MNBoxster
 

Can anyone get in touch with MNBoxster?
I tried to PM him but was not allowed. This does not seem right,maybe his mailbox is full. I want to talk to him about his last post regarding Tiptronic fluid.
Cheers
Mike

Sorry, MNBoxster has evaporated into cyberspace. If you still want info on the ATF try a pm to Lil Bastard. I am betting he has a wealth of information on the subject ;) .

Brucelee may be willing to email him on your behalf through the info in the admin pages. PM and ask.

I doubt Richard (Brucelee) would give out any present or past member's information to anyone for legal and privacy reasons.

Additionally, I do believe Jim lurks here on the forum (although I don't think it's Lil Bastard because of PM's we've exchanged) under a pseudonym so he might PM you... who knows?

Thanks...I'll try those suggestions.
It's just that he has information about where this fluid is available in Canada,
which is where I am and I sure can't find it anywhere!!
Thanks all...
Mike

Happy Motoring

Tim '05

I believe he's posting on another site in the Boxster section. Flat6?

Look on modernvespa.com forums. I think he posts there under MNScooter.

Joe

Dr. K...you're one mean person :D

Happy Motoring
-Gerry 99

I gotta admit, I kinda miss him around here *flame suit* on

I can assure you, MNBoxster and Lil Bastard are the same person.

Kinda creepy!

Certainly sad.

NO WAY!!

Hmmm... way. :rolleyes:

Sorry, not the same person, I only joined a few months back, with this screen name.

But, you're about the 5th guy who's said that, I have even gotten PMs addressed to him (even today).

Knowing how impossible it is to prove a negative, I'm not going to try and convince you or anyone.

But being at the center of a controversy is a little uncomfortable for me (and a little creepy and sad), and a little unfair - maybe to both of us. I'm just here to learn how to do some of the maintenance from you guys and save a buck since my car's warranty is long gone. I especially appreciate ToolPants and Insite's posts, they've taught me alot.

I have read a few of his posts and he seemed to more about Boxsters and cars in general than I ever will (or want to). But they're all old, nothing recent, doesn't he post here anymore? Why not? You guys accuse him of being Lil bastard or something..? lol ;) I did copy and paste his DIY for Tiptronic fluid change and used it this spring and it worked out great.

Anyway... PEACE

:cheers:

I think he was pretty knowledgeable as well, but he was very opinionated, a little stuffy and full of himself, and on at least one occasion gave some advice that was (perhaps) detrimental to someone else's Boxster. (The jury's still out on that one.)

But he and Grizzly had some wonderful verbal fisticuffs. Very entertaining stuff.

For that, I miss him a bit as well.

Is now the time to reveal that yes, I AM MNBOXSTER???????????????????

Well, actually, I am not. :D

I don't have any address for him other than the PM box here. To my knowledge, he retains membership but we haven't heard from him in quite a while.

:)

You DO mean Grizzly, right? :D

Quote: "You DO mean Grizzly, right?"

Posted by JackG.

Yup, Grizzly. And, now that you mention it, I do sort of miss him---it's been a good while since any Griz-posts as well.

He seemed to be much more talkative when MNBoxster was still around, don't you think?? :D

Anybody have any clue what the Adam-post is about?? :confused:

Bruce just answer this for us....Do the IP Addresses to Lil Bastard and MNBoxster match??? Surely your IP guy can let you know.

I bet they do :cheers:

Hmmm, we have 1 thread kinda talkin about who the Stig might be and one talking about who MNBoxster is....Coincidence? I think not!

Hmm, amazing how MNBoxster and Lil Bastard owned the exact same cars :

http://986forum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=100523&postcount=36

http://986forum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=145494&postcount=17

MNBoxster
Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Posts: 3,315

Posted 5/27/07

Hi,

In no particular order:


1939 Ford Coupe (1st Car)

1963 Jaguar Series I E-Type Convertible

1959 Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite

1966 Ford Mustang Fastback GT Hi-Per 289

1970 Buick Gran Sport Stage I

1976 MGB

1972 SAAB Sonett III

1963 Chevrolet Corvette SW Coupe

1972 BMW 2002 Tii

1973 Lotus Europa Twin Cam SE

1983 Ferrari 308 GTS QV - Chassis #46425

1963 Austin Healey 3000

1970 Datsun 240Z (bought new, still own)

1967 Mercury Cougar XR-7 GT

1985 Lotus Turbo Esprit (still own)

1968 Chevy Comaro Z/28 (Matador Red)

1967 TVR 1800S Mk. IV

1948 Chrysler Windsor Coupe w/ dual quad 327 Corvette engine

1968 Lincoln Continental

1976 Toyota Celica GT Coupe

1974 Lotus Elan SE Series 4

1986 Mercury Sable
(1st one delivered in the US, this car was specially hand-built for Edsel Ford - Pres. of Lincoln/Mercury Div. It had every option for '86 and several not released until '89. He rejected the car in favor of a Lincoln Mark VII, so the Factory sold it and through a friend at FORD, I bought it)

1976 Datsun 280Z

1963 Volkwagen Beetle

1966 Ford LTD Convertible

1968 Datsun 2000 Sports Fairlady - Super Sano

1959 Triumph TR3

1966 Volkswagen Micro Bus w/ built Porsche 912 engine

1968 Porsche 912

1984 Isuzu Trooper 5-Spd. 4X4

1978 Datsun 280Z

1970 Ford F-100 390 4X4

1966 Alpha Romeo Duetto Spider

1978 Chevrolet Biscayne Police Special w/ 454
(this was an old Chicago PD unmarked, a real beater mechanically, which I bought at auction w/ 235000 mi. I bought a CB microphone and parked this thing all over downtown Chicago - anywhere I wanted. I just hung the microphone over the rearview mirror. It was always mistaken for a CPD unmarked and never received a ticket.)

1995 Honda Passport LX 5-Spd. 4X4

1984 Mercury Marquis (wife's car when I met her)

1995 Lincoln Continental

2004 Jaguar S-Type

1999 Porsche Boxster Tip S

1976 Lola T-342 Formula Ford Racer
(co-owned and championed w/ an old buddy)

1990 Protoform Formula Vee Racer (still own)

1968 Triumph Bonneville T120R

1968 Norton Commando Mk I 750

1939 Whizzer Model D

1967 Moto Guzzi V7

So far... - since I was 20, I've never owned fewer than 4 cars at any one time...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

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Lil bastard
Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Du Monde
Posts: 610

Posted 4/27/08

OK - I probably fit the profile - Gray, 50+, etc. When I drive down the street in my Boxster, I guess many think I'm mid-life crisising. But...

At 17, I owned a '66 289 Mustang Fastback as my DD, and a '62 Austin Healey 'Bug Eye' Sprite as my 'Fun' car.

At 20, I owned a '68 Camaro SS396 as my DD, and a '68 912 and a '68 Buick Gran Sport Stage I as my 'Fun' cars.

At 22, I owned a '68 Lincoln Continental Convertible as my DD, and a '63 E-Type and a '72 Dodge Charger SE R/T 440 Six Pack as my 'Fun' cars.

At 25, I owned a '72 BMW 320 I as my DD, and a '69 Lotus Elan SE as my 'Fun' car.

At 27, I owned an '80 Jaguar XJ-6 as my DD, and a '70 Datsun 240Z and a '70 Lotus Europa SE John Player Special as my 'Fun' cars.

At 30, I owned a BMW 636 CSI as my DD, and a '71 Ferrari Dino 246GTS and an '80 Porsche 930 Turbo as my 'Fun' cars.

At 35, I owned a Volvo 740I as my DD and an '85 Lotus Turbo Esprit and '83 Porsche 911SC as my 'Fun' cars. In addition, I acquired a '90 Euroswift Formula Ford for Racing.

At 38, I owned a '92 Corvette ZR1 as my DD, and a Ferrari 308GTS Quattrovalvole as my 'Fun' car.

At 40, I owned a '92 Lexus SC400 as my DD, and a '56 Austin Healey BN2 100M as my 'Fun' car.

At 45, I owned a '99 Mercedes Benz CLK 430 as my DD, and a '79 Maserati Bora as my 'Fun' Car which was replaced mid-year with my '99 Porsche Boxster. Sold the Formula Ford and bought a '90 Protoform Formula VEE racer.

Now, at 54, I own an '06 Jaguar S-Type Sport 4.0 as my DD, plus my '99 Boxster and Formula VEE as my 'Fun' cars.

So while people may see me drive by in my Boxster and type-cast me as a mid-life crisis, they have absolutely no idea how totally WRONG they are.

That's OK with me. I have always owned the cars I loved with no regard to what others may think...

PS - This probably belongs in the What cars have you owned thread, but I list it here to make a point.

( Jim - I could really care less who you are or are not, I just HATE liars ! )

Nick

Unfortunately, it's my understanding that Griz suffered a physical injury that took him out for a while. I hope he rejoins us later, he was a good guy. He was sending me updates on a restoration project he was undertaking, but I haven't heard from him in a while. I'll ping him in the next couple of days to see what's he's up to.

Yep, the Charleston restaurant thread that LB responded to sounded just like MN, now that you've pointed it out. He slammed my recommendations as being "tourist traps", then pointed out some tourist traps of his own as being superior. I should have known. :rolleyes:

Hey Guys,

Grizzly is doing great! Don't worry about him. The world is a better place because of men and heros like him! :)

NickCats saw him out east about 6 weeks ago.

Thanks for that update. I'm going to have to ping him when I get back home.

This post got fun.

I don't support the "MNBoxster is Lil Bastard" theory. Their writing and punctuation is too different. And that's something I really don't think one could fake without making it look drastically obvious. One thing MN did was capitalize certain nouns that did not merit capitalization. I think he did that to stress words. Also, he rarely misspelled a word. I've seen a couple misspellings with Lil B.

I liked MN. One time I went on a rampage about one of his posts that I really liked, but it came off sarcastic. One might find him on the Lotus boards.

You know who I miss... Rail26. Talk about informative posts... ha! That guy.
He's off being a Superhero too, but I hope him, his lady, and his car are doing swell.

After additional review, I may have to second guess myself. I notice this capitalization when I'm actually looking for it.

Lil B, if you are not MNBoxster, my condolences for the awkwardness this must impose. And if you ARE, nicely played. Nicely played indeed.

Oh it's like a delicious spy novel -I love it!

I just don't see it. Hard to put in words, but (while I found him informative and generally a nice guy) MNBox from time-to-time left me slightly PO'd after reading his posts. He just had a air of self-perceived superiority and condescension in his discussions that drove me crazy, at least on occasion. That's never been my perception with LB.

So, who knows?

By the way, Lil Bastard, if you're reading this, I wanted to get your opinion on something: I accidentally put Redline Water Wetter liquid (only about 60ml or 0.12 pints or 0.06 quarts or 0.015 gallons) into the GAS TANK instead of the regular S-1 fuel injector cleaner.

Don't ask me why, it was really careless as I did this in the dark and both bottles look very similar

I have tried driven it for about 45 minutes and the engine ran just fine (no codes, no hesitation, basically just normal). My gas tank was full with 104 octane gasoline, so the ratio of this accidental mix is quite low.

Should I take the polluted gasoline out and replace it with new one? I'm not sure what's in the Redline Water Wetter, possibly Ethylene glycol + water or some sorts.

Any help is much appreciated.

Hey Jeph, I really miss Rail26 too. When he came back a few months ago from his last round of duty (+ 6 months), his wife announced that she wanted a divorce. Bummer. After that post, we have not heard from Rail since. Very sad. I hope he is doing well and comes back here some day again.

I think I know how to draw Jim out:

THE LOTUS ESPRIT IS ABSOLUTELY THE WORST CAR EVER MADE AND IS MUCH LESS RELIABLE THAN ANY PORSCHE ON THE ROAD.

Well...this is sure a great big can of worms I've opened up here!
While it is all very interesting,I hope that I have not offended anyone in the process.
Personally, I think they are 2 different people. Let me say that I have read and enjoyed, and have been informed by, posts from both authors.

Sheesh...all I wanted was information about where I could buy Esso 71141,
other than the stealership.

BTW...the dealership here in Calgary wants 600.00 for the fluid ALONE!

Again,apologies...if required.

Cheers
Mike

I have rated this thread 5 stars

I live in Minnesota. Let me know the color of his Boxster and I will keep an eye out for him. I am heading over to Carousel Porsche in a few minutes and will ask if they have seen him.

MNBoxster's car is also pictured in LB's signiture. Same car. Same window sticker. Same parking lot. Same background.

Coincidence?

Ya sure! ;)

Here we have LB's signature photo

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h.../DSC_0034j.jpg

And here a photo of Jim's car from his detailing thread
http://986forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11216
Notice the front wheels are angled in both photos, the spokes are in the same position relative to the car, car position relative to faded white lines is the same, identical color and texture of the parking lot surface, and the same crack in the parking lot surface under the rear half of the vehicle

http://986forum.com/forums/attachmen...tid=6409&stc=1


On to the next photo
http://986forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6405
This time we have a shot looking at the front of the car. Again we see the angled front tires and shadows from the wheels and bumper match LB's signature photo. In the sig we see a lighter green tree behind the seats. In this front-on shot a very similar tree is behind the driver side mirror. As for the vegetation, in both shots is nicely cut grass, followed by overgrown rough, and then dense trees.

One last thing. The signature photo file name is DSC_0034 and Jim's detail photos are DSC_0028 - DSC_0045. It's in the range.

Frankly I don't care who LB is but overwhelming evidence indicates that either he is MNBoxster or he "borrowed" the signature photo.

Ahhh you guys are wayy off,

Now if someone new shows up with the handle "big ************************ Bastard", then I'm looking for the similarities. Since we are all trading our favorite MN stories, I liked the yarn about winning thousands in Vegas gambling with reckless abandon like he was James Freaking Bond.

^^
damn man, been watching CSI lately?

good call tho, seems to be the same car.

i do miss Jim tho, he helped me out a lot, but that one thread was pretty funny tho

You know this occurred to me as well (not that's its a big deal) but I remember how well MN's Boxster looked after he deswirled using an orbital.
When I saw that pic of the red/tan I said "hmm...I never forget a face or Porsche!"

I thought LB was the guy with the 550 with the red tail stripes, because it said lil' bastard on the rear deck.

Although MN's replies were VERY informative on factual basis and his opinions were equally rich. I didn't get either from the nome de puis(sp?).

He was very verbose, and was always quick to post helpful technical information. Just don't confuse posting technical info with knowledge... he was caught several times cut-n-pasting long descriptions as if he wrote them, just to find that he had simply copied them from some website or document. One example that sticks out in my mind was a thread about torque and horsepower. He posted a well-written explanation, but then I did a quick web search and found the web site he had copied it from. IIRC, he claimed to be a writer of some sort, but stealing someone else's writings without giving them credit would be a huge no-no with a writer.

Oh well... google is your friend. :cheers:

ha I believe one time he said his cut and paste was okay because he actually wrote the information on Wikipedia under a different name...

More important, all visitors to this thread, take a good look at his boxster, that IS the only acceptable boxster configuration possible..anyone who deambers, or paints side vents, or adds a boost gauge, or does any manipulation is a "ricer"..

my favorite was when he told an owner contemplating 19" wheels that they were simply too big, and the car should be left as intended, even though its a facotry option, and that everyone is going to keep going bigger....blah blah....the best ways is standard as intended

I simply stated that his boxster would be standard with 17" wheels but he now has 18"'s....and that he violated his own logic in his post and that upgrading 1" could be done easily and look great...

his reply included a rant telling me to back off and he is entitled to his opinion....what a moron....let my boxster blow up if it means not dealing with good ol MN

:cheers: ....a little nostalgia, he loved the beers

I smell a thread lock coming....

I leave for a few days and look at all of the fun i missed.

I am not anyone but who I am.