Well the project is continuing

[shikzachaser]

Unfortunately in April it is going away to a good home. I have the 911 bug again and also the ML500 I picked up is a rocket. I finally can keep up w/ my wife in her BMW.

Steve

[Dave101]

Well, whomever get that car is probably gonna love it. Who are you giving it too? Or are you selling it?

[shikzachaser]

A guy in Detroit is buying it for his wife. Hers was a total loss after a guy ran a light. They are getting a killer car. I really don't want to sell it but I have too many. I still love the look of it, even better than a 911. There is just something about a 911, I have had 7 (counting having the one I just bought twice). I took the 944 out yesterday prior to covering it up and the thing is awesome, especially the stereo. I spent way too much time and money on it. I know I will probably get another one (more than likely a 968 tiptronic so my wife can drive it).

Steve

[Schumi]

Yes, the 911 is the iconic sports car but taking that picture of your 944 sitting next to the 911 in your garage, the one from the rear-

The 944 looks much more.. hmm.. hardcore..

Theres two solutions to that problem. One is to pickup a 968. The other.. You need a 930 rear deck on that 964. Or maybe a 964 Turbo rear wing, the larger one. Oh and some Turbo flares.

Hell while you're at it.. do a flachbau conversion. Best of both worlds of 968 and 964.
Pics:
http://www.flachbau.com/1994s.html

Oh yes. You'd have the only one in Missouri, that's pretty much guaranteed.

Ah.. just blowing smoke. I'd trade body parts for your 964 the way it is.

Have a good one, I'm spending my weekend at the Salem 100 Acre Wood Rally. Last year supposedly there was a guy there competing in a 911 rally car....


Mike

[shikzachaser]

H&R Springs should be here Monday to drop it down an inch or so.
Look me up next time you are in arch town Mike. I agree totally that the 944 is a better looking car and I truly hate to see it go. I'll let you drive the C4 and you will understand!!! An extra 150 RWHP and AWD as hard to argue with. It really is bad ass, I knew it when I sold it the first time. I just needed money to help my son buy a house. There's times you love your kids and there's times you wish you had worn a condom, especially when it means sacrificing your Porsche. Just kidding I would do it again in a heartbeat plus he is the one that gave us a granddaughter.
BTW I am going over to Collinsville tomorrow to check out a low mileage 968 tiptronic black / tan coupe. It looks very nice from the pics. 71K miles and very clean, very original (for now).

Steve

[Eldorado]

you will be a god among men if you do for the 968 what you did for your 944. lol
I'm cheering for ya - good luck tomorrow!

[Schumi]

Did you find the 968 in Collinsville on the net or in local ads? I love the net but I still always check the locals... thats where you find the real deals.

Hell I found my 924S after a friend called me telling me there was one sitting at a gas station with a for sale sign in it. Little did I know not 4 days later I would be writing a check for it....

I will be up later this spring Steve. The car is still under it's cover, started every week to get the fluids moving and all... but I'm going to start driving it again next weekend...

-Mike

[shikzachaser]

Kind of a final update and continued warning.

X3M still has not delivered the refund as promossed (after legal proceedings were implemented). I will get $100 a week for a few weeks and then he disappears again. I am out $3800 less the $1500 I have gotten back IN A YEAR AND A HALF. I saw he posted a couple feelers again for supercharger information. If any of you hear of anyone even joking about sending this guy money have them email me. I will put them in touch with several "customers" who would love to give their recomendations. I can't believe the moderators on this forum allow people like that to even participate. It definately speaks poorly for the entire community to allow trolling like this.

Steve

[Dave101]

hmmmm, maybe all the people that he ripped off should get together and park outside his house and at the same time get a news crew there to explain why all the poeple from all over the USA decided to pay him a visit. Lol

[blown 944]

I think it's too bad, it also sheds a negative light on others indirectly who have done a similiar thing ( I have recieved a few PM's asking if I was from florida . I am in Colorado)

Personnally, if I see anything, I'll call it out immediatly.

I am sorry this happenned to you Steve. I really would have loved to see your car in particular with a s/c on it

Sid

[shikzachaser]

Sid:

The SC setup was my intention all along. I spent a ton of dough in preperation for it (well over $10K). I really got frustrated when I started adding up receipts and realized what I could have. It is nobodies fault but mine, it's just a shame it did not work out. Fortunately the outlay in no way has an effect on our way of life, I just hate getting hosed. I will however proceed with the recourses I have available to me through our wonderful judicial system, to include the IRS who takes an extremely dim view of undeclared income which this represents in entirety as no product was ever delivered. I will now receive a long winded email about what a terrible vindictive person I am, maybe I am.

Steve



Steve

[Eldorado]

I love the fact that he PM's you, and takes on the role of victim, with saying YOU'RE the bad person for making this public...

X3M, "Here's your sign..."

[shikzachaser]

I probably could have never said anything, let others get hosed, and collected my (their) money. I am not wired that way.

Steve

[blown 944]

I completely understand I have followed from the beginning. Maybe take some time away and reasses the car and throw a ton of emotional $$ in there.

I have sold some meaningful cars over the years and even if you try to re- do it it never feels the same.

If ROI is your concern (I realize it isn't)then it probably wasn't a good purchase in the first place all the years you have kept that car are worth more than anything that just has more fun pedal.

Not to mention what is owed to the car for serving you all this time .

There are very few cars I can say I would like to have back but the only one that sticks out in my mind is my 69 Camaro b/c of all the stress relief it gave me second to that was my little LUV pickup it was ratty as hell but was just too much fun.

I'm putting some stock into this little Mule more and more as time goes on and I think it is starting to rate right up there. Hell I may even put some work into it cosmetically and forget the swap into the newer 944.

BTW... OT but did you ever send off the MAF unit?

I think I may have some insight to the problems you were having.

Sid

[shikzachaser]

I sold my 65 GTO 421 Tri-power to buy a 71 PInto as I could not afford gas @ .33/ gallon while finishing college ouch.............
I wonder what that Pinto would be worth today......
Steve

[blown 944]

Prolly not near as much as the goat

[shikzachaser]

ya think! The Pinto is probably no more than a pile of rear ended ashes somewhere while the Goat is still domonating the streets.

Steve

[Schumi]

Steve,

The p-car is in Rolla here with me. I might have a day of nothingness coming up here, I might be able to come up and see you, maybe we can go cruise'n up there.

I took highway 8 to 44 to get to Rolla in the car, man was it fun. I have a guy wanting to buy my car for a good chunk of change but I can't let it go till I find myself another- I'm vowing to get an S2 or Turbo next.

I'll have to see when my schedule's open, we're prepping a formula car like crazy for season competition so things are tight, but I am vowing to go on some drives in the car while I have it out of storage.

-Mike

[shikzachaser]

Mike:

Call me, you should have my # from an earlier PM.

I just sold the 964 after a lot of thought. The 944 is actually a lot more fun!!! Definately slower but a lot more fun. A guy is picking up the 911 next Wednesday. He is getting a great car, just not as cool as the 944. I am in the market for another BMW. I drove my wife's M3 for a day this week and it is really pretty nice. I got the bug and test drove a 330Xi 6 speed and it's bad ass.

There are a couple here in St Louis w/ the performance package and they are definately nice cars. Who knows, the money from the 964 will be burning a hole in my pocket soon.

Steve

[toolboy62]

Steve,

could you call my girlfriend and talk to her? She seems to think that I have automotive ADD and perhaps you could explain to her that it's really a mild case

Of course, *my* habit is to buy some old "barn car," fix it up so it's driveable, and then sell it and use the money to find something prettier that "just needs a little work..."

nate