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Originally Posted by loach
Wow. Just holy, god's annointed, fuchs-a-doodle wow at this whole thread. It took me 3 hours or so from start to finish, but... amazing, and a monument to the fantastic levels of expertise and knowledge within PP. Also to the levels of civility - you guys were way too kind to some of the villains in this piece. Hardly a boo or a hiss throughout, and no-one threw any fruit.
AP is going to do some work on an engine for me shortly, and though he hasn't done himself many favours here, and whilst... well I guess I'm happy he's not working on my gulf blue 1973 RS LWT (though that's largely because I can't remotely afford and therefore don't have one).... in his defence, I have found him nice to deal with and his workshop is (it seems to me) testament to a guy who has very high standards and is exceptionally, even obsessively fastidious in all aspects of his work. He's not even THAT expensive, though I could be back on here in a while ruing those words and choking on an aneurysm-inducing bill the length of Donald Trump's combover.
Some of what went on here was a bit depressing and maybe I have an inflated opinion of Andy, but he knew my engine was in the back and correctly identified it as being air cooled and everything so I'm sure it'll be fine. He even has a neat trick where they take the engine out from under a 911 to save time and to save having to cut off the rear wheelarches. Apparently it takes ages and is very fiddly to take flat 6s out via the engine-lid opening as Porsche designed the car with that particular aperture too small.
Sorry - I have the 'flu and think I OD'd on ginseng. Anyways... good thread, and thanks for the infotainment therein.
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Loach, it's your car, so do what you wish. However, I personally would NOT use him as a mechanic. He may be very well regarded as to his expertise in mechanics (I'll take your word for it. Personally until this thread, I'd never heard of him, but then again, I'm across the pond), but he obviously also has dirty hands in this particular car. I wouldn't trust ANYONE who's been involved in such doings. He's probably a very nice guy and likeable. Probably comes off as very knowledgeable and that he's there to really help you out. I've got news for you, most con-men don't look Like this guy from Gary's Mattress
YouTube - THE MOST RACIST COMMERCIAL EVER!!!!!!!! They look just like your ordinary good neighbor down the street who's more than willing to help you move a couch into your house as they survey all of your belongings. If your car's already there, I'd move it out based on principle alone. He's done an amazing disservice to the Porsche brand and those of us who enjoy them. I don't care if he was just a pawn in a larger scheme, he either took money to give false information based on his "expertise" and knew it was false, or if that's not the case, then his "expertise" isn't as well versed as he thought proving him to have a backyard mechanics knowledge at best. This guy should be avoided at all cost. Just my two sense, er cents.