Ohhhh Boy.....
01-25-2008, 09:21 PM
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Ohhhh Boy.....
Since last week was the week to sell 993's, and this week seems to be the week to buy some artificial aspiration, I couldnt let you all down. Gotta hold up my end of the bargain (pun intended).
Its always been a life long dream to some day owning such a beast. I have owned turbo cars before as well as a handful of beauties and sweethearts along the way.
I have to ask myself -- is this it? Is this the opitome of driveable sports cars? I am not yet sure to be honest. I have only had this in my driveway for a mere couple of hours; one short drive around the block. But, on that short drive, this is where the title of this thread came to my mind once the hairdryers were awaken -- Ohhhhh boy....
Its always been a life long dream to some day owning such a beast. I have owned turbo cars before as well as a handful of beauties and sweethearts along the way.
I have to ask myself -- is this it? Is this the opitome of driveable sports cars? I am not yet sure to be honest. I have only had this in my driveway for a mere couple of hours; one short drive around the block. But, on that short drive, this is where the title of this thread came to my mind once the hairdryers were awaken -- Ohhhhh boy....
01-25-2008, 09:25 PM
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Congrats! Was this the 100k mile example talked about much here?
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Thanks all for the very kind words!!
The issue preventing me from driving it home last Sunday was nothing other than a big 'ole chunk missing out of the alternator belt. I wouldnt have made it 20 miles out of town -- then I would have been walking.
Dont let me fool you, the car has issues. The now PO had the belts changed during the week at Scottsdale Porsche and he delivered the car to me today.
This is a 130K mile car -- it really needs a lot of attention on a bunch of small items (small in my opinion) such as window switches, VC is cooked, slave and accumulator is -possibly- bad (clutch circuit doesnt hold pressure while the engine is off and its burping hydraulic fluid out of the smalll reservoir in the trunk area), torn front left CV boot, flickering right litronic headlight, rear wiper missing a screw, same for center console, Bilstein HD's need rebuilding, chain boxes weeping, front S splitter needs repainting from rock chips, a few of the seat switches are a little flaky, ignition switch needs tightening, brake calipers need refinishing and rebuilding, needs plugs, door check strap broken loose plus general cleaning and tidying-up.
Since the engine is still a virgin, it'll get guides at a minimum. All of this was factored into the price and all I will say is that I was lucky enough to buy it very cheap.
Should one say 'cheap' and 'turbo' in the same sentence? Dont think so
The good points, as I know them at this time -- highly optioned, Andial maintained most of its life up through late 2005, has some sort of Andial hybrid turbos with allegedly some ceramic coating or polishing -- not sure really -- , PMS clutch and LWF, billet diverter valves, some ECU programing, Euro turbo S nose, 12 way seats with heat, factory installed (read: dirty) red seat belts plus the other cool options often times found on turbos, new rear tires, new battery, new alternator.
I have a huge stack of receipts to comb through to try to get an idea of this cars' past life.
Its a California car with the last two years being in Arizona. I have the contact info for the previous, PO. I may ping him out of curiosity.
My plans for the car -- 2WD asap, new suspension bushings up front, EVO uprights which I already have, thankfully plus a thorough going over etc. Probably, for now, get the HD's revalved and rebuilt and lighten-up the color of the wheels -- perhaps a dark grey much like the GT2 wheels.
...and the list of long term stuff to do keeps coming to mind -- For one; TT-S rear quarter panel air inlets - that would be cool.
I want to thank Kevin at UWM, Steve Weiner at Rennsport Systems and MarkD for their advice and listening to the saga of this purchase!!
The issue preventing me from driving it home last Sunday was nothing other than a big 'ole chunk missing out of the alternator belt. I wouldnt have made it 20 miles out of town -- then I would have been walking.
Dont let me fool you, the car has issues. The now PO had the belts changed during the week at Scottsdale Porsche and he delivered the car to me today.
This is a 130K mile car -- it really needs a lot of attention on a bunch of small items (small in my opinion) such as window switches, VC is cooked, slave and accumulator is -possibly- bad (clutch circuit doesnt hold pressure while the engine is off and its burping hydraulic fluid out of the smalll reservoir in the trunk area), torn front left CV boot, flickering right litronic headlight, rear wiper missing a screw, same for center console, Bilstein HD's need rebuilding, chain boxes weeping, front S splitter needs repainting from rock chips, a few of the seat switches are a little flaky, ignition switch needs tightening, brake calipers need refinishing and rebuilding, needs plugs, door check strap broken loose plus general cleaning and tidying-up.
Since the engine is still a virgin, it'll get guides at a minimum. All of this was factored into the price and all I will say is that I was lucky enough to buy it very cheap.
Should one say 'cheap' and 'turbo' in the same sentence? Dont think so
The good points, as I know them at this time -- highly optioned, Andial maintained most of its life up through late 2005, has some sort of Andial hybrid turbos with allegedly some ceramic coating or polishing -- not sure really -- , PMS clutch and LWF, billet diverter valves, some ECU programing, Euro turbo S nose, 12 way seats with heat, factory installed (read: dirty) red seat belts plus the other cool options often times found on turbos, new rear tires, new battery, new alternator.
I have a huge stack of receipts to comb through to try to get an idea of this cars' past life.
Its a California car with the last two years being in Arizona. I have the contact info for the previous, PO. I may ping him out of curiosity.
My plans for the car -- 2WD asap, new suspension bushings up front, EVO uprights which I already have, thankfully plus a thorough going over etc. Probably, for now, get the HD's revalved and rebuilt and lighten-up the color of the wheels -- perhaps a dark grey much like the GT2 wheels.
...and the list of long term stuff to do keeps coming to mind -- For one; TT-S rear quarter panel air inlets - that would be cool.
I want to thank Kevin at UWM, Steve Weiner at Rennsport Systems and MarkD for their advice and listening to the saga of this purchase!!
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