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I'm invited back to work for an employee car show tomorrow...
Thought about taking the Malibu, but then I decided to take the 911........ :)
The front spoiler/bumper and front of the hood is so beat up I decided to at least touch-up the spoiler below the trim... Just blowing some paint over the nicks, dents, and cracks..... :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by Kris Clewell
Got a call from my good friends at the local vehicle inspection place today. I now need to take my car to an official Porsche garage. If they say that my car is fit for driving on Swiss roads, then the Swiss inspection police will allow me to register it. I can see a few bottles of vodka and a Toblerone changing hands.... Annoyingly i'm travelling a lot at the moment, so its gonna be a few weeks before i get this sorted.
Last resort is going to be to put the original engine back in, but i'll rebuild it to S spec first, and they'll never know!
I just cant figure out why someone would want to live where regulations are so oppressive.
some people have no choice
Although in this case, I can see the logic. I live in a state that does not have very strict vehicle codes. This means that in my 911 I can get run over by a pickup truck with a bumper height 36 inches above the ground. There are more of these than you can believe.
This pretty much destroys all the investment by the car companies to make our cars safer.
In this county we also have no smog testing, which means that I have to follow behind a mosquito fogger burning oil at a faster rate than the exxon Valdez.
There are pluses and minuses everywhere.
You can certainly do worse than Switzerland.
certainly can. thanks to federalism; here in America we've got a diverse selection of places you can choose to live, or not.
back on topic... sorry.
Well said. I'm just glad my car is smog exempt here and that CA doesn't have an annual inspection like other states do.
Another trip to visit the family up in the Angeles Nation Forest...
50 miles of freeway, 35 of back mountain roads each way........... ;)
Took a morning drive through downtown Los Angeles, and then the Sunset Blvd twisties.
Ran the enduro at PCA Club Race at Watkins Glen, set new track record (lost race - bad pit stop).
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Almost forgot - first run in the new-to-me 73t sunroof I bought from Freddie a month ago... just a few things changed, suspension, lights, seats, shifter, wheels, tires, roof rack (removed roof rack too loud when open sunroof). Drove it from VA to Watkins Glen, NY and back, 700 miles.Attachment 335694Attachment 335695Attachment 335696Attachment 335697