[WernerD]

Hi,

 

My Name is Werner. I am 59 years old and live in the southwest of Germany and I own a 968 Cabrio build in 1992.

I bought the car 2 years ago.

Other Porsches I had were all 914 with the 2.0 ltr 4-zylinder engine.

Deeply in love with all sorts of cars :-)

 

Regards,

Werner

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[Kim]

Glad to see you here.  Send us some pictures of your car. It must be great to be able to drive a bit faster than we can here!

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[ds968]

. It must be great to be able to drive a faster than we can here!

That's not entirely a true statement, unless the sentence is completed by " without concern of getting speeding tickets or being incarcerated "


Welcome, and yes , we're envious ( re what Kim said ..)

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[94SilverCab]

Welcome!

 

Jay

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[Kim]

Having not been there, I was merely having a pleasant dream of what I thought that it might be like! Around here getting over 110 km/h is rare.

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[WernerD]

well, yes! If weather and traffic permit to drive fast, it is fun. The 968 is my first car to drive at a speed of 240 km/h. However, we are about 80 million people here in this small country. At daytime it feels like half of us are on the Autobahn at the same time. And about everybody is in a hurry. If you drive slower than 120 km/h you are considered not fit for the Autobahn. Even relatively small cars are driven at insane speeds.

But you can drive fast in the very early hours of the day.  

 

I prefer the roads of the Elsass mountains just behind our border to France. You don't drive too fast, but it is one curve after another and up and down. In France a Porsche driver will greet a 968. Rarely in Germany. The French are more emotional than us Germans and they consider the 968 a true Porsche (which is wise) compared to the Germans, that might not directly identify the car for what it is (which is because of a general 911 hype).

 

I am open to all sorts of cars. The only one that ever made me sweat was a 1969 Jaguar E-Type with a supercharged engine and a lousy suspension. You couldn't accelerate and stir at the same time. 

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[Rap]

Welcome. Shaken?

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[ds968]

Too funny, one of the few countries where you can see ( what now has become a viral video ) a motorcycle traveling at 300 km/hr , passing by multiple cars one of which was an Audi RS6 station wagon who apparently was slightly miffed, caught up with the bike ( which was still going approx 300 km/hr according to the video focused on its speedometer ) and then passed it !  

I do know those RS Audis are monsters but never expected one to go materially past 300km /hr .  Must not have been pure stock, someone had to tune the engine to extreme performance        

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[Kaj Hallstrom]

Guten Morgen Werner:

I love my 94 Cabrio living in Northern California. I can drive with the top down 8 months of the years. This is a great forum for help and good advise. Check it often.

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[WernerD]

Hallo Kaj,

 

Over here the weather is not so nice. Got the car in storage from December to end of March, because of snow and ice and because in Germany they put salt on the roads to make the ice melt. Not good even for a solid car like the Porsche.

 

Mine has the same color as your 968. It has the wheels of the 996, which look good on it - i think. Also allows for bigger tires. Don't know yet, how to place pictures, sorry. I am not familiar with forums.

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[Kaj Hallstrom]

So you have an Amethyst Metallic. Great, as you probably know they only offered this colour on the 92-93 models for the US market. Mine is a true 94 and this colour had to be special ordered in the summer of 1993. Only 6 1994 Cabriolets where C2S (Colour to sample) and we have not found another Amethyst Metallic yet. My wheels are the stock 17" Cup 993 wheels................... Work on the picture posting....love to see one


 

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[Bulti]

Welcome Werner!

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[az968]

Welcome!

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[hot968]

welcome do you know what is the date on your vin#? Is it an early 92 or later. Mine is also Amethyst  068

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[tejon007]

Werner,
 
Welcome to the forums!!
 
Coincidentally, I just got back from a trip to Europe/Bavaria a couple weeks ago, including about 10 days in Göbelsbach (near München or Munich)...so, not too far from where you are...  And of course I had to stop in Stuttgart and driving a twin-turbo Porsche Carrera GTS.  What a set-up!  The autobahn is a legal and relatively safe place to drive fast.  But, the Germans are crazy-fast drivers even when the weather is bad.  The Swiss seem to be less crazy (but with lower speeds and police with radar which probably affects how they drive)...
 
I too like 914s & am down to just two .  I wonder where you get parts for them in Germany?  I thought I might be able to get some parts while I was there, but it seems parts for the older cars are not easy to find & the german e-bay has few listings...
 
My Best,
 
John

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[WernerD]

welcome do you know what is the date on your vin#? Is it an early 92 or later. Mine is also Amethyst  068

 

Hi, the vin is WPOZZZ96ZNS831234

 

Don't know if that is an early or late example. I could probably look it up in the "piper". Unfortunately I don't have access to this book, because of renovations :-(.

 

First owner was a Porsche Dealership. Last owner was a retired insurance agent. Don't know much about its live in between. The milage is a bit above 100.000 miles.

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[WernerD]

 

<div>I too like 914s & am down to just two .  I wonder where you get parts for them in Germany?  I thought I might be able to get some parts while I was there, but it seems parts for the older cars are not easy to find & the german e-bay has few listings...
 
 
 

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I get my 914 parts from Mittelmotor GmbH in Essen, Germany. look up their Facebook page. I'm afraid most of the text is in German. But if you send them a mail, they will understand English. 

 

You might get some rare parts from Automobile Atlanta in Marietta. Bought my last 914 there. George Hussey knows everything about the car. I have to pay customs and sales taxes on parts from the US, which makes it a bit expensive to order from Germany.

 

I am going to Nashville in about a week. That is a bit short to arrange for any parts to fly with me :-). Maybe at some other occasion.

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[94SilverCab]

 

Hi, the vin is WPOZZZ96ZNS831234

 

Don't know if that is an early or late example. I could probably look it up in the "piper". Unfortunately I don't have access to this book, because of renovations :-(.

 

First owner was a Porsche Dealership. Last owner was a retired insurance agent. Don't know much about its live in between. The milage is a bit above 100.000 miles.

 

Build date should be on the tag on the drivers door.

 

Jay

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[Porsche968CS]

This does only apply to North American cars.

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[Porsche968CS]

[quote name="WernerD" post="179186" timestamp="1494442081"]

Hi, the vin is WPOZZZ96ZNS831234

 

Don't know if that is an early or late example. I could probably look it up in the "piper". Unfortunately I don't have access to this book, because of renovations.[/quote]


Yours is definately of the later type. I don't know the exact number of early cars but it is < 900 per model for ROW. The number is not mentioned in Piper's excelent book.

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