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This is me with my Mum and Dad when I was 3 in 1975. I grew up with Dad loving Porsches. It has continued from there! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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This is how we spent Australia Day on the mid north coast

My Mum is responsible. She is a car nut. As a young boy she told me this story about borrowing her boss’s 911 for the weekend. I’m tipping that he didn’t know she was going to enter an ADAC (German equivalent of the RACV I think) navigation rally ... Anyway, she won it and had the gold medallion to show for it. Then, aged 15 I was out on a customer visit one Saturday with my Mum and she stopped at a servo for fuel. I wasn’t very interested in sitting in the car on my own so she bought me a car magazine. On the cover of Modern Motor was a photo of white 930 Turbo shot from above with the doors open. I remember reading the article and being enthralled. Since then it was all things motoring for me and in the late 90’s when I’d paid enough off the mortgage and worked out I could get an 85 Carrera for the same money as a reasonable 3 series, I went to Hamiltons and saw one in white. Next thing I know, I’d paid the loot over and stalled it 3 times trying to master the over centre clutch engagement. Have been a frequent flyer ever since. PS - Mum gave me her winning medal many years later when I had a big win. I’ve got a lot of tin ware but thats still my favorite.

Some more Banger footage. Proof that there were watercooled cars there, even a Boxster!

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SOLD PENDING PAYMENT FOR SALE – 1992 Volkswagen Golf Mk2 GTI – 5 Speed 8v 1.8l Manual Australian Delivered Car in Alpine White. 161,780km, registered in Victoria (expires April 9, 2018). Custom Number Plates included – GTI.910 . I am selling my 1992 VW Golf Mk2 GTI. This is one of less than 250 Mk2 Golf’s delivered to Australia. The car is completely stock as it left the factory, down to the Pioneer Radio/Cassette player fitted by the Australian Importer on delivery. I have owned the car for over 9 years. This car won the VW Club of Victoria Annual Car Show Best Mk2 Golf in 2010 under my ownership. When these cars were sold new in Australia sales struggled due to the cost as a result of strength of the German Deutschmark - they were in excess of $33,000 AUD new, exceeding the price of a new SS Commodore in the day. The car presents in very good original condition. The paint is generally good with some paint chips and small marks as to be expected with a car approaching 30 years of age. The interior is 100% original and intact, with no dashboard cracks, intact parcel shelf, no ripped trim, as new carpets and uber cool late 80’s to early 90’s patina. Everything works – lights, switches, electric mirrors, central locking, dash computer. I would suggest this is possibly the only MK2 in Australia that doesn’t have a cracked and disintegrating dashboard. The spare tyre/wheel and jack have never been used or removed from the car. They are as new/as delivered. It starts first time, has very smooth gear changes and idles as it did when it left the factory. I would suggest this is one of the last remaining unmolested MK2 GTI Golfs in Australia. These are extremely tough cars, built like Panzer tanks. The car includes two very rare MK2 Golf accessories that I purchased in Germany – an original Cassette holder for the console and a factory first aid kit – neither available in Australia. Under my ownership the following work has been undertaken: - New battery purchased February 17, 2018 - New cambelt & water pump - New coolant hoses, coolant flanges & thermostat - New Dashboard with no cracks installed - V Belts and tensioner units - New Rear Muffler, centre muffler and hangers - New Strut Inserts and bump stops, new rear shocks – all Bilstein equipment - New Front lower control arm bushes & outer tierod ends - New indicator stalk assembly - New gear Stick linkages - New Front brake discs and pads - New Tyres - New fitted car mats - New front bumper bar assembly - 4 x genuine VY wheel trim surrounds - New front grill and Hela driving lights The car has travelled a total of 2,000km since the above work was done. I have invoices for work and parts that exceed the cost of what I am asking for the car. Work Needed on the car: This is a car approaching 30 years of age. The windscreen and door rubbers are aging and could be refreshed. The rear bumper is discolouring in one area and can be refurbished. The black rear window surround (its a transfer) needs replacing. Very small rust bubbles are appearing in one are of the windscreen and above the rear passenger door in one area – very easy to repair. Only one wheel surround trim is slightly marked – all 4 were replaced by me with original VW units costing in excess of $400. The car comes with a box of spare parts including window scraper trims and other pieces. This is a very easy car to work on and represents a nice cruising classic that can be improved upon by the next owner. The car has been garaged every day that I have owned it. It is stored in an underground storage unit in the Rydges Hotel on Bell Street in Preston so I need 24-48 hours’ notice if an inspection is required. Any mechanical inspection is welcomed – at your expense. I own 4 classic cars and have decided to thin my heard. This is a very genuine car that someone needs to start enjoying. Please PM me if you have any interest or want to take a look. Thanks Dave

That car drives like a 100km car with an immaculate history .................... so I bought it :-) and absolutely love it!!

Well, happy new year all. Mine got off to a sub optimal start. Managed to roll my ankle and fracture a bone while doing it. 6 weeks without a right foot to drive a manual. (Seemed to manage an auto OK with the left foot) so perfect opportunity for more mods in the pursuit of more pace to offset diminishing talent. First order of works was to get rid of the V belt drive and add the Clewitt kit. Really nice bit of kit. Straight bolt on solution. That should spell the end of any thrown belts. Next order of works was to find some more speed. The car was decent over the bumps in Adelaide but there is always room for improvement. So pulled the legs out and sent them back to Murray Coote the master for some work as I bought them second hand and hadnt had them looked at. Completed a set down of the car and sent over some corner weights and ride height strut lengths and had a chat about what I was chasing. He ran them up on the shock dyno and ended up smoothing out the bump valving. They were valved quite progressively starting off soft and ramping up towards full bump. They are more linear now. Have stayed with same spring rates. Hopefully it wont go slower. Also managed to fit the ER strut tops I had sitting around. Also found the factory handbrake to be rubbish. There was the odd hairpin in Adelaide, that if I had a decent one, I might have given it a stab. So out with the old and in with a hydraulic unit. Should do the trick. And last but not least was to try to improve the overall handling. The front end is pretty sorted with the raised spindles correcting for the lowered ride height. At the rear though nothing had been done to sort this. The hollywood mod is 930/RS style relocated mounts and 930 turbo trailing arms. But the 930 arms are as rare as unicorn pooh and dear as poison. So the alternative was to stick with the ali arms (with monoball bearings) and do an adjustable pivot box to raise the pivot height and correct roll centres and improve squat and dive. So handed over to the fabricators and out came the grinder. They have done a top fabrication job. The moon boot came off today and the car should be back on the road later this week. First track day booked later in Feb. Hopefully its a better thing. And Clutch, re the RX7, we found time to get a quick shot we titled "Blaises Old Shit". Was a bit tough having my arse handed to me by one of my own creations.

In reagrads to run in, I am driving it as intended (and killing some bugs in the process). Pretty much holding delivery guidance. 4k for the first 500km then add 1k every 500km. That is a little more aggressive than the manual but seems reasonable and keeps you interested. I am just under 1,000km now so starting to explore the noisier range of the engine.

Phone pic so potato quality, but you get the idea.

You want investment advice, buy stocks in Nurofen... cos I'm gonna need a shit load of them after reading the last 2 pages of this thread!

*brings out the pop corn*

Drove from Brisbane to Melbourne in my new 996.1... Flew from Perth to Brisbane Friday night once i finished work arriving ~11pm, stayed in the city and was picked up by the seller at just before 7am. The frunk took all the luggage i had... surprised. Seller (Heavy Duty Motorsport) had gone over the car, topped oil, air pressure etc in prep for the trip which speed things up leaving. What followed was a lot of this.... And the radio is rubbish, the CD's left in the car left alot to be desired. Turned down low offered some background noise but may have dropped it down a gear to listen to the 6 on a few occasions... Stopped in Parks for the night... but being an engineering geek i had to stop and get a photo with the 'dish' Didnt kill many bugs actually and happily didnt add to the 1000 dead roos along the way... More of this, but sometimes with Cows... Took photos with random things of interest along the way Now tucked away in the garage with the 7, excuse the mess the garage is in. This was not a planned road trip so had to just shove things around to make it fit. Not travelling for the next few weeks so hopefully will have some time in between doing 996 work for the roadworthy. General thoughts after extending my 30min in a 911 before this. Arm rest is seriously not comfortable on your elbow, needs more padding. Aircon in the 996 is really good, cruise control wanders +/-3km vs a new BMW, wow is the car comfortable for long trips. The auto feels sluggish off the line but my god give it a boot in 3rd at 80 when your passing a truck and your heading solidly into double that when you pass the cab. Fuel econ ranged from 8.96-10.20L/100km. Filled up ~184L of fuel along the way, though it was just under 1/2 when i left and the last fill up was ~1hr out of melbourne so still have nearly a full tank. So maybe ~140L for the 1680km. Really happy with the car, only downside of the trip was i picked up a small stone chip on the windscreen. Hopefully not a too long of a post. Cheers, Taffy

After finding a photo for the "How did your love of Porsches begin" I found a few of the cars I photographed that were wandering around Saigon back in the troubled times in 1970/71. Some interesting stuff, considering most people think there were only Citroens and Renaults on the streets along with a zillion motor cycles A couple of 1500 kacklewagens, renault dauphine?, an original Datsun Bluebird, Holden with a yellow Alfa sports, some yank tanks outside the Caravelle, with a Holden Brougham in the background, Mighty Mustang Fastback, something that resembles a Ford Consul or Zephyr, Jeep or International troop carrier, Pontiac GTO ? on the back of a tow truck and a nice little Kharman Ghia. I was always amazed at how some of the cars got there.. The last photo shows two trucks of a convoy of South Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) heading out of town. There was not a rifle amongst them. UBER TROOP CARRIER

Grew up dirt poor in Sydney's west and a Porsche was a "glorified volkswagen" and drivers of 911s were "wankers" according to most of my family. The old man was obsessed with bikes before I was born, at one time he had 3 ducatis but we fell on hard times when I was little ~5yrs old (early 80s) and by the time I was 6 they were all gone. I tried very hard to be into bikes for my old man at the time, but something about cars just appealed to me a lot more. I could never understand why they didn't change the shape of the 911 as a kid, which was part of the reason I never lusted after one. It was the 80s after all and excess was in, so my wall had pictures of Testarossa, F40, and Countach - not a Porsche in sight. I dreamed of one day owning a Ferrari. So my love of Porsche is a relatively recent thing. I made a deal with myself when I turned 30 that I would buy a Ferrari by the time I was 40. My Bro-in-law was heavily into Porsche, I think it was around 2004/5 he got his 356 (the cheap old days). He had bought a 996.1 GT3 the same year we bought a 350Z, 2006. It was probably a couple of years before I drove the GT3, but that first drive was epic. I still remember it. I still owned the 350Z and I couldn't believe how wallowy, slow, and overweight the 350Z was in comparison. I drove the GT3 a few more times over the years and a couple of years after that first drive I had to look after the GT3 for 6 weeks, which included stretching its legs every week. In the first week I knew I had to get one at some point. GT3s were out of my price range though so I started looking for a 911 Carrera straight away. It took a further 2 years to track down my 997S which I've now owned for 3 years. It was my 36th Birthday the week I bought the car. 40 was approaching and my goal of buying a Ferrari was always in the back of my mind, but by this point I was so in awe of 911s that I decided it was time to get a GT3 in place of it, a 997.1 to be exact. Whilst looking for one of those, rumours started getting around that the next GT3 would come with a manual. In a moment of madness I picked up the phone, called the dealer, and put down an 'expression of interest'. That was December 2016. Kept shopping for a 997 but changed my target to the series 2, put 3 offers in on different cars, had a lot of back and forth about a particular car that I came very close to buying. Went away for a fortnight and the deal was if no-one had bought the car in the mean time, I'd fly up and take a look. The day I got back from the holiday, the dealer rang with a build slot on the new GT3. Took the weekend to think it over and decided, 'what the hell, you only live once' and committed to buying it. I took delivery last Wednesday. I turn 40 in a few months time.

Thanks clutch monkey. Let's see how this goes Got some other rims I'm working on and getting ready to polish up too Just put them on to see if they would fit, have to say they should work really well. Cheers Thanks Matt

Where did I drive my Porsche? Bathurst! big thanks to @Pork Chops and the boys for coming over and saying hi.

Okay here's my video highlights from the day. Big thanks to @KG for the drone footage and to @Fuel Luke for the lovely images. Also to @dan_189 for helping me with camera on Saturday.

I agree I see all these peeps paying big money for local /imported pre 993's with high or undocumented kms and think good for you. THIS 993 - The owner of this car Jon whom has had the car for the last 12 years is a Hamiltons trained Porsche mechanic and a fastidious one at that. He has really struggled to part with this car mentally and emotionally even though he new it was time to make a change, he has advertised and Sold it 3 times now pulling out on the previous 2 sales due to his attachment to the car. The car has been meticulously maintained with a full trackable documented service history. This car drives beautifully, like what we call a great low km car, the engine is strong and clean with only the slightest oil leak that is easily managed. There is not a cent to spend and you could easily drive it daily............ Kudos to you Jon on maintaining an immaculate 993 its an absolute credit to you I will endeavour to maintain your high standards whilst I am the custodian. @993 @993MY QKE 911 The 2 cars were designed and built for different purposes what I will say is that the 993 is absolutely silky smooth to drive, I massage my way through the gears listening to that unique 993 sound not caring about where/when I can get on the gas and extend the GT3's legs. To me the 993 is "driving tastefully".

After months of 'should I or shouldn't I', I've decided to put my 1981 SC on carsales. This car has taken me all over Australia in the last twelve months and is a hoot to drive. Happy to reply to any PMs as I'm always happy to talk Porsche. https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Porsche-911-1981/SSE-AD-5229891/?Cr=7

Bargain. Lovely car. Great price. https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/Porsche-911-1978/SSE-AD-5262642?ret=search-alert&utm_source=internal-carsales-notification-centre-search-alert&utm_medium=email

3 of the 4 p-cars from my story got together last night...

I finally made the effort to get off the plane in Los Angles and visited the Porsche Experience Centre in Los Angles last Saturday. Its one of two experience centres in the USA, the other is in Atlanta. The LA centre is located 15 minutes south of LAX, its in Carson/Torrance, adjacent to the 405 for those who know the area. Its the opposite side of the freeway where the store the Goodyear Airship. 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.

1 careful owner... Big box of parts A bit of elbow grease should fix this... It's not like the alternator and fan are important anyway... Special order banana shaped stud Looks like the bottom of an old coffee pot... Presto! Stage 1 cleaning completed... That doesn't look like loctite 574...

A true story. I was about 19 years of age driving my Alfa Romeo 105, when I pulled up behind a Porsche at a set of lights. I remember looking at this beautiful wide body and admiring the duck tail and then reading the word, Carrera. In that split second, the rear of the car squatted down and took off! I floored my Alfa and for God all might could not keep up with it. From that moment onwards, getting a Porsche 911 Carrera is a memory that stuck with me all my life. Fast forward 35 years later, here I am driving out of Canberra in my very own Porsche 911 Carrera. This is where it gets better. As I’m driving on the Hume Highway out of Canberra, I notice in the distance a “Alfa Romeo 105” I accelerate and catched up to it and drive by its side. I blow my horn and noticed that I knew the person driving the car who happened to be the father of a good friend of mine. At that moment my memory went back 35 years ago. And with a big smile on my face, I put my foot down and took off! and I watched the Alfa Romeo disappear from my rear vision mirror. I truly believe that God has a sense of humor too...Life is beautiful!

New suspension is in Feels a whole lot better than the old stuff! IMG_8033 by Cameron Arnott, on Flickr IMG_8032 by Cameron Arnott, on Flickr IMG_8031 by Cameron Arnott, on Flickr IMG_8034 by Cameron Arnott, on Flickr

Great topic... Hard to pinpoint for me. I think its a mix of things. As a kid growing up in Melbourne in the 80's, Porsches were the only exotic sports car i'd see. Once in a while I may have glimpsed a Ferrari but i never recall seeing a Lambo. I loved the design of the 911. I must confess I thought the 928 looked downright weird (love them now) but i was also a fan of the 944 which seemed so 'of its time'. I remember riding my BMX to red Rooster to buy chips and there was an independent Porsche workshop right behind it (in Ferntree Gully). I'd peer over the fence, hoping to catch a glimpse of the precious metal contained therein. My parents would sometimes drive past Brent's toyshop and I vaguely remember seeing a black 930 there. Then pop culture. I loved the black Porsches (including a slant nose) in Condor Man. Loved Luke Perry's Speedster in 90210 (yup 90210) and there was a light blue targa in High School USA that was beautiful! Then the Bad Boys 3.6 Turbo - I saw that film a second time in the cinema for no reason other than to see that car again. For me it's still the white whale. Once my dad started racing cars in my teen years, I'd go to Winton and Phillip Island and see 911's and their shape just captivated me. Every weekend I'd drive to Church street and stroll around Hamiltons looking at 964's then 993's before crossing the road to Duttons to see yet more 964's as well as G Bodies and Long Hoods. When asked i required assistance at Hamiltons, I'd reply, "I wish I did." From age 18, all i wanted was to get a job so i could buy a Porsche. I stretched to get my Targa when i was 24 and then sold it after only 18 months, scared of what i thought was the inevitable crippling bills I was going to face to keep it on the road as a daily driver. After that my focus turned elsewhere and I've followed Porsche as a fan only, briefly considering a Cayenne at one point. Beginning of last year i started thinking that maybe I could find a way to buy one. Fanciful. Ridiculous. Preposterous. Four months later I had a 964 like I used to ogle at Hamiltons (complete with original Hamiltons sticker on the rear windscreen). I'm a fan of all Porsches these days, but as a student of design I find the 911 an amazing story. So incredible that a car shape could have been conceived so long ago yet remains stunningly relevant all these decades later. And i love that, as I started my journey of buying another 911, each time I opened the door, the sound, the smell took me right back to my early 20's and that 76 targa.

Hey Guys, my install is very near complete and when I’m back from travel and have the opportunity to see and experience the kit in my little brown SC, I’ll post up some detailed images and give you the low down (my lowdown). Be around mid Feb. Getting a few PMs so thought I’d let ya’ll know. Cheers.

I know this, isnt the funnies thread , but you gotta admit this video is representative of the circle of discussions of why something is or isnt fit for buying I wonder if this guys clothes fit . Take a moment to reflect ... and then lets get serious about cars

Fascinates me that plenty of people Will pay $200k for an AMG CLASGLEML 63 and drop $30k driving out of the showroom and another $20k per annum. But when you but a Porsche for $90k its a disaster if soon after it owes you $100k. Personally I’d be stoked to pay $90k enjoy for a while maybe drop $20k in bits and shits and sell for $80k. What price do you put on fun. The whole rising market has skewed expectation to the point of ridiculous. In general cars are a shit investment, if you can’t afford to drop 10-20% invest in property 🤑 i lucked it and with no clue what I was doing I made money on both Porsche’s until now but that wasn’t why I got into it. Then I bought a GT4 which again was not an investment decision - pleasingly it seems to be holding up value wise but if I drop a bit when time comes to sell it was worth it, awesome fun. Can’t think of a better way to burn some $$ (I don’t do cocaine 🤪)

Ahh yes the good old days, did it many times... oh & never had a ppi done on any car i purchased

The stock market analogy is good. It’s not about whether a car is an investment - most aren’t - it’s whether you can afford to completely lose the cash and keep on living. Old Porsches should be bought with ‘spare’ money - the harvest, not the seed corn. having been through the buyer yips myself, the best thing to do is just dive in on your best judgement. Avoiding a catastrophic mistake is what it is about, not optimising down to the last $1k. Even honest low mileage cars can barf up an expensive repair. It comes with the territory. Buy what you like and check to make sure it’s not misrepresented or hiding serious issues.

Sorry but 88k is pretty much "chump change" for one of these cars. If you are scared of throwing 10-20k at a 30+ yo classic car in potential mech etc. then I'd suggest you reassess your expectations of entering the classic Porsche market. PPI isn't a get out of jail card by any means.

Politicians removing a tax? 😅😅😅 More chance of the sun extinguishing itself before that happens

Apologies if this ad is a forum member's, but f@ck me if these are "in amazing condition": https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/gladesville/wheels-tyres-rims/porsche-borbet-wheels-17-inch/1175323651

Hi everyone Just throught I would introduce my self, my name's Matt and I just got my first Porsche. Always been a dream car of mine since I was about 8. I just sold a beloved kombi I had been fixing up for a number of years but couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a 911. I have ended up buying a 76 911 sportomatic. It needs a bit of work to get driving but not to much. It has come with a huge book full of receipts but it does need a lot of TLC as some things have been left for to long. Any way here are some photos. Got underneath it last night and got the drive shaft out to fix the broken cv boot. It's so damn messy and oilly under there but the clean should happen this weekend if I'm lucky. Plans are to get it all nice and cleaned up mechanically so I can drive it around for a bit and then get into the body work. Thinking of changing it to a manual at the moment, I do like the sporto but just would love a manual. I know there are a few people hear who love the sporto and will kill me a little for changing it but I will keep everything I pull out and keep it all to then one day if I ever change back it will all be there. So if anyone has a rhd pedal set or nice flywheel they are looking to get rid of please send me a message. Thanks for looking Cheers Matt

I start at a base and for sure work up my friend Im playing with the same chips as you guys , looking at the same cars .. I dont like retail thats true.. im just asking if they want to sell their car at a number that suits me .. I work off its value to me and think of what will happen when I liquidate as i get bored and like to swap cars, I ask them to justify and prove their price and some times , I have bought some peaches recognising enthusiast value having been put into them. I have a strong track record of being a hoarder and keeper , 6 years in one , 22years in another , 11 in my previous UK fetish You might be surprised sincerely at what answers come back if you actually call some of these people folks and talk to them , take the time to go look and have a drive Note: I also sell mine too and have some happy people who have bought from me . As a seller I tell em PPI , show me whats wrong , I will fix em and you still pay the price, or close too. If your real as a general rule for me , transparent and avoid the BS it works and is simple , we all pretty much know what they are worth and at the values they trade , its good to get inspections unless they are a bargain. Glossy showrooms and hot receptionist cost money , its in the price tag , you buy where you feel you want to buy I say to people and pay the appropriate margin they want Me I am a poor man , I go to the pub for beer and steak , not the 5 star cocktail bar, I go out and watch the girls dance in the bar and buy my porsches in the alley its cheaper. Occasionally I go sit with my GT3 and TT Pcar child in the Porsche dealer but like hospitals generally I hate them , sometimes I go for free coffee. The SC and or others will go to the aftermarket dude down the alley , cos thats good enough. With this money saved, I buy more petrol , thongs for the beach , more oil , tyres and buy bandwidth..and bacon eggs and drive out for lunch on Wednesdays. A little tip, I dont look in the obvious places , hence you will probably always find me fighting the hype that carsales defines the market.. There are opportunities and Pcars are great and you can pay some of your motoring addiction of trading a few in my experience. Market is in the off market . Im happy to look and or negotiate on anyones behalf for a small fee , I need to build and repair more cars too and Im unemployed Start at 45 , 65 if at CTS and Dutton they have good coffee and you dont wanna get thrown out and dont buy a SC and or 3.2 at the Porsche dealer.

Genetic. Handed down from the DE AT side of the family tree. The old man is a non practising car nut, as a young child I learned to read with Car & Driver, Road & Track, Car, Wheels, etc each month, every month. Old man's biz partner back in the day had a red 928 out of the first shipment to oz. I remember being the recipient of a Porsche calendar every year as a kid. I had absolutely no chance...

What a great topic and some great stories coming through..... My first encounter, with what became my dream car brand....1956 My hootch space in Vung Tau, Vietnam in 1971, where all the blokes had pictures of girls up on their lockers etc, I had pics of VW's and Porkers. Always wanted a Porsche since I can remember. I know that every time I seen one on the road I would rip out a loud "YEEEESSS" which would scare the beejessus out of anyone else in my car or near me . Ha ha I even used to give Porsche drivers a wave. I'd be in my Standard Vanguard or VW, can't understand why they never waved back Never thought I would get one, thought they were for rich people. Did the apprenticeship with VW's After a stint in VICPOL and working on several errrr persons of ill repute, who drove Porkers, I thought if "Crime doesn't"t pay" then I don't know what does. If it's good enough for those people to drive them then I am going to get one. Retired in 2007 and got the first one, the yellow Coxster. I had never driven a Porsche in my life, this was my first drive and I bought it. I definitely wanted an air-cooled but was a bit scared I might buy a "dog" and end up regretting spending my hard earned super/long service on a car I knew nothing about. In 2007 there was no PFA and I didn't know anyone with a porker who could guide me along the AC path. So I took the safe option and bought the yellow Coxster. It was a good decision, I had fantastic fun in that car. Different ball game now. I have some great PFA mates, with lots of great available advice, and I have a great CAYMAN. So glad I own a Porsche. I would still love to own an air-cooled before I turn my toes up... Oh, and I'm still not rich nor ever will be....But I have a Porsche and shit I'm happy.

I remember this as if it was yesterday. 42 years ago as a 10 year old, I was looking out the back window of dad's old wagon, and saw this red sports car approaching at a rate of knots. He slowed down to draw up next to us with what I imagine was a hot blonde in the passenger seat, and even today, I swear he saw the look on my face and smiled. I asked dad what it was, and his reply was 'A glorified Volkswagen mate'. He then told me it was a Porsche. Turbo I think. I can say with hand on heart, that I had thought about a Porsche probably every day of my life leading up to about 4 years ago. I'd been into VW's for a few years, and went from 60's and 50's beetles to a Karmann Ghia, then splitty bus which bored me to tears, so after 6 weeks I sold it. Had $19k and looked on the internet for a new toy, and had an imaginary (wishful) budget of $30k to see how much a 911 was. To my surprise, they seemed within reach if I borrowed a few dollars for a cheap one. Anyway, I found a 912 at a wrecker yard (I didn't know a 912 existed), and offered bugger all for it as a one time only offer, as it had pan rust and was just average all around. Ofcourse he knocked it back so I left a card and drove off. He rang me within a minute and accepted the stupid offer. Or maybe at the time I had paid a few grand for a money pit! Over 4 years, I sympathetically restored it with some help from friends (body and paint) and had the engine totally rebuilt coz it was toasted (that cost more than the car did actually). Then ofcourse the Porsche values went through the roof and my 912 had turned out pretty well, so I was pretty happy. Ofcourse, I had a tax problem, so I made the decision to sell it which was relatively easy, as I had waited 4 years to drive it, only to be very disappointed with its lack of power, and I wasn't much of a fan of the LHD thing. I had 3 serious buyers lined up pretty easily, and it sold to a local which I was happy about. I made enough profit from it to pay the tax bill and buy an interstate friend's silver 911SC that had average paint that I could clean up, but a rebuilt engine and gearbox, exactly what I wanted. So in essence, I'd waited nearly 40 years dreaming nearly every day that I wanted to own a Porsche, yet I ended up with one for free! Even now that I've owned it for 18 months or so, I still get a buzz when I go in the shed just to look at it and give it a pat. Although I'm nowhere near the realms of financial security as a lot of Porsche owners, I'll always own a Porsche of some sort

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I've been looking a little while for a car to use at Club Sprints and Hill climbs. Without being able to insure the Porsche for the track and not having raced before I wanted something cheaper to take out first. Prerequisites were it needed to be a two seater with good power to begin with and easily modified for more. It also needed to be pre 1993 so that it can go on club plates. With all that in mind, I narrowed my search to the hardtop Gen 2 MR2 Turbo. End result is I bought this 1992 JDM (turbo MR2's were not imported by Toyota) SW20 in Queensland last Friday. I tested it out by driving it over 1900km back home via the furnace that is inland NSW! Kidneys got a workout on the bumpy roads with stiff suspension as did the air conditioner with the temps being in the 40's! Some modifications have been already made ( Link plug in ECU running 14 psi. Tein coilovers, front Wilwood brakes, gfb blow off valve and 3"turboback exhaust ) which has the car comfortably putting out 234 hp at the rear wheels. I had originally planned to strip the car I bought out and fit a half cage, race seat etc But as it is such a very clean unmolested example I will leave much as it is. Biggest tweaking will be the suspension and wider rubber with a track focus in mind. If I get the racing bug bad I will then consider a race only car!

Don't hold your breath folks - @Pork Chops is a year into trying to pick a paint colour

Sanded down and sprayed my front spoiler with plasti dip

lol when your budget is this low you have very little choice over how many f#€ks you can spare to give! ———————— For those wondering why do mods like this that don’t add power, you obviously don’t get the boxrod ethos... Here’s how it works. Before doing any mod I ask this golden rule: “How will this reduce my stage time across the Spur?” The answer in this case is easy, simply by declaring your intention to the P-car universe that this car is indeed thee “Boxrod” more special powers of grip and cornering ability will be giveth.

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