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I speak with him daily and told him that's where it ran the entire time I had it but he wants to make sure all is good since her is giving me a year warranty from 2000 miles away.
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I speak with him daily and told him that's where it ran the entire time I had it but he wants to make sure all is good since her is giving me a year warranty from 2000 miles away.
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Well, today was 70 and sunny with clear skies and I am driving a 2004 Ford Excursion with 200,000+ miles and lots of rust. And I am at work and bored so I thought I would show you all what my $40,000 Porsche looks like. It is in California all paid for and waiting to be cleared and shipped back. Hopefully. The way this 9 month adventure has gone he has my money and my car and will probably keep them both for a year.
No. Car is at UFO motorsports and is all put back together. He was ready to ship back after putting a few hundred miles on it but he was not happy with the temp gauge going above the 0 on the 180 so free of charge he put a low temp thermostat in and is continuing to test it. I speak with him daily and told him that's where it ran the entire time I had it but he wants to make sure all is good since her is giving me a year warranty from 2000 miles away.
Him keeping my money and car was a joke (at least I hope it is).
Had would be a better term. But I want him to make sure it is ready before he sends it back because I would not hesitate to have him come get it for a warranty issue.
Well, since you asked and I am now bored at my daughters volleyball game, I'll hit the highlights. Was looking for a 996 for a while as a daily driver. Found one and showed my wife. She bought it for me for Father's Day. She paid asking price, no PPI, and paid them $800 to detail it. Was told car was perfect. With tax I was up to about $26000.
Car showed up with no oil and beat to hell. Car ran perfect. Had the IMS done just in case and found IMS was bad. Whole other post on that but it led to the $9000 rebuild.
After the first IMS bearing but before the rebuild hit a deer and got a bunch of new parts.
Power steering rack started leaking and had it to be replaced.
Various other things. I could go on and on.
Just venting again. I should rename this post my whining post or my $40,000 Porsche that I will never drive.
Here is the latest update. Car was done 2 weeks ago. Tim was waiting for the guy who brought the car to him for him to come back and get the car. Her passed by 2 weeks ago and Tim missed him so he waited 2 more weeks for the driver to come back.
Well he came back 2 days ago and picked up the car. Tim paid him for the return shipping. Now he has the car and has been paid. I spoke with the driver and her thinks it is going to be 2-3 weeks until he gets the car back near Ohio.
I have come to the realization that I will never get the car back. And the way this has gone I don't expect the car to work.
Take 3 days off work....get on a plane. Take a taxi to where the truck is, get your car and drive home ! Enjoy a fantastic car solo on an adventure trip...get at least 1 speeding ticket..by the time you get home you will be so happy your wife will tell you to stop chasing her around the house.
Oh yeah stop in Orlando for pictures and a beer with me !
Car is back. Arrived at 1:30 last night. Drove home, slept, drove to work and back and then had to take another car and some of the kids to an overnight volleyball camp.
So far, about 50 miles car runs great. A lot nicer than the truck I was driving. Can't wait to get the top off.
I will keep the updates coming fairly frequently so you know how the rebuild holds up. Plan to put 25-30k miles per year on it. Only way to get my money back.
Funny story. When I pulled into the parking deck the guy I was relieving was leaving. He saw me get out of the Porsche and said I was making too much money.
