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I need to change my avatar, but that was the first thing I did.
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Honestly I thought I'd never get to be one of the guys posting a thread like this. After years of lust, I finally decided that I was going to drive a 911 and no one could change my mind.
I found one slightly higher than my budget but it was well worth it.
Picked up a 2003 C4S with PSE in Houston with 29k miles and I have been unable to wipe the **** eating grin off of my face from the time I wake up until I go to bed for the last 3 days
The exhaust note of the PSE is so incredible I've never heard anything like it!
I've never been so satisfied with a vehicle purchase. I have always had buyers remorse buying cars, even cars I liked. Not this time. Not one single bit!
Sorry I'm rambling...every time I get out of the car I feel like I just had 5 cups of coffee.
I'll post better pics at some point but it is stock so it isn't anything you guys haven't seen before. Yes I know the pumpkins have to go!
https://picasaweb.google.com/1115735...at=directlink#
-jd
Congratulations. Looks like a nice car. The other malady that you will develop, besides the continuous grin on your face, is the necessity to always walk backwards after you have parked the car. I've had mine for 4 months or so, and I still walk backwards half way to my destination. It, of course, requires a longer walk because I park it so far away from wherever I am going.
ENJOY!!!
larry
Welcome to the asylum where it's good to be crazy. Great looking car!
What other options do you have other than PSE (probably the best option IMO) and the Technos (another great option)?
I'm am option *****. There's nothing that depresses me like opening the trunk lid ona 996 and not finding any Xs on the option code list.
The frist car I looked at was a Arena red 99 coupe "wit nothin" I passed.
I used that VIN decoder online. It seems pretty accurate. I removed a bunch of crap that seems pretty standard:
IXLF Sports exhaust system
IXSC Porsche Crest embossed in headrest
IX97 Gear lever **** in aluminium/leather
IX98 Handbrake lever in aluminium/leather
M032 Touring suspension
M197 Stronger battery
M219 Differential
M273 Door mirrors, electrically adjustable and heatable
M339 All-wheel drive
M375 Sports seat, backrest shell, left
M376 Sports seat, backrest shell, right
I415 18-inch Turbo-Look II wheel
M465 Rear foglamp, left
M476 Porsche Stability Management (PSM)
M480 6-speed manual transmission
M566 Front fog lights, white
M680 -MY 01 digital sound package MY 02- sound system Bose analog
M685 Rear seats, split
M936 Seat covers, rear, leather
M981 Leather equipment without seat covers
M983 Seat covers, front, leather
As someone else put it when I posted my welcome message, "Welcome to the C4S brotherhood!"
I still have the pumpkins on my car. One of these days I'll do it.
PSE is a great option -- it sold me on the car. Since I plan on driving mine in the winter I'm going to like the heated seats, but the other 8 months it doesn't mean anything (and depends on where you live). I wouldn't mind an aerokit, X-51, or X-73 option, but I think I'm going to leave it alone and put my money in an account marked "GT3" instead. The C4S is great for now serving DD duty, especially while all three kids still fit in it.
Thanks for the warm welcome! I thought I was a porsche nut before...now I'm hooked for life.
re: the color, I know but I just couldnt pass this one up! I was looking for white gray silver or yellow.
yup - thats it!
and I agree
Welcome, its really clean looking... time to read how to do everything from start it, to drive it to take care of it.... you'll be busy between that and the sore cheeks from all the grinning
I had to ask the same thing. I need to change my avatar, but that was the first thing I did.
About $25 from PelicanParts.com and it takes about 5 minutes to change them. 4 minutes of that was being really careful with the first one so as not to break anything. Just grab it at the fender opening and pull straight out.
I love my 4S -- have had many chances to sell it to "upgrade" but just could not get rid of it.
Very fun on the track - something you simply must do (right after Rennlist, and PCA membership.)
Welcome!
Mine's currently a daily driver but it's still a joy to listen to it every morning when I fire it up. It's even better on the way home as I park in a covered parking garage and the PSE sounds great!
Very nice I have had my 4s with many of the same options for about 2 years now. I bought it as a toy, but fell in love with it and quickly made it my DD. I still have that same **** eating grin on my face any time I turn the key.
Am getting the PSE exhaust done this week hopefully and will probably fall in love with it all over again.
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