New Owner Saying Hello (pics)
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New Owner Saying Hello (pics)
I bought this car in September, so this post is a couple months overdue. Better late than never? I realize what a tough crowd this is, so I hope you’ll forgive me for the delay. I already know some of you from the Cayman-Club forum (hi Mooty), where I spent a couple fun years. Prior to that I was a RennLister on the 944 forums, although that account lapsed ages ago. Now it’s good to be a RL Member again.
About the car: 2003 996 C2 6-speed coupe, black on black. I purchased it from local P-dealer with a new CPO warranty. Car has 28k miles. It was originally registered in GA, then in FLA, but arrived in Cali in 2005 with only ~10k miles, so clearly its South-Eastern owner wasn’t driving it every day.
Factory options: Full Aerokit II (option XAA), M030, switch-able PSE, manual leather sport seats with backs painted black, red seat belts, and 18” Carrera lightweight wheels. Other than that it’s a bit of a stripper… no PSM, no Bose, no leather, no lumbar, power or heat in the seats, etc (all of which is fine with me since it saves a little bit of weight).
As you can see in the photos, the car is at full US-spec ride height. My winter projects are X-74 suspension (just waiting for the parts to arrive), oil-pan from X-51 kit and the factory aluminum oil-pan shield. Oh, and some SS brake lines. Otherwise she’ll be kept stock since I need to keep it streetable for weekends. And, yes, I am one of those track-people…
Anyway, hello everyone! Enjoy the pics! Sorry the car isn’t uber-clean, but I’m firmly in the camp that believes cars are meant to move rather than sit, so the pics reflect that.
John
About the car: 2003 996 C2 6-speed coupe, black on black. I purchased it from local P-dealer with a new CPO warranty. Car has 28k miles. It was originally registered in GA, then in FLA, but arrived in Cali in 2005 with only ~10k miles, so clearly its South-Eastern owner wasn’t driving it every day.
Factory options: Full Aerokit II (option XAA), M030, switch-able PSE, manual leather sport seats with backs painted black, red seat belts, and 18” Carrera lightweight wheels. Other than that it’s a bit of a stripper… no PSM, no Bose, no leather, no lumbar, power or heat in the seats, etc (all of which is fine with me since it saves a little bit of weight).
As you can see in the photos, the car is at full US-spec ride height. My winter projects are X-74 suspension (just waiting for the parts to arrive), oil-pan from X-51 kit and the factory aluminum oil-pan shield. Oh, and some SS brake lines. Otherwise she’ll be kept stock since I need to keep it streetable for weekends. And, yes, I am one of those track-people…
Anyway, hello everyone! Enjoy the pics! Sorry the car isn’t uber-clean, but I’m firmly in the camp that believes cars are meant to move rather than sit, so the pics reflect that.
John
Last edited by quickxotica; Nov 22, 2008 at 05:25 PM. Reason: pics not showing up
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Welcome aboard! But get away from this forum and go DRIVE it! I don't understand why so many 2003 cars have such few miles on them. (I have 32,000 on my 2006). Log off and then turn that key with your LEFT hand....
