200,000 mile or 300,000 km grill badges

[Paul491]

Hey! How many of us own Porsches with a lot of miles/kilometers? Let's see your car/pictures!

Anyone seen grill badges celebrating 200k or 300k? Have they ever been offered by Porsche? Ever?
The only one I have seen is offered by the 356 Club and it's only for 100,000 kilometers (62,119 miles)...

For those of us who own well-loved, high-mileage cars driven daily, a nice grill badge (openly displayed on the rear deck lid) sure would give us more creditability; and just might explain why our cars may appear a little bit rougher and not quite as pampered... heh heh

Any ideas?

[Kroggers]

That is a cool idea. I would really like a 200,000 Km, now that I am at 215,000 and still going strong

[jcossell]

I have 551,000km on mine. Motor was just redone about 7,000km ago. Body is currently getting some TLC.

[livi]

jcossell,

Did the original engine last for a half million kilometers !!!!!

Boy, they really are sturdy little lumps of German engineering!

I have 140 000 kilometers - man, she is but a little baby!

[1911Guy]

The car company Volvo offers a high mileage badge FREE to owners who push their Volvos past 100,000 - 200,000 miles and up. I hope they continue that tradition now that Ford has their mits into them.

I would be cool if Porsche did something like that for it's loyal owners.

[jcossell]

livi,
No it has been rebuilt twice (that I have receipts for, I paid for the last one)

[stv951]

Mine has 205.000 klms, and stil goes strong

[Kroggers]

Do you think it is possible to get one from the 356 club? Might have to look on eBay

[Gogar]

You could just add a badge for every 100,000 km. But that might be a little tacky for you 500,000 guys.

[Peter Bull]

Mine's gone about 240k so I'd love a 200k one, maybe we should make one ourselves?

551k that is impressive! How long have you had it, jcossell?

[Paul491]

Ok, all you 100,000+ Km guys... Your're in luck, here is the link I found for the grill badge pictured at the beginning of this thread...

http://www.356sales.com/badge.html

I need a 300,000Km for my ride!



Okay, now let's see some of those 200k+ cars

[Kroggers]

Here is my 200k Km ride

[lagrassa]

200,000+ Km. Would love to have a badge.

[Peter Bull]

Originally posted by Paul491
Okay, now let's see some of those 200k+ cars

OK, here is my 200k+ set of wheels. And a friends not even 100k 964 in the background.


Paul, our cars look quite similar! Your's a little high though

[pieterk]

My 912 has 491,000 km on it, with only one rebuild and one repaint. With continued proper care, I wouldn't be surprised to see some cars cracking 1,000,000 km in another two or so decades!

No pics though.

[jcossell]

Peter,
I've owned it since 2002 and put about 25,000 on it before rebuilding. It will be a daily driver when finished (except for winter). I only paid $7,000 for the car as it needed a lot of TLC.

I was in Afghanistan from Feb 05 - Feb 06 and now have some play money. The body shows the km and 82's do in fact rust, just a little slower than the non-galvanized.

[Peter Bull]

Originally posted by jcossell
... and 82's do in fact rust, just a little slower than the non-galvanized.

jcossell,

I know. To my horror I found some on my car too. Do you have any pictures of your car?

[Paul491]

Hey! Nice cars everyone! Great to see TRUE Road Warriors!!!

Originally posted by Peter Bull
Paul, our cars look quite similar! Your's a little high though

Good eye, Peter, but not any more... That picture was taken last year in Arizona after living many years on a dusty, rough 'n rocky, dirt road in the foothills. Everyday was much like a Paris-Dakar rally to and from work

Now that I live in Southern California on much smoother roads, it's been lowered about 2" and corner-balanced. Here's a recent pic taken at the Zone 8 PCA Speed Festival at Fontana, CA. The red "296" car is also a 1984 Factory M491, fully sorted and racing in JP class.


So what if your car is a little hammered... with battle scars and road dings (mine has rock chips all over the front!!!) don't be afraid to post! All dog-tough veterans and road warriors welcome!!! Brake out with your pics!!!

[Peter Bull]

Originally posted by Paul491
Good eye, Peter, but not any more... That picture was taken last year in Arizona after living many years on a dusty, rough 'n rocky, dirt road in the foothills. Everyday was much like a Paris-Dakar rally to and from work

Hi Paul, I was actually meaning Kroggers car, he is also Paul or Pål. Sorry about that. But I do think your car looks much better in the "new and lower version". I am impressed that you managed to keep that finish on it when driving on dirt roads!

[Kroggers]

Hey Peter, that is cool - I know she is still a bit high, and I have planed to do some work on the suspension at some point - will drop the high at the same time.

I see from your signature that you are part of the BeBi team - that is so cool dude. Maybe I should bribe you with some beer to sort out my suspension