Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

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I'll send the Becker off to get refurbished, then likely sell it.

I got an email back on the Drop Link Question of 2018:

As for the Anti Roll bar drop links - your friend is not incorrect, but in the case of the 996, he is not correct either.
Lowering the car, does change the angle of the roll bar (but not the mounting points) but there is lots of room, and no risk of conflict with other components.
We are running your car within Porsche ride height tolerances, and the lower, standard 996 (X74/GT3/GT2 etc) does not require shorter links.
If we were to run the car lower than GT3, then potentially we may need shorter links to allow us clearance.
Even in these circumstances, the roll bar would never be pre-loaded, as the roll bar bushes are a pivot point, and the drop links are always the same length, so we'd use shorter links - not adjustable.

As long as the drop links are always the same length, the roll bar will not alter its torsional strength.

The problem when you use adjustable drop links, it is possible to set the length of the links differently.
If one link is shorter than the other, this will pre-load the anti roll bar.
We can use adjustable drop links as a tuning aid, to stiffen an anti roll bar by adding pre-load, but this is not necessary on a road car.

On some cars, the roll bar bushes are tightened in such a way that by lowering a car can alter the tension on the bush, and cause preload that way.
Usually this is on heavy engined Mercedes or BMW, and the roll bar bushes are tightened with the vehicle load on them.
But again, in the case of the 996, this is not the case, and the bushes securing the roll bar allow the bar to rotate quite freely.

The beast of SE19

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Why you park on the kerb? You hate parents with buggies?

Who doesn't? Even when I was one myself I hated it.

??? There's enough room for a double buggy to pass. I'm no further in than the tree behind or the one out of shot to the right.

your friend is not incorrect,

Quoted for posterity.

After thinking on it more, I may be bias as the 993 is my favorite. So I'm willing to conceded that you are not incorrect.

Pavements are for people, not cars.
Not enough room in the road, then park somewhere else.

Regardless of pavementgate, I like the car, particularly the colour. Had an 06 for 3 years, pretty much faultless.

Guess to which side of this sign I am parked......

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Below?

The one on the right?

Almost. Inside, actually.

After thinking on it more, I may be bias as the 993 is my favorite. So I'm willing to conceded that you are not incorrect.

The 993 took the design elements of the 964 (round headlights, silhouette, glasshouse) and softened and plumped - the headlights have sunk into the wings, the arches have been pumped up with collagen. It takes a very taught, compact design and adds bloat whilst losing precision.

As a design on it's own I like it, looking at it in the sequence of 911's I think it loses to a clean Impact Bumper car.

I like the narrow bodied cars (because I have one- obvious bias is obvious), whilst I appreciate the flared bodywork on for example the Turbo models I really don't favour it on the NA cars.

The 996 GT3 is perfect - narrow shell, tyres filling the arches perfectly, more power and more brakes than the cooking version.

Again, obvious bias is obvious, but (and I've visited both camps before deciding on one) I prefer the shape without the spoilers.

Sorry, I'm just grumpy.

The OG 901 still has it no? (prettiest)

You’re all wrong. 930 flat nose followed closely by 935 race car.

930 flat nose ftw

Check rear suspension beam as the rot the spring base.

Fiat500/ford ka rears fit but get the whole lot springs dampers and handbrake cables. PMfor more details. Guess what I did today ;)

930 is a great car but doesn't have the right shape.

I like the original 74 carrera, I quite like a 912.

So what does this mean?

OG Definitely prettiest. Peak style was (don't know official model designation) the 80's air cooled turbo, maybe 911 sc?

Who's got a Saab, is it an estate? Is it reliable?