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Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
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- OG (First 100 Outposters!)
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2004 Boxster S 6 speed - DRL relay hack, Polaris AutoTop DIY (sold)
2004 996 Targa Tip
2020 BMW X3 Xdrive, 2004 F-150 "Big Red"
2004 996 Targa Tip
2020 BMW X3 Xdrive, 2004 F-150 "Big Red"
- 32wildbilly
- Never gonna run around and desert you
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Somebody needs to explain to me why our cars have six forward gears if it is not going to be on a race track? The reason I ask is 2nd gear will get you a hefty ticket around town. 5th gear will get you arrested and your car impounded on the interstate. So why put 6th gear in a street car this powerful? I don't get it!
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Actually 4th can get your ass thrown in jail and 3rd will get you in trouble too.32wildbilly wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:27 pm Somebody needs to explain to me why our cars have six forward gears if it is not going to be on a race track? The reason I ask is 2nd gear will get you a hefty ticket around town. 5th gear will get you arrested and your car impounded on the interstate. So why put 6th gear in a street car this powerful? I don't get it!
5th and 6th are not for racing, they are for fuel economy.
- 32wildbilly
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Who cares about gas mileage in cars like these? I ran across such a thread on a Type R forum where they were all hypermiling and reporting their results. I dropped in and shared my mileage of 22.1mpg and that I was doing my best to drive that down. Smiles per mile is my goal with the Type R as it is with the Porsche. I dropped into 6th gear once just to make sure it was there...but Thanks for the clarification.gnat wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:40 pmActually 4th can get your ass thrown in jail and 3rd will get you in trouble too.32wildbilly wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:27 pm Somebody needs to explain to me why our cars have six forward gears if it is not going to be on a race track? The reason I ask is 2nd gear will get you a hefty ticket around town. 5th gear will get you arrested and your car impounded on the interstate. So why put 6th gear in a street car this powerful? I don't get it!
5th and 6th are not for racing, they are for fuel economy.
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- OceanBlue2000
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What’s the best headlight restoration kit? Noticing some haziness building up in a stripe across the top and bottom.
Mike
Strange things I have in head, that will to hand.
2000 Ocean Blue 996 Carrera 2
1982 928 (sold)
Strange things I have in head, that will to hand.
2000 Ocean Blue 996 Carrera 2
1982 928 (sold)
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Manufacturers so that they can continue to import their cars without penalties.
Yeah I've been getting a lot of 22s and a few 18s in the P!g since I got it back
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I have used this kit on several cars with BADLY oxidized/hazed headlights; I haven't used it on my 996 (it's got some heavy-duty abrasives, including sandpaper...I'd be REALLY careful throw it at a Litronic housing).
Meguiar's Heavy Duty Headlight Restoration Kit
https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G2980-H ... 628&sr=8-3
Meguiar's Heavy Duty Headlight Restoration Kit
https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G2980-H ... 628&sr=8-3
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
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Put it off as long as possible. The fog will be back sooner, you'll polish again, and then it's back even sooner.OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:26 pm What’s the best headlight restoration kit? Noticing some haziness building up in a stripe across the top and bottom.
The first time I did the 996's I got 2 years out of it. The second time I got 6 months. The last time I only got 3 months. Now I'm only going to do it again when it fails a safety inspection (which it should have this last time).
I just haven't been able to suck up the cost of replacing them (.1 bi-xenon housings are insane).
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A rattle-can of UV clear-coat after doing the restoration will make it last a lot longer - but you'll have to gird your loins sufficiently to rattle-can your Porsche...
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
- 32wildbilly
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Trust me there be some butt clinching before taking sandpaper to a $1600 headlight anyway!
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