I also like to live dangerously: 2006 Porsche Turbo S

[Nick J]

Just read this thread, very interesting and hats off to the owner.
I had a 59 plate BMW 320i that needed a timing chain. It was an engine out job as it’s at the back of the engine. The bill was over £5k and that was about 11 years ago.

Also, mildly interested in an off road course in the North West I could take my X5 on, obviously needs to be a very easy one. Got stuck in the mud bumping onto a grass verge once

[LincolnLovin]

Have a crack at Avalance Adventures, their next pay & play day is the 21st I think? I took the Cryenne there and had a blast. It was a long day as it was a 6hr drive there & back.

[Dadof2]

Have a great trip. I can’t wait to go again 😎

[LincolnLovin]

Can’t wait! As luck would have it, there’s a touristenfahrten day at the Ring, so I’ve booked a rental from Rent4Ring who I sued a couple of years ago. Nice way to break up the drive to Stuttgart.

Don’t think I’m brave/dumb enough to take the Porsche round the ring just yet.

[normalbloke]

LincolnLovin said:

Can’t wait! As luck would have it, there’s a touristenfahrten day at the Ring, so I’ve booked a rental from Rent4Ring who I sued a couple of years ago. Nice way to break up the drive to Stuttgart.

Don’t think I’m brave/dumb enough to take the Porsche round the ring just yet.

Why did you sue them….

[LincolnLovin]

Whoops! Used. I used them before.

[LincolnLovin]

Well I’ve made it to basecamp, specifically a premiere Grimm in Folkestone. Decided to make a last minute change and save a really early morning start.

Anxiety levels are currently 4/10, hopefully that reduces once I’m on the continent.

[TEKNOPUG]

Yeah, much less stressful to break down on the other side of the channel.....

[Cambs_Stuart]

"Bitte helfen Sie, mein Auto ist explodiert"

[LincolnLovin]

Making good progress! I’m about 2 hours from the ring.

[LincolnLovin]

Checkpoint!

[TEKNOPUG]

MPG?

[LincolnLovin]

25.4 so far. Pretty happy with that but hopefully that will increase with more driving.

The Nurburgring today was very challenging 1 lap was heavy rain, the next had snow! It was a good learning experience but I’ve decided to stay another night here and have some more time tomorrow as it will be dry.

I’m also knackered and I don’t think a 4 hour drive to Stuttgart this evening is a good idea.

[LincolnLovin]

Rude not to really.

[LincolnLovin]

Back home earlier today. Managed to do Nurburg to Essex on just under a tank (showing 90 miles of range). There’s a new oil leak I need to investigate tomorrow. Something has sprayed a bit of oil into passenger side engine bay. I’m thinking a breather hose maybe?

[LincolnLovin]

Crap picture, as ever access is hard. But what I can see is that there is oil sprayed all over the intake pipe and near the turbo:



I am so done with this car.

[TEKNOPUG]

That's rust prevention. It's a feature.

[LincolnLovin]

That's one way to think about it.

[TEKNOPUG]

If you want cheering up, I've just changed the oil in mine. The filter housing has a tiny crack that has coated the underside of the car with oil. £50 for a new part. Currently unknown delivery time

[Cambs_Stuart]

That shouldn't be too bad, as long as you can get to whatever is spraying it out.
On a happier subject, did get get back out on the ring?