We had hell of a fun time with Ruths modded 97 Boxster until we blew the engine in 2011
Any Porsche ppl out there?
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Yeah I still want a 911. I saw one today. It was red. Zoomed by me in my Toyota. Fuck you all...
It was a 79...
It was a 79...
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I worked on a project where my company provided the machines that made the C5 throttle body. It was GM's first throttle by wire engine. The engineer on the project told me that GM accounting gave them $0.12 for each throttle motor. They couldn't find a reliable motor for $0.12 but had a supplier who could give them a good one for $0.13, but they were forced into the cheaper option. I remember a few years later there was a recall for bad throttle body motors.
The more expensive motor would have cost them less than $300/year.
Design by accountants FTW!
I have spent enough time in GM plants that I will never buy their products. Been to several Subaru, Honda and Toyota plants in the U.S. and was always impressed.
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Have you been to the Tahara plant in Japan, by any chance? That one is legendary, and in no small part why I have a Land Cruiser.
No, only have been to domestic automotive plants, but Japanese manufacturers have a large presence in the states. Toyota's Kentucky plant is rather impressive.
Spent some time at a Mitsubishi Aerospace plant in Nagoya. Meh
I may have said this before, but dude at work was telling me he "owed me" a ride in his C6 because I gave him a ride one day in my 2SS 1LE. So the day comes when we mutually agree for lunch and I ride in the fantastic-plastic of the C6. I had been avoiding this as best I could, as I didn't care to do this. He was acting like it was a favor. It was horrible, like real WTF horrible, all hard plastic, it was a T-top, but my head would have been touching the top and I'm only 5'11". It pulled decent...but man, I'm glad I passed on that back in the day. To compare that with a porsche was a complete joke.
The C7 on the other hand....well that's just hotness:
The seats are the worst in the 5/6. My C4 seats were very nice. The main issue with C5/6 seats is the space. There are only certain seats that fit between the tunnel and door sill. I had to convert my seatbelts to C6 to fit my eBay seat. But my stock seat is complete garbage. My eBay seat has worked well enough for now.
Today I am replacing my wheel hubs. All 4 for $136 with 10 year warranty. I am willing to bet my set of 4 is cheaper than 1 Porsche hub.
You won't get any good advice here, but I can't wait to see the pictures and read the story. Wish I could afford a 2door....no space and would kill my marriage. I miss having a lightweight manual car...but not that much.
/r/enoughmuskspam is calling
/r/enoughmuskspam is calling
To be fair, yet another guy at work has a Z06 C6, seems much nicer. Those base C6 seats though...they felt like small cushions.The seats are the worst in the 5/6. My C4 seats were very nice. The main issue with C5/6 seats is the space. There are only certain seats that fit between the tunnel and door sill. I had to convert my seatbelts to C6 to fit my eBay seat. But my stock seat is complete garbage. My eBay seat has worked well enough for now.
Today I am replacing my wheel hubs. All 4 for $136 with 10 year warranty. I am willing to bet my set of 4 is cheaper than 1 Porsche hub.
I´ve worked at Toyota as well. It was actually where I started. The factories in Japan are amazing, but there is a catch.
A dutch senior manager from Toyota told me about the day Toyota bought and took over the swedish company he was working for. Guy said the factories look amazing, but he´d hate to work in that floor. I had the very same thought when I toured them.
I believe i have purchased the porsche, just about to put some cash down on it over the phone today. I have a pretty sweet road trip planned and a brand new (to me) Sony full frame to document with. I'll post up my journey old school style early next week.
wow that's like a 30 grand hit, maybe more if those were magnesium centerlocks.
RS are centerlock only, i think.
They are like 10k per set. Wheels become consumables
, when you track the car often.
Ya I think we can all agree here that the wheel/brake system on a new RS is astronomical. I am not in that universe but the car I am buying does have new rotors and pads which is nice. I would post pics but I’d prefer to take my own.
So, you got the 997?
Carrera S?
Just put the down payment on it, just a Carrera not the S unfortunately...Guy' has gotta eat.
Nice!
Now that's it's a done deal, care you share a link or picture?
Great success.
Post pictures.
Would rock. Sounds like an excellent bike hauler to me.
They're really great cars, if you happen to be inside, if you're not inside the car and can actually see it, oof. They held their value better than I'd have thought though, I think an S-class is a better ballin' on a budget pick
do you have a corvette now?The seats are the worst in the 5/6. My C4 seats were very nice. The main issue with C5/6 seats is the space. There are only certain seats that fit between the tunnel and door sill. I had to convert my seatbelts to C6 to fit my eBay seat. But my stock seat is complete garbage. My eBay seat has worked well enough for now.
Today I am replacing my wheel hubs. All 4 for $136 with 10 year warranty. I am willing to bet my set of 4 is cheaper than 1 Porsche hub.
Pics to come early next week...
I don't want a Porsche anymore. I have moved on to a Ferrari Daytona instead. If it is not in your collective hearts to buy me a Porsche. Then I cannot forsake you all for that. I have a no pizza for you list and several of you are currently on it however.
Yes, I bought my '01 6 years ago this Thanksgiving. The difference between my '94 and my '01 are truly night and day. Stupid cheap fun. A kid at AutoZone bought an '04 that had 32k miles on it and had never been over 65mph. He paid $14k for it (he sold his S2000 for $18k).
You could not be more correct, a friend of mine has a new one and man is it awesome to ride around in. But then you have to look at it once outside...
Nice.
Two borat thumbs up. Great Success.
Two borat thumbs up. Great Success.
we need to see its @ss. that's the best view of those vehicles.Situation update, took longer than I would have liked but was finally delivered yesterday.
