Remember those sub £10k 996s from a few years ago?

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marky911 said:

Hi Wasz,

How are you reading your cam deviation figures??

I've wanted mine read at service time but my Indy is adamant you cannot read them on a UK 996.1.
Apparently the USA cars have the ability to give readings (2 sensors or something) but not UK cars.

I'll go back to my Indy with the relevant info. It'll be the first time he's been wrong about something in the 15 years I've used him.

I use a £12 durametric clone. You have to tell it the car is a 993 for some stuff (airbags) but it works for me.

I can't remember off the top of my head, but I think I could just read one side or something on my car? It read all the over rev info too. I will double check as I haven't done it in a long while. Got to find a windows laptop first..... hate them.

Edited by was8v on Friday 9th November 10:07

Edited by was8v on Friday 9th November 10:07

[was8v]

Escy said:

You must have a faulty RMS, i'm sure they are designed to leak oil all over the gearbox input shaft

yeah the RMS had been replaced before. My slight leak was mostly from the IMS bearing cover.

[was8v]

Nunga said:

This has made me think about going through the receipts of spending on my 15yo E46 M3 and being likely terrified of the outgoings. Truth be known some of it was purely performance-based discretionary stuff but like yours much of it is just replacing what needs to be replaced on any aging car. And sports cars tend to age faster in some respects.

Excellent excellent thread.

Yes! I'd be really interested. Especially as an E46 M3 is on my list of engines I must own one day. I have "just kept it going and in good condition" rather than upgraded it.

Would be great if you could split the costs e.g. essentials Vs pure upgrades (I know sometimes it makes sense to replace a worn part with an upgrade, sometimes upgrades are actually cheaper than OE).

It's really hard to find the true cost of running an older car. New /nearly new it's easy as it's just depreciation plus servicing.

[was8v]

END OF YEAR 6 SUMMARY June 18 to June 19

Did something like 6000 miles. Now on ~140k miles.

Just £289 spend for rear tyres, MOT test and service consumables.

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Well the last work I did was to bleb some silicon in around the rotted out rear bumper heat shield mounts.

These heat shields are thin alloy held with steel fasteners - so galvanic corrosion sets in making a hole in the shield around the fasteners.

As a temporary fix I blebbed some silicon around the mount to stop them rattling. Next time I have reason to take the bumper off I will find a way of reaffixing them properly or buy new ones.

The key remote has eaten 3 batteries quickly but seems to be lasting well on the 4th. Maybe a bad batch.

Oh and cleaned out the ISV with carb cleaner as detailed above to get my rock steady idle back.

This still stands:

was8v said:

Total spend in 6 years restoring/maintaining my 911: £6731.92

That includes tyre, MOTs and servicing, but not insurance (£230 this year) or tax (£265) .