My S hit 74K today

[Timco]

I thought the profanity filter was broken for a minute.

I don't want to hear about that s hit.

[Pdwight]

That post made my wife laugh out loud

[JayG]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

That post made my wife laugh out loud

virgin unicorn sperm ???

The Porsche coolant at $40/gal is stupidly expensive. At least you can get the distilled water from wallyworld for .88/gal to dilute it to 50/50
or of course buy it online for $4.00 /gal

[jdlmodelt]

when i do my pump, i probably won't use any of the snob parts listed in this post. I put a $75 starter in two months ago, I put $215 ceramic pads and drilled/slotted rotors a year ago. I don't expect them to perform any less than factory. I might be wrong. but then again, i might be right.

[Timco]

Originally Posted by jdlmodelt

when i do my pump, i probably won't use any of the snob parts listed in this post. I put a $75 starter in two months ago, I put $215 ceramic pads and drilled/slotted rotors a year ago. I don't expect them to perform any less than factory. I might be wrong. but then again, i might be right.

For someone who drives a 'snob' brand to begin with, shaming those of us who bought name brand parts seems really lame. My starter was $150 or so (rebuilt, lifetime) but since my old WP had been scraping the sides of it's recess the impeller fits into, I went composite and Porsche water pump.

Tires and shocks from K-Mart? Only the cheapest gas?

[Pdwight]

I would not use a metal impeller water pump, the Gates I was looking at has a composite . We used a lot of Gates products in large scale Printing and Photo processing back in the 80's and early 90's and always had good luck with their products.

[cardiffgiant]

lol @ snob parts

When I do my own wrenching I prefer to dress like the banker from Monopoly, and look down upon the lower classes while I buy snob water pumps for my 15 year old boxster.

Kidding aside, fear of a metal impeller boring my engine block is why I went with a composite impeller.

[JayG]

Originally Posted by jdlmodelt

when i do my pump, i probably won't use any of the snob parts listed in this post. I put a $75 starter in two months ago, I put $215 ceramic pads and drilled/slotted rotors a year ago. I don't expect them to perform any less than factory. I might be wrong. but then again, i might be right.

A starter won't grenade the engine
pads and rotors won't grenade the engine, though the do effect stopping ability
yes, other coolant can be used safely

a bad or failing or cheap water pump can cause lots of damage. Is saving maybe $100 worth it?

It's your car, do what you want

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Timco

I thought the profanity filter was broken for a minute.

I don't want to hear about that s hit.

I read it that way too.