I bought a Porsche on ebay without knowing anything about it

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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited September 2013
    PFB. I had a feeling from the first post this was BS. Not a good thing to do with most folks here. Keep it honest sir........
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited September 2013
    If you really enjoy spinning your tires on dry pavement, just wait until winter where you can spin your tires in that ditch waiting for AAA. And since we're on that note, Mr. Just Got My License, you may want to get AAA.

    You either have a d*ck a country mile long or make a lot of money to have a wife put up with that crap!!
    :-)
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited September 2013
    headrott wrote: »
    PFB. I had a feeling from the first post this was BS. Not a good thing to do with most folks here. Keep it honest sir........

    Well I have always been one to abide by the polkie sacred law.... 'pics or it did not happen' so have a little faith headrott
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited September 2013
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Ok I will come clean with you guys, I really have just passed my test for a car legally in the past 3 months. I have always hated driving and my wife has driven me everywhere, no ****. I dont have money . I got a hand me down car and its a real POS and I have worn the the tires down like crazy in the short time I have owned it.

    I find myself wheel spinning alot and staring at people at the traffic lights and then just gunning it when the lights hit green, I now like driving after avoiding it for years and want a car that says " Hi, I am a **** bag"

    How did my post on the 986 forum get here anyways lmao, man us polkies are everywhere. I am only a member of here, the ML forum and audio shark. I think forums are cool but man everywhere I post I get the smack down for some odd reason.

    If its really up for debate I can prove that I have just got my licence so lets not doubt me on that.
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Well I have always been one to abide by the polkie sacred law.... 'pics or it did not happen' so have a little faith headrott

    OK, but with your commentthat you got a "hand me down POS", perhaps I misunderstood but I thought you were coming clean that you actually had this "hand me down POS" and not a Porche. Or, were you coming clean that you recently got your liscence only? Please forgive me and accept my appologies if my interpretation was incorrect.
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    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,606
    edited September 2013
    mrbiron wrote: »
    You either have a d*ck a country mile long or make a lot of money to have a wife put up with that crap!!
    :-)

    That reminds me of that pic he posted once where he'd stuck the banana plug into the binding post on that power amp. :eek:
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  • Jetmaker737
    Jetmaker737 Posts: 1,053
    edited September 2013
    Man, I love PFB threads. Is there a fan website where I can get a T shirt?
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,606
    edited September 2013
    halo71 wrote: »
    That reminds me of that pic he posted once where he'd stuck the banana plug into the binding post on that power amp. :eek:

    I meant....where he stuck the banana plug in sideways!
    --Gary--
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    edited September 2013
    Jetmaker737 wrote: »
    Man, I love PFB threads. Is there a fan website where I can get a T shirt?

    Me too!! This can only end in a highly entertaining fashion, no?

    Please, please, PFB, do keep us posted on developments here.

    I hope you kept the POS hand-me-down vehicle that you got. You're gonna wish you had it with the first flake of snow this fall.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited September 2013
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    Perhaps a fellow polk member can get the ball rolling on the T-Shirts with a minimum order of how many?
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  • Chewie
    Chewie Posts: 80
    edited September 2013
    There is no substitute.
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  • bobsauto49
    bobsauto49 Posts: 973
    edited September 2013
    halo71 wrote: »
    PFB....How old are you? Your spinning the tires a lot comment makes you sound like a complete young idiot. Sorry but it is was it is. AND you are married and your wife drives you everywhere?

    Your comments in that thread that was linked are crazy! Those guys, actual owners with experience, telling you ALL the problems that car is likely to have and the high cost of repairs. And your main question is can you change from 17" to 19" wheels? I mean damn....really? That car won't look all that cool with 19" wheel sitting in the garage broke down with you not having the cabbage to fix it!

    That is a TERRIBLE first car to have. Sorry but I think you really need to evaluate your like a bit. Wasn't it you that supposedly bought $10k speaker cables or something like that a little while back? I didn't follow that thread after reading your first post in it. Are you just full of BS and like to talk $hit on internet forums or what?
    My thoughts exactly! PFB is a loose cannon,that probly makes a decent living,with tons of CC debt,and wife on edge of leaving him!
    New amp/amps,speakers,cables,every other week,now a Porsche,1st car after 3 months getting his lc,35 yrs old,married,wife drives around! Loser,from the word GO! Holy chit,and I thought I had problems!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,217
    edited September 2013
    tonyb wrote: »
    Maybe I missed it but I don't see where PFB said this is his first car.

    LOL...."your wifes sister's man ?" Now that there is funny. What makes you think he's even capable of working on a Porsche, let alone for no pay ? Is he a driveway mechanic or does he work somewhere like a dealership or repair shop ? Fixing broken down 10 year old pick-up trucks is different than working on foreign cars.

    Maybe...just maybe, a better choice would have been a tow truck.

    Also there are many specialized tools involved. This has cluster f*ck written all over it!

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,466
    edited September 2013
    billbillw wrote: »
    I would be a lot cheaper and safer for you to just get that tattooed on your forehead.


    Dude.... don't give the kid ANY ideas. He might just get drunk one night and do it.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,466
    edited September 2013
    Something else you should bid on...

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2008-IHC-4300-245-HP-AUTO-AIR-brake-AIR-ride-21-Century-LCG-Reblt-Engine-/130990127981?pt=Commercial_Trucks&hash=item1e7f9ebb6d&vxp=mtr
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited September 2013
    bobsauto49 wrote: »
    35 yrs old,married,wife drives around! Loser,from the word GO! Holy chit,and I thought I had problems!

    Thanks for the kind words bob but a car crashed into my dad round the corner from my house when I was 11 and I said I am never fn driving a car after seeing all that twisted metal that he was in before he went to hospital. As time goes on it gets harder to get behind a wheel but now I have I love it, although knowing me I probably would be posting via a straw in my mouth if I was driving earlie.
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited September 2013
    After seeing your Dad mangled by a car, you claim you peel out from every corner?. You are so full of BS.

    Your $10k cables claim is a bunch of BS, too.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,867
    edited September 2013
    I got on Autozone and looked up some parts for a 2012 Porsche Boxster (Black Edition or some such thing). Parts were amazingly non-expensive.

    Brake Power Booster: about $110
    Brake Calipers: about $100.
    etc, etc.

    Sure, it's not as cheap as parts for a Ford Escort or Dodge Neon, but ... we're not talking Jaguar prices.

    Had a guy at work tell me the AIR FILTER for his wife's Ford Focus cost $400 !!!!! Seems it's a disposable, 1-piece, yadda-yadda.
    But $400 !!!
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited September 2013
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,217
    edited September 2013
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    I got on Autozone and looked up some parts for a 2012 Porsche Boxster (Black Edition or some such thing). Parts were amazingly non-expensive.

    Brake Power Booster: about $110
    Brake Calipers: about $100.
    etc, etc.

    Sure, it's not as cheap as parts for a Ford Escort or Dodge Neon, but ... we're not talking Jaguar prices.

    Had a guy at work tell me the AIR FILTER for his wife's Ford Focus cost $400 !!!!! Seems it's a disposable, 1-piece, yadda-yadda.
    But $400 !!!

    I wouldn't put any knock off junk from Autozone on any car let alone a Porsche. A proper brake caliper for my '09 GTi is about 3X's that. Ridiculous to even suggest. I bet JC Whitney has them even cheaper.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited September 2013
    DaveMuell wrote: »
    After seeing your Dad mangled by a car, you claim you peel out from every corner?. You are so full of BS.

    Your $10k cables claim is a bunch of BS, too.

    The speaker cables actually retail over 10k and I never paid that for them but those invisible bs cables sound great. If you know anything about Fargo its all flat big wide open roads and being quick of the lights is alot of fun to me and hardly constitutes for fast and furious drifting.

    mrbigbluelight knows his stuff and can see where I am coming from as its just a normal drive everyday car with reasonable prices for parts should it break down.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited September 2013
    Good luck PFB! Please drive safe!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,015
    edited September 2013
    heiney9 wrote: »
    I wouldn't put any knock off junk from Autozone on any car let alone a Porsche. A proper brake caliper for my '09 GTi is about 3X's that. Ridiculous to even suggest. I bet JC Whitney has them even cheaper.

    Bingo.....anyone with a higher end car or truck wouldn't be caught dead ordering parts from some of those knock off places.

    PFB, the wheels are coming off the bus bro. Your stories just don't hold water. You are supposedly traumatized by your fathers accident, yet you squeal the tires and peel out. You claim to not have money, someone gave you a POS hand me down car, yet you just spent about 20 grand on audio gear. The way you talk sounds like a 17 year old, yet you claim to be in your 30's, married. You want to buy a car in a climate that dictates it will need to be stored most the year too. Somewhere in all this you managed to talk a woman into marrying you ? Your good bro....but not that good.

    My suggestion..... Sell those PFB t-shirts as suggested and save your coin for the newest skateboard that comes out. Maybe get some snow tires for it too while your at it.

    Crap man.....any you guys have some butter ? My popcorn is running low.
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  • drselect
    drselect Posts: 664
    edited September 2013
    PFB Congrats and enjoy the ride.
    One day when you are cruzing in the Boxster would you mind swinging into Widmans and picking up some Chippers for me. I prefer the dark chocolate ones. Thanks.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited September 2013
    So you guys finally see the light....finally.......

    Seriously PFB, on the other forum you sound like a conceited pr!ck.... and that's not name calling, that's seriously how you sound in response to the voice of reason from all the other Porsche owners. You're financing 11k? With all the audio gear you just got why in the world would you need to finance 11k? I would just pay cash for that. Unless...all that audio gear is financed as well?

    No one is jealous of the gear you have dude, it seems you buy all this stuff just to show off on here. In 10 years you'll be that old guy with gray hair, wondering where all his money went.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,015
    edited September 2013
    nguyendot wrote: »
    . In 10 years you'll be that old guy with gray hair, wondering where all his money went.

    In 10 years he'll probably be only 27......and wondering where his wife went......with his skateboard.....and his cables. lol !!
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,786
    edited September 2013
    Need to take the wheels off the dubba wide and throw them on the Porsche...
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,676
    edited September 2013
    Sometimes this forum makes me LMAO carry on
    ..
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,338
    edited September 2013
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    This is the only Porsche I would like to own. It belongs to my boss, I have yet to see a nicer one with my own eyes..
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,870
    edited September 2013
    So, PFB, you still haven't answered...can't seem to find a completed Ebay listing for a black/tan Boxster with 58k miles. Care to link the one you are purchasing, or would that be impossible because this is all a result of pseudologia fantastica?
    For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore...
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  • Malbec
    Malbec Posts: 554
    edited September 2013
    Oh man. Nice car your boss owns Larry. Have you been behind the wheel?

    Turbo or Turbo S?

    PFB reread Brock's comments in this thread. If your going to own a Porsche at least research the company and learn the history.
    Hopefully you'll gain an understanding why the badge is revered by so many.
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