What Did You Do to Your 911 Today?

[Bob Harriman]

Took all the window tint off my windows. Never liked it. PO sold it to me that way 15 years ago. Hand held steamer and original windex with ammonia. That back window was a bitch. Looks great now.

[beh911]

I took out the batteries, topped each off, and then swapped them from side to side.

I have a theory that my maintenance will $omehow extend the life of the$e OEM bugger$.

Then of course drove the car. It was 70 today in Atlanta...

[Chuck Miller]

Put in new front pads.... bedded'm up in the hills........

[edmayo]

I didn't actually work on my car, but I did drive the 72S at the PCA autocross today. I also instructed and did my first drive in a PanAmera. Although I did beat the owner to prove my point of smooth is fast I will say that you feel every bit of the car's weight, it is NOT tossable like our rear engine stone age cars, and you gotta start the turn EARLY! Even with all their 'nanny' overrides you cannot defeat physics,,,,,all that mass does not want to change direction quickly. All that said it can get around an autocross quicker than I would have guessed.

[NickP]

Got out the 993 today for a run to the hardware store (drove the 73 to Cars & Coffee yesterday so it's been excercised). 50 yards or so down the street I heard a thump from the rear; I knew I had a flat. I turn around and pulled back into the garage and spent the next hour getting my jack stand under the rear driver side jack point so that I could remove the wheel. A big screw was the culprit, but worse than that I demo'd the inside edge of the tire in that 80 feet or so that I drove. New rears tomorrow from Discount Tire; maybe a complete set as I don't think Bridgestone S-03's are available any more.

[M_deJong]

I finished up the 3.2 install in my '74 this week and spent today test driving and looking for details to fix over the holidays.

[uptheorg]

... All that said it can get around an autocross quicker than I would have guessed.

Last year I went to the Porsche Performance Driving School outside of Atlanta -- they had the Panamera on the autocross layout and we did hot laps with the instructors -- intense. Then they took us out on the main track, some of us in Panameras again. I sat in the back seat -- gut wrenching to have a pro driver going at 9/10's in one of those!

[CidTito]

-drove it a bunch.

-the speedo was making a weird buzzing sound, took it out. shot some poly lube into it and put it back in.. not sure if the buzzing sound is gone... I don't think so. I need to buy some gasket sleeves for it and some rear screw bolts for it.

- polished anything exterior chrome and Targa bar.

- got into the smuggler box and swept it out. I found a shiny penny from 1970.

- polished out that spare inflatable. Kind of wondered if it would actually work in a pinch. I've never seen those filled up with air. have you?

[bob tilton]

Blew kisses and winked at it. Also, may have let a few cat calls slip out.

[Veronica87911]

It's been a crazy couple of weeks with my son being down for winter break and my girlfriend in the hospital for 5 days. My Fuchs (done by Harvey) were disgustingly dirty
so this morning, I set about to make them beautiful again. My usual procedure is as follows:
I sprayed them down them, trying to get most of the crud off. I use Meguiar's car wash with a regular dishwashing sponge, first the sponge side, then gently with the scrubby side. .
After getting it as clean as possible with the car wash, I rinse it
and then spray Holy Cow Concentrated Cleaner. great stuff for getting those stubborn stains off, can be used on the engine also. .
I let it sit for a minute and then gently use the scrubby side of the sponge to get the remaining dirt and stains off. A final rinse, dry with a microfiber cloth, and once more, the wheels are as nice as the day I got them back from Harvey