Your fleet running reports

[JLv3.0]

Not exciting I know

Bollocks - that's what this thread is all about!

[Mito Man]

Not exciting I know

Bollocks - that's what this thread is all about!

I was waiting for you to comment on the final sentence!

[JLv3.0]

That's the part about motoring I enjoy the most. Keeping stuff running and not listening to the OMG-it-has-doned-ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES-tards.

[Jobbo]

That's the part about motoring I enjoy the most. Keeping stuff running and not listening to the OMG-it-has-doned-ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES-tards.

If I bodge a repair to my dishwasher will that be interesting too?

[JLv3.0]

Well, yes it will, but only in terms of it SAVING THE PLANET and that's for the other thread.

[scotta]

Porsche drivers - absolutely zero sense of humour.

You should join YK and Marv for a run, we had a right laugh

Ross had been on a Highland run with me, YK and Duncs... He's been invited to subsequent Highland runs wth us, and hasn't taken up the invite

He's been on the alternative highland runs without you lot....

[Gwaredd]

That's the part about motoring I enjoy the most. Keeping stuff running and not listening to the OMG-it-has-doned-ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES-tards.

When we bought this car 12 years ago, we bought it from a family that had it from new & were emigrating to Canada. They were lovely & were genuinely sad to part with it. We both remeber him looking at us saying 'take care of it' when we left, so we often wonder, stupidly I guess, if we were to bump him him again somehow, whether he'd be chuffed that it's still going & with the same family.

I suspect not, He'd probably not remember it at all

Still, it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling to think that he just might.

[PaulJ]

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Two AA batteries JL

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You mean it takes two batteries to power JL?

[GG.]

All those posts take a lot of electrical energy.

[Foz]

911 MOT due in a month and there’s 2 issues I am aware of: the headlight switch often takes many goes to wake them up, seems a common fault so will replace that in advance.

Also only 1 headlight seems to be working- it has litronics (Xenon’s) so I need to get the voltmeter out and see if I can see what’s what, hopefully a simple fix.

Will give it a service at the same time, engine and gearbox oil and possibly get a couple of bits of rust attended to.

Once all that’s done I suspect it will go up for sale

[Beany]

Yes, you can use the FTDI gear to do very low level stuff (it's the same hardware used to do ECU flashes, following some hardware mods) but I'm not fucking with that.

Turns out I'm not going mental - the ebayer accidentally sent me an MPPS flash interface (for pushing ECU maps etc), *not* the actual device I'm meant to be using. Which explains why I found the above info related to it's hardware IDs on the USB bus.

Another - correct one - being sent out.

[Broccers]

Once all that’s done I suspect it will go up for sale

Not that great a car then? Shame they all seem to be wallet drainers one way or another.

[speedingfine]

911 MOT due in a month and there’s 2 issues I am aware of: the headlight switch often takes many goes to wake them up, seems a common fault so will replace that in advance.

Also only 1 headlight seems to be working- it has litronics (Xenon’s) so I need to get the voltmeter out and see if I can see what’s what, hopefully a simple fix.

Will give it a service at the same time, engine and gearbox oil and possibly get a couple of bits of rust attended to.

Once all that’s done I suspect it will go up for sale

That seems such a shame after all the attention you've lavished on it! Have you done much mileage?

[NotoriousREV]

Once all that’s done I suspect it will go up for sale

Not that great a car then? Shame they all seem to be wallet drainers one way or another.

I don't think they're that bad. I think the problem is that people treat them like VWs and don't keep on top of stuff, leaving large bills to the next owner, but once you fix things they tend to stay fixed. The 996 is a 15 - 20 year old car now so it's going to take some fettling, but the values are rock solid.

Do you pour £300 a month into a Golf R you have to hand back but won't cause you any running issues, or do you pour it into something that probably won't depreciate and may appreciate if you keep it in good condition and keep hold of it for long enough?

[Broccers]

Do you pour £300 a month into a Golf R you have to hand back but won't cause you any running issues, or do you pour it into something that probably won't depreciate and may appreciate if you keep it in good condition and keep hold of it for long enough?

Its an interesting question. I spent a lot on my m coupe at the time so have experience of both. I'd rather have something to jump into that gives me no grief to be honest - plus modern cars do things so well / better with tech you can't compare the two really and they are as quick / quicker.

[NotoriousREV]

Do you pour £300 a month into a Golf R you have to hand back but won't cause you any running issues, or do you pour it into something that probably won't depreciate and may appreciate if you keep it in good condition and keep hold of it for long enough?

Its an interesting question. I spent a lot on my m coupe at the time so have experience of both. I'd rather have something to jump into that gives me no grief to be honest - plus modern cars do things so well / better with tech you can't compare the two really and they are as quick / quicker.

I swing from one to the other, if I'm honest. Depends how much grief I've had at any given time

[JLv3.0]

I think Broccers is having a Mickday where he's Doing It Right and no-one else is.

[Broccers]

Im not at all - everyone has different views and thats great - for me tho I just like an easy life

[JLv3.0]

OK maybe I'm having a Mickday then

[Carlos]

Once all that’s done I suspect it will go up for sale

Not that great a car then? Shame they all seem to be wallet drainers one way or another.

I don't think they're that bad. I think the problem is that people treat them like VWs and don't keep on top of stuff, leaving large bills to the next owner, but once you fix things they tend to stay fixed. The 996 is a 15 - 20 year old car now so it's going to take some fettling, but the values are rock solid.

Do you pour £300 a month into a Golf R you have to hand back but won't cause you any running issues, or do you pour it into something that probably won't depreciate and may appreciate if you keep it in good condition and keep hold of it for long enough?

When I was using mine every day it was faultless but within a couple of months of it being a second car parked up or garaged for weeks before runs it started to deteriorate and jobs mounted up.