AKFALAR's Crazy Roadtrip
09-17-2010, 02:54 AM
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AKFALAR's Crazy Roadtrip
So i'm picking up this car and driving 2,000 miles to Seattle.
Would anyone have any comments about spares i should bring with me? Hoses, belts, relays, duct tape...
Would anyone have any comments about spares i should bring with me? Hoses, belts, relays, duct tape...
09-17-2010, 09:03 AM
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When I picked up Kermit - my viper green 73 Targa, ready to start a 1300 mile trip, I packed up a whole bunch of stuff, including a voltage regulator, throttle cable, tools of all sorts, etc. Then just outside of Baltimore, I lost my alternator. Couldn't have anticipated that, nor would I have thought of bringing a spare alternator.
My best tool was the computer at the local hotel. We spent the night, and I had logged into the Pelican website (sorry guys, I wasn't into Rennlist at that point.) By morning, I had recommendations on two repair shops in close proximity, plus another guy who raced his Porsche with his dad. The guy had a spare alternator. He met me at the hotel, drove me to his house, picked up the alternator, came back to the hotel, changed out the alternator in the parking lot of the hotel, told me where to take mine to get it repaired, and gave me his address to send the replacement back to him when I was done with it.
What was the best tool I took with me?? Contact with the Porsche community. Whether Pelican or Rennlist, bring a laptop that you can use to get in touch with this website. The referrals you'll get and contacts you've made on this forum will be more valuable than any parts you could take with you in a duffle bag.
Good luck on your trip.
larry
My best tool was the computer at the local hotel. We spent the night, and I had logged into the Pelican website (sorry guys, I wasn't into Rennlist at that point.) By morning, I had recommendations on two repair shops in close proximity, plus another guy who raced his Porsche with his dad. The guy had a spare alternator. He met me at the hotel, drove me to his house, picked up the alternator, came back to the hotel, changed out the alternator in the parking lot of the hotel, told me where to take mine to get it repaired, and gave me his address to send the replacement back to him when I was done with it.
What was the best tool I took with me?? Contact with the Porsche community. Whether Pelican or Rennlist, bring a laptop that you can use to get in touch with this website. The referrals you'll get and contacts you've made on this forum will be more valuable than any parts you could take with you in a duffle bag.
Good luck on your trip.
larry
09-17-2010, 09:20 AM
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When I picked up Kermit - my viper green 73 Targa, ready to start a 1300 mile trip, I packed up a whole bunch of stuff, including a voltage regulator, throttle cable, tools of all sorts, etc. Then just outside of Baltimore, I lost my alternator. Couldn't have anticipated that, nor would I have thought of bringing a spare alternator.
My best tool was the computer at the local hotel. We spent the night, and I had logged into the Pelican website (sorry guys, I wasn't into Rennlist at that point.) By morning, I had recommendations on two repair shops in close proximity, plus another guy who raced his Porsche with his dad. The guy had a spare alternator. He met me at the hotel, drove me to his house, picked up the alternator, came back to the hotel, changed out the alternator in the parking lot of the hotel, told me where to take mine to get it repaired, and gave me his address to send the replacement back to him when I was done with it.
What was the best tool I took with me?? Contact with the Porsche community. Whether Pelican or Rennlist, bring a laptop that you can use to get in touch with this website. The referrals you'll get and contacts you've made on this forum will be more valuable than any parts you could take with you in a duffle bag.
Good luck on your trip.
larry
My best tool was the computer at the local hotel. We spent the night, and I had logged into the Pelican website (sorry guys, I wasn't into Rennlist at that point.) By morning, I had recommendations on two repair shops in close proximity, plus another guy who raced his Porsche with his dad. The guy had a spare alternator. He met me at the hotel, drove me to his house, picked up the alternator, came back to the hotel, changed out the alternator in the parking lot of the hotel, told me where to take mine to get it repaired, and gave me his address to send the replacement back to him when I was done with it.
What was the best tool I took with me?? Contact with the Porsche community. Whether Pelican or Rennlist, bring a laptop that you can use to get in touch with this website. The referrals you'll get and contacts you've made on this forum will be more valuable than any parts you could take with you in a duffle bag.
Good luck on your trip.
larry
09-17-2010, 10:41 AM
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<ED lives in Seattle..... when you coming home with her... I'll buy ya a beer !
OH... take some tape with so when you try and sleep at night you can tape your cheeks down and give em a rest from all the smiling
OH... take some tape with so when you try and sleep at night you can tape your cheeks down and give em a rest from all the smiling
09-17-2010, 10:43 AM
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nice input! I'll have my 7-year old as co pilot, and an Ipad 3G if he doesn't murder the batteries.
RUF is doing the IMS/RMS before i leave Dallas, coolant reservoir was done, and i think there is a new alternator/battery as well....
I think i should setup a facebook of blog, i'm sure we could upload pics as we go...
As for that beer, i'm gonna have to take a rain check! Were going to be in Seattle for no more thatn three hrs! Dropping the car at the port then - TO the airport
RUF is doing the IMS/RMS before i leave Dallas, coolant reservoir was done, and i think there is a new alternator/battery as well....
I think i should setup a facebook of blog, i'm sure we could upload pics as we go...
As for that beer, i'm gonna have to take a rain check! Were going to be in Seattle for no more thatn three hrs! Dropping the car at the port then - TO the airport
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Will this be your longest trip in your Porsche?
Second trip to the West Coast this year. I use my Porsche for touring and sometimes for lunch on Friday, I do not race on the weekends. Just a fun car on the road, little road noise, with new tires, slight wind noise, engine noise low. You can pass anything on the road, mostly, 25MPG and it is fun to drive. The fastest I have had the car going was 143, my brother, more daring than I, had it up to 153 on the Astoria Bridge, (Oregon) at 2 in the morning.
Second trip to the West Coast this year. I use my Porsche for touring and sometimes for lunch on Friday, I do not race on the weekends. Just a fun car on the road, little road noise, with new tires, slight wind noise, engine noise low. You can pass anything on the road, mostly, 25MPG and it is fun to drive. The fastest I have had the car going was 143, my brother, more daring than I, had it up to 153 on the Astoria Bridge, (Oregon) at 2 in the morning.