I think I just bought a LHD, undocumented, stone chipped, non original seat, old, 930 from a man who last had his hair cut in 79.

Magnus put one of his 930's up forsale yesterday (I am sure some of you are aware). Just had a good chat to the bearded gent and subject to PPI we just did a deal! Deposit transferred today. Still shaking a bit....

Holding onto the Silver one for now...

Fuck - did this really just happen???

Sorry - as you were (back to 'whats for sale in Australia')

I need a club that offers immediate Club Registration - I'm happy to get a RWC if the club doesn't offer a Safety Inspection.

I'm more interested in the cars than the badge and the prestige etc. Would love it if I could go somewhere with no Cayennes or other automatic water-cooled stuff but that might be pushing my luck. I like DIY stuff and want to talk to people who actually get their hands dirty.

I know the Porsche Club of Victoria host good events etc with a lot of motorsport. That's a plus. The membership cost is higher than any other car club that I've heard of before but if the club is great then that's okay.

I know there's the TYP 901 Register, don't know many details (club doesn't have a contact number I've found?), apparently they are a good group, do they welcome Impact Bumper owners in the club? I have no intention of buying a longhood car in the near future.

Are there any others that I should know about?

Thanks

I am interested how peoples love of Porsches began? Was it from childhood, a poster on a wall? Family had Porsches growing up? Driving a friends and realising how great they drive? Motorsport heritage? Bucket list to own a Porsche?

There are lots of ways to get hooked on Porsches!! Interested to hear how the love of Porsches began amongst fellow forum members.

I'll start by saying I took mine on the SMT and had the most fun I have ever had with my car

I also fitted a PORSCHEFORUM.COM.AU sticker thanks to Kerry's generosity

My wife and I have five days to head over from Canberra and explore the roads in the Snowy mountains in the Cayman.  Would love to hear some suggestions and experiences from other members.

Or at least point me in the right direction if I've missed a Thread or Post somewhere on the same kind of topic.

Thanks in advance

- for my youngest (under 4), Safe-n-Sound Compaq AHR:  http://www.babyvillage.com.au/car_safety/convertible_restraints_0_4_yrs/safe_n_sound_compaq_ahr_convertible_car_seat

- for my oldest (over 4), Safe-n-Sound Tourer Booster:  http://www.babyvillage.com.au/car_safety/booster_seats_4_7_years/safe_n_sound_tourer_booster_seat  (the Infa Secure Versatile Folding Booster also fit, but didn't seem as safe to me, although they are good value and I saw Target is selling them for about $50:  http://www.babyvillage.com.au/car_safety/booster_seats_4_7_years/infa_secure_versatile_folding_booster.  I also tried the Safe-n-Sound Hi-Liner but it was too tall)

Both fit fine, although the oldest's one touches the roof above the rear window.

Yes I know I've missed plenty of shades of colours blah blah, and some metallics blah blah but I wanted it to be quick and easy.

Please choose your best 4 colours IN ORDER (best to 4th best) ------ And choose your least liked 4 colours  IN ORDER (worst to 4th worst) .

DON'T BOTHER WITH THE MIDDLE FOUR COLOURS AND DON'T NAME THE COLOURS USE NUMBERS ONLY.

Read the colours L to R top row as 1, 2, 3 ........ L to R 2nd row as 4, 5, 6 ....... L to R third row as 7, 8, 9 ...... L to R bottom row as 10, 11, 12.

For example mine reads as: BEST 2, 7, 12, 8. LEAST LIKED 5, 11, 3, 6

I'll tally it all up in a while and name colour results.      LETS HAVE FUN KIDS! (and Mr Pork Chops you can go stand in the corner!)

i can’t get to view the car for a few days due to work but don’t want to miss out (and also want to do a PPI of course)

Do I offer to make a deposit sight unseen (have had photos) to secure or is that too risky, how difficult is it to get the money back if it has a poor PPI ?

thanks guys

( any advice for a PPI near Wollongong)

moreso for the vic guys, in the past 4 months I finally had the opportunity and enacted a plan to make my hobby, skillset and passion my job, and am now running Magic Hand Car wash in Glen Iris.

We have been doing a lot of development of the team and training and are continuing upgrades throughout the site, and are now at the point where I feel comfortable in providing an offer to PFA members.

we already do have a few P Car regulars coming in but would like to extend an offer to other members.

If you come in to our site at 1557 High st Glen Iris and get a inside out, superior service or above and use code word “PFA” you will receive a 10% discount.

For the members that know me and my passion and attention to detail, my love for p cars sets my standard.

 Thanks all, hopefully see you soon!

#note to Kerry or Hugh if this is not the right way to do this or not acceptable just let me know. Thanks Jonathan 

Ive got option on either. Have had a dansk before interested to know can I live with a SCART - too feral?

here's the puppy

These things are essentially "Brand" centres with tracks where you can road/track test cars (at a cost). They also have a retail store with Porsche branded Merch (like you see in dealers, just larger), a cafe, restaurant, simulators and a handful of cars from the Museum. The LA venue is also home to the Porsche Motorsports team in Nth America. The experience centres are owned and run by Porsche.

The LA venue is around 50 acres and has a high speed loop track, ice hill, ice corner, ice road and high speed cornering track. They also have a dedicated off-road track with hills, water obstacles etc. for Cayenes and Macans. The ice simulators are driven by hi-tech water sprayers (is LA, so its recycled water...they make sure you know).

I paid around $700 USD to take the mid v rear chasis package. I got to drive a 718 Cayman S and a 991.2 Carrera S for around 2 hours. The cars in my package were PDK but they do have manual cars also, they just werent available for the mid v rear package. The driving instructor I got was a life long race car driver who owned a chasis shop in LA and built low volume race cars - he was hired as a result of his knowledge around chasis and did an excellent job taking me through the dynamics of each car/motor setup. His goal was to teach me how to drive both cars to the edge and then recognise when each was about to go beyond the edge - he was very keen to make sure I knew what that feeling was and for that alone, it was worth the money for me. It was 2 hours of really good driver training. You can choose to drive any current model Porsche incl. the Hybrids.

I had each car for an hour - took them through all of the obstacles/tracks, did launch control starts and full brake application at speed.....that was something, hammering the brakes on at 170km/h. The fastest I could get the car on the straight with launch control was around 115mph, I have to say they were both special cars. The 718 really impressed me, it sounded stupid but went like a rocket. The Carrera S was my pick of the two, it felt nowhere near as big as it really is and the handling was amazing for what it is. I could get the Carrera to pull around 1.2Gs in the cornering track.

I also booked a simulator - very cool and one of the better simulators I have driven. 

I thought it was worth the money, for the instruction alone. Porsche makes an effort to hand pick drivers, these aren't just go fast jockeys. The instructor quickly gets a feel for your skills first and then determines how hard he pushes you. The track for where it is has been well thought out and the cars aren't babied - they encourage you to hammer them. That said, its very safety focused and after 12000 sessions they have had one "event" - mirror smashed of a Cayman.

The other thing I came away with - its really hard to go past PDK. With instruction and the use of Sports Plus mode the way you can push the cars with the PDK is just amazing. My instructor was a life long manual driver (stick...) and even he said it was hard to go past the PDK for pure speed and drivability. 

If you happen to be in LA, go check it out. Its not a destination in itself, but my advice is if you are in town you certainly should check it out and take one of the driver packages.

White 1990 (964) man C2 Coupe

VIN: WP0zzz96ZLS402763

Build date: 1/11/89

Delivery Date: 26/5/90 via Hamiltons Melbourne

Scott

Thought i would share- anyone been on this trip? Sounds magic!

 I hadn't planned on posting this incase I jinxed meself, and until it was home.

1978 911 Hong Kong car thats been in WA for 15 or so years. Its had quite a few dollars spent on it over the past few years (new gearbox, SSI headers and some sort of exhaust, plus a few other bits n pieces), yet its exactly what I want and its silver! It's not perfect, yet is matching numbers, a few factory extras and has great mechanicals which was my main concern. 

 I wanted a car to replace the 912 that was cheap(ish) that I could drive and gradually clean it up as I go. I had thought of buying a 944 because they're cheap, and I also considered a Cayman S or 996, yet being a massive 911 and old school flat 6 fan, I know I wouldnt be happy with the newer cars in the long run. Imported cars don't bother me at all, and I wanted a RHD car eventually, and this one just ticked all of my boxes. A mate had one laying around in storage (as ya do) and a deal was struck months ago

 Its been a looooong wait, yet I hope to have it home late May/June

otherwise it's the current seat in the SUV all the time

Personally quite partial to the wagon type vehicle, after my formative years spent long distance in the brown on brown kingswould wagon.

full disclosure I'm also liking noggy blue Audi variants and am looking hopefully at a 99 S4 wagon next week 

Let's see your tasty biturbo/bent 8 fetish.

I opened my CTP renewal today and was surprised to see that it was about $560.  I normally pay around $400, so I jumped onto the NSW greenslip comparison website and got quotes starting at about $380.  I gave my insurance company a call.  They apologised and said the renewal didn't take my other policies into account.  $360.  

I'm not sure how that happens, but $200 is $200.

Last year when my comprehensive policy was due, I called around the other specialist companies for quotes.  I went back to my insurer.  They dropped the premium by about $360 and upped the agreed value by $15k.

Don't just pay the bill - Make a call or two!