Mystery Porsche part of the day thread, new stuff 11/17

[Porsche Monkey]

Ask him how often his grandson borrows the car. 

His son has his own. Don't know of any grandchildren though. The guy is on a tight budget, but now he also needs a $1000 flywheel to go with the $2000 clutch job. 

[herm]

ah yes.........porsche and tight budget

those words go well together

[TAftonomos]

Watercooled porsches..  no thanks!  Must keep the techs busy though  

[erkishhorde]

His son has his own. Don't know of any grandchildren though. The guy is on a tight budget, but now he also needs a $1000 flywheel to go with the $2000 clutch job. 

That sucks. I figure the old duffer doesn't have much income anymore now that he's retired? What model Porche is it?

[Porsche Monkey]

Watercooled porsches..  no thanks!  Must keep the techs busy though  

Actually the water cooled ones are much cheaper to own than the air cooled ones.

That sucks. I figure the old duffer doesn't have much income anymore now that he's retired? What model Porche is it?

Its a plain Jane 02 Boxster. 

[TAftonomos]

Perhaps....but can you take a box stock 99 whatever and boost it like the old 935 mag cases with stock pistons?     Give me a 3.2 in an turbo look tub with a g50/50 any day over any of the newer stuff.

[Porsche Monkey]

Perhaps....but can you take a box stock 99 whatever and boost it like the old 935 mag cases with stock pistons?     Give me a 3.2 in an turbo look tub with a g50/50 any day over any of the newer stuff.

You have no arguement with me on that. The old turbo cars have a special place with me. The new turbos are wicked fast that would be very hard to match with the 935 motor but they lack the soul. I don't think I need to explain soul on a Ducati board.   

[DoubleEagle]

Did that come out of a Boxster or Cayman ?

Looks to cheap to be from a newer 997.

I suppose it could have come out of an older 911 or maybe a 944, 969 or maybe a 928 .

Maybe an old 356 or 912 ?           Dolph   

[Porsche Monkey]

Did that come out of a Boxster or Cayman ?

Looks to cheap to be from a newer 997.

I suppose it could have come out of an older 911 or maybe a 944, 969 or maybe a 928 .

Maybe an old 356 or 912 ?           Dolph   

Its out of a lowly 2002 Boxster, not the S one either.  The ones out of the 997s look the same, just a bit bigger.  Don't really have that many clutch issues other than them wearing out.  See more issues with people buying a Porsche to learn how to drive a manual trans.  I've replaced clutches in as little as 70 miles because of poor driving habits.  Most will do 50 to 70k if driven correctly.  By correctly I don't mean being a puss either.  You can drive em hard, just don't abuse the clutch.  I've never seen any Porsche clutch shear the disk right off the hub. 

[ducpainter]

There are folks that can break an anvil.

[the_Journeyman]

That's some serious damage.

JM

[ZLTFUL]

A bit off topic but I was up in NW Illinois/SW Wisconsin this past weekend and saw a bright red 928 that sai SV84CAM on the plate running with a group of newer stuff...they were all flying but that 928 sounded like pure sex. They were getting a good chuckle out of the guy in the Scion tC trying to keep up just for the sound. *drool*

[Porsche Monkey]

A bit off topic but I was up in NW Illinois/SW Wisconsin this past weekend and saw a bright red 928 that sai SV84CAM on the plate running with a group of newer stuff...they were all flying but that 928 sounded like pure sex. They were getting a good chuckle out of the guy in the Scion tC trying to keep up just for the sound. *drool*

928s are great cars when they are not broken. They bring the suck when they do break. It sucks for the owners and the tech fixing the car. My dealership will very rarely bring one in. We may accept one every two years but this is entirely dependent on the condition of the car. I did some AC work of one a few months back. This car was an 89 with 15K on the clock. The AC system is vacuum operated and this car was one big vacuum leak. Fixed all the leaks and the AC started working again. I quoted the  customer 10 hours at $125 an hour to start before I turned a wrench on the car with the possibility of more time needed and of course any parts that may be required. There were several vacuum solenoids that were bad. These were all under the dash and were next to impossible to gain access to. His final bill was just over 2 grand. This was just for the AC and I gave the guy quite a break. He also needed timing belts cause they were original and there were oil leaks out of everything. I had a guy offer me a 928 for free. Everything was there and it could have been a nice project for someone but to make it road worthy would have costed me far more in parts than the car was worth. They always have been and always will be a very expensive car to own.
Jon

[Porsche Monkey]

Got another one for ya'll.  Whats this?

[Porsche Monkey]

I'll give ya a hint.  It goes with this.