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Strange , why have intakes and rads on an Electric car? I guess this all makes sense but +you can see were this is going, Self parking ,radar braking, tired driver alerts! Lady's and Gentlemen the driver will soon be obsolete. Get in your window less car, turn on the gps radar guided autopilot and off you go. You watch you tube while your car drives you home, I guess there's an upside I could hby Alcantera - Main Forum
A few years back my wife and her painting group went to Ireland to paint, I had warned my wife about the homes and cars over there. I told the girls to pack only a small bag. Sometimes the school of hard knocks provides the best lessons . The girls got picked up by the local limo company who use a stretched grand Marquis . The driver carefully filled the trunk and the put one bag in the cabin, Iby Alcantera - Main Forum
The coolant in your car is supposed to last for the life of the car, however the coolant tank will split or the water pump may go, then you are going to need to replace it. The Porsche fluid is expensive and has additives that neutralize the minerals in European water. my thought is how much do you want to spend? are you miles from a dealership. prestone is guaranteed for all makes , I am sure thby Alcantera - Main Forum
Great idea Pedro! Here is a little uplifting news: I took my wife Lynne out for supper Saturday night. Being a gentleman, I dropped her off at the restaurant main door. and a group of kids gave me the thumbs up and pointed at the Boxster. The same day I was sitting at the mall in the parking lot and a couple got out of the car beside me. I guess they didn't see me in the car checking my emailby Alcantera - Main Forum
dint dis pare G I could jump in with both feet and help you shovelby Alcantera - Main Forum
AAA or CAA is less than $1000 and has got me home 3 times.by Alcantera - Main Forum
Over on planet nine there is a guy building a cayman race car, he is selling the stock parts. since your car shares the same system with a cayman you may be able to get a stock muffler Part #98711312403 from him.by Alcantera - Main Forum
That piece is a support, the sensor is at the end of push rod above it that sensor 99663112100 is an angle sensorby Alcantera - Main Forum
You want to remove those outside rear view mirrors on your 986/996, you have removed the two screws and the mirror seems somewhat loose ! you think it must still be holding with one of those push in clips !. I will just get my trusty interior panel removal tool and gently pry it off. SNAP there goes another mirror , a victim of the third screw !!! the one hidden beneath the little piece of silvby Alcantera - Main Forum
Sun was shinning, you could see 30 yards on the side roads, missed the plough . I think next week we will pull out the deck chairs and the table and assemble some webers! I wonder what my friends Gary and Pedro are doing ? maybe they would drop by and help with the carbs ! the beers coldby Alcantera - Main Forum
I have done much the same to the older style exhaust . I would not pay Porsche to do this work , get any muffler shop to remove the system then take a zip cut on an angle grinder and cut open the muffler and remove the flaps. Take it to a welding shop and get them to tig it back together; if you were close I could get that done by my buddy ( tigmond Floyd ) . Take it back to the muffler shop andby Alcantera - Main Forum
Scott its egamarevad@gmail.comby Alcantera - Main Forum
We are planning to go to the Porsche swap meet April 23rd in Hershey Pennsylvania anyone else going? What about it burg its only a few hills awayby Alcantera - Main Forum
I'm sure you meant to say 200 mile an hour tape , duct tape sounds so low tech!by Alcantera - Main Forum
Its funny my buddy who sells used Porsche parts never gets a call for cup holders but today he got a call for a ....... no never mind you wouldn't believe me anyway....... tell you what, I will let you call my bluff , you agree to sell me your running 3.2 and for an agreed reasonable difference We will send you a 3.6 from a 2003 . We sell your 3.2 you get 75 more horse power and a poor guyby Alcantera - Main Forum
Mike a buddy once coined the phrase "no good deed goes unpunished" And Violet enjoyed the i/2 cup of hot chocolate. I told my wife's friend about the dont ever turn left insight, and she told me I am F..in nuts!!! how can you not go somewhere without turning left.!! I found this kind of ironic as she lives in downtown Toronto, and its almost impossible to turn left anywhere during rush hour. Soby Alcantera - Main Forum
I was driving to my buddies place this morning , my wife had made a hot chocolate for my friends 96 year old mother. I placed the cup in the cup holder and drove off to Randy's house. Well you guys know what happened when I turned left on his road . Then a thought came to me .... I wonder if the guy who designed the cup holder also designed the...........by Alcantera - Main Forum
I believe in doing the cheap things first, if this is an early car it has a fuel filter. If the air filter was that bad then the fuel filter is due . It may be not cure the problem but it does sound like a fuel delivery problem . You would think you would be getting a fault code.by Alcantera - Main Forum
My buddy took his Audi in to the stealer-ship complaining about an unresponsive door remote.They checked the key and the code had been wiped from the key. The tech told him don't put your cell phone in the same pocket as your key as they are starting to see this more often. This could be BS but you must admit its good BS .by Alcantera - Main Forum
Roger check the specs on say a skidoo 800 vs a Yamaha 4 stoke and you may be surprised , or a evinrude outboard vs a 4 stroke merc. I don't think 200k would be possible but my thought was a track car. Have a look at this videoby Alcantera - Main Forum
I was driving beside the snowmobile trail the other day and A sled blew past me as I was driving down the road. I started to think about a Boxster with a couple off direct injected two cycle engines powering it ,Those motors make 180 hp each and weigh about 75lbs . . two cycle GP bikes used to go like stink. they are fuel efficient ,don't pollute to much , So what am i missing? I even tried youby Alcantera - Main Forum
you could remover uthe adjustment bolt out of the other end "after you mark the position". then remove the carrier and take it out to a machine shop and preess out the jointby Alcantera - Main Forum
opps I let Lynne see that picture over my shoulder...... just heard a ding, must mean another entry on the bucket list !by Alcantera - Main Forum
One would wonder, how much lube would be in that bearing come spring? "Cap'n Kirk, if we run this bearing at warp speed with nay a spot o' grease, we will all be blown ta hell!!" "Make it so Scotty; make it so ......"by Alcantera - Main Forum
Surely they could pull some old phantoms out off mothballs and use napalm and get all those inconsiderate speeders.by Alcantera - Main Forum
I have been winter driving my car for a few weeks now and I am really having fun with it. I can turn off the PSM and do doughnuts like Kenny block, tail out power slides its just a blast to drive. We have had two beautiful consecutive Sundays; and Lynne and I have gone for 5 &6 hour drives. The 3.2 just loves that cold air! If anyone is thinking of using their car as a daily driver I sby Alcantera - Main Forum
Pedro if I get down to Florida this spring, I will teach you the 48 petite racing advantage ! forget heel toe downshifting it just sounds good but really does nothing. What you need to learn is the seat slider shift . Here's how it works, you need traction coming off the corner ? grab the seat adjuster and move your petite frame back 8 inches , a little understeer ? move the seat ahead. Throwby Alcantera - Main Forum
For my 50th Birthday my wife sent me to the bridge stone driver training course at mosport. I spent the day in a formula ford lapping the development track. Since I'm a 235lb 48 petite it was fun getting into the car. My assigned mechanic removed the seat and I sat on the floor pan. Great fun till the last twenty minute session then the combination of heat ,g force and vibration made my stomach tby Alcantera - Main Forum
Keep us posted ,It will be interesting to see how much comes out and how fast. Did you ask Charles if more northern cars have ims problems than southern cars?by Alcantera - Main Forum