6,000 Miles

"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390) 10/17/2015 at 14:25 • Filed to: 944Lyfe

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I’VE MADE IT SURVIVED 6,000 MILES WITH THIS RED THING!!

To put it in perspective, the previous owner drove her 5,000 miles in 5 years. I’ve done that and then some within weeks of our one-year anniversary!! ^_^

jkm7680 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 14:28

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How many total miles are on it?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > jkm7680 10/17/2015 at 14:30

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124,997. :)

jkm7680 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 14:34

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Looks pretty damn good for that many miles!

JGrabowMSt > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 14:40

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Do you still have the badge on the nose?

6000 in a year isn’t bad for a toy. I’ve unfortunately put over 12k on the SL this year, and the gas money has been hurting me badly. Feels good to have the wagon again.

Viggen > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 14:40

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Congrats!

Might finally join the Porsche club myself soon enough. Doubt I’m gonna do that many miles per year though.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > jkm7680 10/17/2015 at 14:42

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The dirtiest part of the car before I bought it were the wheels and tires!

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > JGrabowMSt 10/17/2015 at 14:46

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Of course I still have it! Why would I change what was done to it when new? The only thing I added were the black stone guards because the color matched ones aren’t available.

I was honestly aiming for 10000 miles. I can’t really imagine saving that much money between a V12 and V8, I can’t fathom the savings being anything but marginal.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Viggen 10/17/2015 at 14:48

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I only got away with that mileage with three road trips, daily driving, and two driving tours, with the last being tomorrow. I bet I can get another 1000 out of her before storage.

JGrabowMSt > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 14:49

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$50 every 3 days or $50 every 5-7 days for gas. Makes a massive difference.

I thought that badge wasnt factory...it always looked crooked to me...

Jdrentarol > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 14:54

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Is it a turbo?

Viggen > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 14:54

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Nice. You’ve been rather lucky mechanically with your 944 as well, right? Unfortunately all the 944s around here are non runners or went up in price. There’s a few 924s around though.

Nibby > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 14:56

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I need to ask.

Does it dragon?

Jdrentarol > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 14:57

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Hahahaha ironic post timing .

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > JGrabowMSt 10/17/2015 at 14:58

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Okay, that is quite the difference.

The badge wasn’t factory, but it was a dealer “ad-on” to cover the front license bracket holes. It’s crooked, but original enough to keep.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Jdrentarol 10/17/2015 at 14:59

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Nope. Good’ole NA.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Viggen 10/17/2015 at 15:05

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It’s actually kinda funny. The 924s here have a better clean-running/non-running ratio than 944s, but there’s more 944s to go around.

Jdrentarol > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 15:05

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How reliable is it?

Viggen > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 15:06

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Clean runner or box fenders. Man what a first world problem.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Nibby 10/17/2015 at 15:06

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No, it doesn’t

CaptDale - is secretly British > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 15:06

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Way cool!! I can’t wait to get the 928 on the road, but between work and life I haven’t been working too hard on it.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Jdrentarol 10/17/2015 at 15:07

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Very.... (O_O)

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Jdrentarol 10/17/2015 at 15:07

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Once the few big things that caused some breakdowns were fixed, it’s been fairly reliable.

Nibby > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 15:08

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;_;

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Viggen 10/17/2015 at 15:09

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See for yourself :p

http://detroit.craigslist.org/search/sss?que…

http://detroit.craigslist.org/search/sss?sor…

Jdrentarol > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 15:11

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So, Civic reliable minus the timing belt problem ( duhhhhhhh )

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Jdrentarol 10/17/2015 at 15:22

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It’s not like the timing belt is a problem. It simply has a shorter maintenance interval than pretty much all others.

Jdrentarol > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 15:25

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So, instead of once every year, it’s once every 6 months?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Jdrentarol 10/17/2015 at 15:28

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It’s every 30-40,000 miles or 3-4 years. Change the waterpump and rollers every other change.

Jdrentarol > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 15:34

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How about the timing rubber band belt?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Jdrentarol 10/17/2015 at 16:02

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That is the belt.

Jdrentarol > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 16:08

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Oh my god, I thought it would be every 3/4 years or whatever! This is great!

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Jdrentarol 10/17/2015 at 16:11

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It is....

Jdrentarol > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 17:09

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No, I said 3/4 of a year, like three-fourths of a year.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Jdrentarol 10/17/2015 at 17:13

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Oh.

Jdrentarol > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/17/2015 at 18:08

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Yea, that was my bad, mainly.

Chasaboo > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/18/2015 at 22:13

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Dang, that is a great looking car. I still think that the Porsche 944 is better looking than the 911. As Clarkson would say the 911 is just a Beetle.