OMG this forum is still swinging in all 986 directions!
 

Hey guys, I swear I clicked a random link on the Internet that lead me here, I had no intention to come and intrude lol

In all honesty, I really dropped-by voluntarily to see if I was the last in all those worlds to still own a Porsche Boxster 986! That's right, I still have it although haven't been driving it much due to municipal restrictions not allowing it both downtown and the place I spend most of my days at work :/ It also needs all kind of vital things to work too... like a wash, a wax and a carpet vacuum. You know, the normal stuff that makes those roadsters click and go fast :D

I've quickly scrolled by the daily posts and I'm blasted to see many of you guys still got their Boxsters and sharing knowledge about them here, its amazing!!!

I hope you all had a generous and fun Christmas and wishing you an Happy New Year in advance :cheers:

oh good god that silly alias pic of me... just saw that after posting LOL Maybe time to show-off what I look like with +10 years on. Not exactly pretty I warn ya ;)

OMG, the legend is alive! :cheers: :)

Welcome back!

Legend, yikes, uh-oh :/ lol Guess this is the tag you get for disappearing on the group ;-)
Good to see you here Robert! my god... you guys are all still here almost, so many I can see from the posts, incredible
Hey BrokenLinkage!!!

Haha Fred, we all like to put our best foot forward! My avatar has a helmet and a ton of makeup! (Well, not really) but everyone who sees me on YouTube knows the terrible truth! :eek:

Just watched that 7 month old YT vid... who is that young handsome guy in the vid, is that you? And man that engine, speechless. Good mechanic and interesting to see that autopsy. I think you've nailed the cause, that blacken crank bearing looks like it may have contributed to some nasty thermal stress up the rod, James :/

And yea time to swing my fast & furious young boy pic for the 'updated' one I think too lol Good to see you are still here and helping out man, so cool!!!

Hey Fred, I was just thinking about you the other day, good to hear from you on here. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Great to hear from you Fred! Hope all is well and you will be posting from time to time!

Glad to see you're back. Does this mean you're back to making us parts too?:D

Haha! Same to you Steve, best wishes man! Time to catch up with your racing adventures, hope you are still zipping those apex :cool:

All good here Paul, at least still alive (sort of, I think lol). I'll try to get the Boxster going this weekend, that's what got me to log back on 986forum in fact. Got a feeling something will be messing up in advance, lots of dust on that roadster right now so I might be posting sooner or later... I'll update later today or tomorrow. Hope all is well for you too, good to see you and others are still here!

Ramped up +3 new machines since and all belong to a customer for the next few months man. Google the word "slave" my picture is just below :/ Trust me if I could make parts I would, nothing better than making car parts machined the-way-I-chose-too. Pure freedom, miss that time. If you or anyone needs something done CAD/CAE/CAM-wise just let me know I got time for that, for the parts I know a whole lot of chaps with the same equipment so things can be arranged for a good cause. Hope business goes well for you man, good to see you too haha!!

Fred welcome back it's good to hear from you , I give you a slight head nod every time I flip on my " Fred's headlights " :D . Happy New Year to you

So you are the lengendary Fred I keep reading about!?

Nice to finally 'meet' you. I'm new around here, but have read a lot about you. Well, that sounds a bit creepy...I have read a lot about the parts you made. Haha.

Welcome Back sir!



Gunnar

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Car 54, car 54 where are ya? Welcome back.
Glad to hear from you, I thought some aliens picked you up in your car.
:troll:
Yeah, those nasty lil ad-clickers lead the way...Evil.:D

Welcome Back Fred! :cheers:

Prepare for your inbox to be inundated with people wanting windscreens and headlights!

We’ve missed you, buddy!


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Good grief, the return of the Canuckian Chinese mad scientist! Welcome back Fred, hope 2020 is kind to you.

lol That flickering blip huh ;-) Man, good to see you.. wow! Happy New year to you too, same to your family, and the beast!!

Hey Gunnar, Happy to meet you here too! Thanks for the warm welcome back man, let's have fuuun!

lil ad-clickers lol Yea wish that'd be it but I really stopped by to spy on you and your cool car projects, Bran haha. Happy New Year old pal!

Rick!! how is the army and overseas expatriation treating you man, been a long time! Hope you make it back hope for the holiday season at least. Good to see you around, Rick. And yea, didn't thought about this one too wisely (lol), I might have to service those kits before making new-anything. Let's see if I can squeeze time man, I doubt but I'll do my best and see what I can do in Q1/Q2 2020.

!!! Way too kind again bro :cheers: Good to see you again!

lol after all those years living and working here its fair to call this "Chinese Canuckian", reversed! Life's good here man, sort of! Good to see you Ian!!!

Guys, thanks for the warm welcome back. I owe you all after-all and will try not to deceive again, my bad. I wish you all an Happy New Year and Best wishes, no exceptions.

Guys, the Boxster... wroom, it-started-right-up!!! 8+ months or something since last time I've parked and unplugged it, what a blast this car, always been. Missed that slamming chain noise at start-up so much (not) lol! But there, same old good fun this car. I keep it, seriously.

Took it to my good old and loyal Porsche independent this afternoon for a fresh-up-everything, new oil, coolant, full tank, and and and you're ready for this?? "a full tank of New Shinny Blue Windshield Washer Fluid", that's right! My mechanic over-inflated the 4 tires and went out for an illegal street-race to round them up (lol) as they felt a bit squared on my way there so that got sorted real quick, not sure if this is a good trick to share (at your own risk I guess). But man, one of the rear wheel bearing is shot I think, or both dunno... I now get this whoomwhoomwhoom sound thingy when I turn the car at mid speed. Not sure if this was caused but sitting the car for a long time, certainly can't remember having heard that strange sound before. So... yea, we've ordered a set of 4 of those wheel bearings :/

At least I was taken to the nearest Sichuan Style Hotpot restaurant for a free dinner, just so my indy and I can catch up on life and exchange cool car pictures and ideas ;-) I think he feels responsible for the wheel 'bearing demolition' haha! All good fun guys. I was also asked to take the Boxster out at least once weekly, request (an order) from my indy so I'll see if time allow me to comply with that.

So that's for the car, I think so far so good! Additionally; I'm glad to have stopped-by your amazing forum this early morning guys. Super happy to see old friends and completely blasted by the fact that the majority of you are still here, impressive car this Boxster, really is (got to be, obviously). Hope to be able to share knowledge again (or at least what I can) from time to time and catch up with you all!

Off I go (exhausted car day really lol). See you guys around!

Happy New Year Fred! Don’t be a stranger.

Fred! Welcome back and Happy New Year! You will be one of first on the forum to ring it in, eh?

I'm glad to see that the car is running and you are being ordered to drive it. There are a lot questions on here from folks asking about all you're great products, so I hope it isn't too overwhelming.

All the best!

Van!!! wow, literally, everybody is still here. Unbelievable. Happy New Year Van, best wishes old friend!

Troy!!! its you, not Rick3000 (my bad). It's you who've gone great borders and countries with his Boxster to work for the army. I remember now (must have been Rick's black on black car pic). Troy, caught those alien invaders yet? I see them all the time roaming above China, its annoying :D (Happy New Year to you too, Troy!)

No worries on the questions or support side for those parts. Always said they would be serviced for life and I kept a whole lot of spare parts of "everything" I've done to support that statement. Got xenons, ballasts, 2.5" reflectors and actuators, tons of porsche crests for the center caps, the caps themselves, their hub adapters, got a dozen of those skybreaker coated blank panels, the mounting heatsink + their LED strips in all colors, the PWM drivers, wires, connectors, I-Literally-Have-Spare-Everything!!!

So yea, hit me up if you are in trouble with any of my stuff, spare parts are FREE, just dosh in the shipping cost via paypal and we are good.

Welcome back, Fred.

Wish you a good start into the roaring twenties… and good health… and don't be slave of your own business (i know how that feels).

Regards from Germany,
Markus

Fred, awesome to see you back! I still love those headlights of yours in my '01.

Moving back to Canada any time or is it China forever...

Yo Markus! Man some serious good memory falshbacks going on right now ;) Thanks for all the wishes and I sincerely hope the very same for yourself and your business. Health first, paramount importance.

ps. Not my company anymore, technically. Sold-it all to my wife for $1 back in Feb'19 and tossed out all that Hong Kong rep office registration BS. Easier on the paper work and tax for a Chinese national, which she is (I'm still on a Canadian passport). I am therefore and officially 'her employee' (lol), her cook, her part-time lovar, her private driver, gardener, handy man and all that good stuff. Hence the "slave" theme :D

Good to have you around!


Oh cool, nice feedback, thanks man. Yep still got those same as yours in my Boxster and not getting tired of them!
RE Moving back; not sure if you remember when we've told everyone (bragged ab it here too, I think) that we've bought a small house in B.C. back in 2017 and we were aiming at moving out of China in 2020? Well, we sold that house this year and re-invested that cash locally here in China. So all-in-all, plans have changed recently, for the best we think, so we might have to re-schedule that retirement plan and push it a good 10 years (minimum 5 years for sure).

All good, life's okay here recently with lots of changes for the better (I think). I'm done complaining (other than for those crazy wicked traffic jams lol).
Happy New Year to you, Norman!

Welcome back Fred! It's good to see that you are well and keeping busy. ...but maybe too busy. Do make time to drive that beautiful car and keep a shine on it. It will keep your mind young.
I'm curious; are there some good twisty roads that you can get to from there or is it all traffic, traffic, and more traffic?

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Thanks man, good to see you too! Busy is good, stress part is bad though. Got all Sundays off so we're cool I think :cool:

No twisties anywhere in or around Shanghai, traffic jams after f n traffic jams. Or if no traffic then you are presented with 65,433 CCTV cameras every mile with big brother looking up for your so called 'safety' (and wallet). Tight speed limits in-city feels more or less like driving in a school zone back in the states or Canada. Other than that we need to drive a good 1.5hr out of town to hit some half-decent and fun twisty roads, some really good places (no cams). The outta town express ways are killer around here though... some of them with as much 6 lanes wide and paved with some magical re-enforced concrete... smooth as silk and goes on forever (read supercar paradise).

Good to see you are well Fred, you need to stop by a little more frequently to at least let us know you are ok, ok?! I’m still waiting for your new head unit! I hope you have a great new year! :cheers:

Captain!!! Looked up your account yesterday and seen you've left a few posts, was quite happy to see that you are still around. Still flying commercial jets around this world? Others too, maybe? ;-) And sure, I'll stick around although asking questions more than anything, let's see. Let me get that red Boxster back on the street in a week first!

Hope all is going well for you and the family, Bruce. Glad to hear from you. Wish you an Happy New Year!

Yep, just got home today from Frankfurt. The closest I get to you is Hong Kong about once or twice a month, at least this time of year while it isn’t too hot and humid there! All is well here but the Boxster needs a new coolant expansion tank, I think I’ll let the shop do that one :D

eww :/ yep good call on that one. That coolant exp tank replacement is one nasty job if memory serves, so I heard/read anyway. Good to hear you still fly!

Fred, Glad to hear you are OK. Happy New Year. All the stuff I have bought from you is still working great. A testament to quality manufacturing and design.

:cheers: :cheers: Happy New Year friend, so cool to see you here too man!!!

I'll be honest, Sunday morning when I woke up and dared to open the 986forum I told myself before "folks from old days must have all moved on...". Did I got that part wrong :/ Crazy stuff... surprise surprise!

welcome back man. ever get back to canada? just spent xmas in qc; food, beer, and women can't be as good in china ...

Fred! Stick around! We miss your camaraderie - this is a better forum when you are here. :cheers:

Rick

Went back to sign papers last June, 2 days in/out and that was it lol Problem going back is 20hrs flight/tickets (X2 ppl), jetlag, car rental, and so many other things like entry visa (for Mrs Nine8six). Cost like $4~5k each time too :/ So we try to head back to Canada when we, like, really need too only lol

Won't debate on the women, but... ... oriental women are, well, you know ;-) Good to see you around TRK!!! HNY and wishing you all the best for 2020 bud!


I will. Good news is I'm be putting back the Boxster in-service for 2020, Rick. Might drop-by regularly to ask questions or just to annoy a bit haha Good to see you here, Happy New year and best wishes for 2020! :cheers:

Beer probably. The rest I'd have to say not even close lol.

Wow...first off Happy New Year. I have read and heard great things about you. Glad to see you are back and hopefully able to stay for awhile. Your contributions are discussed quite a bit among 986ers. So from a newbie...thank you. Hope you can provide some cool new projects. :)

-Richard.

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Thanks for the kind wishes, Richard. Same goes to you and your love ones, HNY2020!!!
I'll see if I can pull-off a few new ideas, hopefully with your help and the others. Dying too trust me on that, can't lie ;)

ps. seen your projector's post earlier too. I took yesterday's time off to re-model the bezel (same, just newer CAD data/software) and added a snap-ring for the lens (internal feature). Nothing too fancy but sort of making them more reliable and hopefully more affordable to manufacture. Still trying to figure out who/when/where can we cnc those parts though :/ I swear I already have that bad feeling its going to me lol

Welcome back sir. If you ever decide to make more of those lighted rear windscreen I f probably be interested in one of those. What ever happened to the replacement radio project