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Been lurking for a few weeks now and have read and reread the “New Visitor” post (s) and I honestly learn something new almost every time. I haven’t been through the whole 2080 pages of the 928 forum, but have gone back a lot of pages. I have however, gone through every page (553! As of this post-date) of the “Official random 928 Picture Thread”!
Full disclosure, I’m an Audi guy and have been for a while, starting with a 4000s, then a 200 turbo, through a few A6s to what I have now, a 2003 A4 that my wife drives and a 2003 A8L that I drive. (not a totally bad thing I guess, we’re all one happy family under the VAG umbrella ??) I’m fully aware of the maintenance requirements of keeping an older vehicle safe and road-worthy.
Like most of you on this forum, I’ve lusted after the 928 for many years and recently had a deal come up that I simply could not refuse. I picked up a 1991 928 S4, guards red. It currently has 64,414 miles (originally a US vehicle - ~ 103k kms – ps… I found out how to change the reading to metric… I don’t think the PO ever read the manual…).
I have a good Indy shop and we’ve installed the P-Klamp, and the PO has records of recent fuel line replacements and most everything else looks current. I’ve RTFM and am quite honestly looking forward to spending time driving and getting use to a Porsche and sports car again (I had a 1973 MGB many, many moons ago…)
From what I have read, this is a great forum (I frequent a similar forum on Quattroworld and they seem to be a similar bunch of extremely reasonable folks) with some very deep talent and experience. I need to thank everyone for posting all the posts they have as they have been invaluable to me in helping make my initial buy decision as well as identifying potential areas of issue / concern / maintenance as I grow older with the car.
I’m an old fart, I live in Ottawa, Canada, have an extremely supportive wife ("why do we need three cars again"
?), two sons (ages 12 – in grade 8; and 23 – last year at Carleton University Honours Linguistics – the “Warner Brothers”) and a mini golden-doodle.
And… well I must add that I’m feeling a little inadequate due to the most recent “new member” postings… friggin’ rocket scientists, can probably MacGyver a full working engine out of popsicle sticks and a paperclip… I’m happy if I can remember which side my gas tank fills on…! So it would appear that I’ll be getting more out of the forum than contributing, but hopefully the BT is up to it!
You are a step ahead of most in that you remembered to post pictures as part of your intro. Your next purchase needs to be a jump post cover as I notice from picture #2 yours seems to have gone missing. Not so important to protect the jump post as it is to protect the 14 pin plug that lives there.
You don't need to feel inadequate because you aren't a rocket scientist or motorcycle racer or something like that. By reading the Owner's Manual and the "New Visitor" sticky you have shown a willingness to admit that you have stuff to learn. That isn't always the case with new guys here.
Anything you need to do to the car can be found on here. If you can't find it, ask & someone will help you work through it.
Roger (928s R Us) has the jump post cap & cover. Very reasonably priced too. And he's a hell of a nice guy to deal with. It's pretty safe to say that you will be talking with him some in the future (at least if you're smart).
You are a step ahead of most in that you remembered to post pictures as part of your intro. Your next purchase needs to be a jump post cover as I notice from picture #2 yours seems to have gone missing. Not so important to protect the jump post as it is to protect the 14 pin plug that lives there.
Mike
Well, you don't have to be a rocket scientist. At least not with the help you can get here. I certainly am not. And I bet you are not as old as some here.
But sound like a prime suspect to bond with the car the first time you change the oil and it is all down hill from there. For your reading pleasure start with Dwayne's garage: http://dwaynesgarage.norcal928.org/
A note about the jump post cover. The jump post (threaded ****) is also missing. The plastic cover protects mostly from water intrusion. The separate **** covers a bare 14 volts. Kinda small stuff, but cheap parts that do have a reason for being there. Welcome, nice purchase.
Hey Gordo. Another new guy here. Not sure I've been here long enough to offer a "welcome!" But, I was tellin' someone just today that I wished that when people see my car on the street that they would say..."WOW!"
So let me say this about yours...WOW!
For some reason, I really like the red ones!
and yeah, I too have browsed all the pix!
09-02-2014, 08:27 AM
New Member Intro
