[Ghis968]

My first car was a Porsche 924, the so called: "Poor man's Porsche". And they had that right. I loved it, ofcourse, but I payed it's vallue twice to keep it rolling. So allmost became poor but couldn't separate form it only after my wife and I got chlldren. It became Volvo time. And this car ( 850T5) my wife and I still drive.

My familiy and I live in a small town in the Netherlands: Tiel. And this year I decided that I could afford myself a Porsche again. So after a lttle study I decided to buy a 968, the last one in line of my first transaxel Porsche 924. And it shoul be in guardian red as well as my fisrt car. So I found one in the Netherlands imported from Japan with only 72000 kilometers driven. Because of the Japanese sun it had to be newly paint. I had this done a several weeks a go by a garage that painted allready 7 Porsches 968 before. We renewed all the belts and now I want to restore some innerparts like the steeringwheel and dash. But its accelent condition shows and it runs perfect. I only want to drive it on nice weather days so it is garaged now. But I can't wait to feel, smell and drive my Porsche 968 Coupe in it's black leather interior.

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[Bulti]

Welcome!



Where did you have your car resprayed? I went to 3 shops, but they are less than eager to do the job, mainly because they have too much work from the insurance companies coming in. A restauration would cost me way north of € 20,000. Not for my wallet.



I hope it's somewhere south of where you live :-)

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[vliegwielolaf1234]

welcome .



I did mine when i bought it cost me about 4000euro ,no dents , and did the wet sanding my self .

But took the car appart my self , and also put i back together .

I was amazed and so was the paint shop of very many loose parts that had to be sprayed , mirrors headlights door handels bupers side skirts and whatever more .

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[williamoss]

welcome. my first Porsche was a 924. same as you. now I have a 968 coupe, dark green. It is much more than the 924 I can tell you.

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[Ghis968]

[quote name='Bulti' timestamp='1419700274' post='164726']

Welcome!



Where did you have your car resprayed? I went to 3 shops, but they are less than eager to do the job, mainly because they have too much work from the insurance companies coming in. A restauration would cost me way north of € 20,000. Not for my wallet.



I hope it's somewhere south of where you live :-)

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Hallo Bulti,

I'm sorry it was near Amsterdam, and I told them I wasn't in a curry but that I wanted a good job. The guy who imported my car from Japan, had his cars done there. That made me to decide to let it spraid by them as well. The company I went to is calles 'James' located in Mijdrecht. You easily find it on the web. I let it sprayed for less then 5.000 euro. Changed all the rubber as weel. I didn't do anything.... just payed for it.

Good luck

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[flash]

welcome. always happy to see new members from overseas



just as a site protocol note, we don't really use the quote feature here like they do on other sites. we assume that you are responding to a previous post, and it is almost always very clear. it's much more conversational based here. for example, you wouldn't repeat back what somebody said in a real conversation, and so we find it unnecessary to do so here, and it clutters things up anyway

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[ds968]

Yes, but with some exceptions ( IMHO ) : 1. if your response is a couple or more posts down, or you're already on the next page of the thread, or, if you're responding to just a specific comment extracted from a previous post, in which case you should probably " crop " that quote accordingly .

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[Cloud9...68]

I was going to say the same thing. I agree the quote feature shouldn't be overused, as it is on some sites, but there are cases when it clarifies things.

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[flash]

of course there are times it makes sense. it's pretty rare though. for the most part things flow in a timely manner and the conversation is easy to follow. a large part of that is because we monitor and manage threads more here than on other sites, and keep things on topic a lot better.



speaking of staying on topic.............



there seems to be quite a bit of influx of members from that area. i'm surprised there are so many 968 owners in such a small place. kinda cool

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[ds968]

Yes I noticed that as well, and was going to mention it but then did not think it was that significant .. Of course the king of 968s ( sorry flash, you're not him , lol ) lives there, so it's only suitable. Wonder if he still has eleven 968s or only eight left, as I recall three were up for sale . Must be something about the Netherlands that attracts a higher ( per capita ) 968 ownership vs other venues .. .?? Smarter people ? People with better taste in cars than most ? What is it , lol ?

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[Ghis968]

Ok, "just post it". I got the message.

Although there seems to be 'lots' of 968 models in the Netherlands, I haven't seen one on the road for years. And believe me: I'd noticed. But I love the lines, curves and sound of my renewed car. More power would be nice perhaps. I think to start with the airbox modification. Nice article to read and understand. Nice to read and chat on the 968 forums!

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[Waylander]

I know of a nice speed yellow one in Den Helder, he frequents the uk 968 forum

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