What did you do with your 718 this week?

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M5-Mike wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:40 am
WillyDaP wrote: Fri Dec 15, 2023 10:55 am Hope to see you at the track with your race car in 2024!
'2103 Blue/White Viper GTS Launch Edition"

Is the Viper wishful thinking or is the wait list really that long?
Plans call for advanced modular mini nukes to provide power. Demand is high. Pre-orders off the charts. :lol:
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WillyDaP wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:45 am Thanks Mike, pretty funny, but then at 72 with bifocals I am entitled to some sloppy typing ,ha!
Same age, hate the bifocals.
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WillyDaP wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:45 am Thanks Mike, pretty funny, but then at 72 with bifocals I am entitled to some sloppy typing ,ha!
Fortunately we can at least still mostly see! Blind track nuts - point the car in the general direction you intend to go and floor it!
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blueline wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:51 am
WillyDaP wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:45 am Thanks Mike, pretty funny, but then at 72 with bifocals I am entitled to some sloppy typing ,ha!
Fortunately we can at least still mostly see! Blind track nuts - point the car in the general direction you intend to go and floor it!
Actually, I have gradients (mild correction) but wear them only while driving, where they work really well. Vision is sharp at distance but without moving my head the instruments are all very sharp. Plus they fit snug in my helmet. Otherwise I hate them; going down stairs invites disaster.
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Up close reading sucks, but to assure you guys I am safe on a Road Course , Nebraska requires an Eye Test for all folks who need to apply for licenses expiring at age 72. I not only passed I surprised the individual testing me with my superb peripheral vision! No benefit there, though, as I don't like getting passed, ha! Agree, Mike, hate the bifocals!
Nice to have another AARP individual on here --------Ancient American Racing People!
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WillyDaP wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:45 am Thanks Mike, pretty funny, but then at 72 with bifocals I am entitled to some sloppy typing ,ha!
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Perhaps that applies to those of us at 67 too....yep, that's the reason. It was sore old over used eyes.

Guess I haven't lost my touch. As a retired finance guy, I can still make the numbers tell the most favorable story....."My apologies sir, but I've never exceeded any track limits....you can clearly see I'm number 132, not 123....se ya!" :lol:

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Treemagnet wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 10:02 am
WillyDaP wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:45 am Thanks Mike, pretty funny, but then at 72 with bifocals I am entitled to some sloppy typing ,ha!
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Perhaps that applies to those of us at 67 too....yep, that's the reason. It was sore old over used eyes.

Guess I haven't lost my touch. As a retired finance guy, I can still make the numbers tell the most favorable story....."My apologies sir, but I've never exceeded any track limits....you can clearly see I'm number 132, not 123....se ya!" :lol:

COTA Sunday 12/10 at the PCA sponsored Austin Schnell Fest.
That's great!
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Maybe I should consider changing AARP to :

Ancient Ambassadors Racing Porsches , ha,ha!
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blueline wrote: Fri Dec 15, 2023 7:42 pm I'm not one who would likely do a matte ppf, but yours is the second one I've seen posted on Carpokes that not only looks fantastic but one that I really like. It's regal. Tempting.

And of course, the additional beauty is that you can change it at will. (Well, at your bank balance's will that is. :mrgreen: )

By the way, excellently composed and lit photo. :thumbup:
I was not at all predisposed to matte ppf. In fact, I switched to it at the last minute.

What sold me was that it gives off a sort of radiance like sculpted raw aluminum, maybe reminiscent of old photos of silver Porsches. In my imagination anyway.

It's expensive, though, since you have to do the entire car if you want a uniform look. The new color ppf wraps would cost even more to include the door jambs and hood/trunk undersides.
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The circle is almost complete.... Just need the car now :lol:

✅ Carpokes Mode Dial Cover
✅ Red Dummy Key
✅ Custom Made Microfiber Clothes
✅ Red Leather Document holder
✅ and about 100 other little bits and pieces waiting to go into my 718

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My Most Recent Interior/Exterior Mods
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