This brings us up to August, 2008. I bought a 2002 Porsche Boxster S. It was triple grey, meridian silver with all the trimmings. It was a beautiful car! I had an exhaust and software upgrade done by Dynocomp and the audio system done by Signature Audio. The engine upgrades resulted in about a gain of 25HP and 30ft/lbs of torque. It was a fast car! But, I also had it towed to the dealership 4 times.
The car went through 3 fuel pumps. Porsche told me they had seen one other car have the same problem, but other than that they had no idea what kept going wrong. Germany told them that it was the fuel out here in AZ, but that can't be since there are no other cars with the same problems. Finally, after about spending 10K and getting the car running perfect, I decided it was the best time to sell it. Also, the economy was still strong enough that I could get a good price for the car and when I went to buy a new car, I figured I would be able to get a good deal. It made since.
I sold the car to a good guy in Chandler. He called me about 6 months after he bought and told me that it was running perfect, naturally. I'm happy for him. Besides, it brings us up to the entire point of this blog, building a 320HP 2008 Honda Accord Coupe 6 speed V-Tec.
With the Porsche for sale, I bought a new 2008 Honda Accord Coupe in December 2007. The Porsche sold in February.
In deciding what type of new car to buy, I started my search fairly broad. By the time I had narrowed it down to just a few cars I was looking at the new 3.5 liter Altima Coupe, the V6 Accord Coupe, and the new RX-8. I test drove all 3 and in the following posts is my evaluation of each new car with no modifications.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
To catch up
Well, let's go back to 1979, puts me about 6 years old. I think this is the first time I remember playing with hot wheels and other toy cars. I love cars. I love fast cars. There are two jobs I would have right now if I wasn’t doing what I currently do, one is be a storm chaser, the other a race car driver.
So, let's jump forward to July 2007. I had a 2005 350Z. It had ingen exhaust installed by Dynocomp in Scottsdale (Dynocomp turns out to be where I have all the engine work done). On the dyno, the exhaust added about 20HP, pretty good for just an exhaust. Then, I totaled the car. I think I would still be in the Z if I hadn't wrecked it. Just for the record, I swerved to miss a tire tread in the middle of the road just as I was merging onto the freeway on the 10 and Broadway. I was going the same speed as the car in front of me, who swerved to the left to miss the tread, leaving me to hit it straight on. I swerved to the right, the back end came around, sent me into a 360, slid across 4 lanes, got hit by 2 cars and slammed into the median.
No citations, no blame, just a totaled 350Z. It was really sad and very unfortunate.
So, let's jump forward to July 2007. I had a 2005 350Z. It had ingen exhaust installed by Dynocomp in Scottsdale (Dynocomp turns out to be where I have all the engine work done). On the dyno, the exhaust added about 20HP, pretty good for just an exhaust. Then, I totaled the car. I think I would still be in the Z if I hadn't wrecked it. Just for the record, I swerved to miss a tire tread in the middle of the road just as I was merging onto the freeway on the 10 and Broadway. I was going the same speed as the car in front of me, who swerved to the left to miss the tread, leaving me to hit it straight on. I swerved to the right, the back end came around, sent me into a 360, slid across 4 lanes, got hit by 2 cars and slammed into the median.
No citations, no blame, just a totaled 350Z. It was really sad and very unfortunate.
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