Anyone want to trade cars?
12-20-2014 | 03:33 PM
#166
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I quit following this, but those damned email notifications.
No way, no how is the 996 the worst 911. A '75 CA emissions strangled model is. Worst of everything. Thermal reactors/air pump/EGR speak for themselves. A mag case 2.7 saddled with that, and usually dealer installed AC was the death sentence. Now, add in a clutch cable/release mechanism that hadn't been figured out. And brakes that weren't yet vacuum assisted. All wrapped in a body that wasn't yet fully galvanized. (Even in CA and AZ we'd see corrosion within the decade.)
Honorable mention for a '77 Comfort Group (14" wheels and soft torsion bars), the early, early cars with mechanical fuel pumps/splash fill chain tensioners/Solex carbs, and the 2.4T with MFI.
No way, no how is the 996 the worst 911. A '75 CA emissions strangled model is. Worst of everything. Thermal reactors/air pump/EGR speak for themselves. A mag case 2.7 saddled with that, and usually dealer installed AC was the death sentence. Now, add in a clutch cable/release mechanism that hadn't been figured out. And brakes that weren't yet vacuum assisted. All wrapped in a body that wasn't yet fully galvanized. (Even in CA and AZ we'd see corrosion within the decade.)
Honorable mention for a '77 Comfort Group (14" wheels and soft torsion bars), the early, early cars with mechanical fuel pumps/splash fill chain tensioners/Solex carbs, and the 2.4T with MFI.
OK, the 996, especially the early ones, is one of the worst 991s of all time
12-20-2014 | 03:45 PM
#167
Burning Brakes
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12-20-2014 | 03:54 PM
#168
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For the general public? There would be a completely different view of the non-Turbo/non-GT3 996 if the factory put a detuned GT3 ~300HP engine in the things to being with. Doubtful that alone would put it ahead of the 964/993 (nor probably even ahead of the 3.0- torsion bar cars) in desirability. But it would be a valid, reliable entry point to "911" ownership for some.
No. For me, happens automatically unless I delete the subscription. But it wouldn't be the first time someone here questioned me. (Already got one email challenging me on the 2.7 cars. As if I didn't make enough money patching those things back up for about a decade and a half.........)
12-20-2014 | 04:06 PM
#169
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In your user control panel you can set various auto subscribe options:
Seems to work pretty well if you live in email.
12-20-2014 | 04:09 PM
#170
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12-20-2014 | 04:18 PM
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