Jim M.

Rob, yes I met a wonderful woman, but it's lots more than that. More time for a social life, not wondering what will fail next, will it start this morning, why is the paint failing in that little spot, etc etc.?

It really comes down to time, do I want to spend my time doing something I no longer enjoy or doing something I do enjoy? I think that's where Sterling is at the moment. I've known Sterling now for 22+ years and his life has almost always been consumed by his 928. At some point we all need to move on.

linderpat

It's time to reread Moby Dick!

Jetdriver69

But the whale kills the captain in the end after a very long quest.

I don't know if that is a good analogy for the OP...

the flyin' scotsman

Interesting number of 928 owners have gone this direction; Jim, Tony, Gary etc etc.

For myself I bought a Cayenne; much more practical with good fun in this part of the world.

Last weekend I was navigator on a PCA mystery tour in a 911..........928s stayed parked.

drwhosc

I feel your pain. That is why I change my avatar. This car has busted my bubble.........

overtime I fix one system, another one seems to fail. I too have been fixing the car more then I have driven it. I may need a match as well. Luckily I don't have that much in this car, but more than I want to have in it....

I just wonder what the secret sauce is... I have to tell you I went through a similar thing with my 71 911, but it is a great ride now. I am hoping to get into maintenance mode on the 928.

BC

Yes. The projects get too deep. Greg always says don't do stuff on the primary that make it go down for more than a weekend or two. I break that rule regularly.

I'm close to the event horizon.

terry gt

The 3/4 is GONE, get over it , and move on . Been there done that , with a few projects . Do not look back . In a car the rear view mirror is much smaller than the front windshield .

drwhosc

Well I just had to laugh today again. Was doing my brake system, and my mityvac Reservoir will not hold a vacuum. Smokes you just can't win, at least I can pump my brakes to pressure

Bigfoot928

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blau928

Hopefully it is a good wonder!! Either way you decide, I wish you the best with everything! If I can help let me know.

Cheers buddy!

Speedtoys

*sigh*

I didnt share yet...I think the universe gave me a 2nd chance..found a blessing of an 87, and my 88 project is on the way to someone that -can- finish it.

I just have to keep the LONG game in mind on this one, dont dick with it, just get it back to factory one bit at a time.

The best advice I read, was dont do anything you cant do over 2 weekends.

Rob Edwards

History is typically written by the winners, you don’t usually get the loser’s blow-by-blow account. Here’s one from this weekend….
About 5 years ago I had the seats in the GTS refinished by a pro:

https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...r-mdcxxvi.html

They came out really nice but did not hold up well at all. How could they have? -he stripped, filled, sanded and painted in 4 hours....

Here’s the driver’s seat about 6 weeks ago (I’ve already violated the 2-weekend rule….) - Shiny, dirty, creased, cracks. Yuck.





Based on what I’d learned working on Anderson’s Cobalt car seats, I decided to really go over mine and do it ‘right’.

So I spent literally 10 hours and a gallon of lacquer thinner stripping the two seats- got it to this:










At which point I discovered something about Leatherique- A pair of front seats without its pigment layer will drink between 16 and 24 oz of Leatherique. I had to slather 5-6 coats with a 2 inch brush.
Marinated for a week:




Then filled some cracks with Colorplus’ filler, and sanded with 320 grit:



THEN: cleaned and dried for another week, all ready to re-spray. Got everything masked off, and I had a window of time to spray on a Sunday. Not much time, so I hurried. Bad idea.



Filled the paint gun, the spray pattern wasn’t quite right, a bit spatter-y. Figured I’d just turn the pressure up a little bit… Tried laying down a light base coat, gun was uneven. But instead of just f’ing stopping and fixing the gun, I kept going, ‘til the plug in the nozzle let go, and showered spatters all over the seat surface…… Put 'em in the garage and walked away for a couple of weeks.

Spent today re-re-stripping the seats, am tempted to take them to a pro to have the color laid down, but I will probably try it again myself. 25+ hours into the project- it’s supposed to be fun, right?
Partway through un-doing the mess:

AO

My GT has been down for going on 2.5 years. There is a faint light at the end of the tunnel, but it's not there yet. Almost got motivated to start working on it yesterday... almost.

I bought 2 other cars (DR'd and the Coke car) in the meantime and am having quite a bit of fun.

dr bob

Just read from start to finish for the first time. When I read the original post when written I knew it wouldn't be good for me. The replies and follow-ups help some though.



Some thoughts:

The original owner of my car spent more than $7/mile for the joy of driving it 20k miles in 8 years. I'm way ahead of that at about $2.50/mile since then, with only a couple "improvements" (wheels and radio head unit) in almost 20 years. Your (only) $4/mile with all the work done is impressive but not at all outrageous in the big picture.

I started reading an interesting book on decluttering. Buried in the book is the constant reminder that you should surround yourself with things that bring you joy. At the point where your 928 stops bringing you joy, and you doubt that waiting a bit will change that, let it go so you can again focus on things that bring you joy.

drwhosc

So the saga continues. Took my expansion tank it to clean the oil residue after my oil cooler/ radiator fail this weekend, and now my float sensor does not work. My dash coolant light is on...

2 steps forward, one step back.

Some success, I did get my reservoir to power steering hose replaced today and NO LEAK... Pretty cool fix with a coil to keep a 90 degree bend. so I will celebrate the small victory before I remove my expansion tank again...

And I reflowed my Central Warning System Unit for what again....

At least they are repairable, and its a hobby right