A perfect foil to those other threads on the Porsche forum..

[Slippydiff]

You know the ones I mean ... whingers whinging about whingers whinging about the noise the 4 pot 718 Coxster makes, this to name but one of them

So get yourself a brew (or better still, a glass of something alcohol based) pull up a pew and luxuriate in this gem of a thread :

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Caveat : There's no mention of values, no mind-numbing hand wringing over deciding build specs, no mention of overs, letters of intent, nor any "my car's considerably faster/sounds better than yours" posturing, no slating of beards or air cooled "dinosaurs". Just a wonderfully unassuming individual and a genuine enthusiast documenting how he enjoys driving and maintaining his delightful car (and probably worthy of a Petrolicious video of its own) :



Enjoy

[Porsche911R]

I bets that's gone up in value from 2009 :-p (sorry it had to be done) and you get a free bump up the list ;-)

[James McScotty]

Yebbut does the engine sound OK?

[bob2146]

Kudos indeed ! But will you get a 30 page thread out of it though... I guess we will have to see.

[Slippydiff]

bob2146 said:

Kudos indeed ! But will you get a 30 page thread out of it though... I guess we will have to see.

Remember the old adage, it's quality, not quantity that counts ....

[jonttt]

Is it on finance ?

[Steve Rance]

Thank you for posting

What a pity that threads like this are now the exception rather than the norm on this forum.

Antidote to the ‘I deserve a GT3 and Didnt get one’, ‘what’s it woth’ ‘you paid too much for that’ drivel

[Moikey Fortune]

Great thread that!

Looking forward to getting out and about at the weekend, these cars are made to drive

[Cheburator mk2]

What a great thread... It has reminded me two things...

1) I should start a similar one on the restoration I am doing on a 928 S4 Manual with LSD/Sports Seats/Sports Suspension

2) I should go and pick up my GT3 from the garage following a new 3d/4th gear guide sleeve, new rear coffin arms and renewed Manthey rear adjustable toe links.

Last time I drove her was 7th Aug 2017... The shame....

[Wozy68]

Brilliant, thanks for sharing

[gary71]

Thanks for the positive comments

To me it’s the car I always wanted and I struck lucky in the right time and place to buy it.

It has needed work, but it’s as old as I am!
And I’ve needed maintenance...

The ownership profile of classic 911s has changed dramatically over the time I’ve owned it. The DIY owner is a rare thing, and they get used much less. This includes me as I’m bored of welding it so it hibernates during the salt, and around here that phase is really dragging this year!

I’ve been at Classic Le Mans with 50 other early cars all camping together, but we’ve struggle to get anything like that recently. This year we may get that back though!

Can’t wait to go for a proper drive again. Once it stops snowing!

[Slippydiff]

For those of you interested, here's another absolute gem of a resto thread. As with the originally linked to thread, this one is "ongoing" too.

Luxuriate in a man in his shed doing stuff with his 911 and sheet metal that most wouldn't be able to master in a lifetime of trying.

As per the other thread I linked to previously, no talk of values, no I'm a faster/more talented driver than you, no lording it up over those with a lesser car, no what spec should I order ? no my car's noisier/faster/better than yours type BS, nor any must keep it original or it'll impact on its desirability/value nonsense. Just an incredibly talented genuine enthusiast working on his aircooled 911 whilst also keeping his wife and family happy.

The guy has a wonderfully gentle sense of humour, and self deprecating doesn't even start to describe him and his talents (but as we've come to see on this forum all too often "empty vessels make the most noise" ....)

https://personalexcellence.co/blog/empty-vessels/

Anyway, here's the link :

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/96138/1986-...

And for the more myopic of you (my eyesight's pretty hopeless these days)
I'd suggest increasing the font/site size on your browser by whatever means you're able)

And a quick word of caution, page 7 appears to be dodgy, so either skip it, or if you're an IT geek, establish if it IS dodgy and let the rest of know to circumvent its dodginess

Thanks and enjoy.

[Yellow491]

Slippydiff said:

You know the ones I mean ... whingers whinging about whingers whinging about the noise the 4 pot 718 Coxster makes, this to name but one of them

So get yourself a brew (or better still, a glass of something alcohol based) pull up a pew and luxuriate in this gem of a thread :

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Caveat : There's no mention of values, no mind-numbing hand wringing over deciding build specs, no mention of overs, letters of intent, nor any "my car's considerably faster/sounds better than yours" posturing, no slating of beards or air cooled "dinosaurs". Just a wonderfully unassuming individual and a genuine enthusiast documenting how he enjoys driving and maintaining his delightful car (and probably worthy of a Petrolicious video of its own) :

Great thread,good work to revive another 911,i remember my dads 2.0s when it was only 9 years old was as wrotten as could be.
On another part, the photo of the overspill of the dam in south wales.i kayaked down that years ago,some guys mountain biked it and end up being airlifted to hospital,and when the dam was first built,one of the guys who helped build the dam thought it was a good idea to sit on a shovel and slide down dry!



Enjoy

[CrashBang]

Readers Cars is the only forum worth looking at on PH. - Genuine enthusiasm, puts the waffle on this board to shame.