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 FRUNKenstein » Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:34 pm

Einsteiger wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:53 pm Just drove. I found myself getting out south...way out south..on a few rural Kansas roads. The paved kind, not the gravel kind. Just a 50 mile jaunt through the countryside to take advantage of some really great weather.

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Looks like a challenging road! It was a great day for a drive!
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by 32wildbilly » Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:47 pm

That's my problem around here everything in wheat country seems to be arrow straight. I need to wander over to the Missouri River areas next spring. Got to be some twisties over there
FRUNKenstein wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:34 pm
Einsteiger wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:53 pm Just drove. I found myself getting out south...way out south..on a few rural Kansas roads. The paved kind, not the gravel kind. Just a 50 mile jaunt through the countryside to take advantage of some really great weather.

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Looks like a challenging road! It was a great day for a drive!
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Sun Dec 20, 2020 6:07 pm

32wildbilly wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:47 pm That's my problem around here everything in wheat country seems to be arrow straight. I need to wander over to the Missouri River areas next spring. Got to be some twisties over there
FRUNKenstein wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:34 pm

Looks like a challenging road! It was a great day for a drive!
I was across town yesterday in the 928 and decided to take the long way home via a road I’ve never taken. Despite it being inside the metro area, it was a very curvy and hilly stretch through a forest and farmland - a very nice surprise.
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by 32wildbilly » Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:08 am

W. 63rd St/Shawnee Mission Parkway/Ward Parkway? :lol:
FRUNKenstein wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 6:07 pm
32wildbilly wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:47 pm That's my problem around here everything in wheat country seems to be arrow straight. I need to wander over to the Missouri River areas next spring. Got to be some twisties over there
I was across town yesterday in the 928 and decided to take the long way home via a road I’ve never taken. Despite it being inside the metro area, it was a very curvy and hilly stretch through a forest and farmland - a very nice surprise.
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:57 am

32wildbilly wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:08 am W. 63rd St/Shawnee Mission Parkway/Ward Parkway? :lol:
FRUNKenstein wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 6:07 pm

I was across town yesterday in the 928 and decided to take the long way home via a road I’ve never taken. Despite it being inside the metro area, it was a very curvy and hilly stretch through a forest and farmland - a very nice surprise.
Ha, not quite. Noland Road, south of 40 Highway in Independence/Raytown, which is east of KCMO proper, but west of 2 major suburbs of Blue Springs & Lee's Summit:

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Not exackery the same demographic of the Ward Parkway area Billy is referring to. Here's a typical street scene of that area:

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BTW, the family and I are headed down to the Plaza (Ward Parkway area) at 3:00 pm today for early dinner and to take in the Plaza lights:

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Who knows, maybe we'll bump into one of our 13-1 Chiefs players!!!!!!!

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Current:
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1987 928S4, Guards Red
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2006 955S, Lapis Blue
Other toys:
1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by 32wildbilly » Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:36 am

HHHMMM never been that far south on Nolan Rd. Looks interesting.

I'm sure the folks along Ward Parkway wouldn't mind you ripping through there WFO!

Lee Summit is where the Son-in-Law is from.

Best place I have found to see the Christmas lights in the Plaza is from a north facing room across the street at the hotel that was once the Ritz Carlton with an expensive drink and a hot cutie!...or so I've been told...

And yes the CHEFS are awesome!
FRUNKenstein wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:57 am
32wildbilly wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:08 am W. 63rd St/Shawnee Mission Parkway/Ward Parkway? :lol:
Ha, not quite. Noland Road, south of 40 Highway in Independence/Raytown, which is east of KCMO proper, but west of 2 major suburbs of Blue Springs & Lee's Summit:

Map of Noland Road.JPG

View of the road (courtesy Google Maps):

Noland Road.JPG

Not exackery the same demographic of the Ward Parkway area Billy is referring to. Here's a typical street scene of that area:

Ward Parkway.JPG

BTW, the family and I are headed down to the Plaza (Ward Parkway area) at 3:00 pm today for early dinner and to take in the Plaza lights:

Plaza Lights 1-web.jpg

Who knows, maybe we'll bump into one of our 13-1 Chiefs players!!!!!!!

Chiefs dance.gif
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:14 am

Our favorite thing to do is show up at McCormick & Schmick's by 3:45 pm and go to the bar for happy hour.


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The happy hour starts at 4 pm, but if you're not there by 3:45 pm, you have no chance at getting a table because their food deals are great. We always get one of these to split for dessert:

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The Plaza lights come on at 4:45 pm, and the bar has a great view of them. Finish up about 5:15 pm and go for a walk. Beautiful weather here today with highs in the upper 60s, so we should have a nice walk. Not quite shorts weather, but for sure we're not going to freeze.
www.kansascityautomuseum.com
Current:
2002 996TT X50, Guards Red
1987 928S4, Guards Red
1987 951, Guards Red
1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red

2006 955S, Lapis Blue
Other toys:
1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
Gone but not forgotten: 1975 914 2.0, Laguna Blue; 1999 996 C4 Aerokit Black; 1990 964 C2 Guards Red; 2006 955S Arctic Silver

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

Post by OceanBlue2000 » Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:46 pm

FRUNKenstein wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:14 am Our favorite thing to do is show up at McCormick & Schmick's by 3:45 pm and go to the bar for happy hour.



outside.jpg


bar.jpg


dome.jpg


The happy hour starts at 4 pm, but if you're not there by 3:45 pm, you have no chance at getting a table because their food deals are great. We always get one of these to split for dessert:


Chocolate bag.jpg


The Plaza lights come on at 4:45 pm, and the bar has a great view of them. Finish up about 5:15 pm and go for a walk. Beautiful weather here today with highs in the upper 60s, so we should have a nice walk. Not quite shorts weather, but for sure we're not going to freeze.
Looks nice. I like eating in big spaces like this, something about the echoes. There's a restaurant called Guastavino's built under the 59th street bridge that sounds packed where there's two people in there. I love it.

I haven't eaten in a restaurant (or been to NYC, for that matter) since last March. I sat outside of my local a couple times before it got freezing. Looking forward to getting this over and out.
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by theprf » Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:47 am

I got the shipping notice for my $996 worth of hoses, O-ring, crush washers, etc. to fix the oil leaks for good. I also adjusted my MaxJax posts to 98" between the toes. So, it looks like I can't put off the engine out service any more. I'll be removing the engine, fixing the P1325 bank 2 cam deviation, fixing the oil leak, rebuilding the rear driveshafts, replacing most of the coolant hoses, adding a temperature gauge to the Tiptronic, cleaning off the oil mess, and probably replacing a lot more parts than I have intended to.

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

Post by OceanBlue2000 » Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:08 pm

theprf wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:47 am I got the shipping notice for my $996 worth of hoses, O-ring, crush washers, etc. to fix the oil leaks for good. I also adjusted my MaxJax posts to 98" between the toes. So, it looks like I can't put off the engine out service any more. I'll be removing the engine, fixing the P1325 bank 2 cam deviation, fixing the oil leak, rebuilding the rear driveshafts, replacing most of the coolant hoses, adding a temperature gauge to the Tiptronic, cleaning off the oil mess, and probably replacing a lot more parts than I have intended to.
Damn, sounds good. I'd love to get my engine out to do all the things I want to do proactively. But the garage floor is a pitted mess, so that comes first, but then there are 10 jobs around the house before that, yadda yadda.

Envious of your setup. Where are the oil leaks coming from?
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