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[CBrown85]

Most test drives are done alone now anyway- they give you the key and you go. I definitely think it's worth playing with one for a little while. You can't unlearn how it feels to get that instant torque.

 

[Thrift Vader]

@Thrift Vader

I can only support this statement.

Here’s something for inspiration:

1973 MGB GT/Zetec | Retro Rides

Inspired by a guy I think is on here or on a ford forum, Brought this MGB two years ago drove it for a year, got pee'd off with it due to someone poorly putting it back together after restorat

forum.retro-rides.org

Plenty of info about engine swaps out there on the net, and you surely could find something even more insane and JDM than the zetec to put in it. I believe I even saw rover V8s put in with some mods, so even though it’s a small car, there is room.

Just be careful driving it, I believe the owner of the above linked MGB Zetec isn’t with us anymore after he totaled it.

That was a cool read. I think he went in a direction i wouldn't. Because i like the visual link to the Bond cars. so, it would be very stock. (and silver) with a Toyota Altezza engine and 6mt. Willwoods, and upgrading whatever is worn with better tech. But not changing the car radically.
Like something Jay Leno would do.
Then it would be a fine weather cruising car.

So i can feel like James Bond on a Camry budget.

 

[Krish the Fish]

Dumb question so don’t pull out the pitchforks but I haven’t done much research on this: why is the 2019 Porsche Speedster a 300+ thousand dollar car? What makes it more expensive than say a GT2 or turbo 911?

also for the P car guys, how difficult is it to get a car PTS? Say a cayenne GTS or turbo. Got a few more years left with the model 3, and looking at Porsche for my next daily driver along with eventually getting a old targa

 

[HRoi]

The speedster is basically a heat check for the GT division. They thought they could charge that much so they did.

PTS is a matter of getting a PTS allocation from your dealer. The factory has a number of production spots where they’ve decided they have the capacity to take the extra steps to paint a nonstandard color. So all a “pts allocation” means is one of those spots is committed to you.

they’re not that hard to get for non-GT cars. With the GT cars they are spoken for pretty fast. The main limitation is that there are times of the year and production cycle that the factory is not doing PTS. so you may not get it during the time you’re ordering. Or you have to wait until the window opens up.

finally, the option cost is pretty steep - over $12k.

 

[DubbyThaFerrgamoCZAR]

When I bought her in March.

When I cleaned her the other day for the first time.

 

[Krish the Fish]

The speedster is basically a heat check for the GT division. They thought they could charge that much so they did.

PTS is a matter of getting a PTS allocation from your dealer. The factory has a number of production spots where they’ve decided they have the capacity to take the extra steps to paint a nonstandard color. So all a “pts allocation” means is one of those spots is committed to you.

they’re not that hard to get for non-GT cars. With the GT cars they are spoken for pretty fast. The main limitation is that there are times of the year and production cycle that the factory is not doing PTS. so you may not get it during the time you’re ordering. Or you have to wait until the window opens up.

finally, the option cost is pretty steep - over $12k.

Thanks HRoi, makes sense. I have no desire for a GT car, but at some point if Porsche gets their e car act together that might be the logical next step from the model 3, or I might just end up in a Cayenne. Good to hear that for those cars I shouldn’t have any issue getting them painted a color I want (Irish Green, in this case)

 

[Dino944]

Thanks HRoi, makes sense. I have no desire for a GT car, but at some point if Porsche gets their e car act together that might be the logical next step from the model 3, or I might just end up in a Cayenne. Good to hear that for those cars I shouldn’t have any issue getting them painted a color I want (Irish Green, in this case)

Irish green is pretty easy. They've definitely done it on 991s and 981 GT4s. If one is trying to get a very old color that hasn't been used in a while, or a true PTS where you send them a sample and ask them to match it, they do some tests on both metal and plastic surfaces, and if it passes certain tests, it will be approved. If it doesn't then the color gets rejected and you have to pick something else.

 

[bawlin]

An example of the hoops you have to go through for "true" PTS:



Strongly suggest checking out his other posts as his company, Cartridge Racing, makes some incredible titanium and carbon parts for Z8s, Vipers, 911s, etc.

 

[clee1982]

I’m hoping their screen is super color accurate...

 

[Thrift Vader]

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An example of the hoops you have to go through for "true" PTS:



Strongly suggest checking out his other posts as his company, Cartridge Racing, makes some incredible titanium and carbon parts for Z8s, Vipers, 911s, etc.

"That one".

 

[bawlin]

Woke up at 5am Saturday morning to take the 964 on a 5 hour/400 mile solo drive along some incredible twisties and country roads.

I love to take longer solo drives a couple of times a year because it's one of the few times I can be completely present with just my thoughts, and more often than not I tend to end the drive with an overwhelming sense of gratitude and appreciation for life in general (corny, I know).

Other than the car refusing to start when I stopped for gas (apparently a relatively common problem when these cars are hot, and boy was she hot as the outside temps were pushing 100), she performed brilliantly. No more understeer; more playful rear end. And the steering is much more direct thanks to the RS inner tie rods + new OEM tie rods.

So as a token of my appreciation, I bought her the most expensive piece of plastic I've ever seen.

 

[gomestar]

An example of the hoops you have to go through for "true" PTS:



Strongly suggest checking out his other posts as his company, Cartridge Racing, makes some incredible titanium and carbon parts for Z8s, Vipers, 911s, etc.

50 shades of whale grey all to find the purest whale gray. Hopefully they started by harpooning one of the better genetic examples of whale in order to analyze its grey.

 

[Thrift Vader]

When I bought her in March.
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When I cleaned her the other day for the first time.
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Yeah man! Sweet car. get that hood painted!
If it's rust free? that is an epic ride.
*jealousy sets in ..

Really, with a little work. that is a super cool car.
Props for wearing a mask too!
Welcome to the "Car guys" silliness. .
we got all the help you need.

 

[clee1982]

When I bought her in March.
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When I cleaned her the other day for the first time.
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you're going to do contrast hood?

 

[DubbyThaFerrgamoCZAR]

Thanks G shes my first machine. Im just as much a gearhead as i am a fashionista (loved cars since age 3. Started caring about clothes since age 20). I typed in here a couple times when i first joined the site but didnt get any responses. I always lurked in here though.

Yeah man! Sweet car. get that hood painted!
If it's rust free? that is an epic ride.
*jealousy sets in ..

Really, with a little work. that is a super cool car.
Props for wearing a mask too!
Welcome to the "Car guys" silliness. .
we got all the help you need.