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Yup. Agreed. I'm going to do the same. Get Porsche wipers. The Bosch ones don't conform to the driver side glass perfectly.
Are the Porsche factory front wipers still available? I wanna say that when I bought last, only the rear wiper was available as a Porsche branded product but the front were aftermarket Bosch.
drove my daughter to school this morning. she loves to be dropped off in one of the porsches. they have a complex drop off system, so a lot of teachers and classmates wind up seeing her being dropped off.
Are the Porsche factory front wipers still available? I wanna say that when I bought last, only the rear wiper was available as a Porsche branded product but the front were aftermarket Bosch.
I just checked and, at Pelican, they are not available.
I showed my 993 some love since buying it back in June. I've put about 1,800 miles on it since purchase so it was about time. I finally found a GOOD local detailer after trying a couple and having 2 others flake on me.
1) Removed tint film from headlights and taillights - what a huge difference! The taillights looked like crap with the tint and now I can really say the LED headlights are amazing.
2) Installed Fister/3M stone guards - these are thick so you really notice them but hopefully will be worth the peace of mind.
3) Paint correction + Ceramic Pro 9h (5yr package) and Top Coat and had the new Fikse wheels coated too.
Next up I'll do a Leatherique treatment and have my engine detailed.
I have an out of town run with my PCA chapter on the 16th and towards the end of the year, I'm going to do a set of Fister Stage IIs w/oval tips. My driver's side exhaust tip fell off on a road trip a few weeks ago and it turns out the flange on my pipe broke off (like from corrosion). I'll likely do a Golden Rod to go with my SSK and a pad keeper.
Last edited by anguilla1980; 10-06-2021 at 02:58 PM.
I went down to southern Indiana and met my 18 year old grandson who is a freshman in college this past Friday. We did a 90 mile plus drive through the back roads and two lane highways down in Brown County and Monroe County. We played follow the leader and it was a blast and such a great creation of memories. Thanks
[QUOTE=anguilla1980;17708552]My driver's side exhaust tip fell off on a road trip a few weeks ago and it turns out the flange on my pipe broke off (like from corrosion). [QUOTE]
I have a pair of B&B exhaust tips if you want them. Some scratches underneath but overall good condition.
I took my second annual trip to Smokey Mountains, but actually arrived home September 23….so not today.
Our group of three people in two cars last year has grown a little. First of all the other driver last year upgraded from a 997S to a 997TTS, and the passenger from last year bought herself a Cayman GTS. Amongst the new arrivals we had a 987 Cayman, a Subaru BRZ, a BMW i8, and a Golf R. The Golf R owner recently acquired his dads 1975 911 which joined their family in 1977. My buddy grew up in it, took a coast to coast trip with his dad, and drove it frequently in high school. It was raced by original owner in a Cannon Ball Run (1975?) when new and featured on the cover of Car and Driver that year with all the other participants. His dad gave the 911 to him in boxes. Everything was disassembled and rebuilt over 20 years ago, but never put back together. It’s being reassembled by a shop now, but not quite in time for this trip. He’ll have it next year. Altogether we had had seven drivers from seven different states: NY, VA, TN, GA, IL, MN and NV(!).
I sort of put this group together and was the only one who knew everyone, except for one guy who was the friend of a friend. The group met the day before before I arrived, however, and had been swapping cars. The i8 driver wanted a turn in my 993, which I was glad to provide. I drove the Cayman GTS, which doesn’t worry me too much because the owner is one of my best friends. We drove for 20 minutes or so to a logical stopping spot and i8 driver was supposed to head home from there. Unfortunately for me he really wanted another chance in my 993, and since I was the only one who hadn’t driven his BMW, he insisted I take a turn. You can already tell this doesn’t end well, and sure enough 5 minutes in I hit the only pothole in four counties, flattening one tire and damaging the wheel. There was no good place to pull off, and no cell coverage. We were up there for hours and it was 11PM before the i8 was finally on a flatbed. The BMW driver spent an extra four days on the road with us while we got everything sorted out. Again, I’d only known the guy for an hour and spoken to him for maybe 5 minutes, before I ruined his car. He was great about it all, and we all loved having him with us for the rest of the week. It was actually sort of fun to have a spare driver, so we could all spend some time as passengers and chat with each other. Obviously I feel awful about it, I’ve never done anything like that before. I’m happy to share the 993, but this is exactly why I’ve always been extremely reluctant to drive other people’s cars.
Thankfully the rest of trip went better. Lots of rain, but I think reduced traction is its own kind of fun. The roads are incredible as many of you know, and if you don’t I can’t describe them in a way that would do them justice. I added 2,947 miles to the odometer, about 1,000 of that pretty hard mountain driving, and the car never missed a beat. My road trip prep consisted of replacing both rear tires (which were just coming due), an oil change (also due), and swapping DMEs to be certain the spare worked (it does). That’s it. I drive the car all the time, including 11,000 miles already this season since I got it out of storage last March. After about 4 years/40,000 miles of reliable service I pretty much just expect it to start and go. So far it always has. I find it a great road trip car, and drove 18 hours straight through to get home the last day…although I can’t recommend doing that.
Here’s a few obligatory pics, but I didn’t take very many this year.
Random bridge shot:
Most of the cars from our group, you’ll notice the i8 is missing. Looking the other way there was a perfect rainbow, but I’m not going to post anyone else’s license plate and can’t be bothered to blur them out. So just imagine a rainbow.
I woke up early and went for a solo run one morning. Actually I did that every morning, but this time it had rained hard the night before. There were millions of leaves littering the road and most of them ended up plastered all over the car. I know it’s sacrilege to some of you, but I love seeing these old cars out doing their thing, dirty or covered in leaves. I just don’t care if it gets rained on, rock chipped or accumulates miles:
413.9 miles from a single tank of gas! I did this twice coming home starting in Asheville, NC to Minneapolis, MN. Only two fuel stops even though I took the long way to get behind a frontal line. I’m not commenting on whether extra-legal speeds were employed on this portion of the trip, but it would be accurate to say fuel economy was not a primary concern. Of course I have to dangerously dehydrate myself to go that far without stopping
Kidding aside, long range is one of the main reasons I love traveling in this car, and also why it covers long distances so quickly:
It’s amazing to me how well these old relics perform. Not just in terms of reliability, but also hanging with more modern vehicles. I often drove at the back of our pack because the, ahem!, brisk pace of the group tended to be a little too leisurely. From the back I could slow (or stop) to create gaps and catch back up. Other times I lead and don’t believe I was ever a roadblock. Obviously the extremely curvy roads play to the strengths of a 993, which in this case was by far the slowest car in the group (exception is BRZ). I think 993 capability in today’s terms is a real tribute to original designers and builders of these cars. We all know how engaging they are; so communicative and rewarding to drive that the additional concentration and skill they require at more enthusiastic speeds is an integral part of the charm rather than a burden.
I took my second annual trip to Smokey Mountains, but actually arrived home September 23….so not today.
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It’s amazing to me how well these old relics perform. Not just in terms of reliability, but also hanging with more modern vehicles. I often drove at the back of our pack because the, ahem!, brisk pace of the group tended to be a little too leisurely. From the back I could slow (or stop) to create gaps and catch back up. Other times I lead and don’t believe I was ever a roadblock. Obviously the extremely curvy roads play to the strengths of a 993, which in this case was by far the slowest car in the group (exception is BRZ). I think 993 capability in today’s terms is a real tribute to original designers and builders of these cars. We all know how engaging they are; so communicative and rewarding to drive that the additional concentration and skill they require at more enthusiastic speeds is an integral part of the charm rather than a burden.
If you made it this far, thanks for reading!
-Mark
Great story! It sounds like everyone had a great time, despite your troubles.
That area of the world has been tough on wheels/tires the last few weeks. You can see my story from my trip on the Blue Ridge Parkway a few weeks ago HERE.
09-30-2021 | 12:42 PM
