bummed first porsche owner

[eddiek]

i just wanted to say hi and tell you about my 911t i just bought.it's my first porsche and my dream car.'731/2 911t in ok condition.i drove from ga to miami to pick it up.on the way back i got about 1 1/2 hours from my house when a guy coming in the other direction hit my truck,the trailer,and the porsche all in one swoop.the porsche is fixable but what a way to start my porsche experience.

[layzee]

Bummer. Feeling sorry for you.

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Phil Garner'72 911E Sporto
'87 VW Golf CL 1.6 with Weber (x1!)

[Natchamp]

That is definately a bummer. How much damage?

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Mark
www.mark.hargett.com
mark@hargett.com

[eddiek]

i think the insurance company will be buying me an rsr bodykit.

[don911]

Eddie,
Must be something with the first porsche's. I bought my first porsche last June. I had the car less than a week and on the way to J.W. shop for a 15K mile service, I was rear ended by a lady in an SUV. Luckily, the damage was repairable and my car now looks better than ever. I got the only existing dent taken out and also got a front spoiler and factory RSA tail put on for a good discount.

Good luck with the RSR conversion.

Don
87 coupe

[Kurt B]

Okay, I'd like to say "Everything will be wine and roses, baby", but I can't really say that.
My machine got whacked at the end of May. Ranger decimated the door and dented the rear fender.

I got a call a week after I had it in the shop, and the guy said to come pick up the car, the door was on back order and he didn't know when it would be in...

I called Porsche immediately myself and asked why the doors were so hard to find. Well, that Exact door wasn't made, instead a new door, one for 993s and back is to be used instead...a retrofitting door. Since the doors outwardly haven't changed in 30 years, this was not a problem.
Anyway, the door is on and looks great. I have no complaints except...
The door is definitely somehow different because the contact switch doesn't work. In fact, the door is different enough, there must be more than 1/4" to 1/2" of space there! I can't get the door, when closed, to push the contact in no matter what I do.


The car isn't exactly the same ....



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Kurt B
1984 Carrera Cabriolet
911 Page
carrera_cabriolet@yahoo.com

[eddiek]

my damage was in the front end.it wrinkled the hood,fenders,and bumper.all of these things i was going to replace anyway.i'll be doing the work myself but i can get help from the bodyshop at the dealership i work at.all in all i'm not too upset,just wish i could drive it.

[don911]

Kurt,
Bummer about your door. Lukily I only had to replace the rear lid. The guy who fixed my car put a used one on. He told me that the "new" parts coming from porsche are really factory seconds that were not good enough to be installed on a new car. He told me he tries to find good used parts because they fit better. I don't know if that is the case with 993 parts/door but it sounds like the 993 door isn't fitting up very well with your 84.

Don
87 coupe

[maxnine11]

Kurt B, this bulletin should help you.

[maxnine11]

wasn't quite what I had planned Kurt B....I'll try e-mailing you a better version of the tech bulletin....later, MAX

[Kurt B]

Doug, thank you. I did get your email and I did reply with a thanks, however, I'm not sure you'll get the message.
Your computer is infected with a .pif virus that intercepts mail. After I replied to your email, your computer autoresponded with an .mp3.pif attachment. I did not run it of course and recognized what it was.
I sent you an email warning you about the problem, but I'm not sure you'll get it. I do know, I'll get a response from you (or from the virus) on your machine as it will attempt to mail the attachment again to me in a reply. Take note
The url for how to clean it is given below
http://www.pchell.com/virus/mtx.shtml


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Kurt B
1984 Carrera Cabriolet
911 Page
carrera_cabriolet@yahoo.com