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Old Nov 26, 2016 | 07:21 AM
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Some of you might have read these already, but I found them right before we picked up wife's GS. Its the number one reason why we picked Lexus.
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Old Nov 26, 2016 | 07:31 AM
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Here she is, after much research. Exact color combo weve been looking for.
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Congrats and welcome!
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Nice ride, even better is the 997 in the background
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Glad you're finally convinced.

Welcome to the family.
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Originally Posted by phins2rt
Congrats and welcome!
Originally Posted by er34
Nice ride, even better is the 997 in the background
Thanks Gents!
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Old Nov 27, 2016 | 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by islandbeef
Glad you're finally convinced.

Welcome to the family.
Ive been convinced since 96. Thanks
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Thanks for sharing those articles!

Nice garage you have there. Beautiful new ride (Nebula Gray Pearl for the win!), beautiful Porsche 997 Carrera S, and nice ATV I see there on the far right

Btw - how's the reliability been on the Porsche? Have you put a lot of miles on her? I've read that Porsche vehicles are fairly bulletproof as well.

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Originally Posted by Im2bz2p345
Thanks for sharing those articles! Nice garage you have there. Beautiful new ride (Nebula Gray Pearl for the win!), beautiful Porsche 997 Carrera S, and nice ATV I see there on the far right Btw - how's the reliability been on the Porsche? Have you put a lot of miles on her? I've read that Porsche vehicles are fairly bulletproof as well.
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Thanks 2BZ You are observant.
that garage is actually a mess. I need to bring it back the way its used to.

Im a porschepile. and actually take the 997 to the track, used to be 2X year. I could say that at least these 06 and up are reliable, even with track duties. I have not had a single problem with mine. Ive done many track days and interstate long drives with it. The first batch(99-04) of water cooled had a lot of problems. From coolant oil intermix due to block cracking by #1 piston, Main shaft leaks to IMS(Intermediate Shaft) bearing failing. The air cooled before that were surely bullet proof...battle hardened from 3 decades of racing engineering innovation. The water cooled(and current) GT3 and the Turbos kept the lower engine blocks of those air cooled and are the true and tested engines.

Here's is my 911 photo album in case you're interested http://gallery.rennlist.com/gallery/albuq24

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Originally Posted by careramike
Thanks 2BZ You are observant.
that garage is actually a mess. I need to bring it back the way its used to.

Im a porschepile. and actually take the 997 to the track, used to be 2X year. I could say that at least these 06 and up are reliable, even with track duties. I have not had a single problem with mine. Ive done many track days and interstate long drives with it. The first batch(99-04) of water cooled had a lot of problems. From coolant oil intermix due to block cracking by #1 piston, Main shaft leaks to IMS(Intermediate Shaft) bearing failing. The air cooled before that were surely bullet proof...battle hardened from 3 decades of racing engineering innovation. The water cooled(and current) GT3 and the Turbos kept the lower engine blocks of those air cooled and are the true and tested engines.

Here's is my 911 photo album in case you're interested http://gallery.rennlist.com/gallery/albuq24
Nice album there. Great to hear from a long time Porsche owner. Those 911's are awesome track toys for sure. My friend has a late model 996 (similar to your 02' yellow one, but is a dark blue-ish color) that looks sleek and handles like a dream.. wouldn't be my first choice for a daily as he uses it, but to each their own.

Glad to hear you've had no problem with your 997 thus far. Hope it continues to give you many great miles of "hold me in my seat, rear tires spinning, crazy lateral G's to make your heat skip a beat." I feel you have a perfect combination with the Lexus being your daily.

All the best,

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