What did you do to/with your 996 today?

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by gnat » Sun Jul 22, 2018 5:18 pm

b3freak wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 4:27 pm
gnat wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 2:38 pm Done it probably 20-30 times over its life. Never any issues...
20-30 times? hahaha... does anyone else see the problem here. :lol: Gnat, you crack me up man!
That's only an average of 1.6 times a year at the high mark. Sometimes it goes a few years and then I get a year where I don't want to admit it needs a new battery...

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by B3DAWG » Sun Jul 22, 2018 5:23 pm

gnat wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 5:18 pm
b3freak wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 4:27 pm

20-30 times? hahaha... does anyone else see the problem here. :lol: Gnat, you crack me up man!
That's only an average of 1.6 times a year at the high mark. Sometimes it goes a few years and then I get a year where I don't want to admit it needs a new battery...
Be thankful, I'm going to have to replace 6 deep cell batteries in my golf cart. Yea, we're southern "city folk"... can't have 4 wheelers in the city limits, but golf carts are allowed. Go figure. So that's what my girls use to drive around. But a set of deep cell batteries is going to cost me over $1000. Ugh!

I'm not ready for the inevitable future of electric vehicles. :(

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Sun Jul 22, 2018 8:00 pm

Welp, I think I found someone who likes red even more than I . . .

https://rennlist.com/forums/996-turbo-f ... heavy.html
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1987 928S4, Guards Red
1987 951, Guards Red
1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by 32wildbilly » Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:00 am

kcattorney wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 8:00 pm Welp, I think I found someone who likes red even more than I . . .

https://rennlist.com/forums/996-turbo-f ... heavy.html
Look I like red and all. In fact I have to just look where I live. The Turbro is a little over the top. Can't believe he owns the Mini...way to much silver on that dude!
Never gonna make you cry...

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by wyovino » Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:38 am

I bought a PDR kit after reading a post by Dporto. I am amazed at how well it works. Here is a pretty deep ding in my fender that I was able to pull out very easily. The best 68 bucks I've ever spent.
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by B3DAWG » Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:58 am

wyovino wrote: Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:38 am I bought a PDR kit after reading a post by Dporto. I am amazed at how well it works. Here is a pretty deep ding in my fender that I was able to pull out very easily. The best 68 bucks I've ever spent.

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Nice job! Is it a glue-pull kit or did you get the tools that tap the dent out from behind?

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by wyovino » Tue Jul 31, 2018 1:40 pm

It's a hot glue kit. That ding was about 90% gone with the first pull. It took just a few more pulls to completely get rid of it. I was amazed. Get one that has a slide hammer if you're going to give it a try. The kit I got came with a ton of tools. I had a couple of small hail dents in the hood and pulled them out easily.

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by KoB » Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:24 pm

I didn’t do anything with my 996 today ... dog had to go to the vet, which is definitely a job for the Cargo Vessel.

Weekend before last, I drove my 996 here, to see some of its distant cousins get thrashed by Corvettes and Lamborghinis and whatnot (GT LM and GT Daytona, respectively):
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by DTMiller » Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:01 pm

I drove mine legally!
2002 Guards Red Targa, Fister exhaust, H&R Sport Springs, semisolid motor mounts
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by Cuda911 » Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:37 pm

DTMiller wrote: Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:01 pm I drove mine legally!
Wow!! Sober for a day!!!!
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