How do you guys know so much?
11-29-2005, 01:55 AM
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The Ancient One
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Spend all of your money on the car, and you will be forced to learn something about it when it breaks.
it will break...
you will learn...
or you will pay.
Owning a 911 that doesn't run isn't nearly as enjoyable.
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it will break...
you will learn...
or you will pay.
Owning a 911 that doesn't run isn't nearly as enjoyable.
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11-29-2005, 06:51 PM
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I started by buying a Porsche in 1974. By 1982 I joined the Porsche Club of America. That accelerated my exposure to things Porsche. Simply by owning and driving a Porsche a lot you are bound to have a lot of information thrust upon you from either friends or mechanics. If you're mechanically inclined you may have a better thurst for knowledge. If you simply pay someone to just "fix it" then you learn nothing and will not increase your knowledge. Every Porsche owner should know enough about his/her car to be able to confidently drive it in strange places where there is no Porsche dealer or mechanic around every corner.
Dan
1973 914-4 1.7 Zambezi Green
1977 911S 2.7 Cockney Brown
1981 911SC-Turbo 3.0 Bamboo Beige
2006 997S Cab 3.8 Gulf Blue (on order)
Dan
1973 914-4 1.7 Zambezi Green
1977 911S 2.7 Cockney Brown
1981 911SC-Turbo 3.0 Bamboo Beige
2006 997S Cab 3.8 Gulf Blue (on order)
11-29-2005, 07:49 PM
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WHen my car breaks, I learn from other Rennlisters how to fix it. I have been known to fix things that are not broken just to get the experience. I then try to pass that knowledge along.
Many thanks to all that have helped me in the past!
Many thanks to all that have helped me in the past!
11-30-2005, 01:09 PM
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I started with a '69 bug engine rebuild in high school and never looked back 
20+ Porsches later, and all work done by myself, you end up knowing onyl enough to know what you don't know...
Chris
20+ Porsches later, and all work done by myself, you end up knowing onyl enough to know what you don't know...
Chris
12-01-2005, 01:39 PM
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I got my ASE master certification and worked briefly in the field after getting ripped off by almost every shop I went to back in high school(why pay someone to bollox up the job when I could do it myself 
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I'm going to try to stay a student of everything for life, know when I don't know(which is most of the time), and look at mistakes as learning opportunities.
). I'm going to try to stay a student of everything for life, know when I don't know(which is most of the time), and look at mistakes as learning opportunities.
12-01-2005, 06:19 PM
#23
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My knowledge comes from being poor.
I can't afford a Porsche shop to repair my car so I had to learn myself.
101 Projects for your 911 by Wayne Dempsey and the Bently manual for Carreras.
I can't afford a Porsche shop to repair my car so I had to learn myself.
101 Projects for your 911 by Wayne Dempsey and the Bently manual for Carreras.