You’ve just laid out how this could easily effect many cars and then claimed it’s not a big deal. Terrific, you took care of your’s but from the sounds of it anyone pondering buying pone from someone else should perhaps consider NOT playing Russian roulette. Agree it’s a problem with the manufacturer or not but you’ve…
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You sounded reasonable until you made light of the IMS issues. Owners faced with an engine replacement cost equal to the value of their car don’t find it amusing. The IMS stuff on the NA cars is no joke anymore than the coolant pipes on the turbo cars. I wouldn’t touch one of the NA cars that hadn’t had the issue…
I own a fairly fast 996 Turbo and I’ve had several people ask me about track time and tell me how badly they would like one to go play at the track. My response each and every time has been to advise them to NOT buy a 911 turbo and to instead buy a Miata and that if *I* ever goto the track it will be in a MIATA. Why?…
Bullshit. The horseshoe around the radio pops right off, the radio itself is easy to remove, and you can move the A/C unit down into a lower DIN slot with ease. Actually since this is a 2001 the A/C is already in the lower position. Also since it’s older than a 2003 it has the normal analog wiring and not the digital…
What’s your definition of not that expensive?
OR comes out of worn out stampings which has been a problem with repro places that bought old stampings from the factory that were worn out - and then stamp a zillion more panels for classic sales...
Gah! They’re already putting 996 parts in their for MY car! Glad they’re supporting it for sure but I hope parts don’t become scarce anytime soon.
Well except that the Porsche part will fit and the Mustang fender or door skin not so much. Ask someone who has tried to use one...
Exactly! Talk to anyone that has tried to use one of those panels as to how well it fits and you’ll get an earful too!
Torque curve on this car with a supercharger probably part of why he didn’t feel it breaking free. Either that or he simply had grip until all of a sudden he didn’t? He was getting up into the higher RPM in second so he was moving a bit and that’s a bad time to lose traction. Ouchie!
Looked like he was about 3/4 through 2nd and not shifting. It looks like he came up on torque peak and overpowered the tires at speed. Instead of easing off a little he clutched it and that may have made it even worse as he dropped the power off. Launching and spinning is one thing and could be a little scary if the…
Additional video was released today from bystanders. So far nothing I’ve seen exonerates the bikers or excuses any of their actions. If you think for a moment these twits have something that justifies what they did and wouldn’t bleat it at the top of their lungs you’re crazy. $5 says there were at least 5 cameras…
Ah, perhaps you’ve missed the video just released where they stomped him in the road? The one that clearly shows damage to the passenger side window? Yeah, the original video shows someone attempting to get into the passenger side window. You never bothered to look at it closely, I took the time to try and understand…
I downloaded the YouTube video the bikers released. I then placed it into a video editor and I went through the events just prior to his hitting the gas frame by frame. I saw what occurred and apparently YOU never took the time to do so, your loss. My “claims” aren’t baseless you just never took the time to look…
IMO take these reports with a grain of salt. It could be somewhere that isn’t reporting, it might be salvaged somewhere, it might be sleeping in a garage. Maybe it’s circling a race track somewhere? :) Not sure how to find out more for you, I’m sorry :(
If you think for 5 seconds that the coolant hose fix can be done on a turbo 996 for $657 you’re in for a shock. Perhaps on an NA GT3 it’s different but on the turbo car the entire engine must be removed to get at all of the fittings, you simply cannot touch some of them otherwise I’m told. At least 8 fittings needs to…
You mean like when they dragged him from the car later? Like when they tried to enter the passenger side window where his wife sat? Like when they smashed in his rear window behind his child? He was a “pussy” because he used what he had to get away as best he could? Guess what jackass, fighting isn’t “fair” and it’s…
The throwing things was an initial claim made by the bikers to justify pinning the guy’s car on the side of the road and attacking his family. No video of this EVER surfaced and yet you see GoPro strapped to multiple bikers. The same group had quite a few videos of previous rides posted to Youtube that they tried to…
I never saw anything that confirmed the “he threw stuff at us” and since it was a man out for an anniversary date with his wife and small CHILD in the back I think it implausible that he threw objects out the window at a LARGE pack of bikers. Drive away slowly after they pinned him in? I did a frame by frame on that…