How about a Jethro 911 ???

How about a Jethro 911 ???

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FocusRS3

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3,411 posts

97 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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I see the value in one of these. Care free motoring, not caring about mileage etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6jCiB9dt0A

996Keef

435 posts

97 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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Drive mine daily. Park it anywhere, Great car

FocusRS3

Original Poster:

3,411 posts

97 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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996Keef said:
Drive mine daily. Park it anywhere, Great car
Do you have a similarly modified car ?

richthebike

1,734 posts

143 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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Hey. You're right, it's a sweet spot.
Lots of us on here with similarly, or at least personally, modified 996s, used daily and parked in the rain.
They're bloody awesome.
Not cheap, but very good value.

Chris Stott

14,410 posts

203 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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Mine’s also a daily. 110k miles last 10 years (now on 170k), and I still absolutely love driving it.

Few mods - cup wheel, Koni/H&R suspension, X74 alignment, BMC filter and airbox bypass, with rennline SS engine mounts and H&R arbs to come. It can do a 300 mile motorway trip and rip down bumpy B roads equally as well.

edc

9,303 posts

257 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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FocusRS3 said:
I see the value in one of these. Care free motoring, not caring about mileage etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6jCiB9dt0A
You should take a look at the poverty pork thread. Even better value is the Boxster. Entry price is half of less than the equivalent 996. I have done very similar mods plus a whole bunch more. The slight oxymoron is that as you invest more often more than the purchase price you can become a bit less care free than when you started out.

FocusRS3

Original Poster:

3,411 posts

97 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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Chris Stott said:
Mine’s also a daily. 110k miles last 10 years (now on 170k), and I still absolutely love driving it.

Few mods - cup wheel, Koni/H&R suspension, X74 alignment, BMC filter and airbox bypass, with rennline SS engine mounts and H&R arbs to come. It can do a 300 mile motorway trip and rip down bumpy B roads equally as well.
Sounds the perfect weapon any pics?

Chris Stott

14,410 posts

203 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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FocusRS3 said:
Sounds the perfect weapon any pics?
This is the only one I have now it’s lowered...


FocusRS3

Original Poster:

3,411 posts

97 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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Chris Stott said:
This is the only one I have now it’s lowered...

Looks so right.


I like the fact Jethro had found some GT3 buckets for his car and ripped out the back seats too.




996Keef

435 posts

97 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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The back seats weigh nothing .

If you're pulling them out you may as well save a few quid and buy a Cayman.

But a Cayman is not a 911

And neither is a Boxster

911 ftw

richthebike

1,734 posts

143 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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Can't agree on the Cayman point.

996 responds very nicely to a diet. Mines had over 80kgs out of it (including rear seats, fixings, belts etc). People have gone much further.

Still have original sports seats, buckets are an easy way to lose another 20kgs, but then the car looks very non-standard. The sports seats are really comfy too, if you use the car a lot.


996Keef

435 posts

97 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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I just think its compromising a 911 by removing the seats, may as well buy a GT 911 or a Cayman if a 2 seater is what you wanted

Fair play though


996Keef

435 posts

97 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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Ok, I totally get your point.

I guess 911 is one of those cars you can tweak to your own tastes. I just love mine how it is , practical with the seats in and just , well, great!

yes

Pericoloso

44,044 posts

169 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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996Keef said:
I just think its compromising a 911 by removing the seats, may as well buy a GT 911
Yes .because a 996 C2 and a GT3 are similar prices.

Or not.smile

Heathrow

450 posts

136 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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Would highly recommend modding a 996. Characterful, engaging and enjoyable to punt around in. Plenty of donor cars out there with lots of life still in them to choose from. The only downside is that they're getting on a bit now but with some preventative maintenance you can't go wrong. Wouldn't rule out a Boxster/Cayman either as a cheaper entry point.

edc

9,303 posts

257 months

Sunday 18th November 2018
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FocusRS3 said:
Looks so right.


I like the fact Jethro had found some GT3 buckets for his car and ripped out the back seats too.
GT3 style seats. You can get them from Design911 or eBay.

RDMcG

19,485 posts

213 months

Sunday 18th November 2018
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Great video and gets the best possible reason to have a 911 which is to just drive it. Nice that it has road rash, wear, no worries about a stone chip or a tiny mark on the pristine paint, a parking ding or the like. Yet, it still delivers a great driving experience and it just does not mater at all if it doesn't match the performance of current cars. Well done.

FocusRS3

Original Poster:

3,411 posts

97 months

Sunday 18th November 2018
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Going to keep my eyes peeled for a modded car.

I’ve been down this road previously myself ( not with a 996) and then ended up selling only to never retrieve the sum I’ve spent.

That said I at least had the enjoyment of choosing the spec .

As much as I like the CSR builds, for rhe kind of money they are asking for the top model I’d just go and buy a 996 GT3.

richthebike

1,734 posts

143 months

Sunday 18th November 2018
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Totally agree with this logic.
To be fair, for 25k you can build one exactly how you want it.
You're then into 997S money, so you have to really want the modded 996.
Every winter a couple of decent 997s come to market with rebuilt engines for around 25-30k.

Lots of decent specialists out there who can help, without charging the turnkey RPM price. To be fair to RPM, their cars are beautifully finished and the team are super. However, if you're not bothered about trim and flawless paint etc then you can get things mechanically right for less money. Do you really need a carbon ducktail for over 2k, when the folded aerokit spoiler is so iconic?

Beauty of the 996 is the diversity of options and the relative affordability.

FocusRS3

Original Poster:

3,411 posts

97 months

Sunday 18th November 2018
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richthebike said:
Totally agree with this logic.
To be fair, for 25k you can build one exactly how you want it.
You're then into 997S money, so you have to really want the modded 996.
Every winter a couple of decent 997s come to market with rebuilt engines for around 25-30k.

Lots of decent specialists out there who can help, without charging the turnkey RPM price. To be fair to RPM, their cars are beautifully finished and the team are super. However, if you're not bothered about trim and flawless paint etc then you can get things mechanically right for less money. Do you really need a carbon ducktail for over 2k, when the folded aerokit spoiler is so iconic?

Beauty of the 996 is the diversity of options and the relative affordability.
If that includes the donor car with IMS all good then that’s ok . I learnt an invaluable lesson previously to agree to an all in price and get it in writing. I got horribly striped up by an Essex based ‘specialist’.

Agree RPM do some great stuff and I guess a jethro style 911 will be an ongoing project.

I’ll get reading the poverty pork thread all 268 pages of it :-) .

Heavily into bikes as well now so enjoying the custom/modded scene Tks all