My New Car - Something a bit German.
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Surely you would have to turn up to meets to be held up?
and there was no dieseasel in it, just pure petrol power!Surely you would have to turn up to meets to be held up?
lol, I've been a busy man. Will be having an M3 in a year or so, will turn up then.
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lol, I've been a busy man. Will be having an M3 in a year or so, will turn up then.
E46? They'll all be dead in a years time given how quickly its becoming the knuckledraggers car of choice now you can buy a crap one for £9k and fit some Falkens to it
You can always tell when a car falls into this bracket - they start turning up, in droves, down here in Plymouth
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Fox, not been around for a while but it appears you bought a new motor a while back. What did you go for in the end and where's thte thread?!
Solid, not my choice of 911 but that's being picky. Still a great car, I'm jealous.
Solid, not my choice of 911 but that's being picky. Still a great car, I'm jealous.
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There's loads of interchangeable bits - Porsche built these cars to share as many parts as possible. Front wings, doors, bonnet, bumpers, lights, the whole interior and most of the engine parts.
Almost all of it is, at the front the lights are the same, front bumper, wings, interior, wheels. Round the back not a lot....
Also Solid would recommend getting the front bumper off and cleaning out all the rubish from within the rads if it isn't already done, I pulled 2 plastic bags of fag buts and rotting leaves out of mine.
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hahaha predictable will gill response
(btw how is that 911 paper weight of yours?).... Or be a man and run it without... Then bend over when it breaks.
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[TW]Fox;19808451 said:E46? They'll all be dead in a years time given how quickly its becoming the knuckledraggers car of choice now you can buy a crap one for £9k and fit some Falkens to it
You can always tell when a car falls into this bracket - they start turning up, in droves, down here in Plymouth
Yes, I've always wanted one tbh.
Already done, me and my dad changed the condenser rads for the AC about 6 weeks ago.
It has a new engine so has about 18 months of OPC warranty left, it is coming up to 9 years old, and will no doubt need money spent to satisfy Porsche conditions (simple things like tyres and condensing rads which were pattern parts) but apart from engine I can do a lot of the work myself, or know the people who can. So will be skipping on the rest of the warranty.
+10 man points to that man!
Running a car like this without warranty is a mans game! You sir deserve a cookie!
[TW]Fox;19808451 said:E46? They'll all be dead in a years time given how quickly its becoming the knuckledraggers car of choice now you can buy a crap one for £9k and fit some Falkens to it
You can always tell when a car falls into this bracket - they start turning up, in droves, down here in Plymouth
Oi, I have Falkens on my E46. Since fitting them it has done a total of 3 miles
In fairness the engine is the expensive bit and the warranty will or should cover all engine accillaries.
Other failures don't tend to be so expensive or when they fail you can fit uprated 3rd party parts, like suspension etc.
The engine is the most common big bill to fail, gearbox, ECU etc, tend to be very reliable.
Oi, I have Falkens on my E46. Since fitting them it has done a total of 3 miles
Budget tyres on a high performance car.
In fairness the engine is the expensive bit and the warranty will or should cover all engine accillaries.
Other failures don't tend to be so expensive or when they fail you can fit uprated 3rd party parts, like suspension etc.
The engine is the most common big bill to fail, gearbox, ECU etc, tend to be very reliable.
Probably sorted in the 997 but a common issues on the earlier manual 986/996 was that the gearbox gets stiff/crunchy into second - mainly when cold. seems to get better when warmed up. Mine unfortunatly has this when cold and I haven't given it to my gearbox bloke to rebuild yet so can't comment on price. I have it being looked at in Oct but this is all worthless info as ops is a autobox.