So I took my '87 944 NA in to get a new set of tires. No fuss, no muss. I kept hearing shouts from the repair bay, into which employees weren't allowed (I was in the waiting room watching Turkey vs. Croatia).

But finally when I went to pick it up, there they were, sitting behind the wheel, or rather taking turns sitting behind the wheel, revving the engine, savoring the exhaust note.

They were also blown away by now light the lugnuts and wheels were. I told them they were aluminum. Ditto the engine block. And the hood. They were blown away! Totally loving the car.

Nice to see it through someone else's eyes once in awhile, y'know? There's more to it than a bottomless to-do list!

 

sounds awesome!

 

whered u find an aluminum hood?

 

It may just be me but I'd be p1ssed seeing all those young dirty (I know, I was an auto tech for years) in and out of my car like it's the toy for all.

 

Hood is def steel.
And I'm with 968rz. I would be one ANGRY **** is people were getting in and out of my car. Especially if they were revving the engine up.

 

yeah time to find a new shop- did you tell them the torque spec on your aluminum lugs or are they stripped now?

 

Everybody knows to tighten them until they start getting easier to turn, then back off 1/4 turn.

 

Its nice that they like your n/a even if it has the second ugliest front bumper ever conceived, losing by a hair to the front of a bricklin.

I bet one of those guys would simultaneously blow their load and crap themselves if they saw a 951.

then again I sure do miss my 924S. sigh.

 

looking to get me a turbo nose..ill let you know if anythign like this happens

 

May be just me but whenever my car is getting stuff like this done I'm right there watching. Last thing I need is a bunch of grease monkeys commenting "ain't these one of dem porches?" while revving over and over. Especially if its there to get TIRES.

 

Aw, no, it wasn't crazy revving or anything. They were just admiring it.

Oh and I'm pretty sure the hood is aluminum. Maybe it was aftermarket or something. Weighs nothing.

 

If I remember correctly you guessed your hood was replaced at some point from your paint chip thread right??

I doubt that its aluminum, no one makes aluminum hood for these cars. They make fiberglass though...

 

I'd also be pissed. But if you aren't, you probably lead a more peaceful life then all of us, so good for you!

I'm a mechanic at an indy BMW shop. The first few weeks there, I refused to use customer cars for driving to dealerships / running errands. But now I drive customer cars and I don't exactly pamper them. It's human nature - if it's not yours, you don't care as much. So actually what I do is I take the tire shop just my wheels, that way they can't touch the car and I never take my car in for anything, ever, except smog checks.

I like the N.A. N/A front bumper (not as much as the euro one though).

 

hey there are people who like fat chicks too. to each his own I guess...

 

I always assumed it was a stock hood, but the paint shop guy was 100% sure it was aluminum. I said, "aluminum? No way. You sure?" He said, "Absolutely." I dunno, maybe it's just light steel that feels like aluminum or something?

It's definitely a metal of some kind, I know that much.

Oh an the distance they drove it was from the repair bay to the parking lot, around 25 feet, with me watching the whole time.