The new Bozomobile! (Long)
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One fine day, Bozo decided that he was bored with modern & reliable cars such has his Mini Cooper and that his Porsche ownership experience was missing an early 911, so after cunningly obtaining approval from Mrs Bozo and financing from the sale of a couple of his circus dwarves to a guy wearing a black leather ski mask zipped at the mouth, Bozo decided to go out and look for one. Ads were examined daily, patience tried, local cars checked but deemed too expensive or rusty. After all, Bozo prefers to make his own mistakes, and as a rule (see past 356 stories) tends to fly far far away to buy a car that will need a lot of work but seems like a good deal at the time, rather than do the smart thing (buy someone else's money pit locally and pay upfront)... It's an innate talent that comes with Bozohood...
Eventually, a suitable car in the guise of a 73.5 911T was located in sacramento, residence of Guvnor Ah'nold (at least a couple days a week) and of Bozo's brother in law - how convenient - whom we'll call "the bat" for reasons soon to be obvious. The car was duly photographed and examined, the bat blindly following (or overlooking) a checklist of early-car-gotchas Bozo had drafted.
The color was anyone's guess, eggplant, brown, copper, as both seller and bozo's assistant were color blind - only in a bozo story but true - and you can't trust internet photos anyway! Looked good 'nuf in Bozo's inbox, and the bat uttered the words "rust free" (not "free rust"), "nice owner" and I could have sworn he also muttered "vaseline" but that's probably untrue. And the price was more than right for a low original mileage, no mods, lotsa options, funny-colored T with working AC and S body package... So Bozo bought it on the spot (wired money and all) after a call to the owner's mechanic - as it had conveniently been PPI'ed the week before for another buyer (I can hear you cringe already, but hey, it's a $11500 car here, not C2S, and early cars are selling like hotcakes these days) - we'll call that mechanic "big fat Liar" or "friend of the owner's".
Bozo then proceeded to make the news on CNN along with all of Delta's customers attempting to fly the day before Xmas, establishing a new record to a) get to a check-in counter (3.75 hours) and b) get from Tampa to SFO by airplane (14 hours)!
Bozo cunningly combined a Xmas visit to his wife's family and the purchase of the car, so the days dragged on until Bozo finally got to go retrieve his purchase in california's great capital. It's a yin/yang thing: new car, vs. 2 weeks with the mother in law. The car was revealed ! First impressions were good, thought Bozo as he tried to get any blood to his frozen extremities (and I used to live there in winter???), not bad body wise, the mysterious color turned out to be a metallic copper brown, well, as close as this clown can guess from the ****ty respray job - Bozo's assistant's (the bat, remember?) vision impairment must go beyond color blindless and extend to cataract. But hey, he's family, and Bozo's got 2 left hands, we all have issues...
Wonder of wonders, the car started and ran ! (and it had heat, thank the Porsche gods). The heat smelled nice, oily but not too much, typical early 911...
In his excitement, Bozo took a full 5 minutes to notice that the oil level gauge was really really happy to see him (pegged on high) and that the temps gauge on the other hand needed some viagra (never got up). The oil pressure, not to be left out, decided to drop vertiginously as the car warmed up, making a good impersonnation of an engine about to grenade itself. Bozo stopped to check there was oil at all. There was.. huh, bad sign... Hmm, that'll teach Bozo to trust a distant PPI and buy sight unseen, deal or not. Still, at the price he paid, Bozo was still satisfied... Until the car started to refuse holding idle when warm, causing Bozo to do a pretty good riverdance shuffle of heel, toe and hand throttle at every stop sign. Good thing clowns know juggling...The car itself - on the verge of stalling - made a pretty good concerto of farts and smoke and the slippery clutch put the final touch on this attempt to turn Bozo into a rodeo clown. Hey at least the gearbox felt as good as that of a 993, which is unheard of for a 915 unit ! Oh, and the brakes pulled heavily left - which is fair as Bozo's 356 pulls right - a pretty balanced stable politically speaking...
Faced with adversity in a foreign land, needing to drive this car to a transporter in heavy traffic and besieged by commitments from Mrs Bozo's family, Bozo did what he does best.... turn tail, run, call for help and throw money at the problem. Always works! Thankfully, Bozo's trustry wrench from his old days in Calitopia (which has gotten even more crowded and expensive, if that is possible) was available - between Xmas and New Year no less. Vots (we'll call him that cause that's his name) took a long look at the latest Bozomobile candidate... Good thing too, as the laundry list turned out to be as long as Porsche's hiatus from top-level competition...
The 73.5 is a fairly rare model- highly suitable for HWFM racing, with the least powerful engine of the range, yet its early body/manual everything make later car feel grossly overweight. It’s supposed to be much better in traffic than its more powerful siblings, get better mileage too, and huge front and rear black bumperettes make it look like a bad niptuck episode (thankfully missing on the front on the Bozomobile). All the vacuum hoses and their boots were cracked or sealed with failing goop.The plugs were wrong, the plug wires cracked and visibly arc'ing, the coil faltering, the valves tighter than a surprised sphincter, the valve covers more warped than the political media, and some oil lines craked - though not leaking much yet. Well, OK then... Mostly stuff Bozo could have done at home with both left hands, instead of paying $85 an hour for the privilege of Vots' expertise, but beggars can't be choosers, the car had to run to be shipped... (actually in hindsight it did not and it'd have been cheaper to tow it). But Bozo trusts Vots to do a quality job, and he does - invariably... Ain't no free lunch!
The next day, it got better - for the Porsche gods, that is, who continued to crap on Bozo's deserving clown wig... Apparently a surprisingly large rat had made a nest between the engine shroud and the top of the cylinder fins and then died split in halves by the fan, and his remains putrefied smack on top of the oil cooler for full effect.
It all had to come off to be cleaned, and as you guys know, to remove the shround of an aircooled engine, well, pretty much everything on top has to come off! at $85 an hour... Good thing the temps gauge did not work...Vots assured Bozo that a good drive in summer might have cooked the motor! Ignorance is bliss, as Bozo proves daily, and the frozen tundra of california kinda helped for once !!
At that point (motor out, rat remains being presold to the closest restaurant), the famous "might as well" syndrom took over (aka "the slippery slope" on this board). Hell, we dropped it, might as well clean up the whole oily grimy mess, tranny included, flush it and add swepco201, replace the clutch, some leaky engines seals, some mounts, check for tensioner guards, replace thermostat and senders, clean up the tranny ground and some wiring, put a new firewall soundproofing pad, and spend incalculable hours removing the rat remains in a biohazard suit!
The car, incidentally, is a bone stock 54K miles machine that spent a lot of time in storage apparently attracting rodents... When all was said and done and the brakes also refurbished to eliminate its leftist tendencies, the bill neared $6000 - 1/3 parts, 2/3 labor, yeah, almost the price of a used (but unknown) 3.0 engine. However, the engine tested like it was "new" on the california smog sniffers, pretty good for an engine without emissions controls, lending credibility to its low mileage. This little financial setback turned the car from a "great deal" to a "market value" 73.5T (with added stress) - though in a couple of years it'll probably turn a profit, assuming Bozo ever wants to sell it (doubtful, they don't exactly grow on trees). Besides, it might turn into this one day:
To top off Bozo's misery, the only day in the entire "vacation" that the car was not at the warehouse/mechanic/transporter but instead parked in front of Bozo's dear Mother in law's house, some arsewipe decided it might be fun to key the driver door to ensure that the car would have to be repainted soon - nice. Gives you warm fuzzies all over. Well, whaddya do ? (Actually find the culprit and exact revenge, but that cannot be divulged on a public forum.)
The conclusions are obvious...
1) A local car is probably a better idea most of the time.
2) A non-running car transportation arrangement, while twice as expensive, may save the DIY'er money if the car is doubtful.
3) Hindsight is 20/20. Always! Bozo knew better and took a chance with Mr Murphy.
4) Bozo's *** hurts from the wallet-ectomy...
On the positive side: The factory AC is incredible, 6 vents under the dash are way better than the silly subsequent models arrangement- no idea why porsche changed that in later years to 2 measly dog breath vents in the center of the dash, they had it right in 1973 (and a half). Then again they had it right before Wiedeking too, so who knows... This setup will freeze the 'nads of an Eskimo!
The car turned out to be pretty must rust free and entirely straight, save for a front fender that did not have the "orange peel" feel under the lip..Oh well, it's 31 years old, bound to have been hit at some point. It also turned out to have not only the S body kit but the full "S" enchilada with cheese and guac, aka the handling package: sway bars, shocks, brakes etc...
After Bozo paid the bill (a fair deal considering that counts as a colonoscopy), Bozo got to drive it for about ONE hour and beat the transporter deadline by, oh, 17 minutes or so...The car felt surprisingly lively for a T model, note "felt", not "is", but that's what matters most these days. Let's bear in mind that it's pretty much got as much torque (and lower in the band too) as an E or S model... It sounds and pulls like a regular 3.0 car as far as Bozo's recollections go, maybe 'cause the car feels lighter and more playful... Big grin to be driving the last of the long hood 911s, and it's shifting like butter to boot !
Oh, it holds idle now and the oil pressure is solid! The shipper proceeded to try and record all scratches in the paint on a little car outline drawing, drafting a pretty good imitation of a porcupine in the process...
Thus releaved of his steed, Bozo took a plane ride back which was also fairly interesting. Delta (again, see a pattern?) tried its best to kill Bozo this time around, with a plane whose left engine thrust reverser decided to break down.... oh, say, 12 seconds before takeoff... This is no joke! They gave us a new plane after that, a frozen one (more delays).
Now bozo awaits impatiently for his baby to be delivered tothe warmth of Florida, probably 2 + weeks, time to ponder replacement of the fugly sealed beams with H4s headlights (who am I kidding, I bought them already), some body/headlight seals, old style chromed bumper guards, figuring out the rear bumper bracket (the bumper is loose on one side apparently, but not damaged), fixing the temps gauge (still dead but not as big a deal as before now that the cooler is ratless) and picking a color for a repaint in the near future. Metallic slate gray holds the lead so far with mrs Bozo... Non stock, so what.. ;-)
So it's not (yet) another 993... Give it a couple of years...
Eventually, a suitable car in the guise of a 73.5 911T was located in sacramento, residence of Guvnor Ah'nold (at least a couple days a week) and of Bozo's brother in law - how convenient - whom we'll call "the bat" for reasons soon to be obvious. The car was duly photographed and examined, the bat blindly following (or overlooking) a checklist of early-car-gotchas Bozo had drafted.
The color was anyone's guess, eggplant, brown, copper, as both seller and bozo's assistant were color blind - only in a bozo story but true - and you can't trust internet photos anyway! Looked good 'nuf in Bozo's inbox, and the bat uttered the words "rust free" (not "free rust"), "nice owner" and I could have sworn he also muttered "vaseline" but that's probably untrue. And the price was more than right for a low original mileage, no mods, lotsa options, funny-colored T with working AC and S body package... So Bozo bought it on the spot (wired money and all) after a call to the owner's mechanic - as it had conveniently been PPI'ed the week before for another buyer (I can hear you cringe already, but hey, it's a $11500 car here, not C2S, and early cars are selling like hotcakes these days) - we'll call that mechanic "big fat Liar" or "friend of the owner's".
Bozo then proceeded to make the news on CNN along with all of Delta's customers attempting to fly the day before Xmas, establishing a new record to a) get to a check-in counter (3.75 hours) and b) get from Tampa to SFO by airplane (14 hours)!
Bozo cunningly combined a Xmas visit to his wife's family and the purchase of the car, so the days dragged on until Bozo finally got to go retrieve his purchase in california's great capital. It's a yin/yang thing: new car, vs. 2 weeks with the mother in law. The car was revealed ! First impressions were good, thought Bozo as he tried to get any blood to his frozen extremities (and I used to live there in winter???), not bad body wise, the mysterious color turned out to be a metallic copper brown, well, as close as this clown can guess from the ****ty respray job - Bozo's assistant's (the bat, remember?) vision impairment must go beyond color blindless and extend to cataract. But hey, he's family, and Bozo's got 2 left hands, we all have issues...
Wonder of wonders, the car started and ran ! (and it had heat, thank the Porsche gods). The heat smelled nice, oily but not too much, typical early 911...
In his excitement, Bozo took a full 5 minutes to notice that the oil level gauge was really really happy to see him (pegged on high) and that the temps gauge on the other hand needed some viagra (never got up). The oil pressure, not to be left out, decided to drop vertiginously as the car warmed up, making a good impersonnation of an engine about to grenade itself. Bozo stopped to check there was oil at all. There was.. huh, bad sign... Hmm, that'll teach Bozo to trust a distant PPI and buy sight unseen, deal or not. Still, at the price he paid, Bozo was still satisfied... Until the car started to refuse holding idle when warm, causing Bozo to do a pretty good riverdance shuffle of heel, toe and hand throttle at every stop sign. Good thing clowns know juggling...The car itself - on the verge of stalling - made a pretty good concerto of farts and smoke and the slippery clutch put the final touch on this attempt to turn Bozo into a rodeo clown. Hey at least the gearbox felt as good as that of a 993, which is unheard of for a 915 unit ! Oh, and the brakes pulled heavily left - which is fair as Bozo's 356 pulls right - a pretty balanced stable politically speaking...
Faced with adversity in a foreign land, needing to drive this car to a transporter in heavy traffic and besieged by commitments from Mrs Bozo's family, Bozo did what he does best.... turn tail, run, call for help and throw money at the problem. Always works! Thankfully, Bozo's trustry wrench from his old days in Calitopia (which has gotten even more crowded and expensive, if that is possible) was available - between Xmas and New Year no less. Vots (we'll call him that cause that's his name) took a long look at the latest Bozomobile candidate... Good thing too, as the laundry list turned out to be as long as Porsche's hiatus from top-level competition...
The 73.5 is a fairly rare model- highly suitable for HWFM racing, with the least powerful engine of the range, yet its early body/manual everything make later car feel grossly overweight. It’s supposed to be much better in traffic than its more powerful siblings, get better mileage too, and huge front and rear black bumperettes make it look like a bad niptuck episode (thankfully missing on the front on the Bozomobile). All the vacuum hoses and their boots were cracked or sealed with failing goop.The plugs were wrong, the plug wires cracked and visibly arc'ing, the coil faltering, the valves tighter than a surprised sphincter, the valve covers more warped than the political media, and some oil lines craked - though not leaking much yet. Well, OK then... Mostly stuff Bozo could have done at home with both left hands, instead of paying $85 an hour for the privilege of Vots' expertise, but beggars can't be choosers, the car had to run to be shipped... (actually in hindsight it did not and it'd have been cheaper to tow it). But Bozo trusts Vots to do a quality job, and he does - invariably... Ain't no free lunch!
The next day, it got better - for the Porsche gods, that is, who continued to crap on Bozo's deserving clown wig... Apparently a surprisingly large rat had made a nest between the engine shroud and the top of the cylinder fins and then died split in halves by the fan, and his remains putrefied smack on top of the oil cooler for full effect.
It all had to come off to be cleaned, and as you guys know, to remove the shround of an aircooled engine, well, pretty much everything on top has to come off! at $85 an hour... Good thing the temps gauge did not work...Vots assured Bozo that a good drive in summer might have cooked the motor! Ignorance is bliss, as Bozo proves daily, and the frozen tundra of california kinda helped for once !!
At that point (motor out, rat remains being presold to the closest restaurant), the famous "might as well" syndrom took over (aka "the slippery slope" on this board). Hell, we dropped it, might as well clean up the whole oily grimy mess, tranny included, flush it and add swepco201, replace the clutch, some leaky engines seals, some mounts, check for tensioner guards, replace thermostat and senders, clean up the tranny ground and some wiring, put a new firewall soundproofing pad, and spend incalculable hours removing the rat remains in a biohazard suit!
The car, incidentally, is a bone stock 54K miles machine that spent a lot of time in storage apparently attracting rodents... When all was said and done and the brakes also refurbished to eliminate its leftist tendencies, the bill neared $6000 - 1/3 parts, 2/3 labor, yeah, almost the price of a used (but unknown) 3.0 engine. However, the engine tested like it was "new" on the california smog sniffers, pretty good for an engine without emissions controls, lending credibility to its low mileage. This little financial setback turned the car from a "great deal" to a "market value" 73.5T (with added stress) - though in a couple of years it'll probably turn a profit, assuming Bozo ever wants to sell it (doubtful, they don't exactly grow on trees). Besides, it might turn into this one day:
To top off Bozo's misery, the only day in the entire "vacation" that the car was not at the warehouse/mechanic/transporter but instead parked in front of Bozo's dear Mother in law's house, some arsewipe decided it might be fun to key the driver door to ensure that the car would have to be repainted soon - nice. Gives you warm fuzzies all over. Well, whaddya do ? (Actually find the culprit and exact revenge, but that cannot be divulged on a public forum.)
The conclusions are obvious...
1) A local car is probably a better idea most of the time.
2) A non-running car transportation arrangement, while twice as expensive, may save the DIY'er money if the car is doubtful.
3) Hindsight is 20/20. Always! Bozo knew better and took a chance with Mr Murphy.
4) Bozo's *** hurts from the wallet-ectomy...
On the positive side: The factory AC is incredible, 6 vents under the dash are way better than the silly subsequent models arrangement- no idea why porsche changed that in later years to 2 measly dog breath vents in the center of the dash, they had it right in 1973 (and a half). Then again they had it right before Wiedeking too, so who knows... This setup will freeze the 'nads of an Eskimo!
The car turned out to be pretty must rust free and entirely straight, save for a front fender that did not have the "orange peel" feel under the lip..Oh well, it's 31 years old, bound to have been hit at some point. It also turned out to have not only the S body kit but the full "S" enchilada with cheese and guac, aka the handling package: sway bars, shocks, brakes etc...
After Bozo paid the bill (a fair deal considering that counts as a colonoscopy), Bozo got to drive it for about ONE hour and beat the transporter deadline by, oh, 17 minutes or so...The car felt surprisingly lively for a T model, note "felt", not "is", but that's what matters most these days. Let's bear in mind that it's pretty much got as much torque (and lower in the band too) as an E or S model... It sounds and pulls like a regular 3.0 car as far as Bozo's recollections go, maybe 'cause the car feels lighter and more playful... Big grin to be driving the last of the long hood 911s, and it's shifting like butter to boot !
Oh, it holds idle now and the oil pressure is solid! The shipper proceeded to try and record all scratches in the paint on a little car outline drawing, drafting a pretty good imitation of a porcupine in the process...
Thus releaved of his steed, Bozo took a plane ride back which was also fairly interesting. Delta (again, see a pattern?) tried its best to kill Bozo this time around, with a plane whose left engine thrust reverser decided to break down.... oh, say, 12 seconds before takeoff... This is no joke! They gave us a new plane after that, a frozen one (more delays).
Now bozo awaits impatiently for his baby to be delivered tothe warmth of Florida, probably 2 + weeks, time to ponder replacement of the fugly sealed beams with H4s headlights (who am I kidding, I bought them already), some body/headlight seals, old style chromed bumper guards, figuring out the rear bumper bracket (the bumper is loose on one side apparently, but not damaged), fixing the temps gauge (still dead but not as big a deal as before now that the cooler is ratless) and picking a color for a repaint in the near future. Metallic slate gray holds the lead so far with mrs Bozo... Non stock, so what.. ;-)
So it's not (yet) another 993... Give it a couple of years...
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01-07-2005, 10:24 PM
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Sounds like the start of a perfect marriage...I remember my first Porsche was a 72 T that I got in 1975 and its been down the slippery slope since...five 911's and one 914. Gotta admit that out of all of them, my 993 is the best. 
01-07-2005, 11:21 PM
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Greg, that was simply a wonderful story! I read it to my entire family (Wife and kids.). The humor with which you laid it out was seamless. Just magical. OMFG, if only I could keep 1/millionth the perspective, life would be much much easier. The airport fun alone, or the keying would have been enough to probably send me into orbit! Again, the humorous storytelling was a true rainy night treat to read. Thank you for sharing. 
01-07-2005, 11:48 PM
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Slapshot, Believe me, I've got the perspective now...but back when it got keyed or when I got the bill, I was not quite so amused myself ;-) But in the grand scheme of things, I bought the car because it made me happy to do so, so why worry.... It's now fully reliable, it's got the right amounts of to-dos left for me as Bozo projects, and I won't worry about dings and such since it'll get repainted eventually...
Rcwelsh, no disagreement from me that the 993 is still the best of the line- well, prettirst for sure (a tad heavy though, I'd love an RS) But since I cannot have them all (yet), I've gone the 356 + old 911 route since I sold my 993. Different fun, but I bet both cars appreciate each year.... I'll get a 993 again for sure...
Bill, what maintenance ? ;-) so the valves do need adjustment (every 12K miles) but the rest is soo much easier to access... Also, no ballast resistors or ODB2 to worry about. If you want to talk maintenance, my 356 needs a word with you, now that one takes work ;-)
Rcwelsh, no disagreement from me that the 993 is still the best of the line- well, prettirst for sure (a tad heavy though, I'd love an RS) But since I cannot have them all (yet), I've gone the 356 + old 911 route since I sold my 993. Different fun, but I bet both cars appreciate each year.... I'll get a 993 again for sure...
Bill, what maintenance ? ;-) so the valves do need adjustment (every 12K miles) but the rest is soo much easier to access... Also, no ballast resistors or ODB2 to worry about. If you want to talk maintenance, my 356 needs a word with you, now that one takes work ;-)
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Greg,
Slapshot said it well. I really enjoyed reading your story. The glut of car/motorbike mags that stuff my mail slot monthly rarely provide as much entertainment.
I love my 993, but I can't walk by an early 911 without stopping to ogle, reminisce, and pine for one of my own (in bright green or yellow).
Thank you and enjoy your classic
Slapshot said it well. I really enjoyed reading your story. The glut of car/motorbike mags that stuff my mail slot monthly rarely provide as much entertainment.
I love my 993, but I can't walk by an early 911 without stopping to ogle, reminisce, and pine for one of my own (in bright green or yellow).
Thank you and enjoy your classic
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Everytime I think of getting an older Porsche my mind says "buy someone else's money pit and pick up where they left off - enjoy" and my emotional side says "look at this super great deal over here, sure it'll need a few things . . ."
I can easily see myself in exactly the same position, probably with the same "wallet-ectomy" results! Great story, thanks!
I can easily see myself in exactly the same position, probably with the same "wallet-ectomy" results! Great story, thanks!
01-08-2005, 11:09 AM
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You must be a writer in real life... very good description of life with old cars.
Hilarious too... I suggest you read "Vernon God Little" by DBC Pierre. You will surely get a laugh from this as well.
Meanwhile, I found this about your walletectomy... sort of.
A physician claimed that the following are actual comments made by his patients (predominately male) while he was performing their colonoscopies:
1. "Take it easy, Doc. You're boldly going where no man has gone before!"
2. "Find Amelia Earhart yet?"
3. "Can you hear me NOW?"
4. "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"
5. "You know, in Arkansas, we're now legally married."
6. "Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?"
7. "You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out..."
8. "Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!"
9. "If your hand doesn't fit, you must quit!"
10. "Hey Doc, let me know if you find my dignity."
11. "You used to be an executive at Enron, didn't you?"
12. "God, Now I know why I am not gay."
And the best one of them all...
13. "Could you write a note for my wife saying that my head is not up there."
Did you wife ask about #13???
Hilarious too... I suggest you read "Vernon God Little" by DBC Pierre. You will surely get a laugh from this as well.
Meanwhile, I found this about your walletectomy... sort of.
A physician claimed that the following are actual comments made by his patients (predominately male) while he was performing their colonoscopies:
1. "Take it easy, Doc. You're boldly going where no man has gone before!"
2. "Find Amelia Earhart yet?"
3. "Can you hear me NOW?"
4. "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"
5. "You know, in Arkansas, we're now legally married."
6. "Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?"
7. "You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out..."
8. "Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!"
9. "If your hand doesn't fit, you must quit!"
10. "Hey Doc, let me know if you find my dignity."
11. "You used to be an executive at Enron, didn't you?"
12. "God, Now I know why I am not gay."
And the best one of them all...
13. "Could you write a note for my wife saying that my head is not up there."
Did you wife ask about #13???
01-08-2005, 12:33 PM
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Nothing, I still have her. She's getting another brakes job to correct her tendency to snap 90 degrees right under braking...
When I sold my 993, the plan was to buy cars which would get harder to find and rise in value - if you read the latest Sports car market both the 356A and my 73.5 fall under that category. I wanted those before I was priced out of the market (and both cars fully repaired still cost me less than one 993). I figured the 993 would steadily decrease in price and I'd be able to buy another in a couple of years. That part of the plan has not been all that successful, however (good for you guys, more delay for me)....
When I sold my 993, the plan was to buy cars which would get harder to find and rise in value - if you read the latest Sports car market both the 356A and my 73.5 fall under that category. I wanted those before I was priced out of the market (and both cars fully repaired still cost me less than one 993). I figured the 993 would steadily decrease in price and I'd be able to buy another in a couple of years. That part of the plan has not been all that successful, however (good for you guys, more delay for me)....
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Do you have a Jelly bean fetish by any chance ? ;-)
Nah, whie those clors are very cool, my 356 is weird enough that I want to go soft on the 911. Then again, vice versa works too... they both need paint, but the 911 more... But first I need to move closer to work, as I can't have my primary car in a paint shop for 2 months and commute 85 miles daily in a 356 !
Nah, whie those clors are very cool, my 356 is weird enough that I want to go soft on the 911. Then again, vice versa works too... they both need paint, but the 911 more... But first I need to move closer to work, as I can't have my primary car in a paint shop for 2 months and commute 85 miles daily in a 356 !
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Originally Posted by Greg D.
the valves tighter than a surprised sphincter
Keep us posted on your progress with this one. I like the color, BTW..
Great story!