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  1. 70Sixter
    Good thing to have fresh engine with new warranty. Bad thing that numbers won't match so collectors won't like it as much in 25-30 years. Keep the swap paperwork and pass it on if/when you sell it. It will be an historically accurate, common fix - not a mistreated blown engine.
  2. 70Sixter
    No you do not have to drop the engine for most service. Access is under the partially opened top (service position). As Loren said, routine service is not that hard. My advice is always to try to talk yourself out of a Porsche. Then if you cannot, you'll be committed to the car. Maybe also committed to the looney bin like the rest of us.
  3. 70Sixter
    Maybe Porsche bought a lot of batteries from the same place Dell and Apple did. Seriously, I'd put a new battery in #1 and see if that lasts. Good luck!
  4. 70Sixter
    No exact experience. I put a 100k miles on a 911 over nine years and felt I got my money out of it when my ex totaled it. I've had my Six for over 30 years. And plan to keep my 986 forever. 2000 and on is only six years and that 50k mileage sounds reasonable. You can get an idea about value by tracking the work of Keith Martin in his market letter or Bruce Anderson in Excellence magazine. I'm betting your car will slowly decline for 20-25 years and then start to appreciate if in good condition. 120-150k miles over 10 years is value IMO. Over 3 years followed by trade-in or sale, probly not. Can you have :censored: out-of-warranty disasters? Sure.
  5. 70Sixter
    Thanks for the post, and WELCOME to the club. That's pretty quick for giving info rather than just lurking and absorbing wisdom from us older-timers! :welcome:
  6. 70Sixter
    Less likley to damage wheel finish than hanging it over the bolts.
  7. 70Sixter
    According to AutoWeek Autoweek.com
  8. 70Sixter
    I did it to my 914-6, but it is not legal in a lot of states (including mine). Think it was illegal when I lived in CA also. Never have been stopped tho. I do turn on the parking lites with the fogs. There is a mod for DRLs, but no idea if it turns on parks or SMLs. Search on daytime running lites, there are several posts. Still cannot tell what lights come on and whether you could adapt to fogs. DRL link
  9. 70Sixter
    Pictures and text. Wait'll 2010! PaNamera. I know, fat fingered it! Winding Road news link
  10. 70Sixter
    Go to Online Docs Menu upper right hand cornor of page.
  11. 70Sixter
    Autoweek report
  12. 70Sixter
    Go to the TSB section and there is Porsche Cell Solution info on parts, installation instructions and a listing of cradles for various phones. There is also a Bluetooth cradle with no part number. "Turns any base unit into a bluetooth car-kit." I did not check for updates. To those who are not Contributing Members: TSBs alone are worth the cost of admission! Trust me. :renntech:
  13. 70Sixter
    Interesting! Motorsports news
  14. 70Sixter
    Autoweek: Porsche #1 in JD Power :thumbup:
  15. 70Sixter
    Remembered this one! http://www.porsche.com/usa/models/boxster/...=4&gitemindex=1
  16. 70Sixter
    It is worth some bucks to be a Contributing Member. Trust me, you'll thank your self! :renntech:
  17. 70Sixter
    Farnbacher Loles will build you a car like this! :jump: Cayman GTR
  18. 70Sixter
    Interesting. Note they think it is a coupe. Maybe it was a pre-production Cayman. <_<
  19. 70Sixter
    Photo gallery included. :thumbup: http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...9007/1065/rss02
  20. 70Sixter
    This could kill LMP1! Autoweek Flying Lizards took GT2.
  21. 70Sixter
    I have one called My Pictures Screensaver, but I cannot remember or find where I got it. This is one place to start: http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Search/...reen_saver.html I saw some that were not free, but did not find what I was looking for. Maybe mine isn't free anymore. There is also a Windows XP Power Toy that allows you to make videos into screensavers. There is also a Power Toy that changes wallpaper. Either way you'd have to provide you own images or video. But Google Images is loaded. Added: This link explains how to make your own screensaver in XP. Screensaver
  22. 70Sixter
    See June Road & Track, p21 for hot Cayman. It has not hit the R&T website yet. Same mag p103 has a feature on the 997 Turbo.
  23. 70Sixter
    Pimp yo :censored: ride. Just don't park it near mine. You and I must have gone to the same old school, Nick49. Same school that nixes large screen TVs, 10kW sound systems, and blacked out windows. :soapbox:
  24. 70Sixter
    IMO not much dramatic in either category. When you first put them on you can see the change. Then it becomes "normal" looking. My butt ain't calibrated for extremely small increments, but theoretically the handling is better. I'm mean 5mm is less than a 1/4 inch!
  25. 70Sixter
    Was on the site today (1May) and noticed that the 993 version is now for sale also at $197, and both cables for $247. 2 May - Ordered mine today. 5 May listed as last day of intro offer. USPS S&H was $4.50.
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