So Long, Farewell, auf Wiedersehen, Adieu…

[Boxtaboy]

His 98 2.5 986 was a Tip, so anything he buys to replace it will be faster! Don't let anyone stop you from fully enjoying your new purchase. Congrats on the purchase and drive it in good health, Lil!

[Lil bastard]

OK... made it home tonight.

Car ran great the whole way, just a blast (at least as much a blast as you can have on cruise control and 5th gear for hrs. on end.

Special Shout to QuicKurt! I went to Autoworks in Macon GA to have the fluids changed. Met Randy and his mechanic. Great guys and they were amazed at the car and it's condition.

Despite knowing you (and he does say you truly are 'Quick' btw and warned me away from your political Blog... lol), he could not have been more accommodating. Ran the car up on a lift and inspected everything. Did the oil swap and was very reasonable. Wish I lived closer, because he'd definitely be my guy!

Thanks foir the recommendation. Even though I PM'd you and asked for his name/number and you did not reply (understandable, we're all busy), I picked the Porsche Mechanic from Google Search (3 came up) which I thought might best describe him.

I had my wife call ahead and something got messed up in translation. I walked into the shop the next day and asked for Randy. He said he thought I was going to another shop. I said no, I intended to come here, but he seemed somewhat reluctant to assist me.

I then asked if he knew Kurt from Jacksonville and all of a sudden we were 'Brothers of Another Mother', he got right to it, said I could pay by check to preserve my 'Road Cash'. Really did a nice job and again, confirmed what I'd been told and saw myself that this car is a true time-capsule. Had me on my way within 2 hrs.

Anyone in the Atlanta/Macon area would be well served by going to see Randy at Autoworks in Macon!

Thanks again Kurt for your recommendation!

Cheers!

[Quickurt]

Randy and Eric were on their second day of trying to replace a rear window and regulator on a VW "new" beetle when you walked in.
He called right after you left and said he was sorry he was a bit short when you walked in. He's been known to lose his temper when working on cars that are ridiculously hard to work on.
High performance cars are one thing, they are small, light and tight and you expect them to be tough work, but the rear window in a VW Beetle??

Sorry I missed your PM, it would have smoothed the meeting, had I been able to call ahead for you. I've been up to my ears in a new project and procedure for my shop.

Glad the rest of your trip went well and you're tickled with your new toy.
Drift it thru a fast turn for me!

[Lil bastard]

Originally Posted by Quickurt

Randy and Eric were on their second day of trying to replace a rear window and regulator on a VW "new" beetle when you walked in.
He called right after you left and said he was sorry he was a bit short when you walked in. He's been known to lose his temper when working on cars that are ridiculously hard to work on.
High performance cars are one thing, they are small, light and tight and you expect them to be tough work, but the rear window in a VW Beetle??

Sorry I missed your PM, it would have smoothed the meeting, had I been able to call ahead for you. I've been up to my ears in a new project and procedure for my shop.

Glad the rest of your trip went well and you're tickled with your new toy.
Drift it thru a fast turn for me!

Yea, Randy showed me all that swapping that window regulator entailed. You practically had to remove everything aft of the front seats to access it. Add to this that the part alone was $700 and Randy had the cheerful task of informing the customer.

I didn't think he was short at all. Seems there had been some miscommunication between Randy and my wife who called ahead for me to try and set an appointment (i'm amongst the 1% of the population who doesn't own a cell phone), so Randy was not expecting me.

But, I really enjoyed my time with him and he went way beyond a mere oil change. He did a fairly thorough inspection of the car, more out of curiosity at it's pristine condition than anything else. But, he took pains to explain everything to me and gave me a better understanding of the 964 than I had walking in.

The trip was great fun, though there were only a few highlights as there isn't a lot to say about hour upon hour of cruising the interstates with the cruise on and in 5th gear.

Anyway... super nice guys. Thanks for the recommendation!

Cheers!

[Flavor 987S]

What oil did you elect to run in your air cooled engine?

[Lil bastard]

Originally Posted by Flavor 987S

What oil did you elect to run in your air cooled engine?

I went with the recommendation given by Autoworks.

Randy, the owner of Autoworks said that he currently recommends Penzoil full synthetic. Says it's one of the best out there. This is a guy who makes his living servicing niche and import cars and depends on maintaining a loyal client base, it would not serve him to recommend an inferior oil.

Personally, I'm not sucked into the arguements that one oil is vastly different than another. There are differences to be sure, but in my case, I don't put enough miles on the car annually to use up the additive package before swapping the oil again for it's annual hibernation. I believe it's much more important to swap the oil often (7500 mi. or annually at least) and this probably has more to do with prolonging the life of the engine and it's components than any particular nationally recognized brand of synthetic. Just MHO of course.

Cheers!

[Quickurt]

Robert Overby (Overby's Inc.) is also a high end shop here in Jacksonville, as well as high end sales, and he also recommends Pennzoil full synthetic (Platinum). Robert is a multiple SCCA National Champion in E-Production - Porsche Speedster.
On my last DD change I went with Pennzoil's Hyper-Clean full synthetic, Ultra, and the Mazda Turbo used a bit less of it than the regular Pennzoil Platinum.
The 135k miles CX7 was using about 1.5 quarts of Mobile One (5/30-high mile formula), used about half that of Pennzoil Platinum (10/30) and now has used about 1/2 quart of the Ultra (5/30). These are all on 5k mile intervals. It's due for another change this week, so I will be using the same clean formula Pennzoil.
I was expecting the 5/30 Ultra to have the same consumption as 5/30 Mobile One, thinking the differnce was molecular weight, but I was wrong, or at least mistaken!
If I did the turbo cool down idle time routine, it would probably burn less, but too bad, time is money and I am terribly impatient!
Brumos still uses the Porsche Spec Moblie One, but Overby and others have told me the Mobile One you and I can buy, over the counter, is nowhere near the same spec as the Porsche dealer gets - through Porsche parts division, not the oil dealer.