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I've been setting aside a dedicated Porsche Fund for years now to replace a 914 I had for 15 years that was lost to an engine fire back in 2005.
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Replace air conditioning condensers and getting the head liner
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Took my 2004 C4s Cabrio to him for replacing the air conditioning condensers and getting the head liner repaired.
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I've been setting aside a dedicated Porsche Fund for years now to replace a 914 I had for 15 years that was lost to an engine fire back in 2005.
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I've been setting aside a dedicated Porsche Fund for years now to replace a 914 I had for 15 years that was lost to an engine fire back in 2005. After years of watching the market and determining I wanted a 997.2 PDK, I ended up learning about the early build MY99s and deciding that spending only 30% of my budget on acquisition left me some manageable wiggle room for what I was getting into.
It's a 6/98 build, cab (a must) and a tip (wife), and OMG have these been few and far between. I'm happy to find a blue one, but originally I wasn't thrilled about the blue/grey interior. But after a four hour drive back at night, I really do like how the interior 'disappeared' and it was all road and the warm glow of the dash.
Drove it straight to Fisher in IL for all the gory details of what I've actually gotten myself into.
My wife, in the chase vehicle for the drive home, asked me after a couple hours on the road if I bonded with it yet. I told her I was bonded with it after three blocks.
Fischers is a great shop. Took my 2004 C4s Cabrio to him for replacing the air conditioning condensers and getting the head liner repaired. This forum is great for advice on what you can fix on your own to what to expect from a good Indy.
Welcome
Word of caution:
Buying and installing the Porsche Umbrella that goes in the passenger side door sill.
You may hear from members on here they have Dyno runs showing 5 HP gain at 1K over Redline
It is not true, it is only 3HP
You have a nice car, there are some really nice folks on this 996 forum
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I just got my post purchase inspection report from Rick an hour ago. I might just have scored a great deal! A lot of smaller issues, of course, but nothing major. Huge sigh of relief.
Rick is a great guy.
Back almost 20 years ago, my 88 Carrera suffered from a blown clutch on the last lap or the last turn of the last run of the PCA DE track day at Blackhawk Farms Raceway. It was probably my fault, as I wanted to save time by downshifting into 2nd gear from 4th, but not letting the clutch out so I didn�t money shift. Well, that was not smart because the clutch probably spun past 9,000 RPM and the rubber center that was close to 20 years old gave out.
I couldn�t shift in or out of any gear, but Rick took the car out for a spin and got it working well enough to enable suiting so I could get back home.
Anyway, since you are local, would be good to meet up. There�s a 996 Revival group on Discord and I usually attend the Oak Park Cars and Coffee events select Sundays 8:30-10:30am in case you can make it. Next one is Sep 11th.
I have the same spec. My car has heated seats and LSD, stock sound system, full leather, parking assist (the rear bumper has large, protruding parking sensors on it), 18� wheels, that�s about it.
The �99s are great - no glovebox, no cup holders, and a 993 steering wheel (if it�s 4-spoke).
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