Any Rennlisters from New Zealand?
05-20-2016, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Pel
John, a black interior would make it very desirable to someone looking for their first classic Porsche. Silver/Black, cup 1s with clean lines will appeal to a broad range of buyers. Either way, considering how mint you keep your cars, I doubt your new addition will see trademe again should you decide to sell.
I already have the T shirt for too many cars and it's only a matter of time until its fixed up and starting to annoy me with garage space blocked out.
Anyway first viewing and drive this morning. Can't wait.
05-20-2016, 06:01 PM
Burning Brakes
Linen is quite a luxurious looking leather colour (esp raff) but can be hard to live with. I thought it looked really good in Mr Black (except it was getting a bit tatty) largely because of the contrast with the black exterior (of course black on black looks great too). With a silver exterior it might look better going black to get the contrast (or Matador Red!!) but the linen with black piping looks pretty smart too.
05-20-2016, 08:02 PM
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The spend has started. $245 for a new battery. Then an urgent run to the petrol station. It took 69 litres so evidently not much was left in the tank.
I spent a bit of time looking at the obvious points with Dave. I think he nailed it. Optics blinded us to its merits. Aside from the immediate annoyance of the immobiliser its a great drive as is.
It came with service slips from Motorscience. The $8,000 job was a full service, abs repair etc. No evidence of a top end but then no smoking either. Gearshift is good and the interior colour is not offensive at all.
I'm not going to overdo this, as it doesn't need it. I'll give it a wash this afternoon and change the seats out for the OEM ones from Herman.
I'll also put a call out for an original steering wheel. No pressure Doug....I know you have one
I spent a bit of time looking at the obvious points with Dave. I think he nailed it. Optics blinded us to its merits. Aside from the immediate annoyance of the immobiliser its a great drive as is.
It came with service slips from Motorscience. The $8,000 job was a full service, abs repair etc. No evidence of a top end but then no smoking either. Gearshift is good and the interior colour is not offensive at all.
I'm not going to overdo this, as it doesn't need it. I'll give it a wash this afternoon and change the seats out for the OEM ones from Herman.
I'll also put a call out for an original steering wheel. No pressure Doug....I know you have one
05-20-2016, 08:46 PM
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Maintenance history annoyingly up to date.
140,000km Cat Bypass, Cup Pipe, performance chip, lowering springs ($4,200)
183,438km New Clutch, RMS, Gearbox Input/Output Seals, Power Steering Belt ($4,300)
192,000km 20k service
227,000km ABS Fault ($2,600)
227,000 A-arm bushes and alignment by Peter ($800)
227,000km 20k service ($4,500)
235,000km Indicator switch ($700)
140,000km Cat Bypass, Cup Pipe, performance chip, lowering springs ($4,200)
183,438km New Clutch, RMS, Gearbox Input/Output Seals, Power Steering Belt ($4,300)
192,000km 20k service
227,000km ABS Fault ($2,600)
227,000 A-arm bushes and alignment by Peter ($800)
227,000km 20k service ($4,500)
235,000km Indicator switch ($700)
05-20-2016, 08:50 PM
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No way. If Nigel had kept his cool on his Trademe auction then this car would have auctioned out of my reach in price. Albeit I can see why Jeremy sold, it's not a turn key stunner. I have different interests and it's perfect albeit I was really looking forward to dropping the engine and box. Given the history there's little point in that.
Last edited by John McM; 05-20-2016 at 09:49 PM.
05-20-2016, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Macca
Looks like you got your winter weekends back. Whats next?
05-20-2016, 10:07 PM
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IMO you would be better stress testing it with a few laps of HD at the next track day. Not so far to trailer it if it packs a sad. Herman is the keeper so make the memories with it...
05-20-2016, 10:16 PM
Drifting
05-21-2016, 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Maxem
I'm not bringing a tow rope
Seat swapped as is right rear indicator. Water in the front and rear mats on the driver side. This will take some detective work.
05-21-2016, 04:55 AM
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The spend has started. $245 for a new battery. Then an urgent run to the petrol station. It took 69 litres so evidently not much was left in the tank. I spent a bit of time looking at the obvious points with Dave. I think he nailed it. Optics blinded us to its merits. Aside from the immediate annoyance of the immobiliser its a great drive as is. It came with service slips from Motorscience. The $8,000 job was a full service, abs repair etc. No evidence of a top end but then no smoking either. Gearshift is good and the interior colour is not offensive at all. I'm not going to overdo this, as it doesn't need it. I'll give it a wash this afternoon and change the seats out for the OEM ones from Herman. I'll also put a call out for an original steering wheel. No pressure Doug....I know you have one
Shorter shake downs would be smarter. I'm with Dave. Besides we want Herman along for the trip and so do you so you can mark an X for the 4 points of the compass.