The Long Distance Boxster S Rejuvenation Thread

[nuvolari]

Yay, back with my car in Nashville and ready to get going on the rejuvenation if only my 951 hadn't developed a leak and washed out my DME and KLR computers....Argh!
Hopefully they are savable but if not, my beloved Alfa Romeo Milano (with Porsche phone dial wheels) is being shipped out to me. And if you've never owned an Alfa, you don't what you are missing. This Milano is the best car I've ever owned. It's great fun, sounds incredible and better than any car out there short of a Ferrari. And if you've never driven a California canyon road, you really don't know what you're missing. I was slow to embrace California but now that I'm gone, I miss it so much. It really is a better life out there despite all the problems. I can't think of a single advantage to living in the south but I can think of many disadvantages starting with the food. God, the food here is crap! I've been here a week and I'm ready to starve myself. And don't get me started on how few Porsches I've seen; exactly 3 and I own 2 of them; the other was a Panamera so, yeah, not exactly an auto aficionado's state of grace.

Anyway, my b1tching will lessen with time but as long as people seem to embrace the worst qualities of living, I will counter with complaints and rants. However, 986 updates to come but please enjoy some pics of my Milano in the Los Angeles canyons in the meantime:

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by nuvolari

.. my beloved Alfa Romeo Milano (with Porsche phone dial wheels) is being shipped out to me. And if you've never owned an Alfa, you don't what you are missing. This Milano is the best car I've ever owned. It's great fun, sounds incredible and better than any car out there short of a Ferrari.

Nuvolari, your comments about the Alfa Milano are spot on and actually a bit shy.. I owned for about 13 years a (heavily modified) 2008 Alfa Milano Verde that I had to sell a bit more than a year ago and miss that car very much :-( Porsches are ingeneering marvels, but Alfa's have a Soul :-)
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PS: I also had a 2.5 Milano Silver, and still have a 79 Alfetta GT that needs light restoring (but wife does not know that I own..)
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[nuvolari]

Originally Posted by Gilles

Had you asked LN about the circlip? Perhaps they may have a good suggestion

Sent a question about the circlip to LN so we'll see. Thanks for the idea as I would think they should know enough to find one somewhere. If not, maybe someone has one left over from their IMSB replacement? Seems like a really good idea to replace these and not reuse them but I have never heard any details on doing so.

Originally Posted by Gilles

Nuvolari, your comments about the Alfa Milano are spot on and actually a bit shy.. I owned for about 13 years a (heavily modified) 2008 Alfa Milano Verde that I had to sell a bit more than a year ago and miss that car very much :-( Porsches are ingeneering marvels, but Alfa's have a Soul :-)
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PS: I also had a 2.5 Milano Silver, and still have a 79 Alfetta GT that needs light restoring (but wife does not know that I own..)
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Ha, impressive that you are able to hide a car from your wife!

And the Milano really is a great car! It definitely needs more power but it's not horribly slow in stock form. But the steering is wonderful and even the brakes aren't bad with some better Hawk pads in there. Transmission linkage gets panned a lot but I've never had any problems or been annoyed by it. The only thing about them that has bothered me is the roll center geometry which makes it hard if not impossible to rid the car of body lean even with stiffer suspension items. Traditional Alfa handling trait although Autodelta managed to make their race and rally Milanos and GTV6s corner very flat so it must be possible.

Say "Hi" to CA for me, miss it there wildly!