Nurburgring this Weekend June 12-13

[Patrice911]

Any Pelican going to the Ring this weekend?
I will be there, watching the VLN race on Saturday, and for Sunday I reserved the 996 from RentRaceCar.
The last time I was there I rented the Audi TT from them, the 996 should be more fun.

[ZAMIRZ]

24 hours of Le Mans is this weekend, I imagine the 'ring will be pretty light on traffic.

[Patrice911]

Originally Posted by ZAMIRZ

24 hours of Le Mans is this weekend, I imagine the 'ring will be pretty light on traffic.

That's what I'm hoping for, also, the World Cup might help too.
The last time I was there the traffic was heavy not as much fun as with light traffic.
At the moment the weather forecast look good too.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Where's the usual predictable band of haters to come out and say "it was only a targa" or "it was only a 912"?

In all honestly I can appreciate the guy's effort. Looks to be a decent (though not great) install. There's a hell of a lot less oil under that car than most 911s/912s I've seen also.

I would have serious concern about frame rigidity though - that's a lot of torque for not having a rear crossmember.

I can appreciate what the guy did - either spend $10k rebuilding an underpowered 4-cyl to be "authentic" or spend about the same to put in a whole ton of horsepower? I can see the appeal. I wouldn't buy it (certainly not for what he's asking) but I can definitely see why he did.

[Jim Richards]

Free drugs on PPOT! Whoo hoo!

Have a great time, Patrice, and let us know how it went.