cars in 2035, but I doubt anyone will want a new ICE by then (assuming battery tech/cost and charging infrastructure is significantly improved by then). Most of the stuff against EV's is false and fearmongering.
It's not a subject we will resolve on this forum or in this thread, so maybe let's get back to non-EV off topic stuff.
that is awesome. reducing emissions from agriculture, industry, commercial and especially global shipping is what is gonna save the planet. thank you for sharing the awesome video of the electric tractor.
Uh, the government isn�t going to allow you to buy a non-EV by 2035.
The manufacturers aren�t going to produce anything other than EVs because it�s prohibited by the government.
That�s the point.
It�s amusing that so many are willing to goose step along.
�EVs are so exciting, we�re saving the planet and making Greta Turdburg happy�
Yes, that's exactly what I said. That's for new car purchases only. I also said that it is very unlikely anybody will want to buy a brand new ICE car by 2035 because EV's will be far better and far less expensive than they are today. And aready, in 2022, EV's obliterate ICE's in every category except for weight and range. In many ways, for typical daily use in the real world, effective range of EV's is actually better than ICE because you charge at home, meaning you start every day with a full tank and almost never need to go to the gas station, unlike ICE where you need to the gas station often. If you travel long distances regularly, then EV's aren't good, but for daily use they're already far more convenient than ICE.
Service differences are massive -- I've had several unhappy service experiences with the Macan -- that, more than anything else, is what's going to drive me to get an EV when I replace it.
I very seriously doubt anyone will want an ICE by the time EV's have advanced another 13 years. If they start saying you have to get rid of your ICE or vintage cars, then I will be upset. Requiring EV in 2035 for new cars is like saying you need to stream your movies instead of rent DVD's by 2028
.
No joking or stirring the pot. I have a few serious questions to anyone that wants to answer them regarding EV cars.
My questions revolve around the premise that the adoption of EV will reduce the carbon footprint and help to mitigate global warming which will destroy the planet.
Q1: How then do we rationalize the damage that is being done to the earth, in particular within 3rd world countries with the mining activity that needs to be done to extract the lithium from the ground and as a result, the pollution of water and land that is occurring that will take centuries to clean up?
Q2: In addition, how do we rationalize the growing demand for fossil fuels that are needed to fuel the energy grid to charge the growing quantity of EV batteries?
Q3: Lastly, how do we rationalize the mass amount of lithium batteries waste that is exponentially accumulating in trash dumps that is ultimately a pollution problem.
Appreciate your thoughts on these questions which I am unable to answer.
Sincere and accurate answers:
Lithium mining isn't any worse than any other mining. It is the processing of Lithium that can be very bad, and was bad in China to the point that they have cleaned it up out of necessity. Lithium mining has lagged demand, so that is an issue in terms of our ability to ramp up EV's at the pace we want to. Other battery technologies such as sodium batteries will be developed over time. Batteries are ridiculously expensive now, but that is always the case for new tech.
Electric grids are not solely dependent on fossil fuels. They can and are powered by solar, wind, nuclear, geothermal, etc in addition to the oil, gas and coal. If you look at your energy bill fuel breakdown, you'll see that there's already a large amount of non-fossil fuel giving you power today. With ICE's we are 100% dependent on fossil fuels. EV's use about 1/4th the energy, so even if they were using only fossil fuels, they'd use a lot less -- but most of the energy people are charging with already come from non-fossil sources. All the fake articles "proving" EV's being dirtier than ICE's assume 100% of the recharging is done with coal, which is light years from the reality practically anywhere in the US.
EV batteries have a very, very long service life. It's not age that weakens the batteries, it's recharge cycles. Typical modern EV batteries will last 10+ years in car use with frequent recharging. After that 10 years, they are repurposed for low charge cycle applications like emergency power storage -- where they can go another 10 years because it is a very low charge cycle application. After that 20+ years, they can be recycled. The first EV batteries from Tesla were made from thousands of off the shelf Panasonic 18650 batteries and Tesla was relying on third-party recyclers (meaning that little recycling probably would have been done). For the past several years Tesla has been actively involved in designing the batteries for recycling and directly involved in the recycling process itself. Tesla is motivated to recycle themselves because resources in batteries are so expensive and so hard to get that they can save money and increase production rates by reusing materials. GM and Ford are doing the same regarding recycling though partnerships. Tesla already eliminated Cobalt from batteries and can already use recycled materials from their batteries. They don't have many to recycle because their extremely service life (10 years in car, 10 more years in storage). There is no parallel between plastic recycling and EV battery recycling -- though every fake article goes to great lengths to make that comparison.
Refineries in California to extract lithium from the wastewater of geo-thermal power plants just came online last month. The process of producing battery grade lithium could be fundamentally changing as we speak.
Interesting point. Seems that we are going to have alot of holes in the ground and alot of polluted water within the 3rd world. But maybe this is an "inconvenient truth" that some just don't want to discuss.
That's interesting and had never heard of it until you mentioned it. I just feel many of the new processes are already antiquated before they're released for use, the new push in battery tech is solid state and they require a specific type of media to print(I have no idea what it is).
Well, I am still waiting for Harbor Freight to begin selling cordless extension cords to help power up EV's......How soon will Walmart be selling Mobius toilet paper and inflatable dart boards is anyone's guess at this point in time.....
if you follow the money it leads to berkshire hathaway and general motors.
so pretty much anyone who owns any large-cap domestic etf has exposure. I am complicit in innovation. Oh no.
How old are you people? Are you 12? 16?
Cali has banned the sale of
NEW
GAS POWERED CARS, in 2035. So for me, even if I moved to CA which I won't, I could still buy lots and lots and lots and lots and lots --- millions upon millions -- of ICE cars in 2035. Many of which are just the isht, let's face it, because ICE cars have gone berserk over the past 20 years. That means I have, in 2035, even in Kalifornia, 10's of thousands of insanely great ICE vehicles from which to choose.
I might die with an EV in my garage, but it will be by choice.
Not to mention that 2035 is, counting politically, a thousand years in the future.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/po...ow-11664360108
this is happening now watching their celebration in frankfurt on cnbc europe
shares are $82.50 under the symbol P911
https://www.marketwatch.com/investin...xfra&mod=autos
Yeah the 80% EV will include the majority in hybrid form. It's all marketing hype. Watch how they spin the message towards EV hybrids in the next few years. Porsche has become the greatest marketing machine in history. They can spin a story better than anyone.
Heck if they need to sell 80% of their SUVs and EVs to keep making the 911 then so be it. I think in 2021 they sold a little over 42k Macan and Cayenne SUVs combined. A little over 10k 911s by comparison. And that's during the post covid era and **** economy / supply chain issues. Car makers won't survive on making sports cars only, even Porsche.
Read between the lines with the marketing fluff.
The answer is 250 miles to the gallon using
(1) synthetic fuel to run the very powerful and efficient turbo 4 cylinder ICE engine which will
(2) charge the batteries to fuel the EV motor.
What would you rather have...
An electric car that's a pain in the *** to charge and get any distance out of, or one that you can fuel up once a quarter with synthetic fuel that gets over 3,000 miles on a tank of fuel?
What if you ran a transportation or shipping business?
Pure EV is an ineficient stepping stone to more efficient EV/ICE powered hybrid.
If true it will be interesting to see how that works with the countries (and states) that have legislated a ban on the sale of new ice vehicles.
Also the pushback from whoever has positioned themselves to profit from a switch to EVs.
Is that who�s making you read and respond to post in the �OFF TOPIC� thread?
It�s amazing how I�m able to ignore inane posts about alcohol and barbecuing
This is exactly how the 2011 Chevy Volt operated -- the ICE engine (mostly) only charged the battery.
I promise you I'm not trying to give you a hard time, but where is this hyper-efficient 250-mpg synthetic fuel coming from? I've never heard of such a thing. If we had that type of fuel, we could just run ICE's off that fuel -- batteries and electric wouldn't even need to be in the equation.
Where are you getting this imagined pain and limited range from? If you are one of the 0.01% that drives cross-country constantly, then EV's are not for you. If you have anything less than a 200ish mile a day commute, EV's are far more convenient than ICE while saving you a ton on fuel costs. Talk to any modern EV owner and they will tell you the number one thing they love about the EV is (almost) never having to go to the gas station. Anybody with home charging finds it much more convenient than an ICE where they need to go to the gas station every week or so.
This would represent like 0.01% of the population. And even that 0.01% of the population is finding ways to move towards EV because of the massive cost savings.
The ICE engine charging the EV battery is generally a less efficient approach because there are energy losses in the generator. Those losses are typically minor -- in the 5% to 10% range because electric motors/generators are so efficient, but the car would normally be more efficient with the ICE just driving the wheels when the battery ran out. There's a reason the Chevy Volt approach never caught on. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely a viable option, and not significantly worse from an efficiency standpoint than the ICE just powering the drivetrain, but it doesn't provide any significant advantages either.
All is it takes is a shift in frustration by the people, and they then vote the irrational greenies out and put in common sense greenies. Then legislation is changed. Watch what happens in Europe and the US over the next two years. Wouldn't be sunrises to see a change in plan.
True
But don�t discount the power of lobbyists from those who are going to cash in on EVs.
The new infrastructure law ( NEVI) has
$5 billion over five years to help states create a network of EV charging stations.
They aren�t going to give that up without a fight.
No question, everyone will fight for what they believe is right, until enough evidence comes along to not only prove they are right, but show that they can be even more right.
E-motors are right. But linked with a more efficient ICE motor to charge it that runs on synthetic fuel, they are even more right.
The argument isnt EV vs. ICE. It's how do I use ICE more efficiently to power EV.
??????
If a synthetic super-fuel existed, we would be using it in ICE cars already, no EV element is required.
Using an ICE, which is only 40-45% efficient, to drive a generator at a 5-10% loss to charge the battery, to then to have another 5 to 10% loss to drive the EV motor, is far less efficient than just using the ICE to drive the wheels directly.
Even if it existed, that ICE dedicated to charging the EV wouldn't be anything like the ICE's we know and love. You couldn't rev it through the gears, it would just turn on and drone when needed -- not really anything like the ICE experience, and the drone from the ICE engine noise would worsen the EV experience -- all while being less efficient than just using the ICE to drive the wheels.
Maybe you are thinking of hydrogen-powered ICE's? I don't know how efficient they are, but they are clean from a carbon standpoint. Toyota is working on a hydrogen ICE, but it is driving the wheels and not a generator, so it's exactly like the ICE's we love. The problem has always been the practicality of producing and handling hydrogen, but at least Toyota thinks it will can be made practical as a fuel.
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Glenn can correct me if I'm wrong, but from my own research and having read his posts, I believe he is talking about the synthetic fuel that a company in South America (there are other companies too) that was bought (may only be partial ownership) by Porsche within the last year is trying to make. The end result is expected to be capable of running an ICE engine with zero carbon emissions, and I believe better mileage/efficiency, however the fuel is expected to be expensive even in the long run. So the target for some manufacturers is to develop a hyper efficient hybrid that's ICE runs on a fuel like this to get a combined 250 MPG with the EV component. He is not talking about a magic ICE/fuel that can get 250 MPG on it's own.
Also, as far as a majority of people that switched to electric liking them I think it would be really interesting to break that down and see where they live, if they have a second ICE vehicle, prior vehicles, primary reason for switching to electric, etc. Annecdotely, I obviously don't have any real evidence to back this up, I think electric cars are primarily bought by 3 groups of people - those hyper focused on efficiency from a price standpoint, those hyper focused on efficiency from an environmental standpoint (both of these groups were the Prius adopters), and wealthy individuals/techies buying for the novelty/cool factor. I think most EV owners currently intentionally sought them out and as such it would be logical they enjoy/are happy with them, but I think very few people have stumbled into EV ownership and the few I know who have have hated them. So I think once more people start stumbling into EV ownership or they start trying to push EVs on the majority of the population who doesn't want them the satisfaction rate for EVs will drop significantly. From a personal standpoint I think the innovation is kinda cool, but I have no desire to own one, especially at the price point and if I ever did it would just be for the hell of it and certainly wouldn't be my only vehicle.
Peter,
Google Porsche synthetic fuel. Porsche developed it with exxon mobil and seimans among many other partners. They have used it exclusively in the Porsche supercup series around the world over the past 2 years to test and show it. IT IS ALREADY A REALITY AND ONLY GETTING BIGGER.
More importantly, Porsche and Audi have stiff armed F1 into using synthetic fuel in turbo hybrids with the new engine rules starting in 2026. Same is happening as we speak in other racing series.
Audi bought the Sauber/Alfa F1 team. Porsche was in talks to buy 50% of Red Bull but the deal has fallen thru. Rumors are circulating on a Porsche purchase of Williams, McClaren or Aston Martin as potential targets.
Bottom line is this. Porsche didn't develop synthetic fuel for the supercup series and then stiff arm F1 into adopting it in their turbo hybrid 2026 rules nor develop a hybrid hypercar for wec and imsa because they just want to sell EV cars. They want to sell turbo hybrids that run synthetic fuel.
Most importantly, because F1 has mandated synthetic fuels in 2026, every oil company that partners with an F1 team will be manufacturing it as well. Hint, hint, if all the major oil companies build the facilities to manufacturer it for racing, they can also manufacturer it for gas stations.
Now is the time for everyone to start connecting the dots...
As a side note: this synthetic fuel can be used in any ice powered engine. It is not hydrogen. Do yourself a favor and Google Porsche synthetic fuel. Then google F1 2026 engine regulations. The future of the car industry is always what the racing community is developing and racing. They are developing synthetic fuels and racing turbo hybrids that will be powered by synthetic fuel that works in any ice engine. Hint, hint...
Thanks -- very cool, I was not aware of this. I just read about it here:
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...eutral-e-fuel/
It's based off hydrogen, but processed to turn it into a liquid fuel. I don't know about it providing hyper mileage, but I very much like the fact that the fuel is designed to work in existing cars with no modifications. As much as I'm all for EV, I've been worried about use of vintage cars eventually being affected by this stuff -- which would make me very upset -- but this fuel, like hydrogen, doesn't put out any carbon emissions when burned, so you could drive vintage without issue (or guilt).
The fuel doesn't provide the higher mileage. Instead, it provides an environmentally friendly way to run an ICE engine to charge a battery to fuel an electric motor all within a hybrid system.
The fuel mileage advancements come from engineering advancements on each component of the hybrid system. Better ICE efficiency, better energy harvesting, better battery storage, better electric motor efficiency, etc.
Remember, the Porsche 918 hybrid got 100 mpg on antiquated technology that is over 10 years old. 250 mpg is around the corner. And thanks to Porsche, we can burn clean synthetic fuel in any car as well.
Synthetic fuel provides an environmental win win by allowing us to keep the old ICE engines on the road while also fueling the hybrids of the futures.
At the moment oil companies are extremely conservative with their budgets. Making refining changes require huge amounts of capital which in the last ten years or so most refineries have been extremely careful with. President Biden was once again saying that the oil companies need to lower gas prices as they are making more money than god, but he didn�t said crap when Exxon Mobil lost 20 plus billion dollars. Race fuel can be produced in small batches, the big issue will be price. Last time I checked 104 was $13 a gallon, I filled my truck yesterday for $2.19 a gallon. As an idea basically the two big race fuel producers here are VP and Sunoco, the oil majors including Exxon Mobil are not going to go grand scale and invest huge amounts of money in this. You can see the trend of biofuels. biodiesel has been available for many years but the industry have been increasing production at an extremely low rate, case in point Phillips 66 refinery in ferndale California. I spent quite a bit of time in research and development of new products, the technology is out there for a bunch of things but in the end not many companies are going to invest in it until it makes economy sense. This whole green movement is in my opinion a bunch of bologni, many less develop countries will be running ice on the gas we know today for many years to come. In the last five years we are selling a lot more refined products to all different countries. The shipping facilities and storage specially here have been enlarged and there are projects in place to continue to increase storage and shipping capacity. As long as the refineries can operate they�ll continue to produce whatever is the most profitable product with as little investment as possible, investors will continue to judge the companies extremely hard, ie Exxon Mobil was kicked out of the Dow, the stock felt to levels not seen in 50 years, ConocoPhillips went the same way I say 2014, these companies and managers are extremely careful now with capital spending. Yes I�m heavily invested in all the three companies I mentioned here, and off course I follow them real close. I�ll say enjoy the cars and drive them as much and as frequently as you can. I be driving the 99 today.! No cats burning that shell Vpower 93 going triple digits here and there. Best of all yesterday I drove the turbo. The plan has been set and in the future the car will be tuned to have more than 625 hp, more shell v power 93 to be burned.
case in point Phillips 66 refinery in ferndale California. I spent quite a bit of time in research and development [/QUOTE]
So was the time you spent in research and development in Ferndale California or Ferndale Washington were the plant is actually located ?
So was the time you spent in research and development in Ferndale California or Ferndale Washington were the plant is actually located ?[/QUOTE]
ok I spent time in R&D new products at Valvoline, anything related to lubricants, new additive technology, nano technology, car detail products, other stuff related to fuel system additives. Lab testing, simulating stuff like rust corrosion resistance, to measuring gloss in waxed, durability ease of application etc. We actually had a lab where we tested competitive products and developed new chemistries. Fleet testing, nyc taxi cabs, police cruisers (the Kentucky state police), Las Vegas taxicabs, numerous heavy duty diesel fleets all over the world, from cr England, to Jmar express (mark Martins fleet), to 77sa in Peru, to cemex (Mexico). A lot of research work engine tear downs evaluating lubricant performance, why all over the world?? Different fuel qualities fuel sulphur content, water content biodiesel quality, operating environment, loads. There are strict requirements about payloads for 18 wheelers that don�t apply to foreign countries so for example a Cummins signature 600 would be pulling 45,000 lbs in the us , 100,000 lbs in Mexico. The ferndale refinery if it�s located in Washington that�s fine, but that�s PSX biggest green diesel protect, they give updates in every analyst call after they report their quarterly results, if you want more info please listen on the next one which I believe is scheduled for November. Why all the testing, one thing is how a product performs in a controlled environment, it�s completely different in the real world. Have a great Sunday and hopefully your football team does well.
First burn of the season. Ian remnants are hanging around for a couple of days and driving nighttime temps into the low 40s.
Jotul F500 -- 24" logs are no problemo
We had a Jotul when we were in Maine and it was a great stove. We also had a Lopi as our central stove. Now we have a Lopi and after over forty years of wood burning we are looking to convert to pellets. The wood gets heavier each year and we were burning 3 cords, most of which my wife stacked and lugged from the woodpile to the stove. So we've had a couple of fires with the pellets and so far, so good.
Yes, we lit up the wood stove also in the great room, but haven't used the other wood stove yet, but I did stack about a little over five cords of seasoned wood in the barn. The spit, spit, d*mn ethanol-based fuels have raised havoc with our 40 ton Honda-powered wood splitter. Early in the spring, we attempted to go for the lungs and purchase a large solar panel system that follows the sun. However, after all the associated costs and all the needed permits ( it just would cost us over a hundred grand ), all the construction would make the return on our investment more vanity than anything else....so we will stick with our propane back-up generator with automatic transfer vs. a storage battery that would only serve power for a day at the most.
Sorry for late response, I just haven't had time to be on RL. I'm with you on synthetic fuels and am excited about what it means for being able to run vintage and other ICE cars clean.
It seems logical that we got 100mpg on old tech and can get 250mpg on newer tech, but 250 mpg literally is impossible to happen for gas that we use today due to the law of conservation of energy. A gallon of gas contains the equivalent of 33.7kwh of energy. You cannot get more energy out of it than there is in the fuel. The max you can get out of an EV in range will be what 33.7kwh can move for a given car in a perfect environment where the electric motor is 100% efficient, regeneration is 100% efficient, and there are no aerodynamic drag, friction and heat losses. EV's today are pretty close to as good as they are going to get on mileage -- the electric motors now are around 95% efficient. Regenerative braking (the motor being driven in reverse by momentum) is 95% efficient, then loses another 95% driving the car (so it reuses 90.25% of the energy in braking) -- other losses include aerodynamic loss, heat, friction, but the last two are fairly minor. So EV's are already pretty close to as good as they can can get on mileage for the things we can control (motor/generator efficiency, heat losses, there can only be "shades of gray" improvements on aerodynamic losses, friction, etc.). The Tesla model 3 is rated at 138 MPGe in the city and 125 MPGe on the highway. The most we could get to, due to conservation of energy, with advances to have 100% efficient motors, would still bump that mileage only up to about 150 MPGe or so (exact figure depends on weight of the car and the driving scenarios used in the test (e.g. city vs highway).
If we have synthetic fuel that contains more than a gallon of gas's energy content of 33.7kwh, then gas mileage of ICE's could potentially increase, as would MPGe of EV's relevant to that new fuel type as the "gas equivalent" basis (but that's just a math difference of using a different reference gas type).
I've talked to a ton of EV owners over many years and went through the buying process at the Tesla dealer with a new Model Y with a relative who has now owned it for 6 months. I'll just speak to the 3 buyer types you mentioned.
1) Those hyper focused on efficiency from a price standpoint,
2) Those hyper focused on efficiency from an environmental standpoint (both of these groups were the Prius adopters)
3) Wealthy individuals/techies buying for the novelty/cool factor.
I'll discuss in reverse order:
3) Wealthy?
-- Yes, or at least comfortable, almost exclusively, which makes sense because used much older (cheaper) EV's are not a really viable due to the insanely high cost of EV battery replacement currently. Used EV's will eventually become viable with advances in tech and resource availability, but for now the used market isn't viable. Most Tesla buyers I spoke to are coming from long histories of leasing or buying Mercedes/Audi/BMW/Lexus new every several years. None of them I know are doing it for the "cool" factor, all of them are from word of mouth from friends saying it is a far better ownership experience.
2) Hyperfocused on environmental
-- This, very surprisingly, is not even the majority case in my experience. I spoke to a lot of Tesla owners in AZ when vacationing there -- they absolutely love their Teslas -- will talk about them all day -- but if you bring up the "green" topic, they have not bought into that argument and do not want to talk about it (it literally becomes an uncomfortable discussion very quickly). A guy who used to own a restaurant in NJ always had an EV's in his parking spot from the earliest days of EV's -- probably about 10 year ago I asked him why he had all the EV's and he said he was a voluntary evaluator for several different brands. He said people think he's a tree "hugger", but then said he doesn't care anything about that, he just was into it because he wanted oil independence -- then he pointed to his vanity license plate and it read "F OPEC"
. He said most people don't get it, which was surprising to me, since it's not subtle IMO
. My neighbor has Hyundai EV replacing and Hyundai ICE -- he does care about the environment, but many EV owners not only didn't buy it for environmental reasons, but don't believe in the environment savings.
3) Focused on efficiency from a price standpoint
-- yes, because the fuel costs and maintenance costs are dramatically lower. My relative with the Model Y says she doesn't even notice the increase in her electric bill with charging (it obviously has gone up, but far less than you would think -- about $10 electricity takes you 300 miles). The number one thing everyone says they love the most is never going to the gas stations -- I hear that far more than savings or environment. My relative has owned the Tesla for 6 months and only had to charge externally once on a trip to another state. Not having to go to the gas station is universally what people have told me they love -- that's why people who say that the limited range of EV's is a hassle are usually not talking from real world experience. Except for those who drive very long trips regularly, refueling and EV is far easier and more convenient (and cheaper!) than an ICE.
You are right, comfortable is probably a more accurate financial description than wealthy. I have also noticed that shift from Luxury owners/leasers too. I find it surprising you haven't met many Tesla owners who bought it for the "cool" factor, though. I feel like at least half of the Model S owners I have met since the 3 became widely available bought it almost exclusively for the Ludacris or self-driving mode. I even met a guy in his early 20s that made money off bitcoin that not so jokingly said he chose to buy a Tesla solely based on the fart and dance modes. I would certainly hope this one is the exception and not the rule though...
I will say that most of the environmentalist EV owners I have met were on the West Coast, I didn't really meet any when I lived in the North East, and the Leaf, sometimes Model 3, seemed to be their choice. You are right though, this is definitely not the majority despite the stereotype. That must have been a fun conversation with the OPEC guy. I always like getting to meet interesting people.
I will have to ask EV owners I meet from now on about the gas station thing. I have known lots including two of my uncles, one of my cousins several neighbors, and a couple friends and they have all lauded over the fuel savings, quietness, and acceleration, but I have never heard one of them expressly mention not having to go to gas stations as a benefit.
It's official: Bring A Trailer has
jumped the shark
.
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Pete, sorry about the delay in circling back. Been a busy week.
Transporatation will be on an interesting journey as the government policy makers, auto manufacturers, energy companies, consumers and businesses work through what can be realistically done and not done over time frames. The Russian Ukrainian war has jump started the conversation one many fronts.
Two things are certain right know.
(1) the majority of the world is not ready from an infrastructural nor economic standpoint for 100% EV powered cars so we have to power it with some form of fuel that is petrol based, synthetic or a combination.
(2) the energy industry isnt ready for it either.
So in the meantime, the scientists keep looking for new ways to do something, and we evolve.
But contrary to popular believe, ICE aren't going away anytime soon.
Agreed on all counts. I was thinking you meant "cool" more in the context of buying it just because it was the trendy thing to do. All of them bought it for a reason and based on glowing word of mouth from friends. I haven't heard anyone talk about self-driving, but definitely love the low costs and lack of maintenance. None of them bought it to get out of going to the gas station -- it was something they hadn't thought about before buying it but was an unexpected surprise and now is the first thing that they mention.
He didn't tell me this, or I don't remember because it was a long time ago, but when looking for a photo of it online I saw a comment that the NJ DMV originally didn't allow him to get the license plate, so he created a shell business called F. Opec to get them to approve it (website still exists:
http://www.fopec.com
). Pretty hilarious. This is his Mini EV back in 2010, I think it was an experimental prototype at the time:
as you have requested, in Philadelphia right now. Flew spirit as it was cheapest. $89 one way from Houston. Spirit has Buffalo trace, I got two bottles with the Coke Zero $22, now I�ll refill those to have on my way back to Houston. Since I had to wait for my wife and son at the Philadelphia airport off course I hit a bar and had a few IPAs. Goose Island bear hug and new Belgium Vice, the can has the Voodoo ranger dress in white ala �Don Johnson miami Vice �, great beer. Wife and son decided to go to the hard rock I wanted authentic local bar pub, so I found an Irish bar. Pretty cool however their food didn�t look so great, yes Pizza, great place Zios off course all the meats. As always traveling with old faithful Turkey �101� and a few IPAs. Definitely will be getting a cheesesteak. Now the pics.
Happy in the skies
Spirit is cheap but they charge you for toilet 🚽 paper, I asked the flight attendant if I needed change or my credit card to go to the bathroom, she said why and I say to pay for the toilet paper, the people around me where laughing 😂 their assss off, wife drove to the airport so I was hitting the bourbon in the back seat.
Had 1:30 hours to wait for the wife so yes a bar in the Philadelphia airport.
Irish ☘️ pub
Decent variety of drinks, I had a yuengling flight and an ultra, food didn�t seem too good.
Yes pizza.
Nice pie, off course all the meats.
We are here because wife has a work activity, awesome that Turkey is packing 101 in plastic. Room is awesome, is like 500 square feet has full kitchen, big fridge. So I brought some leftovers from home (smoke pork butt andouille sausage to make sandwiches and tacos 🌮. Ipas to keep me company.
Since this is the off topic forum and I've googled and haven't found anything, thought I would post here. I'm sure that there are a great many dog lovers here.
We have never had more than one dog. I don't want to have more than one dog as I feel that single dogs are more bonded to the humans which I thoroughly enjoy. In the last almost 40 years, I've had 3 dogs. First a beagle, then a cocapoo, and now a standard poodle. All three dogs have had 2 similar behaviours that perplex me.
1. Swimming. None of these dogs ever like water. They don't swim. Will not go into the water on their own.
Both my wife and I are water lovers. We swim constantly. These dogs have always had regular access (at least a third of their lives) to their own beach and direct access to the lake. They have always loved boat rides, no issues hanging out on the dock either. They were all introduced to the water as pups. They were July born dogs so, only had introduction to the water in their first autumn then the following spring.
2. Don't eat like regular dogs. They are grazers. Yup, even the beagle was. Put their food down, they will have a couple bites, then will go back later. Tend to eat only after 9 pm. Friends dogs eat their food immediately. Never my dogs.
Besides this, all three dogs lived a long, happy life. Beagle was 14, cocapoo was 18 then they passed. Hope the standard poodle lives long, only 4 now. Very well adjust dogs. No behaviour issues. Walked 3X per day. Lot's of play time. Current dog, as some laws have changed, will go shopping with us. Dogs have always been socialized with other dogs. We host many weekends with friends at the lake and everyone one brings their dogs.
Wife and I have concluded that these 2 behaviours must be us. Too coincidental to have 3 different breeds all exhibiting the similar behaviours.....
Thoughts?
Not really sure what's causing the behaviors, I don't know how you and your wife could be influencing those behaviors unconsciously, but it also does seem way too coincidental. I will say that my parents have a standard poodle that also has had lots of access to water her whole life, yet refuses to go in the water even if other dogs are or people try to coax her and she is also a grazer when it come to her kibble. I always found it really strange a water dog that absolutely hated the water.
Yes, it's you, and how you raise them. They trust you implicitly. Long life is an indication of low stress and good care. That's on you. Same thing happens with cats. Our cats have lived to be 18-20 years old. My brothers cats are 14-16. Our cats will come and hang out in the evening while reading or watching where my brothers cats won't come near you. Not sure about the water problem...
Hey, 3/98 911 Coupe......Sometime in the future, you might want to try Nick's Roast Beef, 2149 S. 2oth St, South Philadelphia...you will not be disappointed.....
The dog just grazing is because u only have 1 dog and it doesnt have to compete for food. Its acually a healthy way fo feed a dog as they eat when thet r hungry and dont over eat. Get a second dog and watch how fast their habbits change.
The swiming issue somewhat instuctually. Labs jump right in and my danes hated it. u can train a dog for water by starting out in small kiddy pools and making it fun for them to be in the water. Start them young.
We have a male Golden Retriever and 2 female standard long haired Dachshunds. They are a very happy family. The Golden is like the big bro to the Dachsys. They sleep together in a large pile on the foot of our king sized bed. Room is at a premium when we turn in but the Golden eventually jumps off the bed to sleep on the floor next to me. Like most Goldens, he can't stay out of the water. He loves to swim and will fetch anything you throw for him, but he prefers tennis *****. He took to the water as a puppy. Initially I kept him on a long reel leash until I was sure he understood that he must come back to the beach! And he is a strong swimmer. He is Golden number 4 for us and they have lived to an average of about 14 years. To me they have the sweetest, most cheerful personality of any dog I have ever met. I did grow up with a Great Dane and they are also very sweet dogs. However, like any big dog, it is important to reinforce that behavior as they grow up. I have seen Goldens that haven't been raised correctly and they can be scary because of their size. Ours have averaged about 80 lbs, all males. I have seen Goldens as big as 120 lb. They do slow down a bit though around 12 years old. The Dachsys can swim well but they don't try to fetch and seem to just enjoy the cool water. Their favorite past time is to chase the squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, and other little rodents who dare to find their way into our fenced in yard. And make no mistake, the Dachsys are hunters and it would not be pretty to see one of them catch a squirrel. And they are very quick, just not quite quick enough. Meal time for the dogs is really fun to watch. My wife distributes each dog's dish to a spot in our large kitchen and they each make their food disappear promptly. But they do not ever try to poach each other's food. As De Jeeper mentioned, the presence of other dogs certainly affects their eating habits. They finish their bowls promptly. We have a Jeep dedicated to hauling the dogs and crates here and there. Never has a single paw been inside one of our Porsches as yet. But who knows?
As far as the feeding is concerned, I have found that it is important to feed them at the same time every day, the same food, and the same portion. Dogs are first and foremost creatures of habit. What do you feed? We feed only dry food slightly moistened with water, a brand recommended by our vet. Back with our first Golden we would include a bit of canned food with the dry because we thought it might be tastier. It never really worked and we never really figured out for years that he in fact preferred the "crunchies" as we call it. Also better for their teeth.Then we reward them with Milk Bones, which they love. They most enjoy a structured life so they know when they'll be fed and what they will be fed, know when their walk time is, and when playtime is. I have found they have very sensitive body clocks. When we go on a trip our dogs go to a boarding kennel and the timing is very different there as to when they are fed, and when they go out to the exercise yard. So when they come home after a few days at the kennel their body clocks are messed up for a bit until they get back on track. Usually takes a couple of days.
I think the water behavior simply depends on the breed. I love Beagles. My best bud had one when we were in college. But they are not retrievers to my knowledge. The retriever breeds are the ones who take so easily to the water and swimming. The other breeds seem to be curious about water, but not plunge in and swim. The other two of your dogs to my knowledge would have no instinctive feeling about water. Just not in their genes.
Here is our dog, standard poodle, We are a little over 1.5 years into the experience, and he has taken an excellent turn for the better. Now we can leave our shoes laying around, and thankfully he has stopped laying land mines in the house.
our friends dogs are in single dog home and they are savages lol.
the comment about routine is so true. We were very militant for the first year. Still continue with the routine although when the routine is upset there is no issue.
I love the poodle breed. All my friends made fun of me and now they just love him. He fishes with me. He chases deer and barks like a beagle. He is also off leash trained and I can be in very urban setting, tons of people and cars and he just sticks by my side.
here is my boy
I grew up with three dogs(random hound mix, lab mix, German Shepard mix) over the years that would eat till content, and leave the rest of the food for the birds and squirrels.
My last two pups(both Rottweiler mixes) were rescues, and the older pup would, and still does voraciously eat every last piece of food, even at 14 y/o.
I picked up the younger pup before he had really gone hungry though, and he wasn't quite as vicious about it, but still would eat every bit. Had to put this one down just two weeks ago.
Starving Rocky
RIP Rambo
My brother has 3 dogs, 2 English Labs and a Yorkie. He has to feed both Labs at the same time and in their respective bowls which have eating limiting grooves. The Yorkie eats after the two monster eat AND they know not to mess with the Yorkies food. So the Labs are cousins, one black and the other chocolate, they�re polar opposites and the chocolate one is a meth head� 1000% out of his mind. The black chunkster weighs about 110lbs and the brown meth head is around 80lbs.
My girlfriend�s previous Frenchie was very much a schedule dog. He�d wake up, pee, eat, sleep, pee, poop, eat and sleep� he�d want to play for maybe a 30mins a day. My gf is very schedule based so his behavior reflected that. RIP Coco.
I went to a car show today,
Cars for Kacie
. It was pretty chilly early but warmed up a bit as the day went on. Lots of cars and trucks, mostly American. Also a substantial number of pickups apparently in competition to see which can be furthest from the ground, have the largest diameter exhaust, and fly the tallest flagpole. Here's a few shots of things I found interesting.
Very clean looking aircooled
The paint on this car was astounding as was everything else
Lovely little slant nose
How to arrive at a car show
This Tiger gets used! Look at that brake dust
Uhmm...
This is perfection for me. Maybe I'd just loose those fog lights under the bumper.
Met up with few guys from the office at a local C&C too. I've set up a "petrolheads" Slack channel at work where we can nerd out during work and go on drives together.
These two cars were the winners for me this weekend:
GT4 converted to GT4.5 via Deman Motorsports motor and transmission upgrade. 4.5L flat six with 550ish HP on 98 octane with custom gearing. The owner said he eats GT3s on track, especially on straightaways. The car had a Miami Blue wrap on it. I think the motor alone is about a $50k upgrade, which technically is not horrible when comparing some M96 rebuilds out there.
993 Guntherworks. You know the front is wider but seeing it in pereson...wow. Engine and the whole set up is art.
I'm not sure to be honest. Not an expert on these motors. All I know is that it was a 400HP 4.0L with ITBs and a 996 GT3 intake plenum / manifold. Sounded incredible. You can also see the JRZ remote reservoirs for rear coilovers.
Do you have any other pics of that Tiger? My brother has a 1966 Tiger in what might possibly be the same color (Commodore Blue). He just had it repainted in original Commodore Blue paint and we spent a long time trying to find a sample of Commodore Blue to model off of. The paint codes on record, from the only paint manufacturer that have it, were very far off. It would be great to have see more photos of that Tiger if you have them.
His Tiger is a hoot to drive -- it's a tiny British sports car, and the burble of that V8 coming out of it shocks everyone around. The 260 CI definitely a torque master with a low redline. The original performance specs for the 260 weren't that impressive, but it's got all the power I'd want for that chassis.
That is a pretty cool truck but it looks like he did the opposite of me. It looks like they swapped a hdt cab onto a medium duty wrecker, as i swaped a medium duty wrecker bed onto my heavy duty truck. Either way its a lot cleaner then my rig.
Hope the guy is OK.
Strong case for why everyone should go thru a couple of track sessions with an instructor. Only way to truly learn the cars characteristics at higher speeds and how to control it.
Good video on emissions neutral synthetic fuel. Not only is it a reality today with racing, but it will end up fueling the next generation of street driven Hybrids (ICE + EV).
You Tube
Well, a group of German “scientists” who are “concerned about the climate” glued their hands to the floor of the Porsche pavilion exhibit hall in Wolfsburg, Germany. However, the boys and girls were taught a lesson in basic hard science when the heat and lights were turned off as a precaution to restrict “glued scientists” from vandalizing several hundred thousand dollars worth of new Porsches. The “glued scientists” must have become further agitated at Porsche once they realized that they could not order food, bedtime stories, or even provide the means to relieve their bladders and had to endure the random checks by flashlight security guards. It now looks like Porsche has not only become a world manufacturer of prestigious vehicles but is now a teacher to unruly children.....
Went with a good friend to cars and coffee. Met a few more people and turn out was great. In the afternoon my buddy and I went for some authentic Chinese food and we spent a while just talking about life. We went in the 99, the turbo is currently sitting at a garage as the oil change outfit removed some tranny bolts and the detent ball and spring fell inside the transmission. The gear shifter is stuck and the transmission has to come out. Been making some mean kitchen sink tacos lately.
Big turnout parking lot was full.
Love that ducktail in the 07 Carrera S.
05 Carrera S Fabspeed exhaust evolution Motorsports intake low mileage car looks to be in pretty good shape.
Family style Chinese, the fried rice had pineapple and pork belly. We also ordered some pan seared dumplings, good pretty authentic food.
Fried catfish tacos, refried beans, Mexican cheese, krinkle cut French fries, chopped lettuce avocado jalape�o crema sauce.
Ribeye tacos, cotiza cheese, chicken fajitas, caramelized onion, refried beans queso de cabr�. old El Paso chunky hot sauce on top,
My god, where did you take it that they screwed it up a basic oil change that bad? Walmart? Hopefully who ever you took it to is making it right, although I doubt I would trust them to touch anything of mine ever again.
Sounds like a fun weekend though. Lots of Porsches over in Houston it seems. Maybe I will have to swing by an event next time I am out that way.
I took If to VIOC. Had to wait for the manager to get the oil change done. I showed him the oil filter on top and made sure with a rag they got remaining oil in filter housing and the he changed the gasket on the filter. Then I explained to him that this is a dry sump engine at a minimum drain two spots. I offer my help to showed him the two drain spots. I�m out of the car watching from behind but he didn�t let me go down, anyway before I know it he has taken got knows what, is recovering the gear oil etc. Then I saw him and a helper using the pump to put the gear oil back in and he told me what he had done. I could have showed him or he could have watched a quick you tube video. Or he could have said we don�t work on this cars. Yes engine started oil pressure was good but gear shifter wouldn�t move. He got in car and tried it. Then they ordered the new fluid from Porsche and no bueno. Finally I told him to tow the car to a shop in Sealy as the porsche dealership is expensive and all their mechanics are pretty young. Anyway thru the 996 turbo forum the guys told me exactly what happened which the mechanic already confirmed at the porsche shop. Transmission has to come out. I already spoke with Valvoline corporate, and definitely they will pay , if they don�t lawsuit. Anyway I send the rennlist thread info to the manager and regional manager. This should have been a 20 minute job, he should have either look at you tube or allow me to go down the pit and show him where to drain the engine oil from. I could have done the oil change myself, I just didn�t wanted to deal with the used oil, filter etc.
Not to a smart ***, but hopefully everyone learns a lesson from OP experience.
Not a car to take to entry level mechanics ( not so close relative, just graduated from Tech Mech school and this is his first job (Dippy Lube
)
Tires and Batteries not even safe for some these run of the mill Shops.
Turbo little more complicated than most w additional drain spots , hate to see this happen w anycar...
If nothing else, I learned that the Turbo has four drain plugs to do an oil change.
I guess I see how if I knew that fact and absolutely nothing else I could wind up draining the transmission haha
Just a shot in the dark, but does anyone know of a decent Mercedes forum, as good as this one? My buddy has a 550 AMG. He keeps getting check engine lights and malfunction lights and he keeps taking it to the corner mechanic for repairs. Yeah, he is stupid and won't listen, but I am trying to find an indy shop near him (Point Pleasant, NJ) so he can get his car fixed..............correctly, BEFORE he goes broke chasing crap with his corner mechanic. Thanks.
MBworld is alright. My experience when I owned a Benz was that there aren't a lot of DIY Benz owners. Honestly, I think Rennlist is one of the better forums out there and I think a large part of it is, at least in the parts I frequent (996 and 944/951), is a good intersection between people with enthusiasm, skill, and enough money to do things right. Yeah, some people cut corners on this forum, but go to a Mustang forum and you'll see some real crazy things. This is also a huge forum with a lot of activity. There used to be a few good 944 specific forums, but they have mostly died.
Like Type65 says, there is not much help in the MBworld or any of the others forums, I have the diesel Benz and do my own work, it can be tough finding info on doing repairs or even finding manuals on newer model years. had a recall done on it last week for new EGR, diesel oxidation catalyst,diesel particulate filter and selective catalytic reduction unit. over 10K in repairs plus 4K in my pockets from class action suit. great car with great 35mpg and comfort.
Let that be a lesson for you also. Simple is not simple when it comes to Porsche.....
I remember at our dealership one time ( Porsche/Audi ) we had hired a new Master Volvo Technician on the Audi side. The Porsche side was covered up with work so the service writer gave a Turbo oil change to the new Volvo Master Tech...He didn't drain the remote oil tank and then filled with 9.3 qts oil..The car started bellowing out smoke ( customer waiting) ...Had to send customer home and remove all intake and intercoolers and clean out all the oil... ( customer pissed off) Everyone thinks they are a mechanic until something goes wrong..
How much money do you save by using quicky oil change places ?? Or more importantly, how much time do you save ??
If your shop needs youtube to figure out how to change any fluids you do not go to that shop. Period. All the sudden, the inconvenience of changing the oil yourself and dealing with recycling the fluids seems like a drop of water in an ocean compared to your headaches now. You can just go supersonic to any AutoZone and they will take your used oil with zero questions!
Off topic: I want one of these REALLY badly:
I don't want to pile onto what is probably already a painful experience, but truer words were never spoken when it comes to Porsche. Even for oil level, my understanding (correct if wrong) is that, at least for the non-Turbo 996, it is important to refill only to halfway between the marks, not up to the top line. Then there is oiling the oil filter house o-ring, torque spec on the plastic oil filter housing, torque spec on the drain plug (and different torque spec if you have a magnetic LN drain plug), ...
Whoa! Refill only half way? where did that come from? Is that before the new dipstick, and the reduction by 1/2 quart (litre)?? Please don't roll a hand grenade like that and disappear.
Sorry, I didn't mean to leave a "bombshell", but I only had a vague recollection of this. This RL thread touches on it a bit =>
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...over-fill.html
The above thread just says too much oil is not good. I *think* there was thread where Flat 6 recommended filling to halfway -- but couldn't find that post in a brief search. Hopefully who knows more and is a first-hand source (cough cough
@Porschetech3
cough cough
) will chime in with more info.
His statement was accurate. I have never heard of a new dipstick, but with a stock dipstick and without a UAOS it is recommended to run 1/2 quart low which should be smack dab between the low and high marks on the dip stick. That's were I run mine with zero issues.
The run "half low" recommendation is outdated info, this is before the introduction of the UAOS...
The "half low" recommendation was due to inadequacies of the factory AOS function...( UAOS correct this) ..
in 2002 the factory changed the dipstick as of eng # 662 11795 to be .5 qts lower ( due to inadequacies of the factory AOS function ....UAOS corrects this)
With UAOS the oil can be ran at "full " mark ...
With UAOS the engines after #662 11795 can be fitted with the "54" dipstick ( the before eng # 662 11795 dipstick) and be ran "full" on the stick..
With the UOAS + hm/XTDD any m96/97 can be ran .5 qts "overfull" with no issues... ( for track use) ...
Thanks Skip, I also remember (must have been you) there was also a difference in color or shape for the dipstick handle in the old and newer versions, whereas the newer versions where changed to have a dipstick which shows �full� on the mark, but actually it was lower then before so there would be less issues with AOS, but less oil in the pan for cornering, thus less pressure... I remember I mus thave seen photos of it, so only by that, I knew what dipstick I am running with.
(Wow, I can still write long sentences haha)
Yes exactly....
Here is a pic of the early 9.3qt "54" dipstick
Here is a pic of the after eng # 662 11795 8.75 qt dipstick ( note the "ears" on the side)
If you UAOS you can run "full" on the dipstick, and if you have the dipstick with the " ears" (55) I suggest you change to the "54" dipstick and run "full"...
It only took 20+ years to figure all this out ...
I attended an open house at a nearby auto restoration shop yesterday. Great environment, great people, great cars. Here a few of my favorites.
It's a real one and just the way I'd want it
Quite a mix of vehicles
Sweet mods on a street rod
Shark out of water -- hand formed aluminum body repairs underway
Another cat
I don�t particularly like valeting my car but had no choice this Sunday while at a baby shower. Paid for �VIP� parking so it would be parked up front. The drop off was uneventful but on pick up� I noticed all the porters were huddled around my car AND the car was running.
The lead porter/manger was walking over asking them wtf they were doing. Mind you the porter who I left the car with was on break so the ones present had no idea it was my car. Apparently they were moving it because it was blocking �another car� and the manager shook his head while walking back to grab my ticket. At that point he realized the Porsche was mine, immediately jogged over to the other porters and told them in Spanish to stop messing around (literal translation is �stop eating dick and go to work�).
So I�m standing 10ft from my car that was running before I showed up and the porter tried reversing up a slight incline. Anyway I walked out the car because it was as entertaining as watching grass grow, told him to get out and I got it. Did I just prevent a modern Ferris Bueller moment?
Hah! You may have.
Just like you, I hate to valet mine. Back in the mid 90's, I was in Newport Beach on a business trip and went out to dinner with a client that had one of the new special addition Corvettes. Can't remember which one but it was white. I valet parket my Ford Taurus rental. He valet parked his vette. After dinner we walked outside to get our cars. My Taurus was retrieved pretty quickly, but after 20 minutes of waiting the vette still hadn't been brought around. In fact the valet guys had disappeared. Then the manager came out and apologized, it seemed that the valet had totaled the car. The kid decided that that he wanted to "punch it" to see what it could do and lost control.
Crazy...
Yeah, the guy was very cool and down to earth. Early in my P car days not knowing too much I saw a gray 356 in amazing condition and said "wow that's neat" and the owner took great offense
He said it's more than neat!
When forced to valet I take a pic of the speedometer showing mileage, then I show that pic to the valet manager, text it if he/she has a phone. Then I tip him/her royally at drop off and pick up. I wish I could do more, but I just don't know what.....
Not certain what to do other than park it yourself if possible. Tough to overide the emotion when a young guy is looking at your 911 or any cool car that they get to drive and valet park.
Here is one more sad but funny story. About 15 years ago, a local car dealer that deals in used performance cars had a used 996 GT2 that they just acquired. It needed some service so they had one of their guys drive the car a few miles down the street to the local porsche dealership for service. Along the way, the guy decided to punch it and lost control and the car ended upside down and if I remember correctly, it landed on a fire hydrant poking through the passenger side. Lucky for the driver.
This was when the GT2 was substantially more powerful than anything out on the market w/o any nannies.
Today, stuff like this keeps Youtube in business.
I take a different car if valet is required. Currently our GTI. A week ago I drove down to Santa Monica to visit a friend. I wanted to drive the 996, but, the hotel was valet only. The newer problem is the rarity of the manual transmission. The valet saw it and said, "oh, it's a manual" in an interested tone. Paranoia creeps in...
Tips and pics suggested by
@Lady Silver
seems like a really good way to manage it.
I forgot to mention my opening bid is that my 996 is a very valuable antique and my insurance carrier requires me to be the sole driver. They usually counter with "...our insurance requires us to park it...." Take it or hit the road.
That is a great idea....Never thought of that when valet'ing my car. That being said, back in the late 80's as a college student, I spent a summer working at a boutique hotel. There was not dedicated valet staff. Doormen valet'ed and delivered luggage. I would never think to go joyriding in a customer's car. Lot's of high end cars back then. Certainly mostly Cadillacs and BMW's. Occasional 911, fave car as I had never seen one was a VW GTD - not GTI. Basically a GTI with a diesel engine. Had german plates with NY tags on top of the german tag. 35 years ago, I was doing a couple hundred in tips per shift. I would not do anything like joy riding to jeopardize that kind of money as a student.
There is a company down here in Bama that has some tuning software for 996's that one of the options is a "valet mode" that does just that..ie limits the throttle and RPMS for valet's..
Tried that. I was told that the company that provides the valet service has an insurance carrier who requires the cars to be driven by their employees. Go figure.....the $20 does get you a great parking location though.
Also $20 isn't what it once was.....
Totally off topic but I became a 1st time grandfather overnight. Baby girl, Lily, born in Austin, Tx who will get my 996 4s when she turns 18. Next grandchild gets the 997 4s. Wonder who their favorite grandparent will be.
Optionman1 is now officially an “old”. He’s required to use “the” before talking about anything social media and must laminate an AARP card. He also gets to complain about how bad his body hurts after crawling around under the cars…to everyone. Salute to a healthy, happy baby Lily and mother!
Haven�t posted in a while as I was fighting with Valvoline instant oil change to recognize their screw up in my turbo. They finally did and I may have the car back next week. Anyway fun time driving the 99, going for high octane liquor as Bonny and clide. Nothing below 100 proof, awesome dinner last Monday night for my Brothers in law birthday, double bone hereford pork chop. Cheers. Ribeyes on the grill tonight.
Double bone in Hereford pork chop 14 oz, brother in law birthday at Saltgrass steakhouse, pretty good food.
Ribeyes are going on the grill tonight.
We had this amazing apple pie cheesecake at Carrabas yesterday, excellent, I wanted more graham cracker crust and a niece bayleys on the rocks.
Nothing lower than 100 proof, as our Porsches nothing les than 91 octane works for me.
Bonnie and Clyde Speeding around with high octane liquor. Cheers.
My stepson died from complications related to COVID in early 2021, just after Christmas. There was much pain, heartache and angst, and a very long legal odyssey. It's a sad tale, mostly. But there is good as well, part of which is that my wife is inheriting his car. It's a 2015 Mercedes S65 AMG Coupe, about which I knew pretty much zero until a few weeks ago. It's quite a piece. Turbocharged V12 with 620 horespower, 740 ft-lbs torque, driving a vehicle equipped with every imaginable option for its time. I don't think we'll keep it because it's not really our style -- it has Swarovski crystals in the headlights, fer cryin' out loud -- plus I can just imagine what the maintenance expenses would be over even a short period. But we will retrieve it, awaken it from its 2 years' of slumber, cleanse it of all the accumulated crud, and make it roadworthy again. Then we will enjoy it at least for a while. And we will think about Mark when we do.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...e-test-review/
VIN sheet says Iridium Silver Metallic -- I think this is it
That's rough. I'm really sorry to hear that. I hope you and your wife are doing alright. Big losses like that are tough and 2 years can still feel pretty fresh.
As far as the Benz goes, Mercedes often gets over looked, but they offer some of the craziest features in both performance and luxury short of the big boys over in England. I think it's a shame that Mercedes doesn't have more of a enthusiast following. My only experience owning one was a 2014 C300 4MATIC, which is at the complete opposite end of the spectrum, but even that little car with hardly any options was very luxurious and performed really well for a entry level luxury sedan. Luxury cars have never really been my style either, but that Benz shocked me. I enjoyed it far more than I ever imagined I would and put 50k+ trouble free miles on it in 2.5 years. Mercedes shops are not cheap, and especially the top end models have a lot of tech/engineering that is pushing the envelope and leading the industry, so you can run into some issues there at times and it can make them difficult to work on, which I think is part of why they lack a big enthusiastic following. Regardless of what you decide to do with the S65 I'd take it for a few good rips before parting with it . I've heard those biturbo Mercedes, whether 8 or 12, are a real blast and would love to drive one some day. Mercedes has also made some gorgeous cars throughout history. I think you can make a real solid argument that the 300SL is the most beautiful car ever designed.
My condolences
@wdb
- if your stepson was a car guy like you I'd imagine he'd hope for a smile on your face in the S65. Quite the machine is an understatement. That V12 is the last of its kind, hope it heals you well.
Sad story WDB… sorry.
With regards to the Benz, the twin turbo 12 is a beast. I dyno’d my dads old one and it made more torque to the wheels than a diesel F350…. It would also lay 11’s if you matted it at 70MPH… absolute riot hoon machine.
Have some fun with it before you move on.
Yeah, my wife mentioned that he is probably smiling at us obtaining his baby.
It might have tires with 2015 date codes. They would need to be replaced...
Porsche is celebrating an extraordinary world premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show: the new Porsche 911 Dakar is just as comfortable off-road as it is on the highway.
https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2022...les-30421.html
"The exclusive model, limited to 2,500 units, not only shows that there are hardly any limits to the concept of the Porsche 911. It also evokes the first overall victory by Porsche in the 1984 Paris-Dakar Rally, which was simultaneously the birth of all-wheel drive in the Porsche 911. This is why the new 911 Dakar is also offered with an optional Rallye Design Package, reminiscent of that iconic winning car."
Do you have any tips on cooking thick cut pork chops? We've had great thick chops in restaurants, like the Saltgrass ones above, so my son and I tried to duplicate them at home. Without success. We marinated the chops, seared them on an iron pan for 2 1/2 minutes aside, then slowly brought them up to 145 internal temp in an oven at 400. The outside sections were amazing, but the middle section was really tough. Not sure what the restaurants are doing to make the middle tender, but we missed the mark badly
.
Looking at your location - a quality butcher is really all you need and you should be able to find one handily. If the butcher happens to buy multiple quality grades then let him/her know you're interested in only the highest grade available. In my area the butcher only buys pork from a "local" farm and it is not graded. (Local is in quotes because I live in Las Vegas lol.) According to him it is not mandatory to grade pork per USDA. But the pork is very nice to eat so I'd say high quality based on the unsophisticated Strangelove chew test.
https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-stan...-and-standards
if you can find it buy hereford pork. I normally can get that at my local Kroger�s. Also a few years ago the usda lowered the temp at which pork can be cooked and eaten safely to 145.
A final thought, I inject everything from pork buts to prime rib roasts, chickens, turkeys, etc.
The trick about injecting is to do it, then put whatever back in the refrigerator so that would solidify a bit before cooking. I buy the garlic and herbs and the creole butter from Tony cacheres.
Off course I have to inject myself with something of a higher octane.!
Been pretty busy lately. Bought a bunch of parts, tires for my cars. I even prepaid for a custom dyno tune 600 hp plus on my turbo. Yes been cooking like crazy lately, finally like bulleit, now I�m blending my own bourbons. Enjoy.
Crown Royal infused pecan pie.
Makings my own pizzas.
Fcp euro had huge sales .
For my 600 hp tune on the turbo got to make sure it fires 🔥 right.
Awesome deal on tires, Amex also gave me $75 cash back.
Sold the extra 19 inch wheels that I got on the turbo, help to buy thf tires.
My garage and office now look like a 996 parts warehouse.
Blending my own bourbon, the big discovery �Benchmark � 125 proof made from same mash as Buffalo trace, the best $20 I ever spent.
Welp licking my wounds from another rod failure. This time in my air compressor pump. I was gonna fix it but by the time i buy the rod, brearings; crank and the flywheel i broke and still can not remove im within $100 of a new one. I cant be too upset the pump probably had as.many miles as my 996 had before it went. I wonder if i can improve its oiling?
Hey guys happy new year. We as a family had a blast, in the San Antonio River walk for 4 days for Christmas, here for New Years. My new skill set includes blending bourbons, bullit and balcones do it, it�s not their own mash. Anyway I�m not a cheap guy, like Jason zbomb, I�m all about price performance. The other night I was celebrating my 19 year anniversary with the wife and we went to whiskey cake. After a few I had to ask about bourbons pours. They wanted $10 for a 1.25 ounce pour of Evan Williams bib, 100 proof. Anyway I said that was bunkers. The 1.75 liter bottle is $22 at total wine. A guy was doing bourbons fly and one was pappy 15, he let me have half of his pappy pour, good but definitely not worth the price in my book. Anyway now since I�m always wearing my fat boy shorts I carry my own bourbon pours in them, I just go to the bathroom and take a sip. No one is raping me out of my money. By the way found a new makers 101 proof limited release bottle. Not sure if I�m going to use it in my blends. Happy sipping.
Carry my own bourbon pours, the lowest octane blend there�s 96 proof.
Come on $22 1.75 liter, $10 for a pour suck my dck.
New makers 101 limited release maybe I save it for when the Yankees win the World Series of the cowboys win the Super Bowl.
Admit it, you'd take a empty Macallan Millenium 50 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky bottle and fill it up with some cheap moonshine.
Hey it's cheaper, American, and higher alcohol content, but you like the bottle.
I went to Rennsport in Sealy to check on the turbo. Make sure engine was ok and state what my demands are in the lawsuit. Car ran fine, boosted to .8 bar, 125 mph no flaws. Anyway On my way back stopped at old Chicago, where I met mr Draper. Super cool guy drag races a 15 viper and daily drives two rolls. His viper after the latest mods will be running below 8 seconds in the quarter mile, his goal is 7.4 seconds, we gear heads, always find friends that like the same stuff we do. I took the 99 a few times supersonic, car never disappoints. Mr. Draper invited me to go to his next track event. How cool can that be a 2,500 hp viper running a quarter mile in small tires. His motec computer was over $10k and he has spent almost the same amount of money in tuning this combination. It cost money to go fast.
Mr, Draper 2015 built 9.0 liter viper, 2,500 hp looking for a 7.4 quarter mile et.
Mr. drapers daily, how bad is your life if you get to daily this thing.
I used to throw a lot of new Year parties at my house. Since I was traveling a lot internationally I would prepare by bringing two bottles in every time I was returning to the United States. Anyway some of my coworkers from Argentina Brazil, Mexico would come because the parties where awesome. Anyway, I would fill a bottle of Johnny blue with cheap stuff. I would take that bottle out when everyone was fck up. Almost all the times they would say that I was the best friend saving the best liquor for last. Before anyone says anything about liability, I would collect everyone�s car keys. I made the call if they where able to drive or stay. One year 12 people finished staying at my house. I miss the good ole days. Yes I was working for Conoco corporate at the time. Here in Houston on the energy corridor.
Looks like he ran straight on into the beginning of a Jersey Barrier in a straight section of highway; maybe a light pole.
Reminds me of "Grand Prix" and Yves Montand.....
"...I put my foot down hard.....everyone else will be lifting his..."
Sure as hell I'd be lifting mine.......so sad...may he RIP
Had a blast today. Met 4 other 996 owners. The holy grail , 04 gt3 with 30k miles. Enjoy. Yes my special bourbons mix and Miller lite.
Got to move that ducktail
Batman�s car.
04 gt3 the holy grail. Only 30k miles
A lot of money there.
I'm playing around with ChatGPT (AI bot) and asked it to write a poem about driving a Porsche 911 in the snow. I think we're doomed as a species. Here's the response:
Speeding through the snowy streets,
A Porsche 911 at my feet.
The engine roars like a beast, As I navigate the snowy feast.
The wind is howling, the snow is deep,
But I'm safe and warm, in my Porsche seat.
The traction control, it does its job,
I'm in control, like a winter cob.
The snowflakes dance and the world is white,
But the Porsche cuts through, like a sharp knife.
The handling is tight, the ride is smooth,
I feel alive, in this winter groove.
The 911 is a car for all seasons,
But in the snow, it's like no other being.
It's a symphony of speed and grace,
A true work of automotive art in this place.
The drive is short, but oh so sweet,
A Porsche 911 in the snow, can't be beat.
A memory I'll always keep,
Of driving fast, yet safe, in the snowy deep.
Nice. Maybe we're doomed when the AI gets depressed that it can't actually experience driving a 911 in the snow and starts to take actions to make it possible to do so...
Driving a Porsche with a 6-speed manual transmission will give the driver more control and a more engaged driving experience. The driver will have to manually shift gears, allowing them to choose the gear they want to be in at any given time. A Porsche with PDK (Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe), on the other hand, has an automatic transmission that can shift gears quickly and smoothly. The PDK gearbox also has the ability to shift gears faster than a human driver can with a manual transmission. In performance situation, PDK can be faster, but for those who prioritize the driving experience and control, a manual transmission may be the better choice.
He must be a Rennlist member
I know it�s semantics at this point but a PDK is an automated manual vs a shiftable automatic. Pretty sure the PDK allows you similar control as a traditional manual transmission. They�re a wet clutch and flywheel type system? Driving a Lexus ISF around Palm Beach Motor speedway as a Lexus employee really changed my mind about automated manuals.
Just finished watching �Road to Le Mans� on YouTube, a Porsche four year project to get an actor, Michael Fassbender ready to race the Le Mans 24Hr race, absolutely fascinating 😳
I've really enjoyed it as well! I think there is another episode to go. Very cool look at the behind the scenes. I'm surprised these types of docuseries are not more popular with different car makers or just other things all together....or maybe I just haven't found them. Years ago I got hooked on Beyond the Peloton, which was a fun docuseries about a new pro level cycling team. The bike brand, Cervelo, did a great job showing the behind the scenes of what it took to form a team, added some interesting rider stories and mixed in bike development information. At the end of the day it's all marketing but in a much more compelling package. I ended up owning one Cervelo brand bike!
I got my mojo back. Got the turbo in my driveway, smoking meats, grilling drinking my own bourbon blends. Have you guys herd about the infinity bottle. Basically when you are fixing to finish your bourbon about an 1/8 or less left, you blend that into a bottle. THe theory is that the most flavor is at the bottom. Anyway I�m getting one donee to see how it turns out.!
Football wings.
Those American Kobe burgers are pretty good.
The black knight is back.
Valvoline instant oil change royally screws a bunch of people. I didn�t wanted to sign a non disclosure agreement, I�ll be telling everyone stay the hell away from this people.
These are pretty awesome bought two of them today.
Ribeyes, garlic Parmesan mashed potatoes and asparagus with holandeis,IPAs and bourbon pours. Now I�m going on a food coma
The big problem will be the smokers. The trick is to know how to clean burn, control your temperature fire management. Smokers are heavy. Most pit masters have their traveling pits. Yes I can cook on someone else�s. Meanwhile my breaskfas for champions. Flour tortillas in Comal, refried beans with lard and pork salt, blended Mexican cheeses, sliced Ribeyes, some sauce and my caffeine Coke Zero. Enjoy.
Went to cars and coffee yesterday. Formula garage in the heights Houston. 5 996s. My turbo, Tex squirrel FSI 4.0, a friend 99 factory aero, a pristine gt3 and a convertible. Parking lot was full. Anyway next weekend the club is feeding us fajitas for lunch. Awesome. I drove the the turbo because I have electrical gremlins that I need to solve. Made some beef soup as it got close to freezing this last week. Super tasty as I used beef stock , beef short ribs and beef back ribs, my wife loved it but say to put more beef 🥩 in it next time. like i really need more encouragement.
That�s my turbo, next in slate gray is Tex squirrel and by the fence is my buddy 95 993. We three have spent quite a bit of money in our cars last year. I bought the turbo, squirrel just spent almostb$40k in his engine and Alfredo did a 6 month windows out repaint that was about $20k.
Love that ducktail
Full event
Silver gt3, car is in pristine condition
I love that blue color.
What can you say, happy hour.
Soup was to die for, next one will have more beef.
I see you leave the bones in too! I had a coworker who made a chicken stew like that. She chopped chicken legs and thighs into chunks and threw them into the stew, bones and all. First time I had ever seen that.
@TexSquirrel
I'm jealous that you're already driving your 4.0! My engine is (hopefully) in Cleveland waiting to be torn down.
Trust me, it's worth the wait!
In the last 3 weeks I've put 672 miles on it. (Darn weather has not been cooperating, but the weather forecast this week is looking promising!
As long as the temps are 40F plus, I'll be putting a bunch more miles on my 4.0 the next few days.
in some places in Mexico they will serve the bones cut in by half and a tastefully yellow like substance is in between the bones almost like human bone marrow. You put this inside a freshly made flour tortillas then you add some queso fundido and any kind of sauce. You roll your taco and flushed it down with a cold beer, taste buds heaven. Now I don�t recommend you eat this if you have high cholesterol or a heart ❤️ condition. I can�t wait till squirrel is able to let that 4.0 spin till 7000 rpms, I want to see up close and personal what all this hype is about FSI engines.
The 24 Hours of LeMans race begins on June 10th... i will be arriving on June 7th.
Staying in the Travel Destinations Motorsports Flexhotels Popup Village again.
https://lemansrace.com/motorsport-ev...mans-24-hours/
Last I checked...
Travel Destinations Motorsports Flexotels Pop-Up Village
may almost be sold out just like the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona a week ago. Not a single seat available in the house.
Just saying... If ya think you may return from your deployment early, get your tickets as soon as you know. Ya may have to sleep in your seat at the track though😜. Any available hotel wil be wildly priced and most everything sold out.
Hope to see ya there. 😄👍🏾
p@
I been working and driving the turbo a lot. Today i washed the 99. also the turbo and concentrated on the interior of the turbo with leatherique. My wife and son where watching 101 Dalmatians and then they where going to watch marry poppings. The 99 has been jealous because I drove the turbo to Kemah for the concourse this weekend. So I took the 99 out on a bourbon run. Windows down, love the exhaust sound x pipe no cats. Easily going triple digits I sometimes wonder why I need the turbo. Anyway I filled it up with shell v power 93, ready for the next adventure. A few meat and bourbons shots.
Awesome no one at the store, in and out for me.
That rack is ready for tomorrow
The mad scientist needed some more mixing components for his own blend. The rye bib is super flavorful. Was on sale. I got to love total wine all of that for $75, that�s why I don�t buy $3000 x pipes.
Funny when I drive I get to listen to songs on the radio that motivate me to go. Judas Priest breaking the law on the way back home. Sammy haggar the red rocker I can�t drive 55 on the way there.
Breakfast carnitas tacos, with refried beans, melted cheese and Cholula.
White rice, Puerto Rican red kidney beans and breast plate of lamb.
Went to cars and coffee. Today hosted by a PCA body shop. Same shop that did the $20k paint job on my friends 993, last week it scored perfect at the concourse de elegance. Anyway they had tacos, smoothies, and all kind of coffee, lattes etc. PPG gave us a brief overview of their paints, technology etc. Then the meat & desert orgy � Taste of Texas� with the family. A few pics. For those of you that like to really lower your car see picture of the gt3 with license plate �caution �, what happens when your car falls in a Houston pot hole 🕳.
Wife�s expres� martini with Texas pecan pie served with blue bells exclusively at �Taste of Texas ��cinnamon ice cream.
Meat.
Event was well attended
427 , 500�hp and only 1800 lbs, should be a blast to drive.
Oh yeah tacos and biers.
That�s what a $20k paint job looks like.
Got to love the blues. Deviated stitching in blue , blue seatbelts, black rims with blue circle, blue circle around the headlights incredible car, three pedals.
As of lately the family loves jalape�o poppers these one have cream cheese and brisket.
Those bacon wrapped pork tenderloins were amazing
Needless to say taste of Texas never disappoints. That was my deceased father favorite restaurant, every time I flew my parents over after I picked them up at the airport dad and i would have a few drinks and always when are you going to take us to taste of Texas, real sentimental to me I had a J&B on the rocks for him. Maybe my perfect house, 6 car garage, a super cool bar , chef kitchen with a meat case like this patio with smoker and Weber gas grill.
Every one tells me to lower my cars more. Not if you are going to drive around the streets of Houston this fix it�s going to be expensive, yeah he should have exercised caution ⚠️ driving this around Houston, the owner is a PCA track instructor.
After thinking about it for 10-15 years, I bought a new tool box. I had been using a crappy upper and lower no-name brand that I bought in the '90s and 2nd upper and lower Craftsman units. The Craftsman lower was one my Dad bought in the '70s and is pretty rough.
After doing a lot of research, I ended up with U.S. General brand from Harbor Fright. I have to say that HF has stepped up their game over the last several years and these things are built like a brick $hit house. The upper and lower weigh 320lbs together
before
any tools have been added (I had to have the neighbor kid help lift the upper section onto the lower).
So if you're looking for new tool boxes, don't rule out U.S. General just because it's from Harbor Freight.
I think I'm going to break tradition and not put any stickers on it. In fact, I may de-badge all the U.S. General stuff too.
Last Saturday I took my turbo to the cars and coffee at Alara garage. A friend who owns a 930 turbo told me to go to post. Anyway, over 10,000 people insane. That red Supra over a quater of a million dollars, 6 seconds on the quater mile street legal over 1200 whp crazy builds out there. I created a new friendship with the owner of the two skylines that he brought from Japan rip Paul walker. Some duroc pork chops on the grill tonight.
Awesome outing at Alara garage.
Two 928 gts with sport seats manuals, the blue one is horizon blue which seems to be a rare color. Both of them gts.
That Supra 1200 whp, street legal over a quater of million dollars invested in it.
The black knight my turbo had a crowd on
around it, more than 10,000 people there.
Those two were shipped from Japan. Pretty unique cars, rip Paul walker.
Duroc pork chops.
Awesome grill marks on it.
Simple set ups are the best. I�ve been meaning to downsize my workbench and consolidate all my tools to the chest. Slowly organizing things but I have soooo much crap.
Thanks brother and it�s really my 6� work bench. I�d really only need a 4� with a full cabinet on the bottom. My Craftsman lockers are starting to rust in some sections so I�m not sure what I�ll do.
There is something very satisfying about organizing a tool box / bench / whatever else you got. I did this to my portable one with foam cutouts for all sockets and it makes wrenching more enjoyable when you don't fumble through stuff looking for the right size whatever.
To bad Porsche canceled development on this car....It ticks all the my boxes (except budget $$$$, but maybe they will put an IMSB in it if they ever build it..lol)
It even has my Favorite "Fuch's wheels" !!
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a4...anual-gearbox/
Cancelled during development - it was called the
The Porsche 904 Living Legend Concept.
Probably found that the best part of it was the design study unfortunately. Hope it lives on as another car.
I never heard of them either but I just ordered three sets to try out.
The extra large drawers are really nice.
All the U.S. General bling came off very easily. I think it looks a lot cleaner de-badged.
Had a fantastic weekend visiting my wife�s family in Victoria. Most like to enjoy life and party. Anyway we started cooking on Saturday and the briskets were wrapped at 6am Sunday morning. My wife�s cousin after having two different pit bosses that both currently don�t work got himself a rettech, this is the 5 cook in that pit and he says is way far superior. We enjoyed a makers 101. Every time I�m out of town I visit whatever liquor stores always hunting for those harder to find bottles. In my case has to be Buffalo trace. I met the owner of twin liquors in Victoria and he was a super nice guy. They just received a case of Buffalo trace and he got me a deal, 2 bottles $46. I also bought the two bottles of Jim beam old tub, bottle in bond unfiltered, so flavorful. We spent some time with my wife�s cousins from her other side off the family. Two of the cousins had recently been in the hospital so it was nice to see them doing some much better one had a battle with cancer. Anyway after playing pool I got the munchies, vuola they made some fresh chicken fried chicken. If you guys ever go to Victoria Texas a pretty good place for Tex mex is pinto bean, it�s mandatory for me to take the wife there every trip we take, recommendations, barbacoa (head meat), carnitas, carne guisada, their tacos are pretty big. Anyway I�m going to Kroger as soon as they open need to grab me a brisket and a prime rib roast. We were going to go fishing but we all got pretty drunk playing darts till 3 in the morning. My new friend snipper was getting the darts so they put a shock collar on him and we were able to play .
Two more for my blends.
Carnitas for me. That is a small taco.
Wife had beef enchiladas with Chile con carne gravy, those refried beans are pretty good, they make them the old fashion way with lard.
Snipper became my new friend.
New rettech.
The pit boss is out of commission
We were going to go fishing but the beers liquor and the pretty entertaining darts game, yes we were betting got in the way.
I told them I was hungry and there it goes freshly made chicken friend chicken, the potatoes were awesome. This place is better than the holiday in.
14 hours total cooking time at 200.
Makers 101, my opinion ok, but for pretty similar money, I�ll take their cask strength.
Three briskets a pork butt, sausages, ribs, we always do all kinds of meat feasts.
All kinds of Texas sausage , the jalape�o one was pretty flavorful, we also had andouille and the more traditional pork beef garlic.
Good day at a new to me European car repair shop. Met some new guys. Saw some different cars, coolest thing 996 guys going to total wine, nice to know I�m not the only guy that takes the 996 to buy booze 🥃. By the way the moisture in my dash lcd display is gone.
Moisture
750 hp 1971 911t transmission can�t handle all the available power
Vuola thanks to the Texas heat moisture is gone
Smaller venue but I got to meet different people drove the car 125 miles that was a big plus for me
13k mile cream puff metropol blue interior car just came from California
Turbo cab that was idle for 4 years
Transmission parts for the Maclaren
1500 horsepower destroys the transmission
Time to shop
Now I�m putting 151 proof rum in my bourbon blends
I had the good fortune to be invited as part of a group to visit a private car museum near here.
3 Dog Garage
. Fantastic place, especially if you're a Ford fan. Cobras, Mustangs, drag racers, road racers, NASCAR racers, historic hot rods, even a Ridler Award winner. Amazing place. I took a pic to send back to my wife, who loves woodies.
To bad Porsche canceled development on this car....It ticks all the my boxes (except budget $$$$, but maybe they will put an IMSB in it if they ever build it..lol)
It even has my Favorite "Fuch's wheels" !!
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a4...anual-gearbox/
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I share your sentiments. If that project had been given the green light, the eight would possibly add enough low-end torque and power, but avoiding the bean counters affixed to those wonderful engineers is another story. Still, at first blush, it appears to avoid the usual "RubberMaid" appendages, the F22 vibe with large nostrils, the assorted decals, and added-on chrome-plated plastic scripts that adorn every crevice to convince everyone that you bought a Porsche. Perhaps I am dating myself, but there was an aura of beauty, elegance, and simplicity to the old 356s, 904s, and early 911s. However, I have no trouble accepting various wings, appendages, homage decals, and other devices expressing the individual owner's personality or taste, especially when tracking the car. I frown on placing a three-dollar decal or some useless appendage from the factory and then charging nosebleed prices for the privilege. Your right, it ticks off all my boxes!
You decide to go buy more bourbons to continue manufacturing jungle juice you go buy some 104 racing fuel to go race in the streets of Mexico you help your neighbor fix his car and get a free case of bud light you decide to go fck Valvoline still trying to figure out how Not To pay taxes and get free shxxt from the government you fantasize about escaping your life and finishing up in Miami we can all have awesome dreams yes been on the juice for a while
This car would have been an awesome tool during prohibition now one was going to catch you
Tasted two new varieties of makers those re expensive only for special occasions
What can I say Miller lite needs to get back to advertise with girls in bikini hell Pamela Anderson looks great in that red bikini at 55
We all have dreams
Hell yeah figure out a way to pay no taxes nd honor those who have serve
Definitely continue to fck with Valvoline
Free case of bud light no problem beer is ok but price is the best
Bbq
Helping the neighbor with his car drinking beer and talking all kind of shiiiiiit
I definitely miss the old days. I attended Texas Tech university from 1986-1991. I came from Puerto Rico. I went to Abilene Texas first in May after I graduated from high school to stay with my cousin worked some at the military base then went to graham central station once fingering the daughter of a Presbyterian minister. Today I questioned What happened to bladder bust at fast and cool, you could drink free beer until someone had to pee, on Thursdays you could go to midnight rodeo, yes country music is like exlac to me, from eight till 11 five cents draft beer ten cents mix drinks you would be supersonic with only two dollars anyway many drunk girls too so you could get to have a hell of a lot of fun. The best motel was buddy holly park **** dominoes had large pepperoni pizza for $5. Today Starbucks and bud light are friends with the trans what happened to the Am�rica I fell in love with 😍 honestly a sad story how the country has gone down the toilet
Not 996, my other car addiction is the VW Corrado. Yes, it's a sickness. The thing costs like a Porsche, is as reliable as a Ferrari, and you get the performance of a Yaris. That doesn't matter one bit to me. So yesterday I headed down to north central New Jersey to meet up with some Corrado buddies. A lot more buddies showed up than I expected:
It looks like a VW dealer's lot in 1993. We had 24 Corrados (only 2 G60's) and a stray Mk2 and a Mk3. The sound of 22 VR6's is intoxicating. My opinion is that VR6 is the best sounding engine ever. The harmonics as we drove were crazy.
Eventually we pulled into another lot.
Most of the guys went for lunch, I had to head back or I would be stuck in traffic for hours. As usual I got the award for most miles driven to the get together.
I do not regret getting up at 4:30 AM to cruise down, it as a glorious day and all the cars were fantastic.
Any cummins fans out there? Time for reassembly on my 5.9l twin turbo. Had the motor rebuilt 100k miles ago but for some reason the rod bearings did not hold up. It got a new crank, bearings and a light hone.
Its for my '03 3/4 ton dodge. Bought it new 11/02 and has over 400k on it. This motor is 2x hp, 5x torque, 2.5x weight, .33x rpm and .25 rebuild cost of a m96. Such a weird world we live in. It puts a completely different kknd of smile on your face at 60 lbs of boost
The hauler motor is 2.5x bigger at 14.1l
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I retired from Cummins 11 years ago, was a Factory trainer working the 49 states, We made the Alaska techs come down to Seattle for training. not understanding why issues with 5.9 rod bearings, was never a issue with us.
LOL the Killer Dowel Pin was a big issue for Cummins
Edit: Just caught you mention 60 lbs of boost, hmmmm wonder what else is done.
Very cool i did the cummins factory tour in Indiana about 10yrs ago.
The motor has had Industrial Injection tow twins, big injectors amd a Smarty since 100k miles. At 300k it melted the rings on cly1 due to me ignoring a leaking injector. So i rebuilt the motor with a Hamilton cam, chromo push rods and 100lb valve springs. The cam really woke up the motor. For whatever reason over the last 100k miles the motor beat the living crap out of the rod bearings. So now rebuild # 2 included a new crank and 1 new rod.
Rob bearings
. Thrust edges r completely gone.
Sucks to spin a rod bearing, I just sold my 04.5 Ram with 5.9 ISB, bought back 04 for 35K put 160 K miles on it and sold it 2 months ago for 25K, I didn't use it enough. still have the Smarty Catcher and should sell it, here in CA we have to do smog check on 98 and newer diesel every other year. both my Benz are diesel and luv em.
If you went to Headquarters in Columbus Ind. they have great display there with the 855 hanging from the ceiling and engine completely apart piece by piece hanging, and quite few cars including the Cummins power Indy car, In Plant 1 we all signed the last N14 produced and put in display, great engine and easy to work with.
Not sure how off-topic this is, but I have been wondering just how the "1998" Build-dates are officially determined. Theres a claimed 4/98 car on BaT (
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...rera-coupe-56/
)and its about 600+ digits later than mine, which is also supposedly a 4/98 build.
So my off-topic, but totally about 996 question is; How are the build date's determined when its not stamped anywhere on the car? (Or is it and Im just a newbie?)
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...ad-hoc-11.html
Now that you mention it, I think I may have seen it once before... I guess I was just shocked a little that the BaT VIN was 600+ numbers later. Maybe ours were built on the different ends of the month?...
Earliest 4/98 on the RL List is 62-1642, the BaT car is a 62-2291 is about 650 cars apart. Feels like a lot in a month, especially if they were still handbuilt, but what do I know. Thats over 30 cars built/ day 5 days a week for the month
If I get bored enough, Im tempted to search and also add them to the list...
edit: 371 listings... oye
https://bringatrailer.com/porsche/99...99&yearTo=1999
edit #2 (3 hours later): I added all the '98 build cars sold on BaT from 2023
Yup they r called compounds....the big one, from a series 60 Detroit feeds the small one about 5-8 psi and the small one "compounds" the compressed air even more.
Tool advantage of a weird warmish day bedore we get the cold storm on the east coast.
More motor fun....pulled a 289/c4 from a barn find 65 knotch back mustang. Its my neighbors car and we already did a full ridetech suspension and holley snyper fi. Gonna be a cool summer crusier. Not sure what we r gonna do with the motor, maybe punch it to a 302, cams and new heads.
Nominally 911 related - I put the Porsche Motorsport EPAS pump in my BMW racecar. It actually dropped right into the hole where my charcoal canister used to sit.
Pulled the trigger on some Quickjacks. This is a newer model that is supposed to go 2"-3" higher than the older model. Probably should have done it years ago but better late than never I guess.
The pieces are heavier than what I was expecting...
Currently on sale at Costco for $1,399 and they throw in some blocks and hooks to hang it on the wall.
A fun video of an engine rebuilding itself. It's an old school small block Chevy engine (a classic) not an M96. But still fun to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYBggcWzsB8&t=1s
Wow, good eye! But no, it's not a 'real' Hartge.
It is a European market 1984 323i that I had planned making into a Hartge tribute car. I was able to amass a sizable collection of genuine Hartge stuff but kind of gave up on the whole tribute idea somewhere along the line.
Since I did early retirement last year, I wanted to keep the fleet to no more than five cars. I decided I wanted one more convertible before the DMV won't give me a license anymore so something had to go.
I paid $1,650 for it in May of 2006 and sold it to a friend in Phoenix last Saturday for $12,000 cash.
I bought a kit and fixed my broken center console hinge.
These parts were made in 1997. Makes me wonder just how early in production this 996 is, especially considering it has a 01/1998 production date. I did some google searching, but couldn�t figure out how to tell via the vin. Still searching�
California is at it again, good thing I am only 2 1/2 hours away from Tire Rack biggest warehouse in Reno Nevada.
California is not completely banning performance tires, but it is pushing proposed regulations that would prohibit the sale of tires that fail to meet strict
rolling resistance efficiency standards
. [[url=https://www.energy.ca.gov/publications/2026/californias-proposed-replacement-tire-efficiency-program]1
Here are the key details of the proposed California Energy Commission (CEC) rules:
The Impact:
Tires prioritizing maximum grip over fuel economy—like certain track-focused and high-performance tires—may no longer be legally sold in the state. [[url=https://www.autospies.com/mobile/article_mobile.aspx?artid=129704]1
Implementation:
The rules are proposed to go into effect on
January 1, 2028
. [[url=https://autos.yahoo.com/policy-and-environment/articles/california-wants-regulate-fun-tires-200000602.html]1]
Exemptions:
Winter tires, certain low-volume production tires, and Light Truck (LT) tires are exempt. Ultra High Performance (UHP) tires are proposed to be exempt until 2031, after which they will need to meet relaxed efficiency requirements. [[url=https://www.reddit.com/r/tires/comments/1tu3uc7/california_might_be_banning_all_your_favorite/]1]
Not a Driving Ban:
The legislation only targets the
retail sale
of these tires in the state. It is not a ban on driving them. [[url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DZG6s7JFC9x/]1]
This is a source reference. Confirm exact model applicability in the original material.
