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YOUR RESEARCHBlack 2002 996.2 C2 - Daily Driver
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My Dad has a lift in his workshop so opportunity to have a good look-see and check underneath.
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Replace with a porsche (hengst) filter and millers 10w50
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And today giving her an oil change with a Porsche (Hengst) filter and Millers 10w50 which the previous owner very kindly supplied with the car:
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Hi all, intro post from me and my 996.2 which I picked-up last weekend from a user on here.
Car is a 2002 C2, bought on 146,500 miles but with a lot of love and attention from it's previous owners including a Hartech rebuild at 58k miles, full M030 kit at 106k miles and loads of other bits and bobs that only the true enthusiastic owner does! (Gearbox oil changes, ignition coils, 997 shortshift, wheels recently refurbed, etc)
The previous owner also fitted 997 sports seats and the car is a non-sunroofer - perfect combo for me as I'm tall.
Plan is to drive, maintain and enjoy. For the past 7 years my daily drivers have been two e39 M5s - the first I took to 213k miles, the second (which I still have) is on 170k miles and in the middle of a major bodywork refresh (new sills, respray, brake lines, etc etc).
Anyway, the 996!
When I viewed her two weeks ago:
Filling-up with fuel last Sunday having just collected:
And today giving her an oil change with a Porsche (Hengst) filter and Millers 10w50 which the previous owner very kindly supplied with the car:
Thanks to this for community for all the useful info I gleaned when I was looking for/viewing 996s and MASSIVE thanks to the previous owner Tom for a very pleasant, honest and enjoyable purchase - the car is great!
Stay tuned...
Cheers,
Rob
One month in and 1100 miles completed already - 700 of those in the past week on a trip round the UK to various parts of the family and a few days R&R in the lakes.
First part of the trip was to see my parents in Lincolnshire. My Dad has a lift in his workshop so opportunity to have a good look-see and check underneath.
Up on hoist, wheels off
Undertrays off showing nothing to worry about - all lovely and dry and rust free. A couple of removable brackets to take off and replace or recoat at some point this summer (ones under fuel tank, coil pack covers, etc)
The weather was surprisingly pleasant so part two of the roadtrip meant going up the coast into Yorkshire with a few stops along the way to see the beaches/dunes.
Then a few nights in the Lakes. Check out that sunset! (Porsche is parked down to the left, trust me...)
Trip-end - 683 miles and a scarcely believable 29mpg.
Onwards and upwards!
Thanks guys for the positive responses.
Great day of 996'ness today:
Started with a trip down to Marlow (couple of hrs round trip) to meet with a friend for brunch. He's a jammy ***** and drives this:
Lovely car. And put the current state of the 996 to shame (note in above pic the accumulated dirt, muck and bird crap from last weeks roadtrip). So upon travelling back home I arranged to stop in and see a mate of mine - one I'm fortunate enough to know is OCD for car cleanliness/detailing. Unfortunately though he also likes to whip his top off at the first sign of any sun - and it was lovely and sunny today - but he's massive, so someone else can take that up with him.
This is his Subaru which he cherishes:
After finishing that, we set about the 996. Firstly by jacking up and getting on stands so we could clean out the wheelarches, suspension and back of wheels. I'm not usually one for doing this, but it does allow a thorough check of all bits and pieces once they've been decaked of all he crud. Plus it is kind of cool.
Rear wheelarches before:
Forgot to get an after. Front before though (showing how mucky the side of the car is, that gets sorted in a bit):
During:
After
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Then all dried off, wheels on and back down on the ground for a thorough wash:
We then polished the car with a machine polisher and loads of various jungle juices and pads he had, as there was a fair bit of swirling/marring from 17 years of life. No pics as I was busy doing my bit! Fast forward 4 hrs and it was time for wax (yes T-shirt back on - it was early evening now):
And a last final shot I grabbed as the light was going. Impressed with how 147k mile paint comes up - they were obviously very well finished when new.
Much indebted to my topless comrade for his help!
Cheers,
Rob
That looks lovely, your mate has done a cracking job on it.
I have a very similar one to yourself, have a set of those wheels but currently it on Fuchs.
I bought a DA a while back and had a go with it last weekend (just the roof tho) it does make easy work of it 😊
