Mine! Mine! Mine! The Coral Red GTS is all Mine!!
06-13-2012, 01:31 AM
#48
Nordschleife Master
You are exactly right about that Michael. It might be the wrong color for L.A. I would want red or black or something there. Or perhaps WeissGold
or tan like Leroy. But here it totally picks up the colors of the mountains and ocean and sky. I just need James or somebody decent with a camera to come out and capture it. Its funny how much difference location makes. Here lots of folks drive cars that are pretty much purple or pink and it actually looks good.
or tan like Leroy. But here it totally picks up the colors of the mountains and ocean and sky. I just need James or somebody decent with a camera to come out and capture it. Its funny how much difference location makes. Here lots of folks drive cars that are pretty much purple or pink and it actually looks good.
06-13-2012, 05:48 AM
#49
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Man. Over $43K in service receipts came with the car. AND NOBODY HAS EVER LOOKED AT THE STINKIN FLEX PLATE!!!!. I think I know what I will be doing on Saturday.
Really makes me appreciate rennlist. No expense was spared, but without inside knowledge it was not enough.
Also, kudos to Mark Benton for helping me get this without ever knowing it. There were several potential buyers, but I was the guy who showed up with a 928 intake manifold on his tee shirt and really knowing about the car. Since the seller was looking for someone to take good care I think it chinced the deal.
Really makes me appreciate rennlist. No expense was spared, but without inside knowledge it was not enough.
Also, kudos to Mark Benton for helping me get this without ever knowing it. There were several potential buyers, but I was the guy who showed up with a 928 intake manifold on his tee shirt and really knowing about the car. Since the seller was looking for someone to take good care I think it chinced the deal.
06-13-2012, 06:09 AM
#50
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^^^ Mine has similar $$$$ receipts from the original selling Porsche dealer and they also didn't check some things that we all regard as normal maintenance.
If you want things done properly it seems that you have to do them yourself. There are only a few people I'd trust with my cars and they're all mechanics who are true 928 enthusiasts.
If you want things done properly it seems that you have to do them yourself. There are only a few people I'd trust with my cars and they're all mechanics who are true 928 enthusiasts.
06-13-2012, 07:47 AM
#51
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Phone console is definitely factory part but might have been installed later on. There is exclusive department option code for it when it was installed at factory.
06-13-2012, 10:44 AM
#52
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Karl,
Even having a GTS serviced by an independent shop can be expensive. When I bought the '94 in 2006, got full receipts for all work the independent shop in Houston had performed on the car since '96 (the independent shop gave me a printout). Just over $40K in charges over the ten year period!! The shop owner said "he always said 'do whatever it needs'". That owner had the Houston dealer do the service the first 2 years he owned it, and no receipts were available for that period.
Easy to see why these cars don't do well unless owned by wealthy individuals, or by those of us who have some capability for our own service, or access to friends in this community who help as well.
Looking forward to pictures, and mahalo for the PM.
Aloha,
Gary Knox
Even having a GTS serviced by an independent shop can be expensive. When I bought the '94 in 2006, got full receipts for all work the independent shop in Houston had performed on the car since '96 (the independent shop gave me a printout). Just over $40K in charges over the ten year period!! The shop owner said "he always said 'do whatever it needs'". That owner had the Houston dealer do the service the first 2 years he owned it, and no receipts were available for that period.
Easy to see why these cars don't do well unless owned by wealthy individuals, or by those of us who have some capability for our own service, or access to friends in this community who help as well.
Looking forward to pictures, and mahalo for the PM.
Aloha,
Gary Knox
06-13-2012, 11:22 AM
#53
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The previous owner did most of his own work on our GTS, and when we purchased it, there were $45K of receipts just for parts!
06-13-2012, 11:42 AM
#54
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Also, kudos to Mark Benton for helping me get this without ever knowing it. There were several potential buyers, but I was the guy who showed up with a 928 intake manifold on his tee shirt and really knowing about the car. Since the seller was looking for someone to take good care I think it chinced the deal.
I'll have some more good stuff to offer once I'm moved out of this shop at the end of June--sad to lose the man cave, but you gotta do what you gotta do, I guess.
06-13-2012, 07:58 PM
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Karl,
Congrats on a Great Score!!
I really like that color more and more, especially after having George's 91GT directly behind me during our SITM Parade. I was hanging over our Jeep's roll bar taking pictures with George right behind. I have to say that color looks great moving through the NC Mountains too!
Congrats on a Great Score!!
I really like that color more and more, especially after having George's 91GT directly behind me during our SITM Parade. I was hanging over our Jeep's roll bar taking pictures with George right behind. I have to say that color looks great moving through the NC Mountains too!
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06-13-2012, 09:52 PM
#58
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I'll chime in with the rest of you guys... The '95 I recently bought had over $38k in receipts as well...most all of them from a dealership (dare I say STEALERship!) and it still seized its water pump on the way to me (thankfully no other damage done) and thus needed another $3100 from MY pocket to get it to Texas...I don't even like to think about what happened after that (the body shop still has the car and I have yet to even sit in it...let alone drive it).
The $3100 seems high, but it needed new cam gears (common in the 100k+ mile GTS's), T-belt, oil pump (or is it just the gears???), rollers, etc. etc. and they did the work in 24 hours...from tear down and clean up to back on the road! I was HAPPY to pay the $3100!
The $3100 seems high, but it needed new cam gears (common in the 100k+ mile GTS's), T-belt, oil pump (or is it just the gears???), rollers, etc. etc. and they did the work in 24 hours...from tear down and clean up to back on the road! I was HAPPY to pay the $3100!
Karl,
Even having a GTS serviced by an independent shop can be expensive. When I bought the '94 in 2006, got full receipts for all work the independent shop in Houston had performed on the car since '96 (the independent shop gave me a printout). Just over $40K in charges over the ten year period!! The shop owner said "he always said 'do whatever it needs'". That owner had the Houston dealer do the service the first 2 years he owned it, and no receipts were available for that period.
Easy to see why these cars don't do well unless owned by wealthy individuals, or by those of us who have some capability for our own service, or access to friends in this community who help as well.
Looking forward to pictures, and mahalo for the PM.
Aloha,
Gary Knox
Even having a GTS serviced by an independent shop can be expensive. When I bought the '94 in 2006, got full receipts for all work the independent shop in Houston had performed on the car since '96 (the independent shop gave me a printout). Just over $40K in charges over the ten year period!! The shop owner said "he always said 'do whatever it needs'". That owner had the Houston dealer do the service the first 2 years he owned it, and no receipts were available for that period.
Easy to see why these cars don't do well unless owned by wealthy individuals, or by those of us who have some capability for our own service, or access to friends in this community who help as well.
Looking forward to pictures, and mahalo for the PM.
Aloha,
Gary Knox
06-13-2012, 10:33 PM
#59
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Still too dirty to photo and still have no skill, but this happened in the parking lot today and I could not resist. Too bad the background was not better, fresh wax, etc.
