[type968]

After I picked my car up in Portland OR, and drove it over 3.5 days to Massachusetts, I happened to have an oil change appt for the other more modern p-car I had at the dealer.  Other than high prices, I actually like my dealer.

 

So I asked to have that car brought in and change the oil and go over it after nearly 3k of driving in less than a week (BTW car performed flawless)

 

So other than having the inside of both tires worn to the belt (dodged a bullet there)  The only other issue was the front of the engine needed to be resealed.  They gave me a quote, said they would do it if they could, but they did not have the special tools.

 

So off to the indy to get done (after a new set of tires).

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[williamoss]

After I picked my car up in Portland OR, and drove it over 3.5 days to Massachusetts, I happened to have an oil change appt for the other more modern p-car I had at the dealer.  Other than high prices, I actually like my dealer.

 

So I asked to have that car brought in and change the oil and go over it after nearly 3k of driving in less than a week (BTW car performed flawless)

 

So other than having the inside of both tires worn to the belt (dodged a bullet there)  The only other issue was the front of the engine needed to be resealed.  They gave me a quote, said they would do it if they could, but they did not have the special tools.

 

So off to the indy to get done (after a new set of tires).

when were you in Portland OR and who did you buy your car from, as I live in Portland myself with a 95 coupe

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[type968]

when were you in Portland OR and who did you buy your car from, as I live in Portland myself with a 95 coupe

 

Spring of 14 I think, great weather no rain.  Just headed to i90 from Portland pretty much and had my version of a canonball run!  Not the first time I did this trip, so didn't stop to see much.

 

Guy named Mikey who was active in PCA as a DE Instructor.  Long story short when I was looking for this car, it was in NJ, and the original owner was active on lists I was on, but didn't think it was what I wanted, so never reached out, even though he saw I was looking and he wanted to get rid of it, he traded to a dealer in Ohio for a Cayman Spyder and it was then bought and shipped to Oregon (I am from Seattle originally, makes me want to move back to the west coast!)

 

After being a 968 guy for a while, he decided to move to 911 after a year of this one (he had a few well known cars on here I believe)

 

Car wanted to get back home o the "right" coast

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[type968]

I know there is a lot of 911 bashing on why are those cars more cherished, valuable than ours, but I believe we can thank them for this, the rise in restoring and value in 911s, makes Porsche take notice:

 

https://my.porsche.com/usa/accessoriesan...ilability/

 

You can let Porsche know of NLA parts and they will take in consideration the re-manufacuturing of them.

 

My understanding for a lot of manufactures, when they no longer make parts, they would still allow dealers to request them on back-order, and if there were enough, they would do a run, much like Flash is doing here.

 

This gives us the op to request.

 

So fill it out often, I do!

 

In fact I see Porsche taking this more serious, as a sort of aftermarket program, to make more revenue and recognize that we may pump 10s of thousands into cars, and they can be in on it.

 

http://www.porsche.com/usa/accessoriesan...hilosophy/

 

http://www.porsche.com/usa/accessoriesan...s/classic/

 

These web sites show that.

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[ds968]

Wow, just opened those links and to say that I'm both surprised and impressed would be an understatement . But cautiously optimistic only, because I would expect depending on the volume demand for any given part Porsche may deem the production of the specific item to be not feasible , or prohibitively expensive to the buyer . But I suppose they deserve the benefit of the doubt ..

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