Been lurking for a while, joined a month or so ago... so figured it was time to introduce myself and say thanks for all the long time contributors. A lot of good info here!

Will be adding AeroKit II side skirts, '03 GT2 front spoiler and TechArt Type III rear wing (supposed to arrive next week and then get painted) next week. Lucked out on a great deal on the rear wing so am doubly excited to get it on!

Past sports car was a 1990 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo, hated to sell it but after doing a bunch of suspension mods to it (final straw was replacing all the rubber and silicone filled rubber bushings). Drove like on rails but the ride from the passenger seat was punishing and thus the wife would not go on even short rides in it. Sad, only had 42k miles on it. Pic of it inserted below...

All is good though, always wanted a Porsche and a cab is even better!

 

Welcome to 6speed, nice cab and really nice Z. I always wanted one of those turbo 300ZXs!

 

Love the color! Welcome!!!

 

wouldn't give you trouble, but i saw the texas Tech flag, and we beat them last week

Nice car. I would love to see pics with the wing, i am thinking of the same thing.

 

Thanks.. Yeah, I miss the Z. Damned powerful. Got to say that one let down for me with the Porsche is the interior design and materials. Considering the Z was 17 years old the interior dash/console design and the materials used was quite impressive.

Having to get used to parts costs now.. Yikes! A little higher than the Z that is for sure.. One thing I miss as well is there are not that many things that can be done (at least not at a reasonable cost) to the non turbo cars (same with the non turbo Z's too) to increase performance. Nice thing about turbo cars, dump in some 100 octane race gas, increase the boost levels and off you go!

All in all though I am extremely happy with the 996. Got it at a great price at a Porsche factory auction and only 40k miles on it.

 

Ha, ha, ha.. We gave you a fight though...

Will post pics after the wing and skirts are installed, hopefully by Friday or Saturday

 

911 and an LR3 - good company.

 

Congrats on the pcar and welcome to the 6.

 

love the color, congrats.

 

Nice! Where do you find out about the auctions??

 

To go to the auctions you have to be a dealer. While buying my wifes A4 I was talking to the general manager, they had a 996 cab for sale. It was nice but not a color I would like. We chatted a bit and he asked if I would like to go to the Porsche auction with him in a couple weeks. The rest is history! Got it for a great price since I paid what a dealer would..

 

Congrat's and welcome to the 6 ... going to be interesting to see the transformation after you install the body pieces

 

Cannot wait to see the changes. Congrats and welcome.

 

Congrats..love the color, seal gray was my first choice but didn't happen.