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Pirelli
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At-Speed Motors
At-Speed Motors is a business that helps people buy and sell Porsches and also fixes them when they need repairs.
Part
impact gun
An impact gun is a tool that helps you quickly take off or put on bolts and nuts, like those on car tires. It makes changing tires much easier and faster.
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Porsche
Porsche is a famous car brand from Germany that makes fast and luxury sports cars. They are known for their quality and performance.
Term
torque
Torque tells you how much twisting force is applied when tightening something, like the bolts on your car's wheels. It's important to know the right amount to avoid damaging parts.
Term
pound-feet
Pound-feet is a way to measure how strong a twist or turn is. It's used to tell you how tightly to screw in things like bolts on your car's wheels.
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Porsche Club
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giant killers
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Porsche 987
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Porsche 986
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duct tape
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Ford Mustang GTD
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Fox body
'Fox body' is a nickname for a specific style of Ford Mustang that was made from 1979 to 1993. People like it because it's light and can be easily modified to go faster.
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Porsche 944
The Porsche 944 is a type of sports car made by the German company Porsche. It was made in the 1980s and 1990s and is known for being fun to drive.
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braking
Braking is how well a car can slow down or stop when you press the brake pedal. It's very important for safe driving.
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acceleration
Acceleration is how fast a car can go from a stop to a certain speed. It's an important part of how well a car performs.
Car
Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 is a famous sports car that many people recognize by its unique shape. It's known for being fast and fun to drive, making it a favorite among car enthusiasts.
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Porsche 356
The Porsche 356 is an early sports car made by Porsche, known for being light and fun to drive. It was the first car produced by the company after World War II.
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996
The 996 is a version of the Porsche 911 made from 1999 to 2004. It was different because it had a water-cooled engine instead of an air-cooled one, which was a big change for the car.
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991
The 991 is a newer version of the Porsche 911 that was made from 2011 to 2019. It had better performance and a more modern design than the older models.
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Mazda Miata
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horsepower
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245s
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Saturn Vue
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Ferrari
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FCA
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Porsche Cars North America
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Chevy Aveo
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Porsche Cayman
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AC
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Porsche Cayenne
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bumper
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radiator
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condenser
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differential
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Porsche Boxster
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Porsche Macan
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Porsche 914
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Welcome to the Porsche Club Insider, your one stop for all things Porsche and PCA.
Here's your host, Vu Gwin, and the Insider crew.
Welcome everyone to Episode 201.
As of today's recording, it is actually the last day of 2025, but by the time this is
released, I believe it will be the second episode in 2026.
I want to make sure we thank our presenting sponsor, Pirelli.
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and find that special Porsche for yourself.
Today we have back to the stage, so to speak, Bob Miller, owner of At-Speed Motors.
We say that, but I never completed with what At-Speed Motors does.
And I see all of your shorts and stuff that you have online.
You guys buy, sell, as well as service, Porsches and other models as well, but primary focus
is Porsches.
Actually, 100% Porsche.
100% Porsche?
Yeah, if there's something in there, it's probably my car, yours, or some special friend
that we say...
On occasion, there's a different...
We'll do it.
Right.
But you'd like to say 100% Porsche.
Yeah, we're 100% Porsche.
Oh, I know that what Bob does is record Rich working on the car.
That is my job.
You know the guy that stands over like the five guys that are digging the ditch?
This is how well-thinked Manny and I...
I have that in my mind to do and I'm just wait...
Like I just toss it up there and he just goes for it.
Like I just know he's going to go for it.
I think this is a team of every kid.
I always say, I watch everyone because I'm waiting for the one where Rich shows around
and says...
You do it.
Put out the camera and help me.
The best part is when he's doing stuff and you know he needs a hand and Bob is just
ill for it.
It's amazing that he's dropping this motor by himself.
He might get crushed, but I'm not going to help.
I'm just going to keep recording.
I mean, imagine the drama.
You know, it's like I can't change that drama.
That's hilarious.
That's hilarious.
Well, of course, we have Manny as well and Damon is behind the scenes here making everything
work.
I thought I would...
You were asking about what a favorite Christmas present that we got, but...
So I got some good Christmas presents.
We talked about it in our last episode, but I got something for myself and I think other
DIYers and folks might enjoy it as well.
And I know there's more commercial brands, but for a DIYer, consumer level, like I'm
a huge DeWalt fan and there's two things that came out recently that I think the listeners
might enjoy.
Now, how many of you call me crazy, but when I travel on a vacation that might be more
than four hours, I actually take my lightweight aluminum jack and I take my 750-foot-pound
impact gun with me because I've had...
Obviously, you're not driving a Porsche then because it would never break down.
But tires are tires and you run over stuff.
And I've had to change a tire on the side of 95 and it's terrifying and I bring those
things one because I think that if I bring it, it won't happen, but if it does happen,
it's just much faster to get whatever I need off and put back on.
So anyways, I do love the 750-foot-pound, I call it the hammer or whatever from DeWalt,
but they just came out with this.
I don't know if you guys heard about the Atomic series?
No.
Now, how much torque do we need for, say, lug nuts?
I like that DeWalt man Porsche got there.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Streetcar is 92-pound-feet.
Exactly.
So let's say you need 110.
Sure.
So look at how lightly I lifted that and that's with two tools.
That is with two tools in there.
You're killing me.
Let's see it.
Check out this baby Atomic impact that does like 300-foot-pounds, plenty to take off a
lug nut.
That's a half inch, right?
Half inch, too.
Also a half inch.
So you bring your 19-millimeter socket and you bring this light one.
You don't need a huge battery because you're just for a temporary situation and you're
all set.
Now, call me a little cynical, but you know those little teeny tiny jump starters, they
say can jump a Mack truck and then you put it on and the thing doesn't even turn on the
ignition.
Sir, I have tested this.
I'm a little worried.
I have taken off a lug nut just to make sure that this works.
So that's one.
And then the other tool that sometimes you got a screw that you need to work on, maybe
a number of them, but you don't want to bring out the big heavy screw gun.
But then you also don't want to use the old school manual screwdriver and just do like
10 screws.
And let's say you're putting together IKEA furniture.
That's like the most painful thing to do.
So they came out with this little baby that has a USB-C charger, different speeds, and
it gives you, obviously you have plenty of these different bits that you need.
But look at this, variable speed, just push forward with an LED light.
Is this a DeWalt commercial or the night step?
So I was thinking about this.
I'm like, why don't I have any of you listeners out there?
If you have a connection with DeWalt, I would love to talk to them about being Milwaukee.
I like Milwaukee.
Or Milwaukee, too.
I hate to say it.
We're all snappling.
So I like rigid.
So pick here.
I know.
I know.
But I guess everyone like snappling.
It's just snappling prices.
Exactly.
I don't like taking out a mortgage.
But I mean, as a business, I understand why you do snap on and stuff.
But I think DeWalt and Milwaukee, it's kind of like, do you go Nikon or do you Canon?
I've started out with DeWalt since college, and I think that's why I chose DeWalt.
These are cool.
But anyways, I thought I'd share it with you all.
They're pretty inexpensive.
Did you put up the prices, Damon?
No, I hadn't yet, but I'll put it up right now, actually.
I'm not quite sure.
I feel like it's the commercial they have with QVC.
QVC.
Yeah.
Next 45 seconds, commercial 100 buyers.
Pre-shipping.
Pre-shipping.
So if you're on YouTube and can see this, there are a couple of pages.
I'm not sure if it was on this one or...
Oh, I thought I sent the little one.
Anyways, you can find it.
They're both on Amazon, or you can go to your Lowe's or Home Depot.
But I think it was like $150.
For the two of them?
No, just for the one.
And the other one was like $70.
The other thing would probably be a pretty good one.
You're taking down the panel, or you're going to change the oil or something.
You don't want to use the...
Does it come with the man purse or no?
No, that's actually...
When I bought another set.
He's going to be dazzling.
Don't be jealous.
Don't be jealous.
All right.
So...
I want to say your mother's going to be very proud.
My mother?
Yes, because at least with our last episode, we were number two in Vietnam.
Nice.
And automotive.
Now, I don't know if there's only two people in automotive, but nonetheless, it says number
two in Vietnam.
That's impressive.
All right.
My people are watching and listening.
I love it.
I love it.
I'll give us a shout out.
How do we work in Vinfast to one of our episodes?
Maybe we'll go up to number one.
I always think like it's a diet drink.
Slimfist.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Shout out to...
I will say, since there's people listening in Vietnam, shout out to San Le.
San Le is the president of the Porsche Club of Vietnam.
So if you're listening in Vietnam, own a Porsche, reach out to San and make sure you become
a member of the Porsche Club of Vietnam.
So they do some cool stuff.
They drove from Vietnam to like, they did like a one month.
Imagine you know how we do like daily tours, we do weekend tours.
They do monthly tours.
Like they just stop going to work, get into the Porsches and drive and drive and drive
and a month later, they finish their tours.
They do some crazy stuff.
Must have very generous employers.
Yes.
I was just thinking...
They are the employers.
Here's a question for you guys that I was asked and I don't know if there's...
For me, it's...
You answer based on who's asking that question.
Why do Porsche...
Why does Porsche resonate deeply with enthusiasts?
Why Porsche?
I'll just make it that short.
Why Porsche?
I did not want to answer.
Yeah, I did.
It's too complicated.
But I had to write one answer for this gentleman that was doing like this classic book and
he wanted to refer to Porsches and I had to write one answer.
Or write your personal answer.
Well, I wrote it in the sense where I thought it would be most explainable or understood
by the masses.
What did ChatGBT tell you to write?
Now, here's the thing is, I did not use ChatGBT or AI.
In fact, my wife read it, she's like, it sounds like you, but man, that's a lot of words.
You don't usually write that many words.
Are you saying that paragraph in front of me is that...
That was my answer.
Is it one sentence?
It was a few sentences.
We've got to hear it.
Do you mind?
Yeah, go ahead.
And see if it resonates true for all of you that are listening.
At some point in a Porsche enthusiast's life, they dare to be different.
Why should one pay for a premium for a sports car with performance numbers that are not
so different, sometimes even inferior to domestic and Japanese alternatives?
This very daring attitude is the reason why Porsche owners are uniquely passionate and
a loyal community.
In the early days of Porsche, they were the underdog known as giant killers.
What they lacked in cubic inch motors, they excelled in the balance of performance and
reliability.
Engineering development on the racetrack to later be infused in the vehicle to be sold
to the end consumer.
The racing essence would be transferred to the road cars design and driving experience.
All to create a uniquely focused driving experience which provides a long lasting emotional connection
to those that appreciate it.
Porsche continues to honor its heritage in engineering and design as well as the overall
driving experience for every model they produce.
Each model offered is the sportiest of its segment.
Porsche continues to say true to its roots, evolves its ethos as opposed to redefining
it.
It's difficult to put into words why one should buy a Porsche but take one for a spin on a
trusty back road and you'll easily get it.
From then on, there's no turning back.
All right, wait, wait, wait.
So no reactions.
Through some connections, I sent off a car or two to Atlanta, to Porsche, North America.
And one of the questions they asked me quite literally was why Porsche, Bob?
Oh, really?
Yes.
And you guys alluded to this when you, when Manny and I were in the little 53 pre-A and
you did the article.
But for those of you who haven't read it, so I'll go backwards a little bit.
And so there's the canned dancer, which is the people.
And that's a huge reason, by the way, because you hang out with other car clubs and they
walk up with their car club moniker belt, their car club moniker hat, their shoes, their
shorts, their jeans, whatever.
They made jeans?
Yeah.
And you say to yourself.
Jeanshorts.
Okay.
Jeanshorts.
That's right.
Anyway, so you start with the people.
So back in 87, I think I've told you this.
I bought my first car, Mustang GT five liter, 225 horsepower.
Fox body.
Fox body.
Yeah.
Five speed.
Brand new.
Never had a car like it.
If you grew up in my household, you wouldn't understand why.
Dad was not a car guy.
Anyway, dad went out and bought a 944 after I bought the Mustang.
And one day we switched.
I had never driven a Porsche.
I was all about the Mustang.
Look at these numbers.
Look at the braking.
Look at the acceleration.
So I drive this quote unquote underpowered 84, 944, not even a turbo, not an S2.
And I drove it, came back and in every single category, the Mustang demolished the Porsche.
On paper.
On paper.
Yeah.
Cornering, braking, acceleration, top speed, everything.
It killed it.
And I got out of the Porsche and I literally shook my head and I said, I get it.
I mean, the Porsche, the feel, the way it drove, the way it communicated, the ergonomics,
just everything about the car.
And I didn't want my Mustang anymore.
There's no looking back.
There was no looking back.
It was, it was unbelievable.
And you look at the numbers and everybody would ever say, buy the Mustang.
No, I know.
Many?
How do you answer that question?
Why Porsche?
Like I said, it varies per person.
For me, it's simply the, the history in the family, the history of the, you know, not
truly six comparing it to a new 911 turbos with no comparison, but you can still see
the family resemblance in the cars and the fact that you have this car, this manufacturer
whose family is still intimately involved with the production of the vehicle and this
incredible history they have.
Once you want to be part of that group, do you want to say, yeah, I drive a small part
of that history with the car I chose?
Yeah.
And what you're talking about is you can take a non enthusiast, right?
And bring a 356, an early 911, a mid-year 911, a 996, 99192 and Parkham, take all the
badges off the cars and even a non-enthusiast would know that's a Porsche.
Yeah.
Right?
And there's other, there's other fantastic cars out there, but I feel like they try to
recreate themselves.
And when they do that, they, they sort of toss all of their history and then that models
like a particular point in time of that company.
And then 10, 20 years later, you see that car and you're like, oh, that's such an 80s
looking car or such a 90s looking car and like, and it doesn't age very well.
Yeah, the Porsches age beautifully, just gorgeous.
I think what you said there, Vu, is probably how I would describe it as well, but it's,
it's instead of starting new after a product cycle or two, they're evolving what the car
is over for the 911 since, you know, what 1964, 1963.
Yeah.
And you feel that in the new cars.
You feel the essence in it.
You feel the essence and you can't know until you've driven one what that's like.
But I have driven, you know, I wish I had driven more cars and had even more experience
than I do, but the closest thing that I can relate this to, to a cheaper car that maybe
more people can understand.
And I wouldn't even, I would love to extend this throughout the whole brand, but it's
really one car and that's the Miata.
You can feel the same thing in the Miata, but to a lesser extent than a Porsche, but
you feel it in the brand new Miata is that they just, there's a special sauce to it.
They got it right.
Yeah.
And it doesn't matter.
You have less than 200 horsepower.
Right.
It doesn't matter that your tires, you can't fit wider than 245s, you know, under in the
wheel wells.
It just works and it doesn't really matter.
That's an example where they also stay true to the original.
And they stay true to the original of the car.
And that, and that, and that's what I'm getting at is that not just from a looks and they
age so well, but just from behind the wheel, that also applies.
They stay true and they continue to evolve.
Yeah.
And they did answer the question.
We had a 90 Miata, or like the M Vault one, the first year came out and it was like answering
the question, what if Lotus built a reliable car that you could drive every day?
Because they made no, no, they didn't hide from the fact they were copying the Lotus
a lot.
And then even the wheels, they improved instead of eight spokes, they made seven for later
weight.
You know, everything was about later weight and whatnot.
And to me, I was like, I finally got a British car, but with the reliability of Japanese.
Yeah.
Well, and Manny talks about history.
And right before we started, Vue and I were laughing about the fact that Manny is basically
AI for, you know, trivia.
He's amazing.
For Porsche trivia.
Yeah.
For Porsche trivia.
And other trivia.
I mean, I don't know how he does it, but a lot of water and energy.
There you go.
But I get to say this because I'm a guest, obviously Ferrari has a massive history and
there's a lot of enthusiasm with that brand.
But what I will segment between Porsche and Ferrari are the people and there's a difference.
I won't go into a lot of it because it's very, it's a personal judgment, but, you know,
Let's hear from Bob.
What does everybody think?
I don't.
I'm not, I'm not going to get sucked in.
Yeah, exactly.
You're trying to suck you in so you get all hate mail.
But, you know, there's a huge history and the Ferrari quote unquote family, if you will,
there's sorry, there's still a little bit of something going on there, but it's just
not the same.
It's not the same people, not the same group.
And to add on to that, I don't believe FCA, the club, Ferrari club and Ferrari, the manufacturer
have nearly anywhere near a close relationship that PCA has with Porsche.
And there was, there was a comment in our last, there was a comment in our last video
about how we would never say anything bad.
This group's in bed with that.
This group's in bed with that's why you're bringing guests, right?
I wrote a pretty lengthy response to that person and I thought I posted it, but maybe
I didn't.
Or did you delete it?
No, I, no, I haven't deleted something.
I was a little bit sidetracked there.
I'm guessing you're talking about a YouTube comment.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, no, I haven't.
So maybe I got, so I wrote something out to the gentleman, but I didn't.
I thought I posted it, but it was gone.
Anyways, long story short is we do have a fantastic relationship with Porsche and that
is why PCA and its members get all of the wonderful things in terms of access and tech
technical information, but we are also a very independent organization.
I know when Manny was president, it was very clear that, you know, we love Porsche, but
we also love PCA and what we stand for.
And yes, if there's something negative about Porsche that we professionally convey that
to them.
Absolutely.
We'll call it as it is.
Some people, you know, that person that made a comment on YouTube, I'm just like, why would,
are you even a true enthusiast?
Like, why would you want to just be in an adversarial conversation with Porsche?
You can be respectful and share negative thoughts or, it's just incredible that people think
that way.
As an example, I mean, a number of years ago, unnamed Porsche Cars North America CEO stood
in front of a group and basically said, Hey, you know, we're, we're doing great.
We're the, we're the most profitable business out there and our prices are, you know, holding,
we're making so much money and the crowd stood there and booed him.
And so these were PC, a lot of PCA people.
No, I don't suggest that.
But what I'm saying is there's a lot of independence.
There's a lot of independence.
With, you know, the club and how it reacts to Porsche and Porsche is one of the few manufacturers
that actually listens and is very much a part of it, you know, trying to make things a lot
better.
But I'm going to, again, not to sound like a broken record, but if you love the brand,
you hope that they succeed and hopefully they're reading the market correctly so that they
can, they might be coming out with something that you might not like.
But if they're successful, they're going to be able to do the stuff that you do like.
So if I was in bed with them, I would be driving a new car.
That's the least I would have.
The Chevy Aveo that you have today.
Exotic, exotic.
Exotic, exotic.
All right, so upgraded.
All right, let me get off my soapbox on that one.
But let me ask you any, any Porsche New Year's resolutions for, for you.
Let's start with Damon.
Any New Year's resolutions for you, my friend?
Yes.
So I was thinking about this and it's always so tough because a resolution, like I don't
just want to say I'm going to do some sort of action or whatever on my car.
I want to set a goal.
But at the same time, there are some things I need to do to my car, some actions I need
to take to make them right.
So I'll have two New Year's resolutions and one of them will be to drive, take my, my
own Cayman, my own car to a track day and drive it on track once this year, at least
once, but I'm guessing that'll be once.
And then the second thing is, and maybe this should be the first is to fix the AC
systems on both the Cayman and the Cayenne.
Your conditioning doesn't work.
Yeah.
Well, you know about the Cayman, you know, I replaced the compressor and then had
it filled at work for a summer and then I started it up last winter, you know, at
the end and I thought you got it working.
No, no, there's leaks somewhere.
And then the Cayans AC doesn't.
Yeah, the Cayans AC stopped working after I got back from Oklahoma City.
It was stopped.
It was like, I think, falling apart.
At least it was nice enough to wait till after.
Yeah, yeah, the drive back wasn't, you know, amazing, I should say.
But, um, but yeah, it was pretty weak, the, the heat's fine.
But yeah, I've fixed the AC and figure that out.
That'll be a big step in process for me.
I'm feeling the pit in my stomach because it's not something I really want to do.
Like part of me is like, oh, I'll just take it to a shop and let them
diagnose and fill it.
But I, I'm going to try and do it myself.
And that might mean, you know, I've got to figure out how do I detect the leak?
You know, because I don't want to just start.
Yeah.
I've heard die.
There's some there's a leak detector.
There's leak detectors.
So, so it'll be a bigger project than, you know, I really want to get into.
But I'm going to force myself and do it.
What's the worst place on the Cayman to get to for the air conditioning?
Like on the 964, the condenser is it, you know, evaporator,
shooting evaporators under the gas tank.
So that's like, and of course, when mine, what mine was leaking, guess where it was?
Of course.
Yep.
So, um, does the Cayman have a part like that that's hard to get to?
Caymans are, if you have the condensers in the front, yeah.
Caymans are relatively, let's say they use all the space available.
Yeah.
Yes.
It's like working in a boat.
Yeah.
And, uh, I, I can't tell you one thing over the other.
Yeah.
So, um, I have a, uh, suspicion it could be there was a seal when I did all the other
work, you know, the, the planum and the double stack cooler and all that fun stuff.
I didn't replace it.
It looked fine, but it's still one of those things where, you know, it was there
and I would have to go and order the, a tiny little seal and wait for it to be shipped.
I'm just, I'm just going to, um, I've got a feeling it's not that, but it could be.
But what I'm going to do first is I'm going to take the, the bumper off the car.
Um, it's been a couple of years since I've cleaned, you know, and the radiators and
I'm going to just take a look to see if the, um, condensers are looking okay.
And all that stuff.
Just, just go on Amazon, get a leak detector and then do your, do your evaluation before
you start pulling everything up.
Oh, so those leak detectors are real good at least getting the area.
Okay.
I don't have to wear glasses, don't you?
I, I, Rich doesn't wear glasses, but that doesn't mean anything.
Right.
It's got like a little, I think the one you're not, he has this, like,
he put these glasses on and you can see.
Oh, really?
Oh, well that's, that's for the die.
Cause it's, you know, so you're using, um, UV light and then you can see.
And a leak detector, it's just making a noise when it, it's almost got like a probe
that you put next to it.
And then he goes, I remember a mine took a while because where the leak was under the
gas tank, it wasn't coming out.
So he couldn't see anything where it was coming out.
So finally he got, well, this is the last place and I think they loosened stuff and
then they saw a blue die.
But I, you, you got to do this anyway, cause you probably haven't done it in a while.
Take the bumper off and just look at.
Well, I did it two years ago.
So not too long cause I did the third radiator in the center, but I did.
I did have one of my, um, condensers leak because I didn't clean and the, the acid
from the leaves and stuff corroded and created a pinhole leak.
No kidding.
Yeah.
So you clean it anyway.
I mean, you'll see, you'll see if there's a, if there's a pinhole leak, it'll be, it
worked for the whole summer, you know, in the Cayman.
When I drove it, what was it for?
It was, uh, to Alabama portion parade and work that whole spring, summer, fall and.
You know, the other thing is I, for me, that would say you're good for another five years.
I know, right?
I know, but it doesn't blow cold anymore.
So there, there's a leak somewhere.
But you refill it.
Well, refill it.
That's a lot cheaper.
I've tried refilling.
Oh, so you're beyond that.
It will not hold.
It will not hold.
It just won't hold.
I got you.
So at least you should be able to find a leak.
You pretty easily did.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So, so that's what I'm hoping.
Um, then the Cayenne, no clue.
That's not as, you know, um, I don't have to drive that all that much in the summer.
So on hot days, whatever, but, you know, the heat works.
So winter is fine.
It's kind of like changing the water cooler and not the water, the water heater in your house.
It's like, you know, you have to do it, but you don't enjoy spending that money
because it didn't really change your life.
Like hot water is still hot water.
And when you get the new hot water heater, it's still just hot water.
Yeah.
Not prettier hot water.
Yeah.
Not prettier hot water.
May, what you got going on for 2026?
So last year, I think it was getting my wheels painted.
Is that almost done?
Is that project moving over into 2026?
I was going to wait until the new year and then Sam has he done it.
I don't think he has.
But that wheels are like, he already painted them once, but they weren't the right shape.
What car?
The 964.
Cup ones.
Cup ones.
And we've only talked about it for four years.
Clubblow.
Yeah, clubblow wheels.
And the other project was, which I think it's going to happen when it finally dies,
is to fix the foam issue on the fixing door with the 987 and 986 to suffer from this too.
I've got that issue too.
Let me know how it goes.
We're going to do a video on that one where we go.
We said this last year, Mike.
Yeah.
We're going to go in behind the radio with the, with the saws on, cut it open and access door.
So there are a couple of ways.
Nathan Merz fixed his with duct tape, I believe.
That's not the pretty way, but you're not going to see it.
That's what I plan to do.
Okay.
All right.
And aluminum duct tape.
Yeah.
True duct tape for ducks.
Yes.
Those shiny, pretty stuff.
That's the stuff we used to use on the track to keep down wheel weights.
Yeah.
This is making Bob cringe because the correct way to do it is to take the dash apart.
Yeah, it's not happening.
Yeah, but you know how many screws I have left over when I take apart a dash?
So many people ask.
They say, Bob, what do I do?
Do you remember that you started?
So we always say, look, you, you can pay us.
It's no problem.
We'll take the entire dash apart.
We'll fix everything just the way it's supposed to be fixed.
Put it all back together.
It'll work fine.
It'll be a big bill or, and you know, this is, we don't recommend it.
We just give this option, change the direction of the flow of the air multiple different times,
run it at different speeds.
You're going to blow out all that foam and then stop and leave it because the foam
is sealing those flaps and you're losing maybe 10, 15% flow.
That's it.
Not from what I've seen.
Oh, I'm telling you, because once all that foam-
But those flaps, the doors all have big holes in them.
It's like a, it's like a Swiss cheese.
Yeah.
It, it is.
I can't be 10 or 15% out there.
What you have to, what you have to, so what you have to balance it with is
the $2,500 bill versus the airflow that you'll get.
Yes, you, you definitely direct 100% of the airflow where you want it.
But okay, let's say it's 25%.
But isn't it, isn't it a, a, the effectiveness, like say of your heat and your, the coldness,
like that's what gets blended, right?
Well, at most of the foam is on the blend doors.
And so these doors are going up, down and all that kind of stuff.
And they're, they're sealing, if you will, the various different air channels.
Channels.
Right.
We're talking about the blend doors right in the, the middle and the mixing where,
mixing with cool.
That's why this repair that we're talking about, that you use a saw to access.
Yeah.
And you can, you can, you can take that tape and you can put it up there.
And it absolutely will help.
The question is, is it worth the cost?
I see what you're saying.
Not 2,500, but it's worth for Vue and Mandy to take a sawzall.
Okay.
All right.
Because it's hours and hours and hours to really do it right and get in there.
And so we just say, look, yes, it will work at a hundred percent.
Yeah.
I see what you're saying.
Is it, is it worth the differential of flow?
Yeah.
And so.
For someone that uses it as a cars and coffee car, drives it once or twice.
So that's, that's mostly the conversation.
You're going to drive with your windows down anyway.
Like, do you?
And that's honestly why, probably why Mandy and I haven't done it yet,
because it doesn't bother us.
Well, it still works for me.
That's why.
Yeah, it still works.
Because many it doesn't work.
Then my wife, who you said, well, you heard Boxster, I will hear from her.
Well, it's, and it's a decay as the foam is falling apart.
You know, it's flowing out.
It's like my hair.
I just brush it aside.
Brush it aside?
And I know I'm going to get all kinds of internet people say.
All I'm trying to say is just take a look at the cost versus the flow.
Everything is.
And we just, we just give the option.
Well, we're, I mean, we can do it the, the not properly approved way,
but it's just another option for people that may want to tackle it themselves.
And if we can do it, they can do it.
Sure.
Yeah.
It can be done.
That's for sure.
Oh yeah.
There's a ton of videos on, on.
Maybe we'll have you come over and film us and you can cringe.
Well, it, it, it's okay because listen, it's just cost versus.
The other thing I want to get done is, uh, and I know everyone says it's easy,
but I'm just envisioning myself breaking stuff is, uh,
take the front bumper off the boxer to clean it.
So easy.
Yeah.
It is so easy.
I hope it is.
It's not as, not as bad as, um, I think you're thinking it'll be, you know,
I did it one, you know, one person.
Do you have quick checks?
Not that you really need it.
Ramps, but we have a video.
Ramps is fine.
Yeah.
Ramps will do it.
Although you might want a little more room with the wheels off, right?
No.
No.
You don't need the, I don't remember.
We have video on it.
Well, you might take the wheels off to get to the, um,
yeah, what's it called?
Yeah.
I was forgetting that, but they're, uh, they're saying no.
So yeah, it's pretty easy.
You can do it with the wheels on.
You don't need to put it on.
It's not too difficult.
It's like two bolts on either end, couple across the top,
couple across the bottom and comes right off.
If you want, we can do it here.
And that way we can.
Oh, it's my plan is that we're going to do a kind of little video.
So, so we, we did it.
We have a video.
Fix your HVAC at the same time.
Let's see how bad Manny's radiators are after 10 years of never taking the bumper.
Well, we have a video on if you can look for it, but for the 986,
but we haven't, but we haven't done the 987.
So let's do a video for the 987 bumper.
Yeah.
When your videos are also happy and everything goes so smooth and everything.
I want the Rob Sass cussing.
We want to see Manny.
How many of you want to see Manny use tools?
I use tools.
That's just, I have very little patience.
I've seen that in, in the field.
It's, it's not a pretty site.
All right.
So for me or for you.
For you.
All right.
So the boys were making fun of me that all I do is I film Rich working.
So actually my new years.
And they're really like David Attenborough.
Right.
Right.
And now we're sneaking up to him.
Anyway, so my, my Porsche related goal this year is to build my first full 993 engine
from the bottom all the way up.
You're going to build it?
Yeah.
Now Rich is going to be behind you.
Rich can oversee.
Whose customer is this going to be that they're going to be recipient of this?
So I, so I, your reputation is at hand there.
I, because I've, I've seen all this for 25 years and worked with Causeworth and various
different engine builders, Steve Dynan, et cetera.
So I speak the language.
I know the parts.
I've seen it done.
I just want to turn the wrenches.
Good for you.
Good for you.
Someone's supervised.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
I'll go into a black, a black room, close the door and come out with an engine.
You know, I saw the Gennady building my 964 engine years ago and watching like cam timing.
That's the only thing that scares me is cam timing.
Yeah.
It's, it'll make you, it'll make you appreciate Rich even more because during that process,
there's a million chances for you to do one thing wrong.
Sure.
That is catastrophic.
Catastrophic.
Quite literally.
And if Rich is going to be washing you then that's.
You'll be fine.
Because I remember at least on the race car, we sent out the crank.
We, we had it magnified.
Yeah.
And we had some other parts that I think the case itself, we had to make sure we,
we didn't want to find out something major had happened and we put this whole engine together
and find out that there was a crack in the case that we didn't pick up or something.
So, you know, we had all that.
I'll do it exactly the same way that we do it internally at at speed, but I want to turn
the wrenches.
I want to actually say I built that engine.
Yeah.
No, that's, that's the fun of it all.
All right.
So for me, I mine is not nearly as a big of a New Year's resolution.
It's just a question of time and getting it done.
I've driven my numbers matching motor for my 59 a super for a year as you suggested,
Bob, to get familiar with the car and it drives wonderfully.
I think it needs a clutch, but since I'm going to do that, I think it's time for me
to finally put in my 1720.
So I want to put that in and then take the original motor out and do similar to what
you do is I'm going to clean that up and put it back to, you know, not restore it,
but just put it, get it back into shape and then it'll probably just park it there just
to save the motor and enjoy a little bit more power with the 1720 and enjoy maybe the fact that
the new motor doesn't leak and stuff like that and put a new flywheel in and see,
make it even more reliable and just drive it more.
And then the other thing that I'd like to do in 2026 is I really love driving my 996 and I
hope that I can get more time to autocross it and continue to chase Damon down because that car
for a little as little money as they are these days, but the satisfaction and we talked about
entry level cars and the last podcast, like, you know, you can still get into a 996 for very
reasonable money. I can't tell you how much joy that car brings my face in. And also,
like as I take it to cars and coffee and stuff like that, it's relative size and how my car is
an arrow kick car. Like it just looks kind of nasty and it's just, it's a cool car for the
amount of money you spend. Oh, they're great cars. I want to spend more time and drive that thing
for 2026. Meanwhile, we're going to have a video. Can the PCA crew drop
booze 356 drivetrain in less than 30 minutes? That'll be one less than 30 minutes. Oh my gosh,
what could go wrong? I think the video is going to focus on what's any prep at all. What's it
taken to do? Yeah, that's the point. Totally, you know, I'm not no prep. I'm not going for speed.
I'm joking a bit. I'm going to show people because we hear it all the time. Believe it or not,
we hear it all the time. Oh yeah, I have a 356. I take it out in an hour. I take it in half an hour.
I know Rich does it in two minutes with your little views, your little reels.
That's because we have a time machine. But if I've looked on YouTube and there's no thorough,
like disconnect this, disconnect that, disconnect this, make sure you put, you know, whatever,
like I want to go step by step to show everyone. Not necessary to, I don't expect people are going
to all of a sudden take a bunch of 356 motors out because of the video that we produce, because
I think those folks already know how to do it. But I think for people that don't know the 356
world would find it interesting to see how relatively simple that motor is and so I was
joking about the 30 minutes part, but like, yeah, that would be pretty cool. I thought
a viewer standpoint, that'd be very exciting. We've seen what beetle engines, and I know 356
engines can be dropped in like less than 30 minutes. Pros can do it, pros can do it, but obviously
we're not pros. So that was a joke, but we'll do something like that. We're going to get Mr.
Ducart to be our, I think we should. I think we should simply because of his anxiety and that
will add to the video because he will. My car, I think my car gives him anxiety because it's
definitely not a, you know, it's not a 100 point correct car. And then I think it's for his follow-up
video, we get someone who's taken him down but has no filter to do a, what's it called, like a
viewing impression or something like that? Reaction video. Reaction video. Reaction video. Of us taking
down to see, he's like, oh yeah, at this point, they messed up already. They messed up already.
I firmly believe that I will get plenty of comments from those that are well versed in the 356.
I would take the minute you open your door, the comments will come.
Okay. Let's recognize. Did you see what he did to the door?
What did you do to your door? He made it voo. Yeah. My 356 is mine, and I'm going to make it mine.
You vood it? I did. I did. We got a, maybe David, can you have the Instagram thing?
No. Is it even on Instagram or Facebook? So you know how I have the, I apologize for those that
listened last week and you're going to hear it again, but since Bob didn't listen to last week's
podcast. Sorry. So real quickly, you know how I have the tartan luggage in the back of my car. It's
green. Green is my favorite color. So you know, I also have green lap belts. So I sourced tartan
vinyl from the UK. Believe it or not, green tartan vinyl is kind of hard to come by unless you get
it custom made. You mean for the door cards? Nope. What I did was when you opened my doors in
the door jams is now. Oh, good God. And I, and I lined up, I lined up the tartan vertically as
well as horizontally. I made templates for them. And so as you walk to your, your, your, your 100%
accurate 59, a super sitting outside and notice that your doors are just plain old doors.
And what's worse, he has, he says, puts it on his Facebook. So all his friends are telling him
what a great idea it was. Yeah. And is he selling like the patterns now? If it's only on the screen,
I can hear the, I can hear the typewriter being clicked at the registry. I love it. I love the
accent. It does look, it does look pretty. Rich Bowers says that the, I did line them up. It was
the camera angle. Cause if you look at the, the, the lines, you know, you and Damon street have
to get together. Yeah. Yeah. So anyways, moving along, let's make sure we thank our corporate
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since 1970. Picking about auto to be Atlanta and your resolutions. I heard nothing that said
nine one four. Oh God, I know. So Manny, Manny knows I'm looking for this. So I have a nine 14
six and because of Manny and someone else on the internet, I found out that my rear bumper is
incorrect. Well, this is after Bob tells the world that it's a completely original car. And then
the world tells me not Instagram told him everything that was not original to the car boy.
So, so I guess this year I want to find that bumper. It showed me two hours. Oh, it's, it's
I'm looking at his laptop. Let's just make a call out to the nine 14 mob. They'll find it for
the hard part is that that you want you want something mint. Well, I want something real
and mint and I have called down at auto Atlanta that the best nine 14 guy basically in the country.
Do they have one? He doesn't have one. But you know what, there's somebody out there that's
supporting it. The rear bumper is the one that gets beat up the most. Yeah. And and then that lower,
you know, oh yeah, the valence with the whole. I need that as well. Mr. 100%. Oh, it was devastating.
You could even even the best with the same material that Voodoo did. They would notice that
was original thing. They would have something else. I'm on to something. I'm on to something.
Just sort of deflect. You notice that there were four templates that I made because the left door
is a little bit different from the right door. Like it really that car really is handmade.
Like things are not exactly the same. Sure. And your left door is from a 1964 and your right
door is from a 1957. Did you change your I'm kidding you, your key fob to match that? Oh,
that's a good idea. You know, Porsche, I know, but I don't think I've seen I haven't seen one yet.
If I could find one, I definitely would because I love or find a key fob that you can put your
vinyl on somehow. Mm hmm. A little touch. I mean, it's like I'm not trying to go like tartan through
up into the interior. I just like want little Easter eggs of green and color. Oh, this is an
just on the doors. Just when you open the door, you see it. Like when I close it up,
it looks good when I close it up. Well, my car, my purists really aren't enamored with my car.
Anyway, so it doesn't matter. But when you close it up, it looks pretty stock. Hey, Bob, this year
is spring at cars and coffee. These doors are going to be open. I guarantee he's going to park
so he can keep the door open. Everyone's going to ask please not next to me. Just a little bit
because why do people with two Ys are going to see the interior?
The door. All right, let's get through 10 resolutions for Porsche enthusiasts. Manny,
you you started this list. I think it's a great way to remind people that there's some things that
you should do to make the most of your Porsche ownership. So let's start off with resolution
number one. Come out to a PC event. There you go. A majority of members are not,
if you will, active coming out to events. They love Panama. They love the club,
but they just don't have time. So this year, I say make your resolution to come out to an event.
It can be a cars and coffee. It can be a autocross, maybe a driver's ed. Go for an ice cream run or
something. Just come out and meet fellow enthusiasts and odds are you're going to be hooked.
Not every region is the same, but I like to think that most of them want to welcome new members.
And put yourself out there. Sometimes there are regions that are very good with identifying
and ambassadors. I know Manny and I do this when we go to events. Like if we see someone kind of
hanging out in the background, not really, you know, they've got this lost look on, like we
make a B line for them because once you extend that olive branch, like they really do become
lifers in PCA. So if you have a region that is that, then great. But even if you have a region
that might be a little more closed, put yourself out there because they're really good people.
Sometimes regions are closed not because they're trying to be, you know, ignore you. It's just
they're amongst their friends and naturally you just sit down at the table with your friends
and you kind of forget who's around you. So just walk up and say, Hey, I'm so-and-so and
you know, I tell you what, you'll, you'll quickly find that the people in the club are cut from
the same cloth as you and you'll have more than just the porches. I mean, when it comes down to
food and hanging out and driving places and you'll have a lot in common. So do that and go out
and make the most of your membership and enjoy the events that we have to offer.
Number two, this one that we were talking about, tires and making sure that you have,
check your spare tire. Many of people have spare tires and probably haven't looked at them in five
years. Flat as a penguin. Flat as a- I think what Vue's done in the past is a great idea. Something
that I wish regions would do. Vue would teach teenagers how to change tires. Yep. And there
was a lot of adults that also wanted to learn because, you know, quite frankly, it's not
a skill that everyone's automatically taught, mainly because a lot of cars don't have spare tires,
but the ones that do, regardless, it's so good to know how to change the spare tire.
Yeah. It's a bummer to learn on the side of the road. Oh, yeah. In any of you,
you're not going to change it at the check that there's tools. So if someone does come
and the number one tool, the wheel lock. Yeah. Make sure you have the wheel lock in your
you know where it's at in your car. I remember when we bought the Macan, it hit me suddenly. I'm
like, oh my God, I forgot to check to make sure there was a wheel lock. Yeah. It just didn't
occur to me. So I went out and was still in the wrapper, which meant that nothing had ever
been in my spare tire. Everything was still in there. All the tools were in the wrapper,
but it's also good to, you know, I know it's a pain, but to familiarize yourself out, everything
works. So it's not the first time you're running into this, which can be sometimes in the rain
at night on the side of a highway. Yeah. Well, and one more thing with that in the old days,
Porsche had a locking literally with a key. Yeah. A locking cover for one of the lugs. Yep. And
if that cover isn't touched for years and years and years, and you, the cover's missing is just
a lock, right? And the lock is there and you go to get the darn thing off and then you break the
key in it. It ain't coming off. Oh yeah. And the reason why I do that class
for the kids as well as for the adults that don't know, isn't necessarily like,
honestly, I don't expect many of them to ever change a tire themselves, but I think it's
important for them to, one, if it does happen to them, they know whether or not they have a spare
tire, then they know where the tools are. As Mani said, they know where the lock is,
but the key thing for me is what I should do is I show them how it should be properly jacked up,
because I can't tell you how many cars I've worked and I looked underneath,
and it's been jacked up improperly and they cause dense, they unfortunately can crush
certain air conditioning lines or oil lines. Like that's the worst. Like somebody comes to help you
and they do it wrong and they cause more damage. Now the newer cars that have these sealant
in a can things, I also teach them when, like if it's, if you're in the 2am and that's all you
have and no one's coming, like I totally understand like that is, that's what you've got to resort to,
but what I always say is if you, if you've got a slow leak in your tire, do not use that can of
goop because one, it makes a mess inside your tire, but then it also kills the tire pressure
sensor. Oh, it's a mess. It's a last resort. It's a last resort. I get it, but if it's just a leak
and also show them most of these newer cars have a tire compressor, just pump it up and try to get
to a safe place as soon as you can. So it's just, it's just, like you said, many familiarizing them
with what to do when this happens. And in my article I put on there that, that goop is only good for
years. Yeah. So buy another one. I know that mine is one, I'm guilty. I have 20 year old goop
and God, and it's probably solid by now. Yeah. Might be good to defend myself, but not to seal
any tire. And by the Walmart target, they all sell these fixed flat kits that basically plug the
tire. Once again, is it the perfect way to do it? No. But if anything that gets you on the road
to get you to a tire place that can do it, at this point you're looking for a life raft. Yeah.
And, and, and these newer cars that don't have spare tires that really limit your options. Yeah.
I would say not just the spare tire and now is probably a great chance to, you know, maybe
you're putting winter tires on right around now or rehab, check your winter tire date codes.
You know, because I got, I got a set that's way older than the person who sold me the Cayenne
said they were. So they look brand new, but they are. I guess he said a few years old.
He said they were like eight and I'm like, I'll use them one more, but they're like almost 14,
15 years old. Yeah. Those are done. Yeah, they're done. I'm never using them again. Do not use
those. I'm going to take Rob to a casino one because they're not a luck he has. Mr. Sass.
He is. We love him. He's not even here to defend him. No, it would probably say I thought it was
only eight. Right. And along those lines too, I think I wrote an article about this is
snow tires or winter tires can be very deceptive because you look like you have plenty of tread,
but the tread that makes it useful to Damon's point in the snow doesn't last that long. And so
continental has a little tread wear indicators that say I think dry DWS. Yeah, right. When the S is
gone, so plenty of tread, but it's not going to be good for snow anymore. Yeah. I also, I think
you wrote in here, I always keep a plug kit. Again, I think few people could actually put
in a plug if they needed to, but maybe the person that's going to stop by and help them
could use a plug. So keep a plug kit. And if you have a plug kit in your car, check the rubber
cement because in a year or two, that becomes dry. So you might, that's like your view.
I think the kit's like seven bucks, eight bucks tops and get the better one. That's cheaper one
because when Jonathan and the spider went up, we all had kits, but one guy had a deluxe kit
and it was so much easier to plug with his kit. The first thing I told right then ago,
we're going to Walmart, go to my four of these because it was so much easier to plug the kit.
The metal one with the metal handle. Well, I had metal, but this was,
the way it was, it was situated. It was so much easier to, I mean, you gotta clean up.
To remit. To remit. Yeah. It was. So I'm sure you guys have seen this on. So those of you that
are listening, I don't know if you use these, but they literally look like screws that have been
coated with like that rubber cement stuff. Do you think that works? Like if you had a
pole and you took this screw with the rubber cement and just put the screw into that hole,
do you think it works? Theoretically. Depends on the amount of goo on it.
It's got like little capsules and goo. Oh no, I've seen it. It's kind of a new thing.
I certainly wouldn't go high speed with it, but I would consider putting that kind of
on the side of the road just to be able to pump your tire back up. As Manny said,
this is a life raft. Yeah. So just jump on, get to where you need to fix the tire.
All right. Number three, resolution. This was part of what I was talking about,
signing up for a PCA autocross or in Damon's case, a driver's education event.
Yep, exactly. I tell you what, going to an autocross for like, my first autocross was in
college and I took my Fox body. On paper, it sounds ridiculous. So you want me to wake up
at six in the morning to be there at seven, to go to tech at eight o'clock, and then hang around
all day to drive four, maybe five, maybe six, six stents that are about 30 to 60 seconds long.
That's what you want me to do? I can't do it. But it's so much fun. It's one of those things
where you just have, like not only is the driving the fun part, but for me, I guess I'm a social
butterfly is like just talking crap as you're waiting for your run and you're talking to other
people, seeing other cars. An autocross is a social event as well as a competitive event.
And people have a ball doing it. Oh, I mean, they just love it.
I used to club race and I would tell people I go, I saw a lot of cross because I will,
I will sweat as much in one run, one minute of autocross, then 20 minutes on the driver's
edge because it's a whole different exercise. And you add to that. So when you tell somebody
that's not familiar, so what's the top speed that you do an autocross? I don't know.
I think like maybe 40, maybe 40, 50. I mean, I think in the West, when they have huge lots,
they get into third gear, but most of our events are second gear. It doesn't even matter because
you're kind of putting your cars at its limits at a low and safe environment, low speed and
safe environment. It's just so much. Have you been to some point yet? Are you going to be driven
on there? I've never driven. I've gotten a ride. It'll be interesting to see how quickly you pick
up the course. Because what I found out with autocross that gave me a huge advantage over
my friends who didn't do autocross was I could pick up a new track in like two laps.
I remember we would go to tracks and Pete Tramper would be a third session. He may be
finally catching up to me, but he would ask me, he goes, have you been here before? I'm like,
no, but in autocross, you got to learn it. In a minute. You walk the course. You got to learn
the course. So, you know, second lap, you suddenly realize where left and right were,
then you're picking up where the apexes are. So you got to pick up the course really quick.
That's something that just comes from years of autocrossing. You realize how quickly you got
to learn the track. People need to understand these are immensely safe. Nothing is going to
happen to you or your car at these events. You're a surprise. Yeah. And you can't do this while
you're driving at a legal pace out on the street. Like you can't feel the rear end of your car
coming around. You can't feel the car push on the street if you're driving legally. But you can
do all of this in a controlled environment. And the best part of it all is you can bring on,
I still bring on someone on the right seat. When you first start, it's an instructor.
And then you, even when you become a veteran driver, there's still people that are faster
than you. I still put people that are faster than me into my right seat to tell me what I'm
doing wrong. Like there might be some courses where you just get into the groove and you feel
completely comfortable. But there'll be others that have some sort of sections where someone
else is doing it well. You learn every time you go out. And it's fractions of a second.
And these decisions that you're making, that makes a difference. And it's pretty cool that you can
take an older car like a 1999, 9-11 and drive against a brand new GT3 RS and be kind of competitive.
And the reason I put this on here was because so often I hear people who will put new suspensions
in their cars. They do all this stuff. Oh, I got a new exhaust. I got a new tune. And they've never
taken a driving school. Rich. Oh, it's amazing. Yeah. Just kidding, Rich. I didn't mean to call you
out. And I say, you know, I said, you can, you can save so much money on mods if you learn to
drive the car. You can still mod your car, but now you can articulate what the car is not doing
right. Because that's the other question I ask them. I go, so what's your car doing that you
want to improve? And they really can't articulate it. They're like, well, I want to make it better,
better from what? You know, we know, Bob, you know, that we, in the track, we know how to say,
well, my car is pushing and I can't dial it out. I've tried everything. I think I need to get a
different sway bar or whatever, change my spring rates. But when you're starting off, you don't
have that ability to be able to articulate what the car is not doing right. So learn to drive
first. And then you can come back and say, uh, one of the most satisfying things for me is I drive
a pretty stock car. My 996 is pretty stock, right? And see, this is where people watch the videos.
They can look at my face. My car is, my car is pretty stock. Now there's, there's good stock and
there's stock. Your car is about as modified as mine. It is. You've got springs, you've got
and a roll bars. All I have over here is not adjustable. I have K-minar brakes. So my brakes
are stock. My brakes are stock. My, I just have B six shocks, like what you're like, OEM replacement.
Okay. Are they, are they adjustable? OEM brakes are just OEM plus. The difference between your car
and my car largely is I have a lightweight flywheel and I also have a lot less rubber in the
suspension. Those are the big differences. That's massive. That's massive. That's huge. That's huge.
That's at least two seconds. The other thing is people leave these events and they, their entire
impression of their car has changed. Oh, absolutely. I'm not going to say they leave these events and
go right to you and say, I want to modify my car. No, no, no. I mean, it's, it's amazing what these
Porsches can do. And then you walk away going, Oh my gosh, I had no idea. You'll be a better driver
for it. You can actually see other cars out there running and you will appreciate when
someone in a fairly stock, you know, Boxster or a 914 or 944 and they crush you by two seconds
and you're just like, what in the world? And it pushes you to drive better and learn more.
And these conversations, people take you under their wing and you'll have a great, great time.
So make sure you do that. Autocross, driver's ed is the same thing. Driver's ed is just taking it
to the next level because you're now, you're driving more driving time, more of a commitment
because it's usually a one to two day event, sometimes three, a bit more wear and tear in
the car because you're driving more, but you're driving on a racetrack. So it's, it's, it's just
very, very addictive. Yeah. It elevates that experience. So we wouldn't know anything about
that. Take the smaller step with the Autocross and then get into driver's event. You won't regret it.
The next New Year's resolution, this is, I need to do more of a cleanup than a makeover,
but this is Manny's fourth one, which is your garage. What are you going to do with your garage
this year? I'd say give it a makeover. What does that mean? It can mean different things. It can
mean everything from, you know, getting that four post lift you've always thought about,
to, which is life changing, life changing, to putting posters up on the wall or something,
something where it's exactly or so much you can do. I put a link to, I think it's called Garage
Journal. If you want to really find out how crap your garage looks, go to there and see all the
possibilities. And these aren't just Jim Rowe by Garage Mahals. These are sometimes just one car
garage, sometimes two car. What people can do, you can get some great ideas and you don't have
to do it all at once. You can pick certain things to do. But to me, it feels great when I walk in
my garage. I see all my toys and posters on the wall versus if I would have lifted a loan,
it would have just been drywall, unfinished drywall, you know, in the unfinished ceiling,
and that would have been it. Here's the local PCA does what's called a garage crawl.
And so what they'll do is they'll link up, you know, two or three garages and they'll move a
group from one to the other. And these don't have to be garage Mahals. They can just be.
A lot of them are just one car, two car garages, but you're just amazed how what they've done with
this one or two car garage. Some are garage Mahals, some are huge. But yeah, it's an event that I
tell people you should think about doing because it's been, they sell out so quickly because
they limit them to like 30 some cars. They're a lot of fun. Mainly because they travel,
they'll do like three, two or three garages on a tour. So you got to have enough parking. That's
why I was asking Paul with his new garage. I'm like, how many cars can park in your neighborhood?
You know what they should do to get more is if you know you have, let's say four garages,
have four, four groups and they all start at a different garage and then they rotate.
Let me type in Steve Bus. Who will volunteer?
But that'll be cool, right? That way you can get more throughput. I mean,
that's a great idea. It's a matter of it's parking, right? So no, no, volunteering to take care of.
Oh, I will, I will volunteer. Oh, okay. I heard that commitment. Steve, Steve, I will, whatever
you need, brother, I got you. I will, I will share this tip for those of you that haven't done this
and maybe are using a something that you got a hand me down from, from a parent or something
like that. But now's a great time. And I don't know how, but if you go to Lowe's or Home Depot,
you can get these huge toolboxes for like very reasonable money. And I can tell you,
having a toolbox was enough room to store your tools in a organized fashion. I don't care what
you do with your garage. But if you do just that, that's like the nicest feeling when you pull that
drawer out and everything is there, you know, screwdrivers are here, wrenches are here, power
tools here and the new boxes have power outlets, USB chargers, they have lights. It changes everything.
It changes everything. Literally. And now's the time to buy it because they're doing all these
after holiday sales. Like, yeah, check it out. You've never been to his garage, have you? No,
I never got invited. You're more than welcome. I never got invited. Are you kidding me? Are you
kidding me? You drive by my house every day. Have you ever seen those like hoarder garages?
Yeah. Yeah. So if you ever do a jack floor, but every available spot where he can hang something
or put something on a wall is occupied. It is occupied. So if they ever do a hoarders,
if they do a hoarders garage tour, it's not like neglected hoarders. It's very organized.
But I'm not exaggerating when I say ceiling walls, everything that can be hung, he has hung it.
I've used every available space. In fact, I was at someone's garage and they had a holder for
their map gas bottle because I use map gas when I have, you know, whatever, bolts that are stubborn.
So I also have the yellow map gas, but I just have it like, I think it's in the basement.
So I got to go downstairs in the basement and get it. So there's this map gas bottle holder.
I was like, oh, that's cool. On Amazon, like nine bucks. And I got it and I walked into my garage.
I'm like, uh, I don't have wall space to hang this map gas holder.
That is terrible. I mean, that's with the fact that he keeps his air compressor.
My air critic. No, no, my air compressor is in the basement. Oh, in the basement.
You wired it all the way up with a. Yeah, I ran. I ran copper lines. Like I said,
it's very organized. It's not like a hoarders where they've been sticking, uh,
target bags from your maximum use of space. It is without a doubt. Okay.
It's a testament to drywall and how much you can possibly hold.
Well, I can't wait to see it. So do that. Um, this one, this next one,
I think is really for, for you, Bob, um, learned to change your oil,
learned to change my owner. Okay. Well, not have rich, not have rich.
Um, well, I, I will admit with the 356 is, um, I've taken that over.
Yeah, you're doing that. Yeah. You know, I haven't done my, uh, oil change on the
356. So you have to teach me because you did it.
Well, we did, but that was a wall ago. That was one year ago.
How much difference is it? Like you got a strainer. You have a strainer on it?
Well, it depends on the car.
On, uh, the A, if you want to take out the lower sump, yes, there's a strainer on that. But
to this point, all I've done is taken the, the plug off. I haven't, I haven't got three quarts out.
I don't know. No, they all come out, believe me, but this, the lower sump has a strainer that you
can clean. Um, the oil was perfect. Um, but that's green. You don't have to do every time.
No, you don't. That's, that's my point. Okay. But it's a year ago.
I know I haven't had a chance to do it yet. I brought the car home. So I'm hoping to do it this
day. Anyways, so change your own oil, just changing engines.
No, I will admit. So I changed the oil in my nine, 14, six. Uh-huh.
Nine, 14, six is a nine, 11 T engine, which makes it a dry sump. I didn't read anything about it.
I just figured, Oh, I know what I'm doing. I don't. And so I dropped the oil out of the case.
Let's hope you had a big enough bucket. That's not a big one.
Right. Which is no big deal. And I'm thinking to myself,
man, boy, that's not very much oil. So I put the plug back in. I put in, I figured, you know what,
this holds about nine. Oh, so I put in about eight and I start the thing up and I go to check the
level and it's off the chart. Where the hell did all this oil come from? Oh my God.
And I literally stopped right there. I said, I have missed something. And so I go into the
nine, 14, six manual and sure enough, it says, Oh, you're too embarrassed to call Richard.
I was about to say. Yeah, absolutely. I'm not going to call my partner and say,
I don't even know how to change oil. So I go in the nine, 14, six manual. I'm sitting there
and then I'm looking and it, Oh, what, what's this other line coming off the dry sump tank?
So I opened that six quarts of oil flying out. It was a disaster.
So let me just reiterate that he is the owner of the S.B. Motors. Rich is the one that actually
works on the cars. A lot of people do. No, this isn't your two liter engine. No, I know. I know
exactly what you said. It completely caught my surprise. Because it uses a 911 engine which
has a separate tank. That's where all the oil, that's where you got to make sure you have a big
tank on the left, by the way. Oh, yours on the left. Something to catch. Oh, it's an
a massive amount of oil and it comes out really quick. Super fast. Especially if it's nice and
warm. Oh yeah. Nice and warm all over Bob, all over his arm. That's hilarious. Were you doing
this on the ground or do you have a lift? No, I went to the shop. Oh, you went to the shop.
Yeah, thank God. I mean, Vue, there was a mess everywhere. Why won't we there to observe this?
Do cars when they're not following? So first of all, I put this on there because people complain
about how much oil change this costs. And they are expensive. They're ridiculous.
And I always tell my wife, I'm like, we're saving like probably $400 from doing it.
Me doing my own oil change on the Macan. And, you know, fortunately, there are so many YouTube
videos that have been done on different cars that you can find the exact model car and just
feel better, look at it visually. I'm the learner who learns from looking at things visually.
So I'll see exactly where they're draining it from because you don't want to mistake of draining
your transmission, which a lot of front wheel drive cars, it's right next to each other.
And a lot of people accidentally drain the transmission fluid and then do what you did
and put the oil in. They'll say, oh, I just drained five quarts. I'm going to put five
quarts oil in. And then suddenly it's smoking and then I understand why not realizing that
then they go driving now with no transmission fluid. So I think that the Porsche is a little
bit easier, especially later model Porsches. But it's worth looking at the YouTube video.
And if you've not mechanical, you've never done this before, I'll just take your time,
buy the minimum amount of tools that you need. You don't have to go VooGuin style and get the
whole lift and everything. Sometimes a set of ramps and just start with the oil changes.
But here's the word to the wise. And I will tell you this, even all these years,
and we've had plenty of 9146s in, read your manual. I mean, literally,
all I had to do was I opened the oil change, I looked and I thought, oh, you idiot.
And it even tells you how to properly measure the oil put in.
Everything.
I'll share with you changing the oil is relatively easy reading and maybe even having someone that
has experience to look over your shoulder the first time you do it would be a good idea.
But here's some things that I've learned over the years that an oil change can quickly go wrong
if you don't pay attention. And that is the torque spec of your drain plug.
Because some of those plugs are aluminum. Some of them are metal. Some of them have the washers.
And always use a washer. If it had a washer, make sure you replace what you took off correctly.
Get a new crush washer, torque it, find out what the torque spec is.
And this is the one that probably no one ever talks about. But I think that it could cause damage
if you're not paying attention is when you're opening that new bottle of oil and that little
foil seal and you crack it open with your finger or your screwdriver, whatever it is.
Make sure you take all of it off because if you leave it hanging there
and a piece of it drops in while you're putting the oil in, I think that could be bad.
So we have at at speed and I'll leave the customers out. We have a wall of shame.
And quite literally these are oil plugs that are completely stripped out. One is broken in half.
And I kid you not. And with one customer who's a real good friend, I literally,
I bought him the $52 snap on piece that fits into his oil plug because he was stripping them out.
And I told him it's 18, not 180. And he had a torque wrench and he had it set to 180.
And as we say, most torque wrenches, unless you get it, aren't for 18 pounds.
Oh, I know. I know. His actually went down to 10. So it actually hit work.
Like a bike torque wrench. It's important the torque's back.
Yeah.
Because I grew up where my dad just went ooga, ooga, right? Like ooga, ooga, like that's good enough.
But it's not holding the car together. It just holds the plug in.
It's very important.
Fortunately, the new plastic plugs, it just goes one way and you're locked.
You're done.
And then I think some of those, it's like a single use.
Oh, yeah.
If you have a car that has a single use, whatever.
I'm sure there's people that use them over again.
But why? Why? Why? Why?
Pants it. Just be ready and buy everything that you need.
All right. Number six, this one's a fun one.
Go to a race, preferably a PCA club race.
Yeah. I tell people, I'm surprised always by how many people have never been to a pro race,
which I always tell regions, don't, don't discount the importance of parade laps if you can do them.
Because to, you know, especially at driver's eds where we just drove on the track for a full day,
going highway speeds is not a big deal.
But for a lot of people, this is their biggest thrill they're ever going to have.
I remember the first time I did a parade lap at some point,
I hadn't gotten in the driver's ed yet.
I think it was a Jefferson 500.
I thought I died and gone to heaven that I was actually driving my Porsche on a racetrack
at highway speeds, but I was on a racetrack driving.
Yeah. Even when I drove into Indianapolis the first time,
just driving from like turn two to turn four,
the, the, I forgot, I was moving a car or something.
And I thought, holy crap, I am on Indian Lapis Motor Speedway.
I have how much history this place has that I'm actually driving on the track where F1,
where the Indy 500, all this, I was, it's pretty cool.
So even if you're going to go watch a race, not even drive a parade lap, just go watch.
There's no greater thrill than watching a racing.
And I really think the amateur stuff is just as exciting as a pro stuff.
Yeah, I would say for me, it's a little bit more exciting because you see them and you're like,
that could be me.
Well, in a lot of the guys you know, I mean, they'll be in your club or something like that.
It's literally, hey, there's John and,
I mean, think of some point, how many places, how close you can get to the action.
Just like turn 10, right on the fence line, you're going to,
you could almost reach out and touch them that they're hitting the apexes or missing the apexes
going around the turn 10.
So I would say for people who've never been to a race,
make it a resolution that you're going to get to a race.
Look it up and if it's not a PCA club race, look at SCCA, look at NASA, vintage racing,
anything, preferably they have Porsches, you can see why Porsche was so dominant.
And literally every, literally every single weekend, if you just did a search for racing
in my area within one to two hours of where you are,
you'll have things every single weekend, every weekend, it's incredible.
And if you find yourself at Daytona or at Petite later in the year,
PCA has a Corral and you can come in with your key or your PCA membership card and
listen to some speakers, we have tables and TV.
But they don't want a Sebring too or just Daytona and Petite?
I think Daytona and Petite for now.
All right, number seven, fix things.
This is probably for Damon, fix that thing on your Porsche that you've been putting off.
And that might be, you were talking about taking the bumper off of your 987.
I was going to mention yours about replacing your convertible top, finally.
You know, I, it doesn't bother me that much because when Lohan drives it,
like I put the top down.
No, no, I'm talking about the top.
Put down the top for her.
Your other car that needs the top.
Oh, my other car?
Oh, you mean the 87?
Yes.
So my 87 has the original top and it has some tears and it looks whatever, whatever.
But I only drive that car with the top down.
So it doesn't, it doesn't bother me.
And it's a money thing.
Yeah, of course it's a money thing.
Of course it's a money thing.
Okay.
And it's also a power top.
So I'm worried like if I peel off that and put on a new one and it's not aligned right,
like I might snap something and though, no, it's really just about money.
Like I really just put the top down and I'm like, oh, that car is worth a lot of money though.
I know, but it's also a lot of money to put a new top on it.
It really isn't.
It isn't?
It's like, that's like having to like a mansion and saying,
I don't want to put a new roof because well.
1500?
A little bit more.
But, but think about much more.
But it's a, it's a real top.
I know.
And it'll last 30 years.
And that'll make you want to get the seats back again.
Okay, let's move on to number eight.
Number eight.
We're spending Vu's money.
I think the New Year's resolution is for many not to pick on me anymore.
Good luck.
That'll never happen.
They'll never happen.
But I'll spend all the money to get the, the little part and things on his door.
The tart inserts are literally $25.
I'm on a low budget.
The amount of time for all those little teeny tiny templates.
I know.
But I enjoy that.
Anyways, number eight is to, maybe Damon will consider this.
It's to do a deep detail on your Porsche.
I tried this last year and people didn't like it.
So, you know, maybe it's not for me.
Detail your Porsche, your interior, your exterior.
I love doing this.
Me too.
I love cleaning a car because really you can kind of be one with the car and see what kind of
where marks and stuff it's accumulated over the year and just reset the car.
That's, I love doing that.
And it gets hard when you have multiple cars, multiple horses and you're like,
oh, this is overwhelming.
But I really think if you-
One at a time.
My 914 was a conquer car at one point.
So, I find it very easy now.
If I'm going to take it to a concor or anything that couple hours and I can get a pretty concor
ready because what happens is whenever I wash it, which I actually don't wash that car,
I just wipe it down.
But I'll, when the chance I'll clean the engine out again and my engine is already clean,
but I'll take the rag and clean anything, any smudges or anything.
It's one of those things where once the car is clean, you want to keep it, want to maintain it.
Well, and it's just like working out.
That's how you keep the physique that you have.
Just a little bit of working out.
I love that.
I love that, Bob.
Thank you.
And analogy.
Thank you, Bob.
Give it to him.
Give it to him.
My analogy is Disney World.
But Disney World in theory is because it's so clean there that people are motivated to throw
things in the trash can because they never see any trash on the streets that are like,
well, I'm not going to be the guy who just drops my cup here.
I'll walk over to the trash can.
And so I believe the cars are like that too, that if the car is clean,
you're going to want to maintain it.
Now granted, it's kind of hard on the daily driver,
but the cars that you drive on weekends or whatnot.
When I say deep clean, I mean, buy some brushes.
Get in those little crevices.
I know when you drive, you see the dust accumulating under the gauges in the seams.
Kind of therapeutic.
And also it allows you to look at the details of the car.
And when you're cleaning the wheels, you can check and see if your brake pads,
what depth they're at.
You can look at the date code of the tires as you're cleaning the tires.
It's just a way you get to know your car.
You get to know your car, yeah.
Exactly.
All right.
Another way to get to know your car is to freaking drive it.
Drive, drive your car.
Rediscover the joy of driving.
And PCA, probably the number one activity that we do is...
Driving.
Tours.
For people that come to events, tours are without a doubt very popular.
And that's even at our national events like parade,
tours are like the first thing to sell out.
And it's nothing to be intimidated about because we tour at legal limits and speeds.
And I know, allow me to get on my soapbox a little bit.
I know there are groups out there that have what they call spirited runs,
which I don't do because unfortunately I feel that they can get out of hand.
And I don't want to be a part of that.
So just be careful.
If you're going to go with PCA, we have a book of rules and regulations and waivers and stuff
like that.
And that's to protect you all.
And also to make sure that we represent our brand well.
Because if you go out in one of those spirited runs and something happens,
you could be personally liable.
So I'll just remind folks of that.
Anyways, not to get too serious.
Or just go out and drive a back road by yourself, which is what I end up doing a lot.
Exactly.
I would say even a drive to a cars and coffee can be fun.
And I know we have a Sunday cars and coffee group and I'll hear the guys a lot of times
say, well, it took me an hour because I took the back roads over here.
Yep.
And so it's just perfectly fine.
Exactly.
Number 10, this one's an important one.
And most people neglect them.
And when you neglect them and they clog up, it could actually total your car.
And that is taking a look at your water drains.
And we have videos for this.
Yes.
And how many of us know someone that their car was totaled?
A lot of people, especially the later model cars.
But even like a 944, my 924, the battery compartment had a water drain.
And if that's got clogged, it was filled up.
And then it looks, the water looks like electricity.
It goes for the path of least resistance.
And the least resistance was coming into the interior.
Sure.
But then my passenger side would always be wet and I couldn't figure out why.
And later I came to find out there was a chunk of leaves that had broken down.
Now they have become mulch and was clogging the hole up.
And when I cut off the flap and cleared the hole, never had the problem again.
Yeah, we find the same thing with convertibles.
Your convertible has some drains.
Those get clogged up.
Oh my gosh.
And the sad part is, especially the newer cars, even an 87, 911, where's the computer?
At the very bottom of the floor.
And where does water go?
To the very bottom of the floor.
So it can be a very expensive fix.
And like I said, cars in the club have definitely been totaled.
And if you're saying to yourself, well, I always park my car in the garage.
Does not matter.
Even the cars that are parked in the garage as they're driving and accumulating leaves and dust and grit.
Actually, I think most of it is grit.
It's grit that it picks up that clogs it, not necessarily the leaves.
And it doesn't.
It's those silly helicopter things that I find all over the place.
Everything that, I mean, like Lou said, even your garage,
like we go whenever to our son's house and he has an older house or salvaged house and the leaves are
gigantic on this oak tree compared to our leaves, which we planted new trees.
Anyways, we're going down the road and I hear this flapping sound.
I'm like, what the heck is that?
And my first of my mind is I got some, go take it to the Portion Valley to have them
figure out what this flapping sound.
But when we pulled it over to get gas, I lifted up the hood and there was a big leaf stuck.
We're trying to work its way down into the cowling, which would mean then get into the train.
Right.
Pulled it out.
The flapping sound went away.
I said, I cannot believe that one leaf was making so much noise.
He was holding on for dear life.
He was.
So, so like you said to your point, even if you garage it, unless you're, I'm sure there's
parts of the country where they don't have falling leaves or debris, but it will.
It's very easy to clog your drains for some reason on Porsches.
And it's also really, fairly easy to check.
Yes.
So don't look like.
If you're not comfortable, just at least Portion Valley, Portion Valley.
They do it as part of the regular service.
They'll check it.
And I'm sure you're independent.
If you ask them, they'll check it as well worth the investment.
I would say it's imperative to do on a modern Porsche.
It just was all the electronics.
Like it's just.
Not just convertibles.
Not just convertibles.
Kynes, McCons, all of them have your dealer.
Check it out if you're not going to do it yourself.
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We have performance news, e-brake news, and Mark Fresh news.
We've got a couple here.
We'll hit up a Porsche ad and AI.
Did you see this ad?
I did see the ad and they were adamant that it was not AI.
Yes.
That's what I thought was interesting because it looks like AI.
Is this the one in the museum?
No, no.
This is the drawing.
It's a drawing.
It's like I'm going to say cartoon, but it's animated or.
But I apologize several times to get clues.
Like they have the license plate on the one car is the license plate found on Porsche number one.
If you look up Porsche 356, 1948, 1956, number one, that license plate that's found on
I think on 9-11 maybe.
That car there, the SPM 1963, it's Stugart and then PM means Porsche moment.
And then 1963 is the debut of the 9-11.
The Targa that they show driving through, if you look at the odometer,
it says 74,911.
So it's a 74,911.
But I would love to see a list of stuff that I missed in the.
All the Easter eggs.
All the Easter eggs that they were showing.
So I think it's a 30 second maybe ad that Porsche did.
So it's not hard to find on YouTube.
Bob doesn't know what to believe because he thought I drove
my 356 in the snow.
It's getting bad.
He was almost like, I can't believe you didn't invite me.
I would have come.
I would have gone.
I did not drive in the snow.
So there's this great picture on Vu's social media of Vu in front of another 9-11 with his 59.
I saw that to make you feel better and thought like, wow, he's really bold.
That's exactly what I thought.
I thought son of a gun, look at him.
That's great.
Did you talk Gabrielle?
I'll be back.
I got a one-up.
Where in the hell is he?
No, it was just a pretty picture for the holidays.
That was very convincing.
Convincing.
It is crazy what AI could do these days.
And we try not to heavily, you know, live off of AI.
But there's some resources there that could make the experience better.
Do things more efficiently.
Efficiently.
So anyways, the next news item.
Horsher considers selling something?
Yeah, Bugatti Rimac.
And more importantly, the Rimac part.
Rimac part of it.
Yeah, because they own, they have a 45% stake.
And so when they merged with Rimac, they put it with Bugatti and they called it Bugatti Rimac.
And Rimac is the one who supplied the batteries for the new GTS and TurboS.
Yeah, when you look to the hood, you pull the cowling over, you look at the battery.
Rimac.
Rimac, right on top.
So it'll be interesting that you do this.
Because this is something that you tout it as very important as they make your transition.
And it would raise like $1.2 billion.
I was about to say there's a cash influx that would come out of it.
Yes, so yeah, it'll be interesting to.
There goes that vertical integration.
Follow what happens.
It'll be interesting to see.
All right.
Well, speaking of seeing, hopefully we'll see you at an upcoming PCA event.
Want to remind you that Tech Tactics East is February 21st and 22nd in Eastern Pennsylvania.
Registration opens January 7th.
And you don't attend both days or you could, but you really only need to attend Saturday or Sunday
because we repeat the agenda.
It's a great way to get some tech information during the middle of winter.
And also we have it at the Porsche Training and Distribution Center.
So you get some behind the scenes experience there.
We also look forward to seeing you at Works Reunion Amelia Island on March 6th.
The judged area is sold out, but we still have plenty of space for the corral parking.
And love to see you there.
Of course, not only is it Works Reunion, but it's Amelia Island Concord and all the different
auctions that are going on.
So it's an exciting weekend for the beginning of March.
And now you can drive home on Sunday, if you want to, but Saturday is now the concord.
But then they're doing all of the cars and coffee on Sunday.
So people, well, it'll be interesting to see.
Because of where we are in five seconds or less, this is the last day of 2025.
What are you guys doing to celebrate tonight?
I'm just going to be with the family.
Okay, me too.
Yeah.
And just have dinner.
We're going to be with a bunch of toddlers as they celebrate New Year's in London.
We're going to watch a ball drop in London, as my wife says at seven o'clock and at seven
o'five we'll be in the car going home.
Oh, Damon, how about you?
Yeah, I just bought a Xbox 360, which is a really old console, but that's how I do it.
I was going to say, are they still called that?
Because I think I had an Xbox 360.
They may have the Volvo driving game on that.
Yeah, they might.
Yeah, they've got Forza, there's Volvo, I think they're...
Well, you have a newer Nintendo.
What made you buy a 360?
Well, I've got a PS360 gig, which plays the PS2 games, PS1.
I have a bunch of Dreamcasts because they always break and...
The vintage gamer.
Well, I've always picked up consoles usually when they're...
A couple years old.
A couple years old, if not out of production.
So yeah, that's all I'd be doing.
Maybe some car stuff, maybe put the Cayman on jack stands just to sort of motivate myself.
The life of a bachelor.
Yeah, pretty much.
Yeah, absolutely.
I won't be doing much.
I'll go for a run.
How about that?
I'll be going the one on the waterfront.
And you, sir?
As I said, I second yours.
I'm staying with the family.
And honestly, that's kind of just what I want to do.
Yeah.
Because I've gotten older, it's gotten really hard to stay up until midnight.
Wow.
Yeah, go to bed at 9, wake up at 11.55.
I do want to give a shout out to my son, Derek.
When you were saying the best Christmas gift, it was probably his.
He sent me the link.
He graduated college.
He told me, because I told you I would always come back and get my degree.
He was in college, but he put it on hold because he got a really good job.
But the defense contractor and he went to work there and then, you know.
He finished.
I always told him it's good to have a degree just in case.
And so he becomes the last of the three.
They all have degrees now.
Oh, congratulations.
Makes you feel a little better.
He got his in cybersecurity technology.
So what he does.
Awesome.
That was happy.
Awesome.
We also recently dropped Nathan's parade video.
And it seems to be doing pretty well.
Nathan being Nathan, dropping knowledge in front of a live audience at parade.
Yeah.
So I guess that's my cue.
I'm going to keep you guys on the camera.
I have some other stuff queued up right now.
But yeah, this video is, if you want to know the, for lack of a better word, green flag,
you know, or green flags and red flags of buyers and sellers, you know, watch this video
because of, with Nathan's experience buying and selling cars, he's probably come across
all the different types that you'll meet.
And I know from experience, if you meet a seller or a buyer that really rubs you the wrong way
or gives you the creeps, it's not a great feeling.
So arm yourself.
Watch this first and learn about that.
And also the 2025.
And I guess you can consider 2026 market.
He gets into a bit too.
It's also, I might either Damon or Bogdan can put this on.
His last question at the end is question and answer.
And the last question is, how do you handle transfer of funds?
Which we get that question a lot here.
And he gives a pretty straightforward and frank answer about how to do that,
which isn't necessarily, there's not one cure all of you.
There's a lot of fraud.
So be very careful.
You know this stuff well.
You do this every day buying and selling.
Basically he tells you to research the seller and see, like Damon said,
if it's kind of creepy, then you may want to meet at a bank.
Yeah.
And even that's not a hundred percent either.
It's not.
And you know, bank checks, cashier checks, forget it.
Now he said wire transfer.
Wire is the only way.
The only way.
The only way.
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About this episode
As we step into 2026, the Porsche Club Insider crew reflects on resolutions for the new year, emphasizing the importance of community, driving experiences, and car maintenance. Guests Bob Miller and Manny share their personal Porsche goals, from DIY projects to track days. The episode also highlights the significance of engaging with PCA events, maintaining your vehicle, and enjoying the thrill of driving. With a mix of humor and practical advice, this episode encourages listeners to embrace their passion for Porsche while fostering connections within the community.
Original notes
On this episode, we have Bob Miller from At Speed Motors back on the show. The topic is New Year’s Resolutions with a Porsche twist. We talk about our own personal Porsche resolutions as well as go over a list of ten that you can do yourself. It’s always a fun time when Bob’s on the show and this episode is no exception. From Vu’s tool time to hearing how Bob found out that a 914-6 has an oil tank, you’re bound to laugh out loud.
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