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Speaking of rock chips, probably added a couple today as certain sections where a bit dirty, but had to keep the hammer down to stay up with this group.
Had a fantastic Thursday afternoon run with an out of town visitor. RLer JamesP PMd last week to say he was passing through the area, so of course we had to get the Cobalt brothers together. He has the only 2010 Cobalt Blue 997.2 GT3! Epic. The want is high! They would look so good in the garage together...
Im also really falling for the new style Caymans, and they are still the right size for the roads I love to drive on. The G. Blue one had no problem keeping up while still running through its break-in miles and just looked so menacing in my rear view mirror. GTS 4.0, mit stick.
Before anyone asks, yes the GT3 is officially Cobalt, and yes the two cars looked slightly different.
Looks like fun. Snow is finally gone so my turbo comes out of hibernation tomorrow. I can't wait. I figured that was PTS GT3. Porsche stopped painting cobalt and I was told no more PTS for some reason.
BTW the 981 Caymans are a blast and easily modifiable to get some serious performance out of them without the issues the 718's are having. They also sound great with a cobb tune and factory sport exhaust. I just heard the 4.0L 718's are on production hold due to a safety issue. My son wanted a 964 but ended up with a 981 cayman S and couldn't be happier. He was like me when I was that age and needs to drive that car everywhere. He has put 5k miles on it since last fall but has only 2 mile commute to work. I find the Boxster GTS to be a great ride and the only drop top I ever owned. It is the closest Porsche to a 964 I have owned. It has awful blind spots with the roof up so I only drive it on nice days but I am thinking it is time for someone else to enjoy it.
I see you're from DC, maybe there's an opportunity one day to meet in the middle one day? It's been awhile since I've been to the Skyline Drive area (my first roadtrip in a 964)... I think a couple other RLers live in the Charlottesville area.
If you come up to that area, let me know. I live between DC and Charlottesville, and drive in the Shenandoah / around skyline drive every weekend.
Changing topics, is it your car that pops up occasionally in montages in Rennthusiasts videos?
Im cycling/driving in the Roanoke area more lately, so will give you a heads up next time I head north. Amazing roads.
Yeah, I smile every time I see my car pop up in one of his videos. Great guy, and another positive force for the Porsche community. We totally converted him from BMWs to Aircooled.
Thanks to 911Jetta for letting me know about he drive yesterday. It is surprising to see just how different the two colours look when next to each other. The 964 is a much deeper blue. The gentian blue Cayman is yet another very nice Porsche blue.
Always good to see the youngsters point at Porsches from five decades (80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s) as we rolled around the corner on a Thursday afternoon.
Yesterday ended up being a 12 hour Porsche day. Loved every second of it. Starting with a morning group drive to Cars & Coffee, a quick shop tour, lunch and then an extended version of my "North Loop", it couldn't have been more fun. We ran into heavy rain mid loop, but kept on going strong. The main benefit was that it was such **** weather that it kept everyone off the road so we went for long stretches without seeing anyone. The way this car is set up and communicates is just amazing. The car communicates everything, and I knew where I was in the traction circle all the time. Everything just feels so planted, in that 911 way. Even in heavy rain I had lots of 911 traction coming out of corners, and the front end really stuck too. That really surprised me as I thought I would get more understeer going in. I kept thinking about engine threads I've seen here with mega power and wondered if I would really want much more on tight roads (2 and 3 gear), or if it would just get me into trouble sooner and upset the cars balance? Regardless, hats off to Conti Extremes DWs tires, awesome in the dry and now I can confirm in heavy rain too (they are quite too).
Picture time! I only wish I could have gotten some rainy drive bys. The cars screaming past with water vortexes streaming behind the car...
Very cool. Always love the roads in North Carolina. Maybe sometime I can meet up with you guys. Very cool selection of cars for a drive!
Definitely worth it if you get the opportunity to come up this way. Met some great people and a lot of time playing follow the leader on fun roads. Budget for car washes plus gas in case it rains...
been lurking & coming back to this thread .... for the comraderie & pictures. it's been a few months since posts above, & I'm sure you guys are enjoying your cars.
Mostly PCA tour driving up here in&around Annapolis & Baltimore with the Chesapeake region.
This year (after such a solitary 2020 pandemic season) my wife & I have been grabbing two sets of keys for drives lately. She usually picks the 964, so I've been in the Aqua 7.2/3. Super fun to play around with each other on the roads. I will never get enough seat time looking at a 964 rolling down the road (especially with my wife driving it!!). Then I blip the throttle in the Mezger & I'm really in heaven.
I'm sure most of you watched my recent auction on BAT, and my intention with this post is to definitely not rehash it here. This is an awesome 964 and I think everyone is overthinking this.
I've owned a 964 for almost 20 years and I just love them, but that's preaching to the choir here as you already know all the good things about these cars. I purchased this '91 Cobalt Blue car from Rudy and it was immaculate when it came off the truck. It's the first time I've bought a car over the phone, and it was a five minute conversation at that. He purchased it from Nathan Mertz (Sales ad: CV Valley Luxury Cars). Fantastic car!
Keep in mind you also buy the seller, so please also review my this thread and other posts to get an even better understand of the car and it's owner. I work in the automotive industry and it's been only been serviced at the best area shops.
So the BAT auction didn't work... but that doesn't change the fact that I have a super awesome Cobalt Blue 964 sitting in a warehouse, ready for it's next owner to enjoy.
Sorry to see you're selling it, and that BaT didn't work out. Tough/weird crowd there, and their formulaic write-ups always bug me (they all sound the same).
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