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This is a real source of concern for owning any kind of older or higher hassle car. 1) They keep getting fewer and fewer (aka dying off) and 2) Having or not having access to someone that knows how to maintain/setup/tune a particular older/difficult "lost art" car is a HUGE driver for if I will own them. I am lucky to be in driving distance of two relatively young mechanics (that is an insult; they are craftsmen) on my two vehicles that most people don't have a clue for how to wrench. I have owned early 911s w/out one of these relationships and even though my patience is well above Mootys it's below the threshold necessary to own an old car w/out an easily accessible, responsive "guru". And if I lost access to them for whatever reason I might just sell I don't have time or expertise to do it myself and it does take the fun out of it if becomes more hassle than hobby.
That being said, GD there's nothing like a well sorted early 911/914/356.
^ thx
914/6 are great cars.
but I gave my up b/c competent mechanic on these cars are either old retired or dead and shriveled up.
and with my lack of patience, I just can't deal with it....
and when I say lack of patience, I don't think most ppl understand what I mean....
"dinner is ready"
I sit down... if any space is missing, napkin, I get REALLY BENT OUT OF SHAPE. bc dinner is NOT ready. call me only when it is READY. bc I am not that patient.
and if it is ready , I sit, I eat . I don't care if you are ready, I finish and I leave.
b/c I just don't have the patience to wait ...
thus I realized that owning old cars talking to mechanics who cannot understand time is important... I am boiling my blood and increasing blood pressure all day long. so I gave up. ha
Haha, totally understandable Mooty. Especially when you're busy, every second is valuable. I know we briefly chatted about this in another thread when I was asking you about dealer vs indy and we shared similar sentiments.
This is a real source of concern for owning any kind of older or higher hassle car. 1) They keep getting fewer and fewer (aka dying off) and 2) Having or not having access to someone that knows how to maintain/setup/tune a particular older/difficult "lost art" car is a HUGE driver for if I will own them. I am lucky to be in driving distance of two relatively young mechanics (that is an insult; they are craftsmen) on my two vehicles that most people don't have a clue for how to wrench. I have owned early 911s w/out one of these relationships and even though my patience is well above Mootys it's below the threshold necessary to own an old car w/out an easily accessible, responsive "guru". And if I lost access to them for whatever reason I might just sell I don't have time or expertise to do it myself and it does take the fun out of it if becomes more hassle than hobby.
That being said, GD there's nothing like a well sorted early 911/914/356.
Yes, with Jimmy being as close to you as he is, you're in a perfect position to own a CGT. You don't even need to deal with the "hassle" of shipping it to him. You can simply drop it off. I'm glad that my 997 GT3 is still new enough that there are people that can work on it, but I hope that the good mechanics stay around long enough and that Porsche continues to make parts for it. Just the other day I placed an order for the little green Pentosin label on the 997 GT3 in the engine bay (which is a 993 part) and my dealer told me it's NLA but there was one dealer in the country sitting on one so I grabbed it from them.
The people in the best positions are ones that have Repasi, Deman, Autometrics, Sharkwerks, BBI in their backyard, but having a competent local mechanic for 90% of jobs with these other options a transport truck away is still good.
But cars are supposed to be fun. When they become stressful, it's time to move onto a different car.
vail down hill..... that's what I did when I was young and immortal hahha.....
Sunday I survived pouring rain for 30+ miles only to crash on my driveways and cover myself with road rash and GIANT bruises. ha
Your cracked frame photo got me thinking back to all the frames I have cracked. Off the top of my head here is my list. I am not sure this is something to be proud of but also, I bet someone will have me beat by a lot...
1997 Cannondale F500
1998 Cannondale Super V
2010 Cannondale Super Six
2014 Specialized Enduro
2018 Specialized Epic
2019 Specialized Stumpjumper
^ u are about as impressive as me in bike destruction.
french indo-chine toast french toast 1 with bacon and bacon french toast 2 with poached egg yolk and maple syrup and powder sugar played with parsley, peach and beets drizzled with honey
06-05-2022, 11:45 AM
I don't have time or expertise to do it myself and it does take the fun out of it if becomes more hassle than hobby.
