Seems the ever growing cool items for the car are piling up. There was a large flat box hiden behind the tree. I thought maybe a poster or framed picture. Seems the elfs have been working hard to fill my list completly -Loydd Mats. Custom cut rubber mats for the winter months (actually, all year since rain and gunk don’t limit themselves to just the winter months).

All that’s left is the performance enhancing items…come-on Booster Chip

I want to know how many Porsche owners got a Sally 911 for Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa.

I also got a very cool set of 25 “VROOM” all purpose wipes. Love the logo. And they are orange bergamot scent…whatever that is.

Once again, happy holidays to all.

We’ve started to open presents early here since we’ll be other places on the actual 25th. I wasn’t aware that when I requested a replacement key housing it would come with an actual blank. Very cool – now i’ll have a spare. I’m also looking forward to installing the new wiper on the drivers side so I can actually see in the rain/snow.

On a site note, I talked to Stephen yesterday and he told me the parts had been sent out to be powder-coated and machined. All is well. It was nasty on the inside. We should be in good shape.

Happy Holidays to everyone out there. Odds are, my next post will be in the New Year (unless something comes up that can’t wait). Be safe people!

It has begun. I dropped off the initial deposit around noon. They’ve already started to drop the engine. Images up there are my company daily driver, Stephens TT and a cool Porsche trailer that IA must use for track events. Lets see if you can figure out which is the TT and which is my daily driver for the time being.

More info when I have it.

See, I thought I was smart by NOT listing my cost’s associated with my new Porsche. See, I knew my 911 had oil issues. I also knew that at some point those issues would need to be taken care of. What I didn’t realize was today would be that realization.

I had a nice conversation with my Porsche guy – Mr. Kaspar (you might know him as a PCA technical advisor). He’s informed me that for the cost I can afford (tell that to my pissed off wife), we’re talking about a rebuild. We might also be able to get a new exhaust which is the final stage I was wanting to have done. With all this, I’ll have a brand new 911 C4.

That all being said, I’ll have a new article and pictures in the Upgrades section, a whole hell of a lot of new pictures, and some road trips to come very soon. Stay tuned – I’m giving him the okay tomorrow (along with a deposit). He tells me it’ll take about 3 weeks. I’ll update when I get new info.

This portal site has a ton. If you ever find the time (or feel like wasting hours looking at what other Porsche sites look like – but really, why would you?) have a look: Automotive-Links

Getting to the specific sections I know we care about: Porsche

I was trying to locate a piece of code used by a website when I discovered the website had been pulled down. Wondering why, I did a search and found a long list of articles about the co-owner crashing his Ferrari Enzo in the California hills. While reading they mentioned a website: wreckedexotics.com. I headed over to see the nasty photos and all the police coverage surrounding the incident. While there I figured I’d check out what 964’s had been wrecked (or at least documented on this site). Here you go.

On another note, I should hear back this afternoon what the cost will be for the series of things I sent my C4 over to ImagineAuto for:

1. oil change
2. break light is on (I want it off)
3. she’s dying on me (I drive her for more then 15 minutes, when I shut her off and try to start her back up, she fires up just fine but then dies. Battery? Voltage Regulator?)
4. winterize the car (new wiper blades, anything else that you recommend)
5. single in-dash CD player (how much is that going to cost me – I want something real low profile – Porsche stock would be awesome if available)?
6. oil leaks (diagnosis, cost associated, time it would take)

It’s rare that I get responses from the outside Web world, but when I do I really like it. I see all the hits I get from around the world, so it’s cool to get an actual response from someone. So email me people, I like it, and I mention you.

Fabian from CA emails me to tell me about a twin I must have:

“Also, I noticed you just bought a new C4. Don’t know if your’e aware of the following site, but it seems to me you and Charles are living in a parallel universe…”

I offered to post images and details of any projects Fabian is working on for his 1966 912. We’ll see if he takes me up on it. Check back either here or over at 66912.com.

Charles runs and owns LN Engineering. They make Nickies™, The Original & Genuine Solid Aluminum CNC Billet Nikasil-Plated Cylinders for Porsche and Volkswagen. Charles has a couple BLOGs for his 66 912 he recently sold, and his current C4 Cab. Now lets review – he had a 66 912. Sold it. Got a C4. Both Red. He has BLOGs for both – does this sound familiar?

I wanted to have a daily driver Porsche. I searched for just the right C4. Why a C4 you ask? Because I live in an area that has seasons: Summer, Fall, Spring & WINTER! I needed the AWD system so I wouldn’t get too crazy. I mean, they get a shit load of snow in Germany too right? Hey, my baby isn’t a garage queen.

One thing that might have been nice prior to the snow dump would have been to take care of the oil issue, break light on issue, vehicle dying on me randomly after stopping then trying to start her back up…but she’s at the doc’s now so I’ll get an update mid-week.

I have pictures of the kids in the car with me, my oil issues, and more from the 3 hour drive home in the snow (it normally takes me 30 minutes – 45 minutes tops). I’ll post those later on.