Quit job, got new job, ordered Cayman S, S4 going...
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well quattrogt74 since u wont be needing the s4 and since im in chicago land u should just give me the s4......or i could tradeu my a4 and u could just trade it in for the cayman s.
well quattrogt74 since u wont be needing the s4 and since im in chicago land u should just give me the s4......or i could tradeu my a4 and u could just trade it in for the cayman s.
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I've got a '94 911 Turbo 3.6. They are a little more rare, as that was a big displacement for the time. The transmission in the car is also considered the best that Porsche ever made. I always liked the 964 body style and the factory fat-*** of the turbo. The car still has less than 30K miles on it. It was a 1 owner car in great shape. It's the only Porsche I've owned. I've driven quite a few over the years though. The value of the car has gone up since I bought it, which is a first for me, but I'm not thinking about selling anyway.
I haven't driven a Cayman yet. One of the guys in my local chapter of the PCA owns one, but it is brand new and I don't know him well enough to ask to take it for a spin. He is a huge Porsche fan and traded in his Boxster S to get the Cayman - specifically to make it a track car. He's done the Porsche Driving Experience a few times and has a 2006 911 with automatic transmission as his daily driver - which he has already tracked. Now that is a fan! He said that the auto makes the car even faster when in sport mode.
As for advice, I would tell you to join the PCA and see if you have an active branch with cool people in it. I'm looking into doing the Porsche driving experience after hearing some of the guys talk about it. I think they are already using 997s(you don't take your own car), and I haven't spent a lot of time driving one of those. The 996 is what they have all of the aftermarket stuff for now too. You can seriously mod one of those. Mine is less modable, plus that would probably start killing value quick. It would be great to have a 996 to track though since their aero characteristics are great, even if I think the styling is a little off for me. They will have stuff to mod the Cayman with by late 2007. There is no way around it.
PCA - http://www.pca.org/
PDE - http://www.porschedriving.com/
Get yourself some Porsche gear -
http://porsche.parkplacestores.com/porschecaps.html
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pturbo - what Porsche/s do you currently own, and how many have you had. Any info or advice???
pturbo - what Porsche/s do you currently own, and how many have you had. Any info or advice???
I haven't driven a Cayman yet. One of the guys in my local chapter of the PCA owns one, but it is brand new and I don't know him well enough to ask to take it for a spin. He is a huge Porsche fan and traded in his Boxster S to get the Cayman - specifically to make it a track car. He's done the Porsche Driving Experience a few times and has a 2006 911 with automatic transmission as his daily driver - which he has already tracked. Now that is a fan! He said that the auto makes the car even faster when in sport mode.
As for advice, I would tell you to join the PCA and see if you have an active branch with cool people in it. I'm looking into doing the Porsche driving experience after hearing some of the guys talk about it. I think they are already using 997s(you don't take your own car), and I haven't spent a lot of time driving one of those. The 996 is what they have all of the aftermarket stuff for now too. You can seriously mod one of those. Mine is less modable, plus that would probably start killing value quick. It would be great to have a 996 to track though since their aero characteristics are great, even if I think the styling is a little off for me. They will have stuff to mod the Cayman with by late 2007. There is no way around it.
PCA - http://www.pca.org/
PDE - http://www.porschedriving.com/
Get yourself some Porsche gear -
http://porsche.parkplacestores.com/porschecaps.html
Your 911 sounds amazing. I am a huge fan of the older style models! Nice investment too, I have never had a car that actually went up in value - but it sounds like a keeper to me.
Is general maintenance and upkeep THAT much more expensive than an Audi or BMW?
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Is general maintenance and upkeep THAT much more expensive than an Audi or BMW?
Is general maintenance and upkeep THAT much more expensive than an Audi or BMW?
I don't know what the maintenance on your Cayman will be like. The engine(and other systems) is so different from my air cooled car that it would really amaze you. I think they are technically 3 Porsche generations of thinking apart, but a better description might use a parodyof the "Mars & Venus" series of books.
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you need an rs6 in the garage oololololol
you need an rs6 in the garage oololololol
The twin pipe outlets must have been like 5" in diameter! I can't remember them being that big before - maybe they were after market, but they didn't look like? Anyways, when he started it up the thing sounded amazing!!!
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Congrats, glad to see things are going well for you!
Congrats, glad to see things are going well for you!
I guess it can't rain all the time?
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I was downtown at the CME building today and I saw a beautiful, flawless black example parked there.
The twin pipe outlets must have been like 5" in diameter! I can't remember them being that big before - maybe they were after market, but they didn't look like? Anyways, when he started it up the thing sounded amazing!!!
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you need an rs6 in the garage oololololol
you need an rs6 in the garage oololololol
The twin pipe outlets must have been like 5" in diameter! I can't remember them being that big before - maybe they were after market, but they didn't look like? Anyways, when he started it up the thing sounded amazing!!!
I found one for you on AutoTrader. See if the little lady will let you spring for this beauty -
The horror.........