Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

Post by Dr_Strangelove » Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:27 am

STFU that's not the real Kalashnikov.
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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Apr 12, 2023 11:28 am

No fakery here. I believe it's the real Nikita.

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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Post by FRUNKenstein » Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:07 pm

5chn3ll wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 9:11 am frankenstein-its-alive.gif

Kalashnikov wrote: Tue Apr 11, 2023 6:46 pm

Great suggestion. It only has been...6 years since the last one.
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Post by FRUNKenstein » Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:14 pm

In other news, I went over 70k miles the track-rat POS Turbro over the weekend. I know I'm gonna jinx myself, but 7 1/2 years and 22,000 miles, the biggest repair has been replacing the wastegate actuators at a cost of about $400, and replacing one of the front calipers with a used one because I buggered up a bleed valve. I did swap out the OEM hydraulic spoiler rams for electric ones because they were malfunctioning when I bought it, and that was about $1,600. Other than that, just oil changes, tires, a new set of wheels for summer.
Hell, I'd take that maintenance record on a Honda.
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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Apr 12, 2023 1:18 pm

My "wrong" Aerokit II 996 is at ~106K miles...bought it at about 30K miles for $30K. I think I could sell it for what I paid for it 10+ years ago...not bad for a non-Mezger, ragged-out POS.

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.

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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Apr 12, 2023 1:20 pm

Also, I think that's spelled "break caliber."

*kills self*

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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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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

Post by gnat » Wed Apr 12, 2023 1:34 pm

FRUNKenstein wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:14 pm I know I'm gonna jinx myself, but 7 1/2 years and 22,000 miles, the biggest repair has been replacing the wastegate actuators at a cost of about $400, and replacing one of the front calipers with a used one because I buggered up a bleed valve.
The low maintenance on her 996 for it's first 12 years and 60k was a big part of me getting my P!g. I think the serpentine belt was the only non consumable thing we replaced in all that time.

The next 10 years haven't been as good, but I blame that almost entirely of only putting another 10k or so on it in that time :( I really do think the secret to these cars (once you get them to a good state) is to just drive them.

In the 10 years I've had the P!g so far, consumables is all that it's needed as well.

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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

Post by 32wildbilly » Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:47 pm

I do not wish play in this "low cost" game...😬
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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

Post by FRUNKenstein » Thu Apr 13, 2023 8:26 am

5chn3ll wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 1:20 pm Also, I think that's spelled "break caliber."
You are completely correct.

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1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

Post by FRUNKenstein » Thu Apr 13, 2023 8:30 am

32wildbilly wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:47 pm I do not wish play in this "low cost" game...😬

Re: Money spent with Jake Raby

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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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