Great stuff, thank you. Do you use the hard top in winter? How has the soft top held up for you? I've been thinking about getting a hard top, not for California weather, but to sneak into some track days. I was going to give my other car some exercise tonight but your put me back in my 2000 cab instead.

Best wishes.

 

NICE!

Mine almost got there. It will once again.

Any track time?

 

You, my friend, are my hero. 200K original owner. Wow.

Keep going. Maybe at 300k Porsche will buy it from you for a museum.

 

Very cool...good luck with the new biz Riad.

 

Hey Rob....I thought I saw that ratty old car , one wheel folded under, going down 17 sitting on a flatbed driven by some clown with a beard , curls and a wide brimmed black hat

 

^^very not funny to locals....:nonomo:

 

Riad,
Great to hear that you hit 200K with the only engine work being a preventive RMS change, coincidental with clutch work.
We're at about 175K, no IMS change; head gasket purportedly replaced around 150/160K being the only engine work.

Are you planning any other preventive engine work, or just going to drive until a problem arises?

There is considerable bantering on this forum about the necessity of replacing IMSB every 60K (or is it 75K) miles -- to avoid catastrophic engine failure.
Obviously, you are flying in the face of convention.
What's your thinking for the future?

Thanks.

 

He may just come from the old school thought that some of us have(not many here) where they don't fix something that isn't broke. There's a refreshing concept.

 

Hey Hacker, if you are watching can you change the title of the thread to "What happens when you actually drive your car" and make it a sticky?

More importantly, I think, is that he obviously subscribes to the "just drive the damn thing!" school of 996 maintenance

 

Awesome! I hope mine makes it that far.

 

 

How true that statement is at least for me.

 

Congrats on getting your moneys worh

 

True dat.
I think we're all hoping for a similar outcome. Kinda like wanting to hear what's the secret to living to age 110, and hearing that it's a pint of whiskey and 2 packs of cigs every day since age 16.

What about that 200K mile IMSB, huh? Who ever heard of that?
Gives one hope that the knock in the engine just might be a lifter not pumping up.

 

Good for you! How often do you replace the water pump?