That's the end of this thread, I put it out there to sell or not to sell and it came back not to sell. Really, all I had to do was drive it one time and the madness took over, which turns out to be not such a bad thing. The thread has moved over to this permanent one, Ken's 911E

The engine purrs like a sewing machine (thank you Storz), there are zero rattles anywhere on the car, the doors sound like a vault closing accompanied by a little musical ping, the paint is practically flawless, and every single system is go.

Is this musical door typical?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpAjUwcJ424

My passenger door makes that sound too, on my '82 SC coupe. Even after I replaced the striker. Not sure if that means it's normal. Gets a solid latch, so I haven't worried about it. Still, would like to know.

I met this car for the first time in 1999, when Gene started dating my sister. These doors have always sounded like that. The driver's door makes the same sound, with a little ping at the end, like a tuning fork. I have always though it's normal, but what do I know? I've been a Porsche owner for less than a month.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZDGC_NL8to

That's the famous Porsche "Ping" sound. Nobody understands it. It's a mystery.


MattR

Wait. Gene is almost 100 years old, and he started dating your sister in '99 meaning he was, like, 80+?

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I think he was 78 and she was 45 when they started dating, married a year later, his fourth. The first one did not like NAVY life as a NAVY wife, the second two died, 10 years later he met sis. I was there the night they met, at my parent's 50th, at Paradise Point, San Diego. Even though he lived in La Jolla, he stayed at the hotel with us. He sent a hand-written note to my dad via the bellman, asking permission to ask sis to the NAVY Ball. A 78 year old dude is asking parental permission from a 72 year old dude to date his 45 year old daughter.

To say Gene is a traditionalist is an understatement.

Playas gonna play!

MattR

Holy cow, that's the same age as my wife. The amount of win with this guy is just insane.

Thread update 12/20/19