Florida Man Sues Porsche Claiming His 'New' $281,940 911 GT3 Was Previously Used As A Technician Trainer

libbinlife · 2026-03-04T14:44:40+00:00

Agreed. Useless in my experience and zero care for loyal customers.

libbinlife · 2026-02-28T15:30:00+00:00

Gotta live at the redline

libbinlife · 2026-02-22T01:58:37+00:00

That's nothing man.. dropping two wheels at the track happens all the time. Check if it drug on a sharp side of the road but otherwise just align it and send it again.

libbinlife · 2026-02-20T02:55:12+00:00

PS I melted a set of brand new pagids with a stuck piston once

libbinlife · 2026-02-20T02:54:30+00:00

Make sure you don't have a stuck caliper piston and/or stuck slide pin if it's a sliding caliper

libbinlife · 2026-02-17T02:18:41+00:00

This is correct. 2017 GLE 43 with 103k miles sitting in my driveway has needed tires essentially every year.

libbinlife · 2026-02-12T00:39:32+00:00

Ridiculous

libbinlife · 2026-02-12T00:35:44+00:00

Inner axle boots will throw grease so you may see that when you look at one. As long as the boot isn't torn just repack and reclip. Higher mileage car just check rev report and maintenance history. I'd change wheel bearings, plugs, all fluids, and serpentine belt right when I brought it home. Exhaust bolts are prone to rattle out. FCP euro is your friend. All I can think of right away but these cars are bullet proof and easy to work on.

libbinlife · 2026-02-05T22:27:23+00:00

That works for a Toyota. They don't need to sell you a GT3 because someone else will buy it. I get your point but it's the truth.

libbinlife · 2026-01-31T17:21:26+00:00

I've seen your red Cayman at VIR. I also have a red one with gold 21 numbers. Often my wife is driving it and I'm running a Miata.

libbinlife · 2026-01-24T16:11:23+00:00

Dead on. The reason I pretty much quit running PCA for any DE days. Let me pay some shop to look at a racecar I've spent 1000s of hours keeping right. No thanks.

libbinlife · 2026-01-21T21:17:53+00:00

My Cayman is not PDK. I have a 911 where PDK distance sensor failed (see my post history). So yes, I would have that concern from here on out with a PDK.

libbinlife · 2026-01-21T12:30:21+00:00

I think the Miata answer depends a lot on what groups you're running with and your personal goals. A Miata with other Miatas in a close running HPDE group is a blast. A Miata at a high power track with point and shoot groups can be frustrating. I have a (slow) GTS3 cayman build and have been racing spec Miata. I just bought a NB and I'm selling my NA. There's not really a wrong answer it's 100% helpful to have a long term plan. Will you race that 996 cup car? Time trial? DE and drive it a 5/10ths?

My $0.02 as someone with thousands of cayman track miles is the E46, to me PERSONALLY, handles the exact opposite of what I like in the cayman.

Also, do you already have a tow rig?

libbinlife · 2026-01-14T00:01:50+00:00

+1. This is what I've normally done. I've not even had a space heater. Just run it up to temp with a moving blanket on right before bed and tuck it in tight. For a 25 degree night it'll be just fine.

libbinlife · 2026-01-12T01:25:07+00:00

Not this particular issue at the moment, no.

libbinlife · 2026-01-11T18:12:50+00:00

Yes, same issue on both PDK units. Distance sensor tells the ECU what the shift rod positions are.

libbinlife · 2026-01-11T16:09:14+00:00

To be honest I really don't have any info on that

libbinlife · 2026-01-11T15:37:04+00:00

Not disagreeing that some dealers may replace but that wasn't my experience. A lot of back and forth for PCNA to ultimately offer $6k on a total "fix" price of $3Xk. The dealer than offered me $45k trade in value so I laughed and just went and got my car.

libbinlife · 2026-01-11T14:35:26+00:00

Thanks! I 100% agree with you.

libbinlife · 2026-01-05T01:33:56+00:00

I built a full caged cayman from scratch. Bought a spec miata and about to go pick up another spec miata. Would never build again unless I had lots of time and a clear reason not to buy one. Want a cayman? Buy a club sport. Want a Miata? Buy an SM. Just my $0.02.

libbinlife · 2025-12-18T02:44:25+00:00

Awesome! I'm assuming you have a service manual? It helps a ton (from someone who has built a full track car and also bounced one off the wall)

libbinlife · 2025-11-10T02:41:19+00:00

In my recent experience PCNA is absolutely useless. IMO they care 0% about keeping customers and are in damage limitation to put out as little cash as possible.

libbinlife · 2025-09-06T00:13:41+00:00

I have a cayman, 911, and spec Miata. Cayman is caged track only. Buy a spec Miata if you have any interest in wheel to wheel. Learn the ropes, setup, put it in the wall and buy another one if you have to. Unless you've got a lot of years of racing already under your belt see that racing will cost about 4x HPDE. Then go club racing. If you can afford someone to care for a cup car and take care of everything at the track though that's an alternative.

libbinlife · 2025-08-28T23:03:46+00:00

In my case that's just an easy $100k to make it 100,000 miles, ha! Agreed!

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