These are from the Champ Car event I did in 2024. RadAir Racing was fool enough to rent me a seat in their Neon. I nearly wrecked twice, but saved it each time.
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Update on the 2001 911
It is now December 2024. I have had the 911 for 6 years. In that time I have done a lot with the car. I have continued to autocross, mainly with the SCCA and not the PCA. I have done a number of HPDE with the car at Nelson's, PittRace and MidOhio. I have been competing with the SCCA in TimeTrials - which are a sort of timed HPDE. It is a competition, not just driving on track for fun, but it is not wheel to wheel racing. I have even done some wheel to wheel racing - just one weekend, at Nelson's. I rented a seat in a Neon, at a ChampCar event with RadAir Racing.
Some photos from various events of the 911.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Another "new" 911
I sold my old 911 in 2014. I raised money from the sale to pay for renovations on my then current house. I sold the house and bought a new one. I was able to save some money, and I bought another 911 midlife crisis car.
I looked at a lot of different cars in my price range. Duffy was adamant that the car have a back seat, so that eliminated Lotus Elises, Corvettes, Boxters, S2000's and quite a few other fun cars. In the end, I kept discarding cars cause the 911 was in my mind.
New car is a 2001 Lapis Blue, grey interior RWD 996. The IMS bearing has been replaced with a LN Engineering IMS Solution. The RMS was checked at the time, as was the clutch.
I purchased it last year around this time as a 50th birthday gift to myself.I drove out to West Virginia to pick the car up. I took Duffy and Teddy with me to the location. I think Teddy was more excited than I was to see the car. Some pictures below.
I've put a few thousand miles on the car since I bought it. I have done 3 Track Nights at PittRace, and a full season of Autocross with the SCCA. I won my class every event at my home region, but that was mainly due to there being no one else in AS. When I went to bigger events at Toledo or Pittsburgh, I was bottom of the AS class.
I'm enjoying this more, but that may be because I can drive it more. I'm less worried about rust, dings and other issues. Now that I have said that, I have jinxed myself.
I looked at a lot of different cars in my price range. Duffy was adamant that the car have a back seat, so that eliminated Lotus Elises, Corvettes, Boxters, S2000's and quite a few other fun cars. In the end, I kept discarding cars cause the 911 was in my mind.
New car is a 2001 Lapis Blue, grey interior RWD 996. The IMS bearing has been replaced with a LN Engineering IMS Solution. The RMS was checked at the time, as was the clutch.
I purchased it last year around this time as a 50th birthday gift to myself.I drove out to West Virginia to pick the car up. I took Duffy and Teddy with me to the location. I think Teddy was more excited than I was to see the car. Some pictures below.
I'm enjoying this more, but that may be because I can drive it more. I'm less worried about rust, dings and other issues. Now that I have said that, I have jinxed myself.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
For Sale - 1979 Porsche SC Sunroof coupe
I've decided that it is time for the long journey with the 911 to come to an end. I love this car, it has been a blast owning it, but I want to buy a new house.
I'm asking $17,500 and will gladly keep the car if I cannot get a reasonable offer.
I'm uploading photos as people request them to this folder - https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1cm_bOITz_nYkxFTjRMbnNJTTA&usp=sharing
You should be able to see a set of detailed photos of any flaws I am aware of, detail of the trunk and engine compartment, detail of the rear wing Porsche branding and detail of the headlight washers.
I also uploaded various other photos I have taken. I plan on having the car detailed this weekend and will take some more photos then.
The mileage on the car is just over 107K but I will get the exact mileage tonight.
I will be glad to talk about the car any time. I had the clutch, the oil tubes and the first post purchase work done at Steinel's on the east side of Cleveland. You can see some of the posts at that time in this blog.
If we reach the point of a pre purchase inspection, there are three main options I am aware of in the Cleveland area. Steinel's, the local dealer, or Autobahn Extremists. Everyone I have spoken to at the local PCA group is very impressed with the work at Steinel's.
Monday, June 18, 2012
New car test drives
Had the day off and went to test drive some cars. One was the Lexus IS250 (http://www.edmunds.com/lexus/is-250/). One was the BMW 328 (http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/03/review-2012-bmw-328i-luxury-line-sedan/). And the third was a Mustang GT (http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120319/carreviews/120319824). The best car, bar none - best interior, best ride on rough roads, most engaging? Surprisingly - the Ford Mustang.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
The Vortex Room
I had an interesting trip to the Vortex Room when I was in San Fransisco last month. I recently described this for a friend, and thought it worth posting.
I was scanning the local weekly looking for something to do the one night I was in town. There was a small snippet article about these two movies, which were described as "Tomorrow People meets James Bond" and "Time Travel meets James Bond". There was no address for the location, just a note that they were playing at the Vortex room. Some Google - fu later, I found a address 1082 Howard Street (I think) in the SOMA neighborhood. It looked walkable from my hotel, so I headed out. The MySpace page and Yelp entries indicated the place fills up quickly, so best to get there before the 9:00 show time, so I left to be there at 8:30. Howard started fairly upscale with a very nice hotel / restaurant district. There was a Bear Republic brew pub along there that looked nice, but I skipped it in case I was running late. The neighborhood drifted from very nice, to nice, to sketchy, to adult entertainment, to broken windows and no streetlights fairly quickly. When I got to where the place should be, there were no lights, no sign, just a boarded up warehouse looking place. On the wall, there were two chalk arrows pointing to a call box. I was debating pushing the buzzer when a smartly dressed young lady brushed past me and walked through the door. I followed her in. Behind the door there was a maitre ‘d stand with a bud vase, a reservation book and a gentleman with a dark suit, dark shirt and red tie. The lady walked up to him and said in a sotto voice "I'm a friend of Scott's". The gentleman behind the stand waved her through. I walked up, said "I'm not anyone's friend - I'm just Ed". He said "Well, no one's friend gets a special discount . . . $5". I paid the man, and moved to follow the lady. Just around the corner there was a corridor. On one side there were black out drapes, on the other a brick wall. The corridor was fairly narrow. Periodically along the wall there were works of art, impressionist stuff mainly. Strong colors, spot lit to draw the eye. Just before the end, there was a bathroom on the left side. Small, cramped - looked like some one's basement toilet, not a club/theater/art gallery toilet. At this point, I am starting to wonder what exactly I have let myself in for. The corridor dead ended, with a small opening on the left. Moving into the opening, I see a room about the size of my basement. On the wall near me there were psychedelic color wheel images being projected. There were various pop art pieces on the walls, many of them of Charles Bronson. In the back there was a bar, with a bartender attired similar to the maitre ‘d. Scattered across the floor was various seating arrangements, some booths, some pews. The woman I had followed was nowhere to be seen. I ordered a beer. I told the bartender that I must be early; I had aimed to be there at 8:30. "No, you are right on time" he said, as he started the pinball table for me. People trickled in over the next 30 minutes, a very eclectic crowd of art students, patrons of art, movie buffs and stoners. The bartender made me a few different cocktails, all excellent. The movies were original 16 mm prints of obscure films. ESPY was as advertised, a Japanese film about a group of various "talented" / powered people who protect the world from evil spies. Dimension 5 was a rough American James Bond film that featured as its main gadget a time belt, and a strong Asian bent to the villains and love interests.
I was scanning the local weekly looking for something to do the one night I was in town. There was a small snippet article about these two movies, which were described as "Tomorrow People meets James Bond" and "Time Travel meets James Bond". There was no address for the location, just a note that they were playing at the Vortex room. Some Google - fu later, I found a address 1082 Howard Street (I think) in the SOMA neighborhood. It looked walkable from my hotel, so I headed out. The MySpace page and Yelp entries indicated the place fills up quickly, so best to get there before the 9:00 show time, so I left to be there at 8:30. Howard started fairly upscale with a very nice hotel / restaurant district. There was a Bear Republic brew pub along there that looked nice, but I skipped it in case I was running late. The neighborhood drifted from very nice, to nice, to sketchy, to adult entertainment, to broken windows and no streetlights fairly quickly. When I got to where the place should be, there were no lights, no sign, just a boarded up warehouse looking place. On the wall, there were two chalk arrows pointing to a call box. I was debating pushing the buzzer when a smartly dressed young lady brushed past me and walked through the door. I followed her in. Behind the door there was a maitre ‘d stand with a bud vase, a reservation book and a gentleman with a dark suit, dark shirt and red tie. The lady walked up to him and said in a sotto voice "I'm a friend of Scott's". The gentleman behind the stand waved her through. I walked up, said "I'm not anyone's friend - I'm just Ed". He said "Well, no one's friend gets a special discount . . . $5". I paid the man, and moved to follow the lady. Just around the corner there was a corridor. On one side there were black out drapes, on the other a brick wall. The corridor was fairly narrow. Periodically along the wall there were works of art, impressionist stuff mainly. Strong colors, spot lit to draw the eye. Just before the end, there was a bathroom on the left side. Small, cramped - looked like some one's basement toilet, not a club/theater/art gallery toilet. At this point, I am starting to wonder what exactly I have let myself in for. The corridor dead ended, with a small opening on the left. Moving into the opening, I see a room about the size of my basement. On the wall near me there were psychedelic color wheel images being projected. There were various pop art pieces on the walls, many of them of Charles Bronson. In the back there was a bar, with a bartender attired similar to the maitre ‘d. Scattered across the floor was various seating arrangements, some booths, some pews. The woman I had followed was nowhere to be seen. I ordered a beer. I told the bartender that I must be early; I had aimed to be there at 8:30. "No, you are right on time" he said, as he started the pinball table for me. People trickled in over the next 30 minutes, a very eclectic crowd of art students, patrons of art, movie buffs and stoners. The bartender made me a few different cocktails, all excellent. The movies were original 16 mm prints of obscure films. ESPY was as advertised, a Japanese film about a group of various "talented" / powered people who protect the world from evil spies. Dimension 5 was a rough American James Bond film that featured as its main gadget a time belt, and a strong Asian bent to the villains and love interests.
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