jpowers

Nice ride Captain, I'll look for you on the road!

JMLavoie

You coming back to the 996 fold was kind of obvious, but as far back as a Mark I, now that was less than obvious. Enjoy the double-row!

Capt. Obvious

I do prefer the wide hips of the 4S, but the narrow body still looks great. It is screaming for a set of GT3 side skirts, though.

996Ray

Congrats!!! I actually like the color. I had an 83 in a very similar color. Did not show dirt or paint chips. I like the alumi-look trim package. I especially like the e-brake handle - wish mine had that.

Welcome back!!!

Ray

FRUNKenstein

+1^ The aluminum trim on the e-brake, shift boot and the upgraded gearshift **** with the Porsche crest really upgrade the black interior. I bought both of them for my '99 with black interior. They weren't cheap, but I think were money well spent. ECS Tuning gave me a deal on both, but I don't think they have them in their catalog. I think you need to e-mail them as they can special order them, but it was worth it as ECS was about 15% cheaper on these items than everybody else, even on sale prices.

Capt. Obvious

And the slippery slope begins...

I just scored an OEM 997 short shift kit on ebay for only $120!

onewhippedpuppy

Nice! I just bought a good used standard OEM 997 shifter for a bit more and felt pretty good about it.

NineEreven

Thats awesome. I am creating my own short shift kit that raises the **** closer to the steering wheel. I am stoked and glad you have already started messing with it. I am surprised that was your first mod.

Capt. Obvious

I really, really, dislike the factory shifter in these cars. I also made it the first mod because I stumbled onto a good deal.

Next up will be a Gundo hack on the mufflers to tide me over until I get real exhaust, followed by coil overs.

white out

CONGRATS!

DaveCarrera4

Ray, thought I saw a post about your exterior mods, don't remember the darker wheels of your avatar. Lookin good too!

2003 Carrera 4S Speed Yellow / 1955 356 Continental 1500 Rust Red

NineEreven

The coilovers was the first mod i was going to guess.

Capt. Obvious

Coilovers will be the first mod that actually costs money.

Mfletch

Darrick, thanks for posting the comparison to your old car....very interesting. I have a similar car with LSD. I wanted to do the same thing with mine....poor man's RS. I have been very happy with my mods. I can not imagine ever selling mine. I really love the unusual colored Porsches. Yours looks fantastic in that color. Great find. Have fun with the mods.

Capt. Obvious

I'm so glad Porsche borrowed their sunroof drain design from Volkswagen.



My first adventure with the new car:

The car was outside during the torrential rain we had on Saturday. When I got in the car to drive it to work yesterday I noticed the rear windows were really fogged up, especially on the passenger side. I reached back and felt under the seat cushion and sure enough it was soaking wet. Son of a...

Today I tore the back half of the interior out and stuck it in the basement to dry. I checked all of the sunroof drains and three of the four were just fine, with the one that was not fine being the passenger rear drain. However, the reason the right rear drain wasn't draining is what surprised me: it has probably NEVER worked! The drain tube was definitely a few inches too long and whoever assembled that part of the car just crammed the tubing in the C-pillar, causing it to kink!

I'm surprised this issue wasn't found and corrected a long time ago as it was obvious this wasn't the first time the car had had some water intrusion. How in the world there was no mold under the carpets is beyond me.

To fix the drain, I cut the tube just before the kink and used some 1/4" air brake line I had laying around (it fit into the existing tubing nice and tight) then extended it back to the drain hole in the wheel well, without any kinks this time.