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Old 09-21-2019, 03:16 AM
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Well here it is guys! Today I said goodbye to my 964 and picked up my 01 996 turbo, tiptronic in lapis blue it has 169,000km it's a 1 owner car from England, has all the service stamps in the book until about 3 years ago.

Rainy day test drive at the dealers

Test drive over the hill from home

Last drive in my 964 this morning

Finally home!

Straight up on the ramps

Its rough underneath!



This is going to be fun...


And that's it for the day! The first thing I'm going to do is clean, clean, clean and clean then I'll try and work out where to start.

My plan for the car is to get it to tip top condition and everything working as it should, then just enjoy it.

Looking foward to sharing with you guys
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Enjoy and after cleaning go out for a very spirited run. I love the power
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Just curious of market for 996ttt in Australia as to what’s one going for and what it cost to get it there from England and your imports tax’s and do you guys have to pay a VAT tax also. Great color and really like you red 964.
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Enjoy the journey of ownership.
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Love the Lapis Blue. Congrats!
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Congrats on the 996 Turbo.
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Why did you make the switch from air to water cooled? I made the same move too, curious what your reasons were.
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Originally Posted by FASTTRIP
Just curious of market for 996ttt in Australia as to what’s one going for and what it cost to get it there from England and your imports tax’s and do you guys have to pay a VAT tax also. Great color and really like you red 964.
Hi there, I'm in New Zealand I pair $64,000nzd for the 996. In Australia they seem to be going for about $150,000nzd which I do not understand!

The original owner migrated to New Zealand and brought the car with him so unsure what it cost him however I'm currently sending a muscle car to australia and its costing about $10,000aud

Thankyou, the 964 will be missed!
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Originally Posted by aclark133
Why did you make the switch from air to water cooled? I made the same move too, curious what your reasons were.
Hello! To be honest the only real motivation was I wanted a rhd car and my 964 was a lhd. It was just the right two guys selling the right two cars at the same time kind of thing! My perfect car would be a manual rhd 964 but they are out of my reach at the moment. What was your previous car?
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Thanks everybody!
So I'm getting straight into it, I've priced a new set of nuts and bolts for the headers and turbo, came to approximately $400nzd surely theres a better way!
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Originally Posted by Dingo
Thanks everybody!
So I'm getting straight into it, I've priced a new set of nuts and bolts for the headers and turbo, came to approximately $400nzd surely theres a better way!

Check rmeuropean and ecs/pelican parts.
Sonnen, $unset, suncoast porsche parts.
You can use oem equivalents.

Or you can pm me and we can trade.
My favorite is cadbury bars with jelly and popping candy! Or clinkers lol.
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Originally Posted by Dingo
Thanks everybody!
So I'm getting straight into it, I've priced a new set of nuts and bolts for the headers and turbo, came to approximately $400nzd surely theres a better way!
If the headers and turbo are not loose nor leaking exhaust leave them alone.
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Originally Posted by pancing
Check rmeuropean and ecs/pelican parts.
Sonnen, $unset, suncoast porsche parts.
You can use oem equivalents.

Or you can pm me and we can trade.
My favorite is cadbury bars with jelly and popping candy! Or clinkers lol.
Yes I'll check out the alternatives, seems a bit excessive. If I knew what they were perhaps i could get some from the local fasteners shop!

Hmm, you wouldn't believe it but i was given 16 blocks of the jelly and popping candy chocolate in friday!
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Originally Posted by Carlo_Carrera
If the headers and turbo are not loose nor leaking exhaust leave them alone.
I'm all for leaving things alone, I just dont want the car to break down miles from home. It looks pretty bad to me.


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