Did a Google search looking for dating tips.......;)

When I owned my 930, I looked at Rennlist and Pelican Turbo forums. When I sold the car, I didn’t want to be one of those guys that tells everybody, I used to have one! So, I started venturing to PPOT and haven’t looked back.

There was alcohol involved...

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That's how I ended up everywhere too :D

Don't know why, but cars and airplanes were my Pokemon when I was a young kid (before there was Pokemon). My dad and uncle were into big-block Mopars. My uncle had a body shop and specialized in repairing what was "exotic" at the time (Jaguars, Mercedes, older cars...). A relative in California took me for a ride in his 356 when I was 5 years old and that was a very different experience. We were cornering around the back streets of Moraga at 60+ mph and that car didn't care. Big Mopars won't do that. Then we stopped at a Porsche dealership to see his buddy and the brand-new 930 in the showroom was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. That was ~1975.

I can't tell you how many 911's I built in LEGO from then on.

Life and reality set in and I thought I'd never own one. Things aligned and I started casually looking for a coupe in 2008. I didn't find what I wanted and stopped looking in early 2010. One June Saturday morning I sat down at my PC with a cup of coffee, opened Craigslist, got the car/truck section, and what is now my Targa was at the top of the list. Sometimes cars find you.

So I found myself with a non-running '75 911s Targa that I had flat-bedded home in big pieces and I needed parts and advice. Google brought me to Pelican and I lived in the tech section for several months.

I started attending a local Cars & Coffee gathering to look at other 911's and ran across a couple of guys standing around a yellow backdated car telling jokes. One was really funny - I asked where they heard that. The guy smoking a cigar said he read it on the Pelican Off-Topic forum.

(And incidentally that's also how I met Eric and Harry and Dennis and a few others here on Pelican...)

And so I went home and looked for that forum and here I am. I visit here about 3x more than the tech forum now...

Aw heck. Now I am one of those guys who tells people I used to have a 930...

I will confess it was the achievement of my childhood automotive fantasy.

Much more reading threads than posting, PPOT has always been my source of news, mostly expert advice and humor. Saves me a great deal of time, no need for TV or newspapers. Porsche content is a bonus!

Bought an old 911 in 2015 and used this site for info. Then discovered the random pics thread on the OT and that was that

My join date says 2002, but that's not right because of the computer update at that time.
I joined about 3 years earlier and used the tech forum knowledge for a pulled head stud project.

After that, I wandered over here.

I went crazy and bought a 914. I found Pelican in 2000...

Bought my first P-car in 2010. Then I went down a dark, dirty and ultimately beautiful rabbit hole with my Mexico Blue 911 project. I LIVED on the tech and parts forums during those 5 years. When that project wrapped up and I needed less parts (and tech) I found myself meandering over here. Still visit the parts and tech forums, but it is now more like 25/25/50 PPOT these days. That ratio may change again as just I bought a '72 "garage find" coupe this past weekend. :)

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Sweet looking '72

Man, those were fun days! Miss those Saturday morning get togethers with the guys.

Bought my `87 in October 2003. Had tons to learn, needed parts, found Pelican. Back then the big controversies were tuning the chip for your air cooled and what brand of oil (and the whole ZDDP thing.

One day I had some extra time and noticed PPOT. Read a few threads and never left.
IIRC there wasn't PARF back then. As PPOT got wilder, PARF was started. Eventually the "Chest" thread was axed and photos were pulled if they were too revealing.

My first car was a beat up 67' bug I bought for $300 from my big brother in 1978.
After dropping the motor, repairing/replacing body bits and putting a new interior in and driving it for about 10 years I moved on to more mundane auto's.
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I've always admired Porsche's and thought they were out of reach- then the opportunity to buy this one popped up, late in 2002 I had it delivered to me via flatbed since it wasn't running.

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After lots of parts and good advice from our host and the 911 forums I had a good running 72 and started venturing off into PPOT.

So many funny and sometimes touching posts, I kinda got hooked and post probably too much on the Random Photos you have taken thread.

20 years ago, I was driving my brand-new-to-me 1987 924S when I ran over a wheel chock that fell of a county dump truck. Following a little too close, so no time to react and bam, there goes the power steering pump bracket.
I found a local Porsche Mechanic (Momentum Motorworks, Birmingham AL) who also convinced me that I desperately need a front-of-engine service. I wanted to do it myself, but he first directed me to the Pelican Parts Bulletin Board and assigned homework: Start from the beginning of the Porsche 924/944/968 Technical Forum, and read everything. I called him back the next day and had him do the front end service.

Since then, I have performed all the 924S maintenance myself; thanks to these Pelican Parts Forums. I only decided to see what PPOT was all about around 3-4 years ago. Interesting community we have here!

Here she is on her 30th birthday:

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Thanks. Going to the dry ice/laser cleaning shop this afternoon for some clean up and further research. Hopefully no huge hidden flaws.

I was a network administrator/computer tech. So if I was on the computer I was working. I spent a lot of time on forums and my Porsche stuff was with the PCA Potomac group. Then I came across Pelican Parts and thought it was much more my style. And have been here ever since.

^^^^ I got paid a lot read the Tech Forum for several years too Bill :)

LOL it's always fun to be paid while you follow your passion.