Car (or bike) Chat!

[Firebottle]

I am getting too old for this crap, but I saved a heap of cash doing it myself.

Time for a beer.... or three.

I hear you, I gave up working on cars a while back, too knackering. Although I have fitted two reversing cameras (wired ones) in the last 3 years.

Enjoy the beer.

[User211]

Been doing all sorts on my bought from new but now 12 years old Boxster.

Ripped out the door card as the top was delaminating from its frame and glued it back together.

Also removed the clogged up water drainage ducts as there's a known design flaw with end caps of the drainage pipes.

Also the driver's side window and side mirror electrical switch was replaced with a new unit placed into the door card as the old one wasn't working that well.

New cigarette lighter placed into the centre console.

New truck and bonnet struts inserted.

Rear view mirror came away from the glass. This was a real bitch of a problem to solve. I thought window glues were the answer, but no. High strength double sided 3M tape does the job well.

Current garage rate is £240/hr.

Only the rear view mirror was undocumented anywhere I could find. The rest is all covered by YT videos.

Most of this stuff is MUCH easier to do than garage labour rates imply.

Also, its recently had fresh spark plugs and coils, new shock absorbers, a new air/oil separator, some Textar low iron content brake disks (amazing much better than Porsche's Sebro standard fit) and a new motion sensor which was causing all sorts of issues.

Passenger side door is also delaminating, so that's next.

The car sounds like a disaster. But it is driving superbly after all the work. Better than new when it comes to the brakes and suspension. 112K miles.

This thing is not gonna get sold. I absolutely love it. And they have stopped making them.

I walked into the Porsche garage a few months ago and a base Boxster was £77K - no thanks! OK it had quite a few extras but then so did my car. Essentially the same car with 2 less cylinders and a turbo.

Last two pics show today's activity. The removed drainage plugs are on the pillow.

[User211]

This is an interesting video on the difference between Boxster/Cayman and 911 Porsche cars.

A 911 is basically a Boxster with the engine in a worse position. I've driven 911s and I just don't like them because of it. Just my opinion but the 911s do generally get the better engines. Or the same engines detuned.

https://youtu.be/z8RDTsr9POA?is=Rbpydie5xgCuJri0

[Pigmy Pony]

Bugger.

For the first time since before I took my driving test drive back in the 80s, I've been told that I mustn't drive.

Two days ago I experienced what I would call a "funny turn" for the second time this year, so Anita took me down to our local Urgent Care, where I spent a fun afternoon with various tests to determine whether it was a TIA (transient ischemic attack) with FAST test, blood tests, ECG, CT scan, where they found nothing.

But they're not giving up - they're setting me up with an MRI scan next, which I think is like the 4K version of CT. I'm dreading them finding something because then my driving licence will be toast. It's only 7am and I'm bored already. And I'm not really built for life as a pedestrian, or God forbid a cyclist. So I'm keeping everything crossed.

I'm looking outside at my new (to me) car on the drive that I bought last week and thinking well that might have been shit timing

[Macca]

I suppose they already ruled out side effects from the pills?

[Barry]

Sounds worrying Steve, but I'm sure the docs will be able to sort you out.

[Pigmy Pony]

I suppose they already ruled out side effects from the pills?

I thought it might have been that, but they have all that information and it wasn't mentioned. And now they've added aspirin to the pile of stuff to be taken daily, as well as something to stop the aspirin upsetting my stomach... these I had to get from the hospital pharmacy. 30 minute wait for these! I went to the counter to cancel this, saying I had aspirins at home, but they were insistent. And moved my prescription to the front of the queue. Like going private, but cheaper

[Pigmy Pony]

Sounds worrying Steve, but I'm sure the docs will be able to sort you out.

Cheers Barry, I'm sure they will. It's just the 'no driving' thing that's concerning me. Still, Anita has left the house and won't be back till teatime, so apart from 30 minutes of tasks I'll have the house to myself, to let the stereo stretch its legs a bit

[Alex_UK]

Hope you're feeling better soon, Steve. I know a few people who have had TIAs (it's common in our age group - probably always has been, just never diagnosed in the past) and they are all fine with the right meds - I think in a way its a good thing that they've found it before it develops into something more serious. And on the positive side, enjoy those tunes whilst you can!

[Pigmy Pony]

Thanks Alex, you're right of course - spotting stuff early before it becomes a thing, is key. And yes I can still enjoy the tunes, my hearing is no worse than it was before Though I think Anita was hoping my music tastes would improve with the new speakers, and it really hasn't