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Message: Guenter, I'll see your old clunker and raise you a year
Changed By: Roger987
Change Date: September 07, 2012 08:11PM
Guenter, I'll see your old clunker and raise you a year
Change Date: September 07, 2012 08:11PM
Guenter, I'll see your old clunker and raise you a year
2005 987, though the engine is newer, as is the paint. (Interestingly, the thermostat in my factory replacement engine was made in Oct 2007. Clearly, the replacement engines have components made more recently than the build date of the original engine.)
Recently, I finally got to see, and sit in, a 981 recently. Recently, I finally got to see, and sit in, a 981. I was struck not by the differences between it and the 987, but by the similarities. Sure, Porsche aficionados know the differences, but overall, it's much more similar than not.
Incidentally, I'm not sure I'm 100% on side with the squaring off of the fenders. It strikes me that messing with the round fender is messing with something very, very special.
[IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/1io1hc.jpg[/IMG]
Recently, I finally got to see, and sit in, a 981 recently. Recently, I finally got to see, and sit in, a 981. I was struck not by the differences between it and the 987, but by the similarities. Sure, Porsche aficionados know the differences, but overall, it's much more similar than not.
Incidentally, I'm not sure I'm 100% on side with the squaring off of the fenders. It strikes me that messing with the round fender is messing with something very, very special.
[IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/1io1hc.jpg[/IMG]
Changed By: Roger987
Change Date: September 07, 2012 08:11PM
Guenter, I'll see your old clunker and raise you a year
Change Date: September 07, 2012 08:11PM
Guenter, I'll see your old clunker and raise you a year
2005 987, though the engine is newer, as is the paint. (Interestingly, the thermostat in my factory replacement engine was made in Oct 2007. Clearly, the replacement engines have components made more recently than the build date of the original engine.)
rRecently, I finally got to see, and sit in, a 981 recently. I was struck not by the differences between it and the 987, but by the similarities. Sure, Porsche aficionados know the differences, but overall, it's much more similar than not.
Incidentally, I'm not sure I'm 100% on side with the squaring off of the fenders. It strikes me that messing with the round fender is messing with something very, very special.
[IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/1io1hc.jpg[/IMG]
rRecently, I finally got to see, and sit in, a 981 recently. I was struck not by the differences between it and the 987, but by the similarities. Sure, Porsche aficionados know the differences, but overall, it's much more similar than not.
Incidentally, I'm not sure I'm 100% on side with the squaring off of the fenders. It strikes me that messing with the round fender is messing with something very, very special.
[IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/1io1hc.jpg[/IMG]
Original Message
Author: Roger987Date: September 07, 2012 08:10PM
Guenter, I'll see your old clunker and raise you a year
2005 987, though the engine is newer, as is the paint. (Interestingly, the thermostat in my factory replacement engine was made in Oct 2007. Clearly, the replacement engines have components made more recently than the build date of the original engine.)
recently, I finally got to see, and sit in, a 981 recently. I was struck not by the differences between it and the 987, but by the similarities. Sure, Porsche aficionados know the differences, but overall, it's much more similar than not.
Incidentally, I'm not sure I'm 100% on side with the squaring off of the fenders. It strikes me that messing with the round fender is messing with something very, very special.
[IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/1io1hc.jpg[/IMG]
recently, I finally got to see, and sit in, a 981 recently. I was struck not by the differences between it and the 987, but by the similarities. Sure, Porsche aficionados know the differences, but overall, it's much more similar than not.
Incidentally, I'm not sure I'm 100% on side with the squaring off of the fenders. It strikes me that messing with the round fender is messing with something very, very special.
[IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/1io1hc.jpg[/IMG]