Knackered old Porsche with loads of miles - 996 content
Discussion
djdest said:
It's hardly much room though! I can't help but think an RS4 or similar would be the obvious fast load mover!
Passenger seat comes out to allow a formula type car gearbox to sit down the passenger side. Other than that it's jump batteries, ECUs, bits of gearbox, end plates etc. that get hauled about which fit in the back with ease. 
poppopbangbang said:
djdest said:
It's hardly much room though! I can't help but think an RS4 or similar would be the obvious fast load mover!
Passenger seat comes out to allow a formula type car gearbox to sit down the passenger side. Other than that it's jump batteries, ECUs, bits of gearbox, end plates etc. that get hauled about which fit in the back with ease. You'd be surprised how practical they are, an RS4 would use twice as much fuel as well, people don't realise how economical these really are.
Had mine 4 years done 34k miles in it and there is nothing I would replace it with.
smilo996 said:
Who ever said that 911's weren't tough. 50 years of development, access to all VW Groups suppliers, R&D and engineering resources. Why would it not be.
Very, very ugly though.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though, I think the 996 is a great looking car these days. Very, very ugly though.
alec.e said:
Forgive me being nosey, last MOT November 2015 showed 130k, so 170k in 7 months?
No, 170K in four years. With a good 70K of that being in the last year or so. However Porsche dashes aren't the most robust thing and it had a new(er) one in 2007 and 2015. With the milestone coming up I put some effort in and found a mileage correction person who was confident it could be put back to the correct mileage so it was a 300K car on the dash, not just in the paperwork. It has also suffered in the past with haircut syndrome (as many of them have), it had managed to crack 100K miles in 2006 but then oddly when it was sold that year was back at 27K 
I'll have to do the same thing again soon as the dash faces are bubbling on this dash now too.
Here is my complaining the speedo needle was sticking on a bubble thread:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
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ooid said:
Great Car!
Very interested to hear about your cooling system? you mentioned, AC removed to boost cooling system. This is super-interesting for all of us out there with m96 engines!
Have you driven in busy traffic a lot? or usually open roads?
The aircon condensers sit in front of the radiators which reduces flow through the rads and therefore cooling ability. Many people fit a third radiator but in doing so this increases drag quite considerably so I didn't want to do that. Very interested to hear about your cooling system? you mentioned, AC removed to boost cooling system. This is super-interesting for all of us out there with m96 engines!
Have you driven in busy traffic a lot? or usually open roads?
NinjaPower said:
I notice you have no front number plate. Do you ever get bothered by the police either in the UK or Europe over it? I run a 993 with a very small front plate and seem to get left alone 
I have never been asked about it in the UK, it has been mentioned a few times at border crossings etc. but pointing out the cars from Singapore and it has never had one seems to be sufficent excuse. Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff