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jonttt
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Joined: 20 Aug 2012
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Location: Liverpool
2014 Porsche Boxster 981
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I failed the custard test ie I’ve only just seen the challenge 
I have been out in it today for a 100 mile round trip errand, its in danger of becoming my daily 
I’ve not driven a manual car since...... I took the 993 for its service earlier this year, it just feels so natural that it took me a while to remember I was driving a manual  ...... the mechanical wine, the burble of the exhaust, the smell..... you forget, bliss 
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tyinsky
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Joined: 29 Jun 2012
Posts: 609
Location: London, UK
1997 Porsche 993 Carrera 2S
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Great October to be enjoying it too. Hoping the weather holds a little longer as I’m taking a day off at the end of the month to abuse the Breacons 
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Zingari
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Joined: 25 Oct 2009
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Location: Cheshire
1993 Porsche 964 Anniversary
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| jonttt wrote: |
I have been out in it today for a 100 mile round trip errand, its in danger of becoming my daily
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How many dealers did you manage to fit in and will it be SOR  v911 have 6 in so you need to be quick as the bail out has started
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Tobesetc
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Joined: 02 Jun 2014
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Location: West London, UK
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Custard Test... this is funny, why have I not heard of this before? I'm off to buy a tin!
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M&MD&D
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That's a beautiful looking 993 @jonttt
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jonttt
Zolder
Joined: 20 Aug 2012
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Location: Liverpool
2014 Porsche Boxster 981
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I’m about to go out in it again  , the sun is shining after a few days of rain 
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tyinsky
Montreal
Joined: 29 Jun 2012
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Location: London, UK
1997 Porsche 993 Carrera 2S
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I’m also going to call custard on this. Twice in a week?
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jonttt
Zolder
Joined: 20 Aug 2012
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Location: Liverpool
2014 Porsche Boxster 981
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3 times
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jonttt
Zolder
Joined: 20 Aug 2012
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Location: Liverpool
2014 Porsche Boxster 981
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Fast forward 5 months and I found the car in the garage
I renewed the annual insurance today and am aiming to take it to the Manchester meet on Saturday so decided to put the Road tax on it, even though it means me paying for a full month just to prove to Sponge that its real. I’ll get the £22 back somehow 
..... so off to the petrol station to check tyres and top up the fuel........not  ......I usually disconnect the battery completely as its kept in a secure garage but I must have forgotten after its last use ...... so battery completely flat 
Battery is on charge so will be ready to go for a shakedown tomorrow
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1997 Porsche 911 993 C4S My Journal
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FZP
Paul Ricard
Joined: 18 Jan 2015
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Location: Cheshire
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Weather is looking promising. Shame that Zingari can't make it as he could have recalibrated his Colini stick against a 993 after a firmware update that includes 991 GT3 engine fires and future values of those cars with replaced engines
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Alex
Le Mans
Joined: 06 Mar 2014
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Location: The Ribble Valley, Lancashire
2000 Porsche 996 Carrera 4
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| jonttt wrote: | I’ll get the £22 back somehow
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I'll buy you a coffee if you turn up in it.
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spongebob squarepants
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Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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Location: Manchester and Iraq
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| jonttt wrote: | Fast forward 5 months and I found the car in the garage
I renewed the annual insurance today and am aiming to take it to the Manchester meet on Saturday so decided to put the Road tax on it, even though it means me paying for a full month just to prove to Sponge that its real. I’ll get the £22 back somehow
..... so off to the petrol station to check tyres and top up the fuel........not ......I usually disconnect the battery completely as its kept in a secure garage but I must have forgotten after its last use ...... so battery completely flat
Battery is on charge so will be ready to go for a shakedown tomorrow |
Big call to make Saturday, eldest is playing footie (I was hoping for divine intervention) but it’s actually stopped raining! So I’m 50/50.
On the other hand Herman’s wheels need showing off and Jonttt’s 993 on the road 
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jonttt
Zolder
Joined: 20 Aug 2012
Posts: 5429
Location: Liverpool
2014 Porsche Boxster 981
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Well I actually found time to get the old girl out on the road today 
Battery now fully charged up, the car had not moved >6 months but started first turn (as always) and drove like a dream. None of the sticky tappets you can get after a layup, just a smooth rumble.
Quick trip to top up on Fuel and check the tyre pressures and than a run around the local coast but in heavy / slowish traffic. I’ve not driven a manual car since the last time I drove this but that familiar knob in the palm of your hand was soooooo reassuring. You really do forget how divorced you are from the driving experience with modern cars and the genuine stares a car a bit out of the norm gets.
All it took was half an hour to remind me why I love this car
#hewnfromstone
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"Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds" Einstein
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1997 Porsche 911 993 C4S My Journal
2014 Porsche Boxster GTS My Journal
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maldren
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Lovely car John, well worth the effort.
Mike
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jonttt
Zolder
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2014 Porsche Boxster 981
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Some pictures thanks to Alex from the Manchester meet yesturday.....
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Alex
Le Mans
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2000 Porsche 996 Carrera 4
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jonttt
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2014 Porsche Boxster 981
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thanks Alex
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2014 Porsche Boxster GTS My Journal
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tyinsky
Montreal
Joined: 29 Jun 2012
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Location: London, UK
1997 Porsche 993 Carrera 2S
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Looks beautiful. Front plate is bent on the passenger side other than that is looks mint+ 
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speedracer
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Awesome looking 4S and it needs some 993 companion
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jonttt
Zolder
Joined: 20 Aug 2012
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Location: Liverpool
2014 Porsche Boxster 981
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| tyinsky wrote: | | Looks beautiful. Front plate is bent on the passenger side other than that is looks mint+ |
Thats aluminium plates for you, they bend to the 993 bumper great but then are easy bent too far due to the amount that underhangs the plinth
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1997 Porsche 911 993 C4S My Journal
2014 Porsche Boxster GTS My Journal
2017 BMW 740 Msport
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