what a day

I was looking at a 997 and a 996. The morning started out with a phone call from a person looking at my M3. The afternoon started out with me making two calls with two offers. One said nay and the other said yay so...........sold the M and bought the P. It's good to be back

Congrats on the new P. Good to see another AZ rennlister. Maybe Ill see you on the streets. Im around the arrowhead area.

Mike.....CONGRATS!!!!! And welcome back to P-car world. What year is that car? I see lots of goodies too....turbo front, painted console, heated seats...aluminum guages and aluminum trim on the lower dash. BEAUTIFUL RIDE!!!! I love those wheels. Leather steering wheel is sweet too...major moola options. Drive it well. You are lucky to sell your M so fast too! I'll let someone else tell you about the pumpkins...... Jon

2004 ......... pumpkins?

He means the orange sidemarkers. Clear replacements are quite cheap on ebay. If thats your taste.

Hi Mike....yes....they are actually smoked....eric @ bumperplugs.com sells them. So does Suncoastporsche.com. Relatively cheap mod, and literally takes 3 minutes to swap them out. If you want them, just follow the instructions in the manual on how to replace the bulbs in the sidemarkers....except you don't need to swap the bulbs....just unplug the housing and swap the entire housing. The smoked markers make the silver cars look FANTASTIC. Look at some of the others who have done this on the board. I had my new side markers delivered before I even took delivery of my car! Best of luck, Jon

Is that a 40th year anniversary editon??

How do you like the interior? The Metro Blue has really grown on me and now I find I really really like it Prob the easiest color interior to keep clean I have ever had Enjoy

welcome back.

Lovely car!

Beautiful car! Glad you are back from the darkside Is that a pic of you with an RC plane in your avatar??? I fly also.

Nice car and congrat's...FYI this is the darkside

love the wheels.

Very nice car!

Oh the pumpkins....yes they will be changed. I changed them on my last car and it does look a lot better. I will talk to Eric as I also need to remove the rear wiper

Yes it is

Congrats on the car. I'm a former M3 owner as well. Yes, Metropol Blue is an awesome color for the interior. My first choice.

Must be...from the inside badge. Great car.

Ha! I'll take that rear wiper off your hands. JK. The difference between Arizona and British Columbia. Great looking ride. I really like the anniversary cars.

nice car nice tennis *****

That was just a random pic while I was without a Porsche. I have done some flying, R/C and Private but neither in the last few years

Congrats on your 40th Anniversary car, you'll love it! If you lower it, will look even sweeter.

Mike - Congrats on getting the 40th! Yeah, harvest those pumpkins and get some clears!

Welcome back! and nice car.

Nice purchase! I have owned an M3 and loved that car but there is a huge difference when comparing the two cars. I even have the same color scheme as you and love the blue interior myself. Good luck with the mods, I will be doing lots myself soon.

Nice 40th! Congrats. I don't miss my E46 M3 everytime I drive the 996.

I really like the looks of the E46 M3 but there isn't anything about it that reminds me of the 996. The Porsche is in a different league IMO. I have noticed that a couple of people mentioned that my interior was Blue. It is Natural Gray. I took these pics in my garage the day I picked it up. I knew I would be blasted if I posted without pics. I will take better pics later.

Mike - now who in the world would have done something like that?

Sweet ride! Welcome back to the P-club.

Nice car. I thought I was looking at mine then realized you too have a 40th anniversary. It's funny. Before I bought my car, I rarely saw a Porshce. Now that I have one, I see them on a regular basis. Likely just paying more attention. The first weekend I bought mine (2004 40th), I went to Starbucks and noticed 3 other cars that were very similar to mine. I then realized mine was the only 40th anniversary edition there. I had a 2004 M3 and loved the car. I don't think I will go back to BMW because I love my Porsche so much.

aahhhhh gosh Tim I'm at a loss...lets start with T... nah I'll get killed I do need a better pic for my avatar

I agree with you on avatar. The current pic works if you are "Porsche-less" but since that is no longer the case.....

From pumpkins to no pumpkins. When I bought my last 996 my son mentioned this was the only Porsche without round headlights. I told him...that's what makes the 996 a special Porsche .

Mike - that looks so much better!

Thanks Tim.

Looking good!!

Congrats Mike!! The 40th it's the best 996 ever made. 345 BHP, rear slip diffe., natural grey, silver Gt .... It's very nice

Great job!! The easiest modification EVER. J

Congrats and welcome back, pumpkin removal a big plus! Car looks great, I really like the center console.

Mike - do you have PSE on the 40th? If not, it's time for the PSE MK II mod!

Joaquin, The more I drive it the better it gets

If I do there isn't a switch. I did either read or was told that the exhaust has two doors that open at speed for power which makes it louder. I'm not sure if that's true or not. Any other 40 owners know?

Mike - I know the 997 X51 package comes with PSE, but I recall the 996 did not. I was wondering if the PO had installed PSE. If you had PSE, you would have the switch with the "goggles" on it.

I'm sure your right

Mike, I have to say it looks really nice with the smoked glass. I guess I have to admit defeat and replace my pumpkins too.

It will look better in person, now place your order

Hahhaha, ok ok, where can I buy these smoked little wonders of plastic?

Eric at http://bumperplugs.com/

Swede_Matt can you bottle up some of your weather and send it here...this 112...115 is about to kill me

It's not that comfy here either. Today has been better but the rest of the week has been really warm here too...although not as bad as you guys have it in AZ. You should come out here for a drive along H1. Nice cold ocean breeze, great windy road with beautiful views

Matt - yeah, you gotta "harvest those pumpkins" and get some clears! Your car will look so much better!

Yes I should. I haven't been that way in probably 4 years

Ok, ok, I'm off to place an order with Eric. Anything else I should order while I'm at it?

Yeah, since I 'm spending YOUR money..... you could get a rear center console painted to match your exterior paint color, $399 with core exchange.

And we know it will look good, right Tim

it does indeed look great. I want that chrome strip on the dash as well. How difficult is it to install the console?

When you install a short shifter kit (SSK) you have to remove the RCC. When I did the SSK the first time the entirte process was about 2 hours. I helped another Rennlister do his SSK about a month ago and it took us 1.5 hours. Swapping the Rear Center Console (RCC) should not be a problem. Eric will send you uninstall/install instructions. There are about 5 or 6 screws to remove the RCC. You do have to swap out a couple of panels from the old RCC and install them on the new RCC. I would imagine it will take about 1.5 hours, max. BTW - Eric can paint it in the Alumi-look color to match the other Alumi-look pieces in the interior. The Alumi-look strip on the dash looks good. However, from what I understand it is a little more difficult to install. The scary part comes from having to pop off the existing strips. There have been a couple of DYI threads about the install process. They each took a different approcach. One guy popped off the strips from the front and glued the new strips in place. The other guy took the dash apart to remove the strip screws for the back. I am guessing that Eric will include instructions for that install, also. BTW - you got any more money you want me to spend?

Excellent choice. The 40th is definitely the best 996 short a GT2/GT3/Turbo.

I can see right now you and Eric are going to be friends

yeah, I read the same thing when I searched for it. The rip out and glue back in seems a little bit too brutal for my taste. I have been tempted by the SSK. Haven't made up my mind yet. I reall would like to get my IPOD to work with the stereo but it doesn't seem that anyone has figured out how to do it in a decent way yet. Eric and I are already buddies. Ordered alu gauge rings, bumper plugs and the key lock plug (key lock plug is the silliest thing I've ever ordered for a car. The lady just shock her had and walked away when I proudly demonstrated it to her) Can we spend someone elses money a little too? gr8330, do you have alu gauge rings? That is even more needed than the smoked indicators.

Have a look for your self

better pic

hmm, ok. very nice. I think you have more extra stuff in your car than I have. I even see a nav system in there! How about sport seats? And aluminim pedals would look nice with all that silver trim in your car.

The best advice I can give is to stay away from Tim (gota911). He's worse than a women in a shoe store...with your money

Tim is that you speaking? Sure sounds like you

I know...It's all Tim's fault for all the extra money I've spent. Alu gague rings, bumper plugs, key lock plug, 3.6L muffler mod is aaaaaalll Tim's fault. I'm blaming Tim for smoked indicators, my new RMS and new seals around all my windows as well (even though the last two were covered by CPO I'm sure Tim had something to do with it somehow.)

I just had to replace the A/C in my house to the tune of $11,000 so I'm trying to recover from seeing all the mod money go away

Yeah, he phished my log in and password through a fake Porsche website. All posts encouraging you to spend money is really Tim's posts. I'll be contacting the moderator now to have the password reset so we don't have any repeats of this. /The real Swede Matt

[QUITE=gr8330]Tim is that you speaking? Sure sounds like you[/QUOTE] OK, guys that's enough flattery! You guys are starting make me blush! MAtt - you haven't done the SSK yet! You can "kill two birds with one stone" if you install the SSK when you swap out your rear center console. Since you have to remove the RCC To install the SSK, it will only add about 30 minutes to the process. Do it! DO IT!