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655321 posted:
 One of my old man's friends had (pretty sure he sold it a few years back) a white 930, complete with white leather interior and white Fuchs. When I was maybe 12, I got a ride in that thing and learned the true meaning of turbo lag. Up until a couple years prior to that, my dad had owned nothing but P-cars - a 914 and a 912, both of which he bought and sold before I was old enough to remember, and a '74 911 that promptly tried to kill him with fire. I was too young to remember it before the fire, but I remember the restoration and definitely remember the next ten years of cramming into the back seat while he flogged it. I'd love to own an air-cooled '78-'89 but with the way that market is going, that will probably be... never.
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Tremek posted:What's special about the 78-79s? 911SC introduced in '78, which if I remember correctly resolved a lot of reliability issues found on earlier 911s. The '84-'89 Carerra introduced some upgrades without otherwise loving with the formula. A/C is more common in these cars too, and while I realize it's not much, it's better than nothing in AZ.
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Pr0kjayhawk posted:2006-2008 IMS bearing - good on street, bad on track Isn't that what bit einTier in the rear end?
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Bajaha posted:If you're feeling sneaky, take an extended test drive and coincidently drive it to a trusted garage. Do this if you really want that exact car. Otherwise run as far away as you can, there is no good reason a $28k car should not be available for an inspection at the buyer's expense.
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slidebite posted:
My old man once told me a story about either himself or one of his friends (I can't recall which and they both owned air-cooled 911s at the time) encountering that very same problem the first time they used a sealable oil pan. Unless you can find a sealable pan that can flow like mad going in, you'll probably be best off either vacuuming it out, or using an old school open pan and transferring it to another container to recycle.
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Jul 31, 2016 07:58
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You missed an opportunity to complete the package. Might be slightly NWS if your workplace frowns on plastic testicles
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Sep 21, 2016 02:59
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Some of my earliest vivid memories are of my dad's '74 911 in that exact same position, though for different reasons (incessant ticking/tapping that he never was able to fully eliminate). At least it's an easy engine pull 
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Jan 17, 2017 00:04
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It photographs decently but overall it gives me an air of "it's been hosed with". Reminds me of the cars that seemed to be everywhere ten years ago that were haphazardly 'updated' to newer bodywork. The A/C bracket with no compressor on it, for example.
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Mar 13, 2017 20:54
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Dave Inc. posted:Just checked through rennlist, an original RS ducktail might be $5k+ now (I'll stick with the fiberglass!) and no more are being built. It seems like at that kind of price point you could get a skilled fabricator to make one by hand for less. Nothing wrong with a well-made fiberglass part, though.
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Jul 13, 2017 21:26
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Let's be fair, a blue interior pretty much instantly dates a car.
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Oct 10, 2017 23:33
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kimbo305 posted:
That's some strong pornography right there.
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Feb 1, 2018 04:21
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slidebite posted:You know the answer to this. Yup, I wouldn't trust that hose.
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Feb 20, 2018 20:53
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Dave Inc. posted:Just yuck man. I will never not hate that upshift fart. Me, clicking on the video: "What's wrong with a bit of noise during an up... nope that is a full on fart."
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May 22, 2018 19:22
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Bjork Bjowlob posted:Harry and the hundersons 
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Jun 29, 2018 01:13
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Bajaha posted:So... I just bought an 04 Cayenne S for $1.5k CAD. Good lord yes. I need another SUV like I need a hole in the head but part of me really wants to get a Cayenne and bring it to the various local Jeep runs.
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Jan 13, 2019 05:29
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kimbo305 posted:That wheel closeup There are vehicles with wheels that are further from the center from the arch than that from the factory Speaking of Bad Ideas, how about a Boxster with all the creature comforts of a 914
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Oct 20, 2019 19:35
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Cheap Porsches had better be very cheap. My old man found out the hardest way around when I was born, over the span of roughly six years: Bought a 914 Sold the 914 because it wasn't a 911... to buy a 912 Sold the 912 because it wasn't a 911... to buy a cheap 911 Cheap 911 caught fire. Granted he rebuilt that 911 and it came out awesome but I'm pretty sure he would have come out way ahead on money if the first car above had been a clean 911 that didn't need to be pretty much built from scratch.
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Oct 23, 2019 03:52
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Motronic posted:* there is rumored to be a non-user-selectable height below low that it supposedly goes to at 120+ I have no experience with this. Suuuuuuuure
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Dec 28, 2019 22:02
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30 times a year but mostly by just one guy.
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Jan 26, 2020 16:03
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Motronic posted:That is EXTREMELY my jam and looks awesome. Right? I've got a soft spot for white aircooled 911s, though. When my dad had his '74, one of his friends had a white '73, that he later replaced with a white 930 Turbo. That 930 was my first taste of turbo lag. It was delicious.
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Jan 28, 2020 04:01
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slidebite posted:Honest question: What was the rationale behind utilizing magnesium over aluminum? The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > Porsche Thread: Why? Because race car! Also there are Reasons that somewhere at my dad's house there is a gigantic photo album full of just pictures of him working on his '74 911. One full rebuild due to fire, another gigantic teardown to find a ticking noise.
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Apr 14, 2020 16:51
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slidebite posted:My quick googling shows Magnesium being approx 34% lighter than Aluminum per volume. That's more than I would have thought. Yeah, but you might need more magnesium by volume to hit a strength target. So unless the original design for the aluminum part wasn't properly optimized for weight savings, that's a best-case weight savings.
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Apr 14, 2020 20:19
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I have no direct 993 experience but they're pretty much the same size inside as earlier cars, right? I was 10 when my dad sold his '74 911 and bought a '94 Camaro. The back seat of said Camaro was a massive upgrade. I'm tall, sure, but 911 back seats are loving tiny.
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May 4, 2020 16:06
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:borrowing is not as cheap for toys, it's a specialist lending business dominated by JJ Best, Premier, and Woodside. I think lightstream is in the game too. the lowest I have seen recently is roughly 3.5%, which isn't bad but isn't close to rates on new cars. Considering people get rates worse than that on newer used cars all the time that are still well into depreciation, this doesn't seem that bad. I may or may not be saying this to eventually talk myself into taking out a loan on an aircooled 911 at some point in the future when I have more garage.
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May 4, 2020 18:26
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Saw a gorgeous red 911 today with the plate "VNTG911". It was a 993. 
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May 27, 2020 00:27
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Cars are supposed to be fun, who cares if they perform well if the way that they get to that point is boring. Seriously, this. Unless you're actually racing the drat thing, you're never going to notice 0.01G better on a skid pad. You sure as hell will notice whether it puts a smile on your face.
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Jul 3, 2020 19:16
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willroc7 posted:I’ve considered boxsters briefly but I really want something I can cram my two small children into the back of. I have lots of fond memories of the cheap 911 my dad had when I was small. A lot of those memories involve it being torn apart in the garage, because there is no such thing as a cheap Porsche. I still really, really, really want an aircooled 911.
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I saw one of these in person for the first time the other day. drat fine looking cars.
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Motronic posted:HE HAS THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT OKAY Also, it's not 2001 anymore, >17" wheels are on loving everything instead of just exotics.
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Consider the fact that nobody acquires 16 cheap examples of any car because they're all absolutely mint structurally.
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