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At least you had the bollocks to own one in the first place. As others have said above, a shit run of luck. Fingers crossed its something you can/want to deal with.

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We'll get the old 911 sorted out, dinnae worry! Hopefully it's nothing too serious, I have a welder and zip ties! 

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Do a reverse Covin and fit a CVH from a mk2 Fiesta. 

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7 hours ago, Mk2 Craig said:

We'll get the old 911 sorted out, dinnae worry! Hopefully it's nothing too serious, I have a welder and zip ties! 

Sounds like you're overqualified for the job!

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Sour times for the German cars man. Hopefully the poor luck will all be over with now and a lottery win looms on the horizon, or you wake up and it was all just a dream like in that series of Dallas when they killed JR but then wanted to bring JR back. 

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Fit a cheap 2.5 or 2.7 and go Porsching again!

I've said this before but my neighbour had a 911 and sold it to his brother when he got an Audi R8. The engine nuked itself about 100 miles later. They rebuilt it together (with a bit of outsourced machining) and said they're not particuarly complicated to pull apart.

Do you have the workshop manuals for the 996?

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23 hours ago, SiC said:

Do you have the workshop manuals for the 996?

Handily enough it came with this weighty tome

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It does seem pretty good although I've not looked too deeply. 

A friend has a 996 too and is pulling his engine this winter so the plan is to go halves on tools. 

My engine got 2 liners fitted when it was rebuilt. My money is on one of these having failed. We shall see.

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Ok, time to draw a line under my automotive debacles for a while. We're off on a road trip!

What a great way to forget about cars for a while 🙂

#checks itinerary.

Oh.

Essentials packed 

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Some more essentials packed.

 

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I'm getting picked up shortly.

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22 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Many croissant or many wafel or many sausage?

All of the above, maybe. I'm not good at geography...

My chariot has arrived.

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And we've met our travelling companion.

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4 hours ago, dome said:

All of the above, maybe. I'm not good at geography...

 

 

 

 

 

belge spa frog le mans or germany hockenheim for lols (ring nein)?

or zolder or zandvoort? :D

 

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1 hour ago, hairnet said:

belge spa frog le mans or germany hockenheim for lols (ring nein)?

or zolder or zandvoort? :D

 

Yes.

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I cheated and looked at Stu's post about getting the alignment checked last week.  Have fun!

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2 cars from the same manufacturer on a road trip? That'll never catch on.

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Oh.

 

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We have arrived at our overnight stop. IMG_20230922_164255.thumb.jpg.185c8fd1132dcd5c81e620be87428791.jpg

Yes, it's a boat.

We have some interesting company.

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Now, to the bar!

 

 

 

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We started the trip with 3 warning lights on and we still have 3 warning lights on.

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They're different warning lights now though, obviously. #cliolyfe

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1 hour ago, dome said:

This could be Rotterdam, or anywhere.

 

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Well I don’t think it’s Liverpool or Rome.

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Maybe not popular on here but this is fucking lovely, and it looks like a real one. 

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Kudos to him for actually using it. He must have deep pockets. That turbo probably needed a ferry ticket of its own😳

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European Le Mans series qualifying today. 

This boy changed all 4 tyres, let the car off the jacks and walked away sayin "Peet Stop"😁

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Off to our next stop, we'll be back to Spa though when those pesky racecars have buggered off so we can have a play. 

Have some rammel

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Destination achieved. First day on track for both cars at Assen tomorrow. None of us have been and none of us have a clue about the circuit. We're preparing by drinking beer and eating steak👌

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4 hours ago, dome said:

First day on track for both cars at Assen

Two mentioned

Two got

Assen was better before they changed it

 

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7 hours ago, hairnet said:

Predictable bastard :D

It's my first time, I'm not a seasoned nomad like you. Stay tuned for more predictable stuff😁

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