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And through 100k miles...

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Osh

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Spent a lot of time on the road last week driving around the country.

Up nice and early Friday morning; picked my P&J up from the car park bang on 6am in Manchester city center and left to drive to Slough; as i got to the edge of the city she tripped through the 100,000 miles mark.

Love driving her - always puts a smile on my face.

One day she'll need a rebuild; when she does might also get a super charger strapped to her to make things a little more interesting. Who knows...

For now I know just love what she does and how she does it :thumb:


Osh
 
I just clocked on 116k miles after a trip around the Jurassic Coast to keep the misses happy, from 113k miles when bought in August. I think the sterling pounds depreciation matches the miles added over 100k unfortunately..
 
Good to hear Osh!

Here's to many more miles and smiles :cheers:
 
142k this week in mine.
 
147 in mine....
 
248k in mine - do try to keep up... :bye:
 
demon said:
248k in mine - do try to keep up... :bye:
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:hand: But it's had a rebuild.
 
Alex said:
demon said:
248k in mine - do try to keep up... :bye:
Click to expand...

:hand: But it's had a rebuild.
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Ok... for the purist answer, it got to 168k before the rebuild, but the main bearings were on their last legs so would have been better rebuilt earlier (hence I suspect the main reason the previous owner was selling). 150k does seem to be the typical milestone for rebuilds. I definitely believe 996s prefer to do ~10k a year daily use than just weekend service in nice weather - that said with a 200k+ car pretty much every single thing starts to need to be viewed as a "service item" of some kind (buggered if I ever intend to sell the car/move on though!) :D
 
:thumb:
 
If it's score free, at that miles and you start to see white metal fragments / copper in the oil filter, I guess just a bearing shells & chains rebuild would be reasonable? I say 'reasonable'..
 
145k. ways to go!
 
Morning guys

yes, I'm really, really pleased with my P&J and wonder swap her for anything. I was chatting to Mrs Osh at the weekend and saying that, at some point in the future, the engine will need to be rebuilt and - when it comes to the time, i'll probably have it bored out, new headers and stainless steel down pipes, 100 or 200 cell cats and a super charger slapped on. As a typical girl Mrs Osh simply couldn't understand why....

Been reading other threads about engine rebuilds/upgrades and its something i'm looking forward to doing - it will probably be 2-3 years away from now though as the old girl is ticking along just fine. :thumb:


Osh
 
It's great to hear about all these high milers.. with Porsche, it's almost a badge of honour, rather than embarrassment, which says lots about the cars. Particularly driving a 996, which is meant to have a chocolate engine.. when I start mine effortlessly in subzero temperatures after a week sat on the drive, it doesn't feel chocolate to me!

Definitely therapeutic to commit to keeping the 996 through thick and thin and use it day-in day-out. Makes it slightly less unbearable when things go pop/smoke/tap/bag of spanners.. (maybe!?)
 
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