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We sold it in 1988, and I got it back (and didn�t even know it was the same car!) in 1998.
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I recently added "The Gauntlet worksheet" to our welcome package, and it is filled with direct statements and questions that are designed to test our business relations before we ever collect a dollar from the buyer.
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A few ran CAT 3408's and some of the fancy boats ran Cummins
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A few ran CAT 3408's and some of the fancy boats ran Cummins
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I would say that mine has changed my driving life significantly, for the better�I only got it in June (�02 Cab arctic silver), but I�ve fallen in love with the experience and everything Porsche.
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99 C2 6MT (manufacture date 7/98) original IMSB, original RMS, uses no oil, runs like a top, I drive it all the time, short trips (beer run), long trips, yes I have had to do normal maintenance, but it is always a blast to drive
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Reason for mentioning it is: 15-20 yrs ago the air cooled cars were dirt cheap. Now they command ludicrous prices. The huge shift in sentiment with those cars now being in vogue starts somewhere. Usually with certain people buying them and influencing others. People always follow trends. Not saying this is the case here, but it is notable that a guy who only had air cooled 911s for the longest time, now owns three 996s. I�m quite pleased he added them to his collection.
Why wouldn't he have one he has just about everything else ....If i were him I would start getting more involved with the liquid cooled side just to expand my knowledge base and for ****s and giggles.
I understand where you are coming from. Positive press is always good and if someone like Jay Leno were to do an episode on our cars the interest would spike overnight!
HOWEVER...I also own several Corvairs. And, even though Jay Leno owns several and has done a show on them, the Nader stigma still follows. Only time will tell if the 996 can shake off the bad press.
Magnus was one of the original investors/creators of the Hot Topic chain. He sold out of it years ago, but he also had a very exclusive clothing brand to Hollywood elites that was very successful. Now I think he is just making money from social media and publicity engagements. The guy knows how to make money from image for sure. Kudos for him on making a living doing what we all love. Playing with cars....
Sold second hand Levis on Venice Beach boardwalk. Grew that into his own company �Serious Clothing�. Bought up a bunch of industrial East LA real estate when it was still cheap. Savvy guy.
You don't need to care - but Magnus is a product of the funny world we live in. He's very visible, and therefore a trendsetter. Like it or not...
I've heard he's a nice guy. I'd like to bump into him one day and have a chat.
I chatted with him last year for about 30 mins at the Rock Store on Mulholland. Just happened to be sitting next to him having a coffee. Very down to earth guy who just wanted to talk about Porsches.
I thought it was cool to see that he appreciates the 996, though it may just be the low prices that got them into his warehouse. He appears to really like how it drives based on his posts of driving on the Angeles Crest Highway.
What I do find interesting is that he purchased a 996 before a 993. I figured he would aim to complete his air-cooled collection first.
It's a totally relevant post. It's one of the nicest 996's I have seen. Like it or not that purchase will influence the 996 market to a degree. Self made man. Was at the Minneapolis grand opening of the new Porsche dealer here in town. Great guy, solid cat. Spoke to my two sons for a bit and signed a couple of posters for them. Does that work for you?
That purchase does not influence my 996 market in anyway. I already bought my 996. And I have two daughters who are not into Porsches or posters so his signature does not mean anything to them or to me. So, no it does not work for me but I understand that it might work for you.
For the same reasons, I don't care what Jay Leno buys or what Seinfeld buys. I don't walk into a dealer lot wanting to buy a Porsche because "Seinfeld just bought one."
Agree it's silly to think that one man buying a car will "change the market." Similar to how Jack Baruth writing an article won't change the market. Alluding to what I already wrote, like it or not, Magnus is cool. You may not think he is cool - but most people think he is cool and would like to be like him. Cool people liking things make things popular, popular things become harder to get, harder to get things become more expensive. Especially when they aren't made anymore. I don't think it's that cut and dry in this instance. But again, agreeing with the concept of social influence and Magnus' influence over the Porsche community does not change the fact that Magnus is a bona fide Porsche culture influencer. He used to say he would never buy a water cooled car and got people into the air cooled outlaw style. Now he says he likes water cooled cars and you bet people will notice.
Again - what will change? Who knows. Maybe nothing, maybe everything. At the end of the day, all along, we are the OG cool guys saying 996's are good. If I looked like Rob Zombie and had 1MM instagram followers maybe someone would care about my opinion. This is why we think Magnus having this opinion is a big deal. It's not going to happen overnight.
Exactly.
I hope he doesn't crash it into the back of the race trailer...
BUT that's a nice early car, and its red. The only thing that beats a red, early 996, is a white early 996.
A white exterior, gray interior January 1998 build date... That's the only 996 I am looking for.. Of course, one has to find me blown up. It will come with time.
I saw his collection up close last year when he threw an open house at his place in LA. Many of his cars were pretty beat up, especially the interiors. There were no trailer queens. He drives the snot out of them and lives and breathes Porsche. I think that makes him a good ambassador for the brand. Way better than some bozo with more money than sense, buying a 73RS or 911R and locking it in a hermetically sealed garage, looking to make a buck. Not a fan of those types.
This wild enough?
I have either sold, or I am selling all my Porsche cars, except my 1976 912E... The one with a VW engine from the factory. I have enjoyed that car for 24 years.
Selling them all, and enjoying armor, and vehicles that can hardly reach 50 MPH.
Yep, has rubber cleated tracks, all working lights, including hazards.. Has a license plate, and insurance is 50 bucks per year...
But when I want to run 70 Mph, I break out the race car among armored vehicles.. The Fox. At times I use it as a daily driver.
Nice. I'd happily drive that.
But...if the logic goes that an 'influencer', such as Magnus, moves the market by choosing a specific model....does that logic fall apart when we discover that he has bought, or plans to buy, pretty much every porsche sports car model?
Yeah. Geez... what a strange ordeal.
Also, that linked article is incorrect on most of its "facts."
Speaking of Speed Yellow, here's what he did to our Speed Yellow Cayman:
It's now on his CD cover:
And, his CD cover is on my Speed Yellow Hot Sauce.
So, has all this fame (or infamy) impacted 2007 Cayman prices? I expect them to skyrocket very soon.
Funny thing, I was in the market for 76 912E and trying to close a deal on a 2 owner (Dr. to daughter) gold, low mile example for $12K . But I was short $2K and it was bought before I had it all. I then (not knowing anything of the 996 yet) came across a 1999 996 (gold tip, 60K, FB header to tip) for $12K and that peaked my interest. He lowered it to $10K and then changed his mind when I called.
Then the rare (here in Hawaii) roller showed up!
Jake gave me some guidance and I'm very thankful for that...
As I said I don't think its going to have a real meaningful impact on our prices but I don't think it will hurt anything but from everything I've ever heard about him he seems like any other enthusiast which is what we are all here for.
A Thing was my family's only vehicle for one especially broke-*** winter in Pennsylvania during the mid 70s. One winter of plastic windows convinced the parents that starving to death in CA was WAY better than freezing to death in PA.
This isn't all that surprising to me, I've seen many a "No H20" Porsche guys that have been converted.
When I worked for a Porsche dealer (before retirement), I was the only person working there that owned and drove a Porsche besides the GM.
I was the only person there that was a PCA member, and the local PCA Club was all air cooled guys at that time.
Over the years I held tech sessions at the Dealership and we had events there, I have seen many people who were "No H20" who came around to buying a 996 or 997 and become "Pro H20"
So many converted that the PCA Club drive events had become 90% H20 cars and 10% air cooled, with the air cooled cars constantly having problems during the drives, and someone have to stay behind and help them get wrecker service, or a road side fix to continue on the drive.
I still think the air-cooled porsches are interesting and fun but I would not own one, and certainly would not pay the price of re-entry. I still work on them but I drive water cooled Porsches now.
I met Magnus this morning up on the Crest with his red �99. Nice guy, we chatted for a bit, he seems very smitten by his new car.
It won�t affect values of the 996 much, but we all know what great cars these are (despite 7 billion modes of failure). So, all�s good!
the talk on Pelican is that air cooled prices are starting to soften, and the price jump coincided with Porsche's 50th anniversary of the 911. Now that we are 6 yrs past, air cooled prices are on the way down.
I'm not disagreeing that it's cool he bought a red aero kit. that is one sweet looking ride!
I agree with the others that feel MW is not going to influence 996 prices to any significant degree. there are simply too many of them. If prices go up in the next 20 years it's not from MW purchasing one; it's because they are great driver's cars and owners of vintage Porsches are not really trend-followers IMO
Nice job injecting your typical passive aggressive back handed slap to the 996 in this interesting, pro 996 thread. I sincerely hope it drives more business to your shop...
In the meantime, please post more of your armored vehicle pics here as that is the true reason I visited this thread...you are such a cool dude (after all, only true bad asses drive armored vehicles as ordinary transportation), MW could learn much by watching you.
I have two Things, and a 1944 Kubelwagen. The Orange one is the car I came home from the hospital in, as an infant. We sold it in 1988, and I got it back (and didn�t even know it was the same car!) in 1998. I pulled it apart in 1999 to restore it, and I just got it back together after a 20 year effort. Of course, it has one of my big bore, stroker Type 4 conversion engines fitted (same engine used in the 912E, and the core engine I built this from cane from a 912E) and makes triple the factory power, along with 4 wheel disc brakes and etc.
The other one is a Bundeswehr Feldjager 181 I imported in 2016, I drive it daily and have every accessory for it that it came with down to the radios. I absolutely love Things!
Now you're killing me. My wife keeps saying I better figure out a way to make some money off this "car stuff" but I can only see ways to spend money. Those Things are beautiful Jake. I have an image in my head of the "perfect" Thing and your orange one matches my image exactly. Next to the 911 models from the 60s and 70s these cars were what I thought "cool" was as a kid.I don't know why, but as I get older that seems to be my preference...an old VW with points and condenser ignition...no crazy ECU/DME issues. Just the car, the engine and me.
An aside for those taking the M96 class next week:
Taking Jake's class last year was the best learning experience I've had in all my years in academia. I'm glad I got in before you stopped offering the M96 course. I wish all the guys taking it next week good luck, I know you'll enjoy it.
Me too.. Points, condenser, and carburetors are what I appreciate.. Or an old mechanical diesel that only has wires leading to the glow plugs. These things define almost everything I plan to keep long term. I have kind of gone full circle with what I appreciate in the last 10 years.
@yelcab
Its the original 3.6/964 engine. It was rebuilt 80K miles ago by a shop in Atlanta. People keep asking why it doesn't have my engine.. Well, because I don't want to build it, and it doesn't need it.
+1 on Magnus being a great guy. It's been a minute since we've talked, but he was nice enough to invite me over to his collection a few years back and give me a tour of the shop and all his cars at that point.
I know the feeling. I grew up working on the family shrimpboat (yes...just like the one in Forrest Gump. Many scenes from the movie were filmed in Beaufort where I grew up). Our boat was powered by a WWII era Detroit Diesel 6-71 from a landing craft. Most shrimpboats back then had 6-71's, 8V71's or 4-71's (smaller boats under 40'). A few ran CAT 3408's and some of the fancy boats ran Cummins
Anyway, after over 30+ years working in technology I find myself attracted to the simplicity of "old school". No computers or other crap to fail. Just spark (or compression), fuel and air to run. I've been seriously looking at buying an older diesel to play with. Not sure what I'd do with it. But, once I get one I'll figure it out
something like this:
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I think a few driving videos and interviews of Magnus� finished 996 concepts will have to get out there before we�re able to attribute him having any impact on the market for these cars.
While all different types of cars sell on BAT, I think the top dollar result for this auction is more a result of the fact that the BAT bidders with deep pockets typically look for cars that are totally stock, in a rare spec and with low miles. This car checks all three of those boxes and then some. It�s a special car and the selling price is well deserved.
I've already seen the peanut gallery on Bring A Trailer comment section mention this Magnus clown a million times on every 996 auction.
Serious, who gives a flying fart what this irrelevant glue stick buys ?
Not me.
It matters. Its the beginning. The 996 is the new 964.
Prices have been going up and they will continue to go up. I'm not saying the 144k mile automatic polar silver on craigslist has any real long term investment value, but theres no doubt the door is closing on cheap 996s. Pick the one you want now and hodl on tight. All you long time owners should be nothing but happy that some random homeless looking guy in LA got popular because of social media and bought a car similiar to yours. 996s are still the best Porsche value for a short time. 997s are next.
Ride the wave my dudes.
996s are definitely on the way up. Good examples with the proper preventatives that have been carried out, and documented have increased in demand.
Over the past 18 months we have seen the demand for our engines explode, and the biggest group seeing this explosion is the 996.1, specifically the 1999 model year, C2 coupe, 6 speed. Today 1/3 of the engines in my queue are for 1999-2001 ,model year cars. We are seeing equal demand for these, and the 997.1, while the remaining 1/3 is made up of the 2009 and newer DFI engines.
Caymans and Boxsters have both died, we might build 3-4 of these engines per year now.
I�m curious if the rise in engine builds is due to folks seeing value in these cars now instead of considering them cheap throwaways as some perceived them in the past.
We've always been busy.. It's been 12 years since we had a queue less than 1 year long. Things today are just bonkers, and that's even with me being super picky about the jobs we accept, especially when it comes to failed engines being accepted here to build from.
Most of the early cars we are seeing from an elective perspective, where the owner loves the car, and they want to buy the engine, and be done with it.
Undoubtedly, people are appreciating the early cars more than they ever have. They buy the car and sometimes start our build process within a couple weeks of purchase. Sometimes that's because they got ripped off with a car that was sold with a known, but hidden problem, and are having to do the work, or its just because they want the car with my engine fitted.
The things the owners are saying to me is much different than it has been in the past, too. I will say that with some of these new owners I have had to seriously up my customer qualification process. I recently added "The Gauntlet worksheet" to our welcome package, and it is filled with direct statements and questions that are designed to test our business relations before we ever collect a dollar from the buyer.
This is nice to hear.
Jake, you did my '99 C2 6MT a couple years ago. I specifically looked for an early car (build date 4-98) knowing I would double down and have FSI do a complete reconstruction.
I have no regrets and am not overly concerned with residual value. A positive ownership experience along with how fun it is to drive justifies the cost for me.
My IMS Solution tag on the door jamb is #1000. Does this mean it is the 1000th kit for the double row replacement?
The numbers are selected randomly so its harder for fake tags to be produced. That number just crosses to your IMS kit, and means nothing except that it can be validated as genuine.
You'll be seeing it within a couple of days. You'll love the question that asks "How would you conduct yourself if the engine we created failed the very first day the vehicle was returned to you?"
Yep, that's one of the questions! Answer that puppy wrong, and the worksheet gets burned!
A) Post on Rennlist so all the experts can chime in
B) Call and retain a lawyer
C) Have it towed to local shop for diagnosis and used engine installation
D) Call FSI and arrange for return shipment
psst, don’t choose A, B, or C.
I was going to be an elective customer, but then my engine threw some shiny gold flakes into the oil, which I used as a great excuse to purchase your engine earlier than anticipated. Can't wait for September! I have driven another FSI car and the differences are staggering.
Would have been interesting to have gone through "the gauntlet worksheet".
Engine comes out beginning of May and must be at FSI not later than June 1st. I figured I would try to hit up Luftgekuhlt on May 31st and then drop the engine off on June 1st. Hopefully I can pull that off without a hitch.
So you're delivering the engine to Jake yourself? If that's the case you should be fine, but if you're using a shipper give yourself plenty of leeway - those guys "have more excuses than Carter's got liver pills"... Anything that can go wrong, will etc. etc. etc.
@dporto
After your shipping disaster I implemented radical changes that will never lead to us getting a bad review due to shipping complications, again.
It was at that time that I split the waters by implementing the "Premier" and "Exclusive" levels of service. The Exclusive service is the only service where we receive vehicles, and now it costs thousands of dollars more (4-6K) for us to land the vehicles and perform the installation. I'm currently adding a 3rd engine dyno to allow for the added engine only testing to be carried out, so we don't need to see cars. additionally I have specifically trained more Certified Installers of our engines across the country, and created a program of checks and balances to govern these installations.
Shipping the engine is much different than shipping the entire vehicle. Vehicle shipping has no tracking system, has no schedules, and everything constantly changes. Shipping the engine is no different than shipping a box with UPS; the truck shows up on time, the package can be tracked, and we receive the engine as scheduled.
If the engine is picked up, and we do not have a commercial shipping invoice to an out of state address, Ga state sales taxes are due, and will be collected. This is defined at the onset within our project proposals, and there's never any exceptions made.
Since we sell less than 5% of our annual revenue in our own state we are regularly audited by the state. This is something that has happened for over 20 years, and we know that it's coming. We never take a single chance, and we keep the books perfectly ready to be presented within a moments notice of the annual audit.
Picking an engine up at our location, and being responsible for the sales tax makes zero sense if someone is from out of state.
Dude, that would be awesome! My buddy and I are both 996 owners, but we have never dropped an engine out of one. I will also have a buddy there who is a tech, but is not experienced with Porsche or theiridiosyncrasies.
We have a 4 post lift, many tools, and my car's engine is very clean, so hopefully it will be a smooth drop. Would love to meet another Porsche guy!
FSI will be shipping the engine to the border for me. The engine will be subject to the federal sales tax of 5%, which is better than paying sales tax in Georgia. Especially after considering exchange rates.
You and I have nearly the exact same experience. Looked for (and found) an early '99 C2 6MT with a 02/98 build date. Bought it with the intention of getting the FSI Stage II and it was back in my driveway a little over a year later.
The lift will make it much easier than working off stands - if the lift goes high enough that you can walk under the car, that's even better. There's nothing "difficult" about the job - especially if you've turned a wrench before. Be methodical, mark/label all connections, bag and identify loose fasteners, etc... Good Luck
I'd not even consider removing, or replacing the engine in one of these cars without a lift, and a hydraulic lift table to drop the drivetrain assembly onto once removed.
My thought process was to spend money up front and just enjoy the car vs having to deal with issues one by one. I've been picking away at suspension wear items as time permits between other projects.
One thing I enjoy, the engine gets better and more responsive as I add miles. I think I'm at about 13k miles since getting the car back from FSI.
It'll keep getting faster, and smoother till it hits 30K miles, then it'll level off. You'll note the biggest improvement between 5-15K miles.
The rings aren't fully seated till 30K miles, the hone that's used is very smooth, to aid in longevity. This is why things just keep getting better and better till 30K, when it'll level out and stay that way.
Usually my engines pick up 15HP over the first 30K miles, and around 30# of torque at peak as they fully break in... That is IF the owner does exactly what I tell them!
I use a wobble on a quarter inch ratchet. It is, as others have said, the worst part of swapping engines on a 996. Not so bad once you've done it a couple of times
I'm surprised anyone would even buy a 996 with all the bashing we do. And we are the ones that like them. The 996 ambassadors. I just bought mine and based on the forum, the car won't see tomorrow. I have a tough time agreeing anymore when people say nice car.
Not that you should care but I won't buy another one and will likely sell mine soon. 02 C4S anyone interested.
The more I read here, the more afraid I am to even start it until the spring. IMS, now the chunking, ovaling. Don't start in the winter, don't let idle. Change the oil every 3 months or 3k miles. Cut the filter. Send the oil off for analysis. Don't use mobil 1, use... Keep it under 3k until fully warm. It's so tiring. Porsches are suppose to be high quality. Are they?
Regarding starting in the spring, I probably need to put the car on a lift, remove the plugs and lubricate and turn motor over by hand or the motor will break in half. Massage all the strut towers...
Guard Red 4S is the answer for best looking one. Not even an argument.
Not that I have one to sell either.
Does this give you any hope? 99 C2 6MT (manufacture date 7/98) original IMSB, original RMS, uses no oil, runs like a top, I drive it all the time, short trips (beer run), long trips, yes I have had to do normal maintenance, but it is always a blast to drive
^^ Get the 1000lb lift table too... I did it with the 500 (and a transmission scissor jack), but it was right at the edge of it's capacity - I kicked myself for not spending the little bit of extra $
Ha^^^ Judging by the looks of your shop(s) I'd say you're just a little jaded Jake!
All else being equal, I'd have to agree but reality for most of us is that we work from a creeper on a cold concrete floor - and it sucks! it takes a lot of the enjoyment out of the wrenching. And usually makes for a few sore days afterward...
You can say that again...Looks like I'll have to drop my motor to tend to a few things sooner than I had hoped.
I need to keep this thing going while waiting for the other motor to get re-built.
After many years of wrenching on my back, I sprung for a lift ten years ago out of necessity. Could not get to the oil plug on these low cars unless it's on a lift. So now, all engine drops are done on a lift. I don't have a table though because there is no more room in the garage for a rolling table. All excess space is taken up by the motorcycles.
Don't let this place ruin your enjoyment and ownership experience of your 996. RL is a great website, however, the 996 section of RL is no longer a great forum in my opinion. It's a shame too because the 996 forum was once a great place to talk about 996es in general and share your ownership experiences with other like minded 996 owners (like it has been and still is with so many other specific car sections here on RL).
Now, unfortunately, the RL 996 forum is nothing more than incessant 996 bashing posts spewing from the same 996-hating self-proclaimed experts. It takes the idiom of beating a dead horse to a whole new level. This forum has become nothing more than a advertising vehicle for the handful of companies hustling solutions to overhyped 996 problems. This thread is a great example, it started out as a positive 996 story but quickly devolved into another bash fest and infomercial for the haters and sponsors.
If the 996 forum on RL was a rock band, it's name would be
The Rabid Raby Sycophants
Personally, when it comes to enjoying my 996, I find that my enjoyment of the car is inversely proportional to the time I spend reading here on the RL 996 forum.
You must be reading a totally different 996 forum than I am. Reading comprehension goes a long way when it comes to gleaning useful information from internet forums - including this one. Did you really just check in here to create one of the "bashing posts" that you so abhor? What a waste of time! Go "enjoy" your Porsche...
+1
I�ve never bashed the 996...except for cabs with tips. Just kidding guys, they're all great cars!
Are there some weaknesses? Yes!
Just like every other car made.
Knowing the weaknesses is what enthusiasts do.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Exactly!
Sounds like someone didn't do enough homework before pulling the trigger...Others keep logging in and continue to be unhappy (the definition of insanity) with the 996 section.
All the car forums I've been on are the same way. If you don't like what you have here then make a change!
I did plenty of homework but I guess not enough. Honestly, the ovaling thing caught me off guard. Specially cold weather locations. Living in New England, it causes concern.
The forum is very helpful and I appreciate the help I have gotten here. One thing for sure though, the vibe is certainly more dooms day here then on the 986 forum I use to visit when I had my 986.
A good call on the influence aspect.
I recently watched an extended interview and tour of his garage�he�s not, and had never been �air cooled only�. He�s got a number of water cooled
front
engined Porsches. He stated his goal from the very beginning when he first fell in love with Porsches was to own one of everything they made. So this is right in line with his dream, however, I would agree that it is mildly notable. Mavens like Magnus can definitely impact tastes, and there�s no reason not to like a 996. IMHO, the Mark I is better looking than the Mark II. I�m chasing a beautiful �99 right now. After that, I want a Turbo S with Tiptronic.
These 996s are destined to well in some way, one day. But that�s not the reason to own and drive them, that�s merely a perk, if it even happens. The best reason to own them is their intrinsic goodness. I would say that mine has changed my driving life significantly, for the better�I only got it in June (�02 Cab arctic silver), but I�ve fallen in love with the experience and everything Porsche. Just got another one that looks a lot like Magnus� red one pictured, except it�s white and there is a
real
�01 Mark I GT3 underneath that Mark I wing. I take delivery in the next two weeks or so... can�t wait.
picture added:
My first 996.
My second 996.
"influencers" - as the word is used currently is a fairly new phenomenon - since everyday people now have the ability to instantly promote themselves over a worldwide platform. Don't get me wrong, there have always been influencers/celebrities and "the masses" have always followed them - in the past it just took a much longer time and it was way more difficult and/or expensive to create and expand influence. In the case of Air-Cooled Porsche's, it wasn't simply because of celebrity "endorsements" that they suddenly became coveted (all props to Magnus). Of course celebrities such as James Dean and Steve McQueen & Paul Newman among others have helped the marque tremendously, but it's really the fact that there will never be another air cooled Porsche built that created a collectors market. Once there are no more IC engines being produced/sold the water cooled Porsche's will see their fortunes tick up...
I'd like to put a wrench in his hand, just to see how he holds it. I'd then like to see if he could beat my 8 year old daughter building a single cylinder engine for a Jr. Dragster.
I can bet I know what would happen.
People today are too quick to allow "influence" to impact them.
Too many followers, not enough leaders. The people that appear to be leaders to these followers are generally fake *** people that are doing nothing more than playing a part.
Yeah, I guess I was born about 50 years too late for the way that I think about these topics.
Yeah, and it shouldn�t be that way. The only person who I feel the need to influence is my daughter. Luckily she is a sponge for the things I teach her.
More leaders, less followers. Less meeting, and more doing. Less talking and more action.
As a society we have put more stock in �following� someone than the effort to lead, innovate and develop as individuals.
^^^ This ^^^ and we tend to "elevate" people depending on how they look or sound, or what they say - as opposed to the THINGS THEY DO ! We're now being told to ignore all the things we were told were important when we were growing up - Character? What's that? Oh, the truth matters? Nah...lying is fine as long as you follow the lies up with more lies and never admit that you were lying in the first place. Sickening...
Yep, the only people that I feel need to be elevated are those who earn it by truly helping others, or defending our country.
What we do with cars, and engines doesn't rate the influence. The same goes with entertainers, ball players, and etc. Just because someone can chase a ball around on a field, or drive a car, they get elevated, and influence others. Lots of these ball players are horrible role models for our young people who are easily influenced. I could say a lot more, but there's no use..
I don't watch TV, and haven't been to a movie in a decade. I care nothing about what goes on outside of my family, and my piece of property.
I'm actually working toward the same goal and I have to say it's very gratifying to not give a rip what's going on. I'm only 3 years unplugged, though.
*insert �old man yells at cloud� gif here
As for influencers: tons of people influence our behavior wether we admit it to ourselves or not. Magnus influences the collector market, and by that somewhat what you guys can charge for your work (if Porsche related). Meaning, you get a positive outcome personally from something that happens outside your life. The same can be said about entities influencing the markets and therefore your portfolios, etc.
As for unplugging:
To unplug from social media or the Joneses race to keep up appearance is probably very healthy, but unplugging from everything except your family and property speaks of a privilege few have. Most don�t have property able to sustain them, or none at all. And imagine if everyone would live by this credo: we�d have no roads to drive on, no food chains for us to buy groceries at the store, no medical networks or even care outside of what grandma knows about treating that illness, no laws, etc.
So, I personally am happy that many people choose to plug in and participate, as it makes for a (sometimes messy) functioning society. And friends, lovers, good and bad argumentation, things to aspire to, etc.
Just my humble opinion. Now roast me.
Count me on the non-fanboy, non-cult of personality side. I never have related to that mindset, and the general obsession with following people online, on social media, etc. Too busy living my own life.
Hmmmmn...
I�m influenced by the seat of my pants... and what I experience when I drive that 911. Everyday, I learn something new about the dynamic(s) at work between the tires and the road. It�s very interesting to me and it will never bore me, there�s always something new to feel, and learn about, something to figure out, maybe go read about, maybe go back and try again, or maybe
not
, as the case may be.
I could go on so I won�t, but I�m gonna need to find property to store the 996 variants I�m interested in!
The next seat of my pants experience is now officially in a truck and on its way. Gonna be very interesting to me.
I had bought a ticket to go see F v F with a group of Porsche Hooligans the week it debuded, but got sick and had to get a refund. I saw it last week on DVD, it was great !! I actually shed a tear at the end.....
Yup, great movie and very touching in the end.
The MotorTrend TV channel has a show called "Autobiography" (I think) and did a story on Ford vs Ferrari, good watch.
When I was in the POC I would see him everytime I went to Willow Springs. He always arrived late & a couple people would crowd around him as he got out of his Porsche. I had no idea who he was until years later when he became so popular.
It is called Autobiography & I watch every show I can. It's good, but it would be great if they could get enough content to fill out the show, instead of rehashing what they have already said after every station break !
^^^ Ugh ^^^ That's the "reality tv" formula/model... just a way to fill time/space - sickening... 1/2 hr. show minus commercial breaks 20-22 min. minus re-hash =15-17min of program material (or there about...) double it for 1 hr "feature"...
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