Any Rennlisters from New Zealand?
09-02-2014, 02:41 AM
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Dont forget speed yellow on the greatest IB 991 or all time (picture below).
Paul. It is the Golden Fleece you are after? Or maybe you are a Tolkien man.. :-)
"One 911 to rule them all, One 911 to find them,
One 911 to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them,
In the Land of Miller where the Shadows lie...."
Paul. It is the Golden Fleece you are after? Or maybe you are a Tolkien man.. :-)
"One 911 to rule them all, One 911 to find them,
One 911 to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them,
In the Land of Miller where the Shadows lie...."
09-02-2014, 02:50 AM
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That is a work of art.
Paul, the black on brown IB cars look great.
Paul, the black on brown IB cars look great.
09-02-2014, 03:31 AM
Drifting
If you go no further, let me know but I'd prefer you got it first and fixed it up for me to buy off you later
09-02-2014, 03:42 AM
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Yeah. Nothing we do with these cars makes much sense to anyone else. Only consolation is pretty much everyone here is a member of the same funny farm, so you can get away with being illogical, and we will always cheer you on!
Once you get it out of your system the fun in owning a (for example) $140K 997.1 GT3RS is in the driving. This is where Ive moved to - helped largely by a lack of time in NZ and space and the personal desire to have a less cluttered life. I often think Ron & Pasty have it right in this regard. They are the most moneyed in our group yet they dont bother with collecting relics for collecting sake, they buy a machine and they use it. They spend all their car time/money actually doing events and squeezing every ounce out of their cars. Sure they may buy them new but they have un interrupted low headache smiles for 6 years and sell them (well) used. The affliction of collecting and garage queening affects the poor enthusiast and the super wealthy only. The sweet spot is likely in between.
For a guy like you (busy with business, young family etc) I cant help but think an old IB that needs constant attention and a freshly minted/painted 993 is the recipe for a life of bills an angst. You love driving these cars more than you love cleaning them and you love looking at them in the garage second only to driving them. You have an itch to scratch so go scratch it I reckon but at some point dont deny yourself the car Porsche built especially for guys like you - something reliable, track proven and gorgeous - a single machine you can jump into for a spirited Sunday Ron drive, a weekend at the track without headache and which some young fella will get a hard on over at the Porsche annual Xmas function in the park...
P.S. No offence was meant in telling it to you straight buddy :-)
Once you get it out of your system the fun in owning a (for example) $140K 997.1 GT3RS is in the driving. This is where Ive moved to - helped largely by a lack of time in NZ and space and the personal desire to have a less cluttered life. I often think Ron & Pasty have it right in this regard. They are the most moneyed in our group yet they dont bother with collecting relics for collecting sake, they buy a machine and they use it. They spend all their car time/money actually doing events and squeezing every ounce out of their cars. Sure they may buy them new but they have un interrupted low headache smiles for 6 years and sell them (well) used. The affliction of collecting and garage queening affects the poor enthusiast and the super wealthy only. The sweet spot is likely in between.
For a guy like you (busy with business, young family etc) I cant help but think an old IB that needs constant attention and a freshly minted/painted 993 is the recipe for a life of bills an angst. You love driving these cars more than you love cleaning them and you love looking at them in the garage second only to driving them. You have an itch to scratch so go scratch it I reckon but at some point dont deny yourself the car Porsche built especially for guys like you - something reliable, track proven and gorgeous - a single machine you can jump into for a spirited Sunday Ron drive, a weekend at the track without headache and which some young fella will get a hard on over at the Porsche annual Xmas function in the park...
P.S. No offence was meant in telling it to you straight buddy :-)
09-02-2014, 05:20 AM
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09-02-2014, 05:34 AM
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Yep - it was actually redirecting to the old hosted site which has finally gone offline for good. Michael had a copy which is now hosted elsewhere and the site is back up. However all posts or sign-ups since 25 Aug have been lost. So anyone who was intending to do the 5th Oct date should check back in and re-sign up. Think Neil, John, Ralf for starters - and there were a few more (Nigel?) that I can't recall. I know there were 11 registered so if anyone else remembers who they were just let me know and I will e-mail.
09-02-2014, 07:09 AM
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09-02-2014, 07:34 AM
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09-02-2014, 09:09 PM
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09-02-2014, 11:22 PM
Drifting
I'm a fairly conservative chap and the thought of owning more than one Porsche never seriously crossed my mind until I hung out with you lot. Now that I've finally got the missus away from small euro manual hatchbacks into SUV type family cars, my DD no longer needs to be a 4 door luxobarge with a towbar......And There could be just the slimmest chance that I will soften up on tiptronics but I never said that. 993 tip, 997 tip? But then you have to look past the M3's, 335i's and RS5's and the like first which are pretty compelling DD propositions.
09-02-2014, 11:34 PM
Burning Brakes
That can't be right. The YB surely is faster than at GT3RS off the mark?? Or at least closer than the video? Tell me it aint true.
09-02-2014, 11:50 PM
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Jason. I agree it doesnt look representative. I suspect the 997 GT3RS is actually a fraction quicker to 100 in real world senario as the Yellowbird is single turbo and would suffer fairly massive lag below 3500 rpm making it hard to get off the line clean. IIRC it was also geared for massive top speed run (200+ mph verified back in teh late 80s - faster than a 959!). That all being said I suggest the owner in this video fudged the drag or was taking it easy on the car....