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Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9183393)

Well, our car misfortune continues. This time on the Corolla. Was at a car wash and it ripped the wiper off and bent the wiper arm. I am upset. 10/10

They are supposed to put that condom on the rear wiper so it doesn't do that. Your car wash attendant fucked up

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Originally Posted by Badhobz (Post 9183400)

Broken wiper arm means new car. This one is trashed now. Write off status imminent.

That's exactly how I felt at the moment. PJSalt :okay:

Hello, RC-F.

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Originally Posted by EvoFire (Post 9183403)

They are supposed to put that condom on the rear wiper so it doesn't do that. Your car wash attendant fucked up

It was the front passenger wiper.

It's an automatic car wash.

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Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9183405)

It was the front passenger wiper.

It's an automatic car wash.

:ahwow: I've not seen it whip a front wiper off before.

Same.

The roller flipped the wiper up and then took the wiper blade and bent the arm. It looks super gimped now. :okay:

There's a surprising lack of touchless car washes in the GTA, it's kind of surprising.

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Originally Posted by RabidRat (Post 9183414)

There's a surprising lack of touchless car washes in the GTA, it's kind of surprising.

Ditto.

The one I normally go to "was" touchless" and then they upgraded to this stupid one with the rolling red foam pads. Ugh!

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Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9183393)

Well, our car misfortune continues. This time on the Corolla. Was at a car wash and it ripped the wiper off and bent the wiper arm. I am upset. 10/10

That's what you get for not washing your car by hand.

I washed my cars today using my own fluids.

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Originally Posted by RabidRat (Post 9183414)

There's a surprising lack of touchless car washes in the GTA, it's kind of surprising.

WTF?! Back when I was living / studying in ON, it was so easy to find touchless car washes at gas stations (in Toronto).

using ur own fluids is the best :ifyouknow:

When the city by-law does not allow you to wash you car by hand…at your own residence… :pokerface:

It’s 5am. I woke up and had this thought…. 992.2….. the next one would be 993 ?!?!? 993 !?!? The old air cooled one ?!? What the fuck is wrong with these beetle fuck heads?!

Why did they go from 997 back down to 991 ?

I’m angry and it’s only 5am.

I think you need help. :lol

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Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9183236)

Well, I went through the service records which goes as far back as 2004. There are no records that suggest the cables were ever replaced, so we can assume they are original. My cables snapped on my previous MR2s (AW11 and SW20) and I suppose this is simply a wear/tear item, and not a catastrophic failure of any kind, regardless of marque. If anything, I think my track days accelerated its wear and the Porsche Gods decided yesterday was the day to snap them. :okay:

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Originally Posted by underscore (Post 9183317)

Assuming they're like the cables on the stuff I've owned, before you tear too much apart see if one of the cable sleeve retaining clips popped off at the trans or shifter. I had that happen in my Prelude a couple towns away from home and the lowest gear I could get into was third. Of course I hit every red imaginable on the way back.

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Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9183324)

I'm hoping it's just this, and that the cable itself is still okay. The factory came with plastic retaining clips that will eventually break off due to heat and 20+ years of shifting. This is the best-case scenario because now you can buy aftermarket solutions to resolve this. I just checked - OEM factory cables are over $1000! :badpokerface:

Re: Red lights and 3rd only - Ouch - that must have sucked. :okay:

Shop got the car onto the lift today. Turns out the shifter cable collar became disloged from the sheath and caused the cable to bind. Only remedy is to replace. Date code on the cable sheath shows 2001*, so likely these are original, and it has the original cable part number. The cables have gone through 4 revisions.

Remember, these are just shifter cables. For your entertainment.
- Porsche Canada - $1450 before taxes. 3 - 4 week lead time from Germany. None in stock in Canada.
- Porsche USA / various dealers - $950 to $1150 USD before taxes and exchange, and shipping etc. Availability is mixed. Two shops I checked did not have them in stock despite showing availability.
- Porsche dealer in France: In stock and ready to ship - 2 day arrival. $950 after currency exchange and shipped. Taxes not included.
- Numeric Racing aftermarket cables - $1350 after taxes, duties, shipping, exchange etc. Available immediately.

Took my chance and ordered factory cables from the dealer in France. Track day is July 19/20. :alone:

Guys, the P-car tax is real. I miss paying BMW and Toyota prices for parts. :okay:

What's ur opinion on the other options like Numeric Racing's shifter cables

I don't really have an opinion other than what my local PCA guys have shared and on forums.

1. Factory is the most street'able and reliable
2. Numeric is more notchy and "improves" performance from an experience/racing perspective, but no word on the street on reliability. They introduce a lot more NVH and can get loud, but that's all I've really heard. Update: Those who have these cables almost always recommend them.

Edit: CAE also makes a racing shifter and their own cables, but it's pretty ballin' and better for racing applications, which is not my use case. Reviews on them is that they are A+ / the Bees Knees, but limited to a handful of reviews on say Rennlist.

What about AliExpress

I thought boxster was supposed to be the cheap reasonable buy.

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Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9183641)

Took my chance and ordered factory cables from the dealer in France. Track day is July 19/20. :alone:

should get a parts car

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Originally Posted by yray (Post 9183650)

should get a parts car

I hope you have space for me in your Range Rover! :drunk:

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Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9183641)

Guys, the P-car tax is real. I miss paying BMW and Toyota prices for parts. :okay:

I knew it was bad on the other models but I thought the Boxster was supposed to be reasonable. I guess that's all relative lol.

Back to window shopping for E46s and random old Japanese stuff for me then lol.

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Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9183641)

I miss paying BMW and Toyota prices for parts. :okay:

Only a rich person would say such a thing

bcrdukes misses abusive relationships. He misses spending $2k on replacement E30 plastic cooling parts that are engine adjacent and guaranteed to rupture again in a few years of daily driving.

He can't miss buying Toyota parts prices because Toyotas never need parts, so I don't even know why he said that.