Cigar Asylum Cigar Forum  

Go Back   Cigar Asylum Cigar Forum > Non Cigar Specialty Forums > Misc > Sports

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 11-27-2012, 02:56 PM   #1
Mister Moo
I barely grok the obvious
 
Mister Moo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Dan
Location: Lizard Lick, NC
Posts: 1,417
Trading: (3)
HUpmann Army (Served With Honor)
Mister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the rough
Default Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

After 40-years of drooling I finally gommed on to a (1897) 911 Carrera targa. I love my bikes but, if you gotta have a cage, this IS the one. The 3.2l normally aspirated Carrera has been my daily driver for the past year. Barely good for 165mph andby todays standards nearly sluggish with 0-60 in six, this almost-antique still runs respectably through the corners and, at cruise, posts 27mpg.

"Oak Tree" turn at Virginia International Raceway; Porsche Parade Lap before the American LeMans Series race.



I've never enjoyed a car more than this one. If you have the itch my advice is, "Don't wait 'til you're 60 to scratch it."

__________________
"I hope you had the time of your life."
Mister Moo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-27-2012, 03:00 PM   #2
68TriShield
Got Torque?
 
68TriShield's Avatar
2
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Dave
Location: Maryland
Posts: 7,184
Trading: (40)
HUpmann
68TriShield has disabled reputation
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Awesome ride Dan
68TriShield is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-27-2012, 03:07 PM   #3
Chainsaw13
Møøse bites can be nasty
 
Chainsaw13's Avatar
14
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
First Name: Bob
Location: The Enchanted Mitten
Posts: 7,023
Trading: (96)
Bolivar
Chainsaw13 is a splendid one to beholdChainsaw13 is a splendid one to beholdChainsaw13 is a splendid one to beholdChainsaw13 is a splendid one to beholdChainsaw13 is a splendid one to beholdChainsaw13 is a splendid one to beholdChainsaw13 is a splendid one to behold
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Color me green with envy.
__________________
My neighbor came by my house this morning at 2AM, pounding on the door. Good thing I was still up playing the drums.
Chainsaw13 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-27-2012, 03:27 PM   #4
Fordman4ever
Redneck driving a ricer!!
 
Fordman4ever's Avatar
1
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
First Name: Earl
Location: A place too cold to smoke outside
Posts: 2,508
Trading: (26)
HUpmann AirForce (Active)
Fordman4ever is a jewel in the roughFordman4ever is a jewel in the roughFordman4ever is a jewel in the roughFordman4ever is a jewel in the rough
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Wow, sweet ride. All I can find around here is the 944 or 911s with no motors.
__________________
Fordman4ever is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-27-2012, 03:31 PM   #5
T.G
Grrrrrr
 
T.G's Avatar
16
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
First Name: The Other Adam
Posts: 15,535
Trading: (37)
Navy (Served With Honor)
T.G has disabled reputation
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Awesome ride you have there Dan.

PS: That car is in great shape for being a 115-year old car.
T.G is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-27-2012, 03:43 PM   #6
E.J.
I'm nuts for the place
 
E.J.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,218
Trading: (21)
E.J. is a jewel in the roughE.J. is a jewel in the roughE.J. is a jewel in the rough
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Great looking car.....
E.J. is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-27-2012, 04:29 PM   #7
bigswol2
Feeling at Home
 
bigswol2's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 534
Trading: (7)
bigswol2 will become famous soon enoughbigswol2 will become famous soon enough
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Looks like u had a ball on the track.
bigswol2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-27-2012, 04:57 PM   #8
icehog3
Admiral Douchebag
 
icehog3's Avatar
15
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Tom
Location: Clermont, Kentucky
Posts: 70,447
Trading: (61)
HUpmann
icehog3 has disabled reputation
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Congrats, Dan!

Quote:
Originally Posted by T.G View Post
Awesome ride you have there Dan.

PS: That car is in great shape for being a 115-year old car.
Adam, be serious, it was obviously a typo. That is a 1942 Porsche.
__________________


Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!
icehog3 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-27-2012, 06:02 PM   #9
Steelerfanatic
Still Watching My Back
 
Steelerfanatic's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Virginia
Posts: 174
Trading: (7)
RA Navy (Served With Honor)
Steelerfanatic is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Wow, nice ride you have there!! As crazy as it sounds my dream vehicle is an old 60's pickup truck........one of these days.
Steelerfanatic is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2012, 06:04 AM   #10
Mister Moo
I barely grok the obvious
 
Mister Moo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Dan
Location: Lizard Lick, NC
Posts: 1,417
Trading: (3)
HUpmann Army (Served With Honor)
Mister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the rough
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Quote:
Originally Posted by icehog3 View Post
...That is a 1942 Porsche.
Yo! Mod! Help me out with an edit, wouldja?

__________________
"I hope you had the time of your life."
Mister Moo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2012, 06:10 AM   #11
Mister Moo
I barely grok the obvious
 
Mister Moo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Dan
Location: Lizard Lick, NC
Posts: 1,417
Trading: (3)
HUpmann Army (Served With Honor)
Mister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the rough
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fordman4ever
Wow, sweet ride. All I can find around here is the 944 or 911s with no motors.
OK - I had to drive to Georgia to get mine but, still, lots are listed here: http://www.pelicanparts.com/index.htm
__________________
"I hope you had the time of your life."
Mister Moo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-13-2013, 11:12 AM   #12
RWhisenand
Feeling at Home
 
RWhisenand's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
First Name: Rob
Location: Nevada
Posts: 798
Trading: (7)
Punch AirForce (Served With Honor)
RWhisenand will become famous soon enough
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Nice ride, those were some of the nicest looking short hoods ever.
__________________
No function well beer without.
RWhisenand is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-13-2013, 11:27 AM   #13
Real1929
Just in from the Storm
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
First Name: Joe
Location: York, Pa
Posts: 13
Trading: (0)
Real1929 is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Congrats. Looks like a sweet ride. After many years of thinking I'd never get mine I finally was able to get a 2007 corvette. Just a great feeling to get behind the wheel of a great car. Find some open road and let it loose. Enjoy
Real1929 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-13-2013, 11:47 AM   #14
mosesbotbol
That's a Corgi
 
mosesbotbol's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Moses
Location: Boston
Posts: 6,170
Trading: (6)
Punch
mosesbotbol is a jewel in the roughmosesbotbol is a jewel in the roughmosesbotbol is a jewel in the rough
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Great looking pictures of your Carrera. I love the script along the rocker panel.
__________________
Port Wine & Claret | British Cars | Welsh Corgi's
mosesbotbol is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2013, 01:18 AM   #15
MACS
Just in from the Storm
 
MACS's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
First Name: Shawn
Location: Temecula, CA
Posts: 27
Trading: (0)
Bolivar Navy (Retired)
MACS is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Meh. I prefer my baby. 328 hp, Monaco red seats, and Japanese reliability. When that thing goes tits up (and it will, it's German) bust open the wallet.

Of course, my opinion is MY opinion, and worth just about .





New (much lighter) wheels.

__________________
Life is tough... it's tougher when you're stupid. - My dad
MACS is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2013, 10:05 AM   #16
Mister Moo
I barely grok the obvious
 
Mister Moo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Dan
Location: Lizard Lick, NC
Posts: 1,417
Trading: (3)
HUpmann Army (Served With Honor)
Mister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the rough
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Quote:
Originally Posted by MACS View Post
Meh.... When that thing goes tits up (and it will, it's German) bust open the wallet.
Lets leave the tits behind and go right to nuts and bolts. Supercar engines don't come cheap - nifty alloys, insane tolerances, Fuchs wheels and titanium lugnuts all come at a price. And, like anything else over a 40-year run, there are 911's and then there are 911's; some models had problems built in, most not. Within the daily-driving community mechanically informed owners see engines go 300K or more between top end jobs. Double galvanized air-cooled Carreras with Getrag tranny (1984-1989 air/oil cooled 3.2l) are justifiably legendary for solid coachwork, tough engines, bulletproof clutches and magnificent transmissions.

The typical ways to break these older motors are: let them sit undriven in the mistaken belief they're sacred; failure to drive a warmed engine regularly to redline; repeated failure to achieve required operating temperatures before exceeding 3500rpm; and failure to use oil with high levels of zinc and phosphorus additives. The last three items, often ignored by uninformed owners, are killers on valves and valve guides. 14-quarts of 20W-50 in these so-called "air" cooled engines demands at least 15 minutes of low rev driving to protect the tolerances that squeeze big horsepower out of small, lightweight displacement - this is a long wait for a nincompoop. While the reliability of the mills is solid with owners who read the book, a lot of morons will drive the engines to a costly and premature failure. I don't see Porsche failures because they're German but, rather, because owners fail to know their vehicle.

When rebuild time comes around there is good new$ and bad new$ for old Porsche owners.

The bad news - sexy alloy parts are not especially cheap. And if you are going to hire Werner over at Das Porsche Haus (or worse yet a dealer) to do the 15,000 mile tuneup it turns into a $1000 WTF deal.

The good news - those sexy alloy parts don't often fail. Older air-cooled cars were made simply for regular spirited driving on no-limit highways, unimproved roads and track. They allow for a car owner/hobbiest to drop and engine and rebuild without need of a lift. The old fuel-injected air-cooled flat sixes are easy to repair with little more than standard tools, a couple of jackstands and a floor jack.

If a prospective buyer reads the owners manual and enjoys automotive hobbycraft I'd say the scare value of engine work (or recurrent engine failure) is as legend as it is wrong. A once per 15,000 major tune is a six-hour job that costs a couple of hundred bucks if you do it yourself.

The older Porsche is reliable and, wisely owned, not especially expensive. And unlike the new rice burners that easily outrun the older 911's, their value continues to increase.
__________________
"I hope you had the time of your life."
Mister Moo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2013, 11:55 AM   #17
Mister Moo
I barely grok the obvious
 
Mister Moo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Dan
Location: Lizard Lick, NC
Posts: 1,417
Trading: (3)
HUpmann Army (Served With Honor)
Mister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the roughMister Moo is a jewel in the rough
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Not to flog and dead horse but I just stumbled on this - excellent validation of the above post.

http://www.autoweek.com/article/2012...NEWS/121009989
__________________
"I hope you had the time of your life."
Mister Moo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2013, 12:52 PM   #18
mosesbotbol
That's a Corgi
 
mosesbotbol's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Moses
Location: Boston
Posts: 6,170
Trading: (6)
Punch
mosesbotbol is a jewel in the roughmosesbotbol is a jewel in the roughmosesbotbol is a jewel in the rough
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mister Moo View Post

The older Porsche is reliable and, wisely owned, not especially expensive. And unlike the new rice burners that easily outrun the older 911's, their value continues to increase.
There are issues with 996's and early 997's with RMS and half shafts, but that's all I ever really read about as major issues on 911's.

What you said is pretty much true with all cars known to be a problem. Non-regularly driven cars and ones not driven to red line are not usually good long term runners. Sports cars are meant to be driven.

It was never Ferrari or Porsche idea to make garage queens.
__________________
Port Wine & Claret | British Cars | Welsh Corgi's
mosesbotbol is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2013, 05:39 PM   #19
schnell987
Grateful to the 11
 
schnell987's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Kevin
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 154
Trading: (2)
Bolivar
schnell987 is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Beautiful car! Congratulations!

I had an '86 Targa for many years...daily driver and Driver's Ed car. You can have a blast racing the car on the track over the weekend and then drive to work on Monday. Easily one of the best cars I've ever owned. A true classic.

Loved the rumble of that air cooled exhaust note...amazing handling...and immediate heat (no need to wait for antifreeze to warm up). Enjoy your classic, my friend!
__________________
schnell987 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2013, 11:15 PM   #20
omowasu
Fell ROTT
 
omowasu's Avatar
1
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
First Name: Scott II
Location: Chicago
Posts: 288
Trading: (3)
JL
omowasu has disabled reputation
Default Re: Sports Cars, Muscle Cars and Customs!

Moo, your Porsche is beautiful. Ive always wanted an older 911, and I know a few people who are early 911 enthusiasts. There is nothing like driving an older air-cooled Porsche.
__________________
If I had something smart to say, I would definitely put it here.
omowasu is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 11:53 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
All content is copyrighted jointly by Cigar Asylum and the content provider.