03-14-2021, 04:49 PM | #1341 |
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80 degrees and sunny here in ATL. Drove my son in the 2 with the top down to get some crazy bubble tea for him. Glorious.
Grilling steaks for us tonight. |
03-14-2021, 11:58 PM | #1342 |
The old cranky SOB....
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LOL- we did that a couple of weeks ago. In the SNOW.
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03-15-2021, 09:01 AM | #1343 |
swinging for the fences
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I wonder if a cottage industry of retrofitting 6spds in PDK 911s will crop up similar to the e46 M3 and F430.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...arrera-gts-17/ |
03-15-2021, 09:16 AM | #1344 | |
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The SMG E46 is both an extremely easy retrofit, and also often similar to or less costly than fixing an SMG issue. It only requires a few parts that are either available new, or can be salvaged cheaply out of any E46. Heck, if you use a CAE style shifter (I don't recommend for a street car, but you can), you don't even have to pull the transmission. I can't speak to the F430, but the 911 PDK is actually good. Unless you start ending up with a truly monumental price delta, it's hard to see.
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03-15-2021, 10:09 AM | #1345 | |
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03-15-2021, 10:55 AM | #1346 | |
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Porsche people seem to hate transmission swaps. I mean, tiptronic 993s absolutely cry for a swap. The 4HP22 is completely unsuited to a sports car. And yet, you either get penalized or get no resale benefit from the swap. ...also, I think it's worth noting that a 991 manual swap is not going to be cheaper than a $16k transmission replacement.
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03-15-2021, 11:58 AM | #1347 |
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Was idly playing around with Edmund's "true cost to own" feature over the weekend and thought this was interesting. The projected 5 year ownership cost of a new base 911 is only a few k more than a 2017 base 911: (86k vs 82k)
https://www.edmunds.com/porsche/911/2017/cost-to-own/ https://www.edmunds.com/porsche/911/...tyle=401819983 I'd had a hunch that when it comes to 911s there might not be as big a benefit to buying a lightly used one vs a brand new one due to the relatively slow depreciation. |
03-25-2021, 06:49 PM | #1348 |
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12ft 4in of teenage boy right there
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