Umm, not to be a nit picker, but 1000 mm is one meter or a little over 3'

BTW the picture with the roof rack is awesome.

 

100mm = 3.937"

 

Even when I had a big car .. I don't cart my parts. All I do is hand the keys and pick up my car. I don't even order the parts . They do it and the entire process consolidates to the tuner. I feel its best that way because if there's any snags I feel it's better for a shop who buys and sells many of these parts to resolve things than an individual owner.

After installation my stock parts are delivered to me and sometimes I just leave them with the tuner . I don't plan on parting out my cars and I don't want the clutter .

I would never put four wheels in my car. When younger I did .. I used to do all my swimming pool maintenance (my pool looked fantastic ) and all it took was one chlorine spill in my 7 series BMW, and a pet that urinated in my 300zxTurbo to cure me of do it youselfing.

 

My bad, I meant 100mm. adias corrected me in the post below yours.

 

I understand the 'problem' transporting the wheels! My office is near Doc's, so maybe I'll drop by there on the way home. I usually get done around 4 or so. I would love to see and hear your car!

 

Not possible to haul wheels and tires but the P-car storage is relatively huge. I have another car (Ford GT) which is really a civilized race car. No glove compartment, center console storage, door pockets and the front trunk, though 1-2 cu feet, gets hot enough to cook a meatball sub in a 20 minute trip.
So, as noted above, most GT owners travel long distance with FedEx as their virtual storage space.
I actually love the fact that I can carry a bunch of stuff in the Porsche. Just no large objects. Not sure how anyone can have it as their only car. In my view, there is a difference between a DD and an OD (only driver).

 

Verde -

I agree with everything you said. I love my C4S for my DD and fun car - but there's no way I'm getting rid of my Explorer. In addition, my wife has an Expedition and my son has a crew cab Super Duty to haul the Miata...

 

"No one tells you this stuff"

Seriously? You need to be told that you can't fit 20" wheels with tires mounted into your 2 door sports car? You thread title sounds as if you are saying this "problem" is somehow someones else's fault. Who exactly was supposed to inform you of this major oversight?

These cars are not SUV's.

 

Actually, this was a light-hearted rant about the act of trying to fit something into the porsche. As you may note we have other cars. There are a few people who are new to the forum coming from AMg's, M3's, S4's, etc which are bigger inside. I had an M3 and currently have an E63 AMG. The wife also has her own transportation. I am not saying that any of this is anyone's fault. My porsche is 9 months old and has 2000 miles. It is NOT my daily driver, and is only used for day off/weekend fun!!! Look at a damn Mini Cooper, it is outwardly tiny and inwardly huge. Why is it that I am not allowed to try to fit mods in my car and make a comment regarding such? Of course it is not an SUV, but again, it would be nice if it could fit anything!!!! I did not expect it to fit all the wheels but more than one isn't an unreasonable expectiation.

I was merely stating for those that are unaware, that things you might think will fit in the porsche, won't.

 

Had a little 'snafu' today. Mounted the rims and tires and have a slight vibration 55-60mph. None below and none above that. Have to get back to the shop and have them rebalanced. I guess I could ask Doc's to do that since they have to take them off and then do an alignment afterwards anyway. Not sure I want to drive that far with even a slight vibration in the wheel.... We'll see........ Will post pics of the new rims tomorrow after the car is cleaned up a little.....

 

The point is that you point out the obvious and keep insisting that a streamlined sports car must be a hauler. Even your AMG has difficulty to carry 4 large mounted wheels without severely cramping its style and perhaps leaving a few scuffs in its polished interior. Just funny.

 

This way I just show up and 10 min.'s later I am out the door with the other set on.

 

AMG handled the wheels fine. No scuffs as they're covered in plastic. No harm, no foul. What's funny is that you are a fan of a roof rack to transport things but believe that this car should not haul anything. I can understand that changing the interior dimensions would cause probs and change the dynamics of the car.

AGAIN, I do not believe that the car needs to be changed in any way, utility varies based on definition. Letting people know that the rear seats/rear-seat area is basically a joke doesn't mean that I am saying they [porsche] should fix that.

There is a difference between letting people know something and saying that it should be fixed!!!! I am aiming at the former..... Many people read these forums prior to obtaining a 911. (I was also one of those). Some use them as a daily driver or only car. Most do not know how much they can actually place in the back. This was meant as a 'think more about this vehicle as a 2nd or 3rd car' vs an only car.

I guess some of us just aren't as intelligent as you guys who can look into the back of a 911 and know automatically what size items will fit since unlike 2 seaters, THERE IS ACTUALLY A BACK SEAT. Forgive me....

 

And I hope it stays that way....that's what the crappe-yenne and pansy-mera are for

 

BTW, I will be there on Thursday at noon to drop off my car for an oil change!