"This was the roll cage that Porsche used to kill children" Now that would have been an interesting opening snippet for the video.

@EdBolian

2 жыл бұрын

Good point

Ed with a straight face - "This is the roll cage that Porsche used to kill children." Me - How is this not a story on the channel yet?!?

We need to get Ed a 928. Nothing is as storied, expensive, and problematic as a cheap 928.

@fredbobberts5753

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t I know it.

@MX304

2 жыл бұрын

944s are getting just as expensive to maintain / rebuild

@ebenfredclarissa

2 жыл бұрын

Gross

@fredbobberts5753

2 жыл бұрын

@MX304 I know that, too :(

@terrylessmann2274

2 жыл бұрын

Who's the U-boat Commander?

The cutaway scene to the Car Wizard hacking that steering wheel made me laugh, hard. Thanks for another great story about a terrible example of an awesome car.

@EdBolian

2 жыл бұрын

You'll love that scene in Episode 3!

@idontlikecops1

2 жыл бұрын

@@EdBolian shut up ed

@Cynsham

2 жыл бұрын

@@idontlikecops1 lmaooooooo lmao you scrolled all the way down here?

@adamclarke2251

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cynsham yes haha

Talk about a small world... I bought a 1987 944 S about a year ago. Rebuilt title. 289,000 miles I love watching my favorite KZread car channels Found out about 944s through Casey Putsch And through Vinwiki. Got the car for a good price. But the story on this car... Successful business in real estate buys the car brand new in 87. Parks the car under a curb stopper hitting the power steering. In hits a short. Causes a small fire. Able to get a lemon law done on the vehicle and get his money back. Second owner. Gets the 944 with just a handful of miles on the vehicle. Gets it repaired, and drives it from Alabama to Tennessee for business purposes. While in the ownership he stops in a business and the owners son absolutely falls in love with the car. Tells him everytime I want to buy your car! The owner takes note. Now the son is young, So everytime he comes back in the store. The owner of the 944 gives the kid a hot wheels or two from time to time. Now fast forward. The young business owners son is in his early 20's and guess who comes in the door. "You still want that 944?" he asks Young man says "I would love to... But I don't have any money" 944 owner tosses the keys and says to the young man. "How about you drive it for the weekend? " Young man of course agrees. Well the owner then ghosts the young man. Who is now driving the car that he loved as a child. Eventually gives the car back to the 944 owner. A couple days later the young man comes to his dad's house and what's in the driveway... The red 1987 Porsche 944S. The owner gave the car to the young man. At 200,000 miles on the odometer The car becomes the young man's daily. To about 240,000 miles. Running into unfortunate engine issues. From a tow truck leaving it in gear being towed. The car sits for many years at his dad's house. But still cares for the car deeply. Converts a greenhouse. Into an garage just for the 944. After 5 years he saves up enough. Gets a better job. And makes the effort to get the car back to life. Buys everything he can to get it back in shape. But runs out of steam. Puts in on the market and a well known Porsche Guru Todd Patterson gets a client to invest in this loved car. And doesn't look at the miles. But looks at what makes this car special. Todd, brings the car back on the road. Gets it ready for the client. Client takes ownership. Client then decides "its not the car for him" Gives it back to Todd Puts it back on the market Ted Donner Hears the story, knows what's been done to it. And buys it from Tennessee drives it back to Illinois. We're he puts more parts in it. More love. More care in the vehicle. Let's his son drive it from time to time. But doesn't get driven enough. So he puts the car on the market. MONTHS go by. He gets the tire kickers and the low ballers. Then there is me. A young man who just wants a car with popup headlights. Who wants a unique car. Who wants a car with a story. I reach out to Ted, And Ted tells me the story. No documents no proof. But a great amazing story. So I purchased the car. I've put just as much in it as the fellow owners I have known. And it has given me my own story on the car. And recently, I posted it for sale... And I get a area code number where this "Story" Started. And guess what, it's all true. 🙂 Kevin Smith was that young kid. That young man. And he reached out to me recently seeing my ad for the car for sale. And he told it the same way I heard the story. Only better.

@josephbill6351

2 жыл бұрын

You still got it for sale?

What did you think of Episode 1 of Car Trek 6?

@ThomasLindsey_

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Rao_Sahab_7878

2 жыл бұрын

Ed can you please upload videos on your personal channel about this car? Please.

@fahadmars2022

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing

@arpadkal

2 жыл бұрын

You guys are doing awesome! Great work!

@jeffreysalzman1497

2 жыл бұрын

The shows keep getting better and better.

As I've said before, I love the behind the scenes even more than the story given. While the car trek story is fun and very enjoyable, I'd be a happy person if you were able to do this for every episode of car trek.

@Fee.1

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@Fee.1

2 жыл бұрын

I hate Freddy

What a car. I was honored to be it’s caretaker for a few days. My dad still talks about it.

@joshuagibson2520

2 жыл бұрын

Do you get a spike in views by commenting here?

@handbanana6843

2 жыл бұрын

I hope he does. Elliot’s channel is a lot of fun!

Ed, I understand what you are saying quite well. My own 996 has a dented fender from an accident just before I bought it. I have a replacement part sitting around in the right color, but I never affixed it, because the dent really is a conversation starter everywhere you park it, and it doesn't detract from handling or performance in any way. Also, the story of the car is quite interesting too - even got in contact with the original sales person that sold the car to its first owner on a different continent, since all the original paperwork was still there.

Ed I just love how you find or cars find you that have a great story to tell. Thanks for bringing the odd balls and there stories to us.

Ed. I’ll buy it when youre done. And if you don’t sell it to me, I’ll steal it for a 4th time 🤪

@TheFloridaStig

2 жыл бұрын

Heist video!

Love your videos. I believe you three are this generations Clarkson, Hammond and May. Wonderful work as always.

@AZBEEMR

2 жыл бұрын

Great analogy, but who’s who? My nominations are Ed is Clarkson Tyler is Hammond Taverish is May (captain slow)

@deanchur

2 жыл бұрын

Was hoping in the most recent video where Tyler was bumping Freddie and Ed one of them would have yelled out "HAMMO- I mean TYLER!!!"

I have a possible story to add to this car. I emailed Ed and he did inform me this car was first registered in New York. In the summer of 2000 I worked for Camp of the Woods, a large resort in the Adirondacks of upstate New York. I am a big car guy and a few of our guests would bring in some nice rides. Guests would even give me a ride in their cars. I rode in a 1973 Porsche 911 and 1990 Mazda RX7 and 1997 Audi A8 to name a few. The last few weeks of my jaunt their this guy would come in with this particular car. Come to find out he is the attorney for the resort. I talked with him and he even offered to give me a ride in this car. I rode around in the resort feeling like I won a million bucks. He told me that he got the car as compensation in a case he won. He said this was a 911 GT3 test bed. I always wondered what happened to this car. From all that is adding up this appears to be the same car that I rode in and lusted after. I just wish I knew the attorneys name!

I am 67 years old, and i could listen to Ed stories for hours and hours. Nice one

Car Trek is the American version of Top Gear we always wanted. Back in September I was on a road trip to trade my 2018 Ford Fusion Sport in on an Audi S5. It was 540 miles, round trip. East of Cleveland, Ohio I stopped for gas and as I was walking through the store a guy saw my Car Trek t-shirt and asked me if I worked for the show. I told him no, and we chatted for a few minutes about the show. It was really cool, two complete strangers talking about how much we both enjoy the show. We both had the same opinion, Car Trek is the best thing on KZread. My Audi S5 and your 911 have something in common! The original owner of mine was also a lawyer for Penske Automotive.

Now THIS is the kind of story VINWiki for which the channel is known. Not exotic car finance shilling, or somebody with a bunch of Tesla orders. Please tell us more such car stories.

This is my favorite story so far as a Porsche addict. I own 3 currently including a Transsyberian.

@VINwiki

2 жыл бұрын

You will enjoy the final 2 CT6 episodes

Thanks for sharing this story! I was so curious about this particular car when i saw it on that episode.

Thank you AUTOTEMPEST for the gift of CarTrek. It really does feel like the Top Gear UK of 10 years ago.

@joshuagibson2520

2 жыл бұрын

Not even close.

‘’This was the rollcage that Porsche used to kill children! ‘’ I had to pause the video while I cleaned the tears of laughter off the screen.

I love seeing the three of you guys together

Now there's 30k well spent! Not in best shape but with time and work make something bad ass! Good Job yall!

Hey Ed, Merry Christmas to you & your family!!! 🎄🤶⛄

I could never understand people talking about patina on cars untill I saw this 996, I fell in love with it, the missmatching sunfaded and damaged pannels, the peeling laquer, the hole in the bumper, it looks like a piece of art. I would just cover the hole in the bumper, not even paint it to match, and throw a coat of laquer to persever it as it. That car is so beautiful I would hang a picture of it on my wall...

Just watched car trek. Excellent. Great example of this is Ed’s life. LoL. Congratulations on another great road tripping story.

We live in a great time. Top Gear goodies from every direction. Clarkson laid down a serious gauntlet w the new French expedition to Wales, TheSmokingTire has All Cars Go to Heaven 3, and now we have fresh Car Trek! So so good. Thanks Ed ,keep making them

Ed, you are a master linguist. Love the series. Best success!

Was waiting for the full story of Ed's Porsche; not disappointed

Ed’s voice and mmm a car trek video 😁 happy holidays Ed thanks for everything and car trek can’t wait. (Edit thank you Autotempest too 😁)

Runny egg headlights! I had heard that once from a Porsche salesman years ago. Never thought I’d hear that again from Ed Bolian!

Well, it's got "character". I liked your choice. 😁

Fascinating backstory on the Porsche, told only as EB can!

That land cruiser at 2:25 wowwwwww

She's just got so much character!! I wouldn't be surprised if you do fall in love with it

I’m a huge 996 fan. Would love another 996 with that much patina!

@jordeneyermann

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! Patina. I have a 996 in Guard Red

Ed type of lad who can truly find most unique cars with most unique backgrounds 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

"some of them have been bought by the Wichita car youtube maffia" that made my day 😂

Looking forward to seeing how much the Cayenne costs. Was just thinking that a $30k Cayenne Turbo would have been a usable option for all 3 categories; sports, luxury and off-road.

I love the Hank Moody patina

Love the 996, this one seems like a great place for the next person to start

Living next to Road Atlanta I would love to have a car like that to fix up. Always dreamed of driving the track.

You got to love a true barn find Porsche that was built at sometime in its life 👍

I absolutely love car trek I think it's a great series a great throwback to the old style Top Gear and you guys all work so good together tavarish hoovie and you Ed are you like The Three Stooges when you're together it's great I mean this is a show that you would go on to Netflix or something like that it has that much potential you guys are awesome

Saw this today at Amelia concourse glad to see the back story.

I'm pretty sure I account for 50% of the mustang searches, I'm in auto tempest everyday looking at mustangs.

Be super fun if Grand Tour trio would do episodes in Car Trek with Car Trek awesome tro

Loved this season

I had just acquired a Guards Red 986 Boxster with a 2.7L swap and few other small mods right at the time the first teaser for CT6 came out. And mine has a similar paint destruction pitina. I feel like I have Tina's little sister after watching Ep1 and Ep2.

Love Ed's story's

Love Care Trek so much....and all the channels

Saw the Chicken Farm in the thumbnail. Came to see Samcrac.

My cards are on the WS. 6, as it look TOO SCARY to drive on the open road...

Suggestion: put winter tires on the 996 Carrera and drive it in the cold! Don't put it away!

So much potential in this car-surely deserve a second life.

Man I would daily this beautiful story

Explains a lot, definitely not your average 996. Was the car of the series for me 👌🏻

I see Casey has already given ed his Lykan hypersport model.

I like the WS6 that Tyler bought but I'm curious as to whether he looked at 99-03 Cobra's lol. They can be had in Tyler spec for 3-4K.

This Porsche is literally at a shop in my area the only reason I had a feeling it was from a car trek series was because it had a car trek sticker on the window.

Did it surprise you how well this car did on the race track trying to generate g-forces in corners, and how terribly Tyler's car did?

That Porsche has had a very adventurous life!

I think that Porsche needs a visit by Larry at Ammo. That would be quite the detail job...

ED's such a great story teller, no wonder he did so well in luxury car sales. Customers probably came back to buy a car they didn't need to just hear an ED story =)

I really wish we had bad examples like that Porsche in my area. I would safari it so hard

Ed's such a wonderful story teller..

He put it away for the winter!? Why!? Buy some snow tires and send it!

Not a Porsche fan, or hater, but I did enjoy it in Car Trek. I listed my Mustang GT on Auto Trader just so it would get on Auto Tempest. May have got a taste of what dealers go through though. Two bad checks and numerous scams later, I still have the car.

Car trek is wonderful please continue the series also I wonder what it would cost to bring that 911 back to life as we know it at least needs an engine rebuild , probly a rear main , and paint ?

The story on that car is amazing. Drive it to death. Put a plate on it to the effect of patina or junk or mint, and have crazy fun with it!

We love Tina!

Finally we know the answer to which came first: the chicken or the egg? Answer: Doug Tabbut

"Wichita car KZread Mafia" 😂😂😂

“So this is the rollcage that porche used to kill children” lmfao

ed your the best!

I'm salty you found a discount 996 with an aerokit.

I bought a Clean Title, Running and Driving 996 with 80,000 miles for $15k. Great cars, great value, get one while they're still low!

I would much rather own a Porsche like that than a nice one.

“Not a Porsche guy” >>>> running around town in a Cayenne Turbo

Ed would buy a rolling chassis if it had a good enough story. 😂

I still like the car if I was in a position to buy it I would. Enjoy it while you have it

@Avalonking not interested in sponsoring this car? 😂

thats the sort of the 911 i'd own haha. scruffy and mess, i'd end up filling it and sanding it down then wrap it also have to remember when dyno'ing cars, the hp measured is what it measures on that dyno, might different on a different dyno. it's why when modifying and dynoing cars you use the same dyno over and over to see the changing. so what that measured on the dyno is unlikly what it is actually doing espesh as the USA don't seem to measure frictional rundown like we do here to get crank hp

@luke_almquist

2 жыл бұрын

what

@shh1234

2 жыл бұрын

except for the part where it ran a 15 sec quarter mile

$30k for cars, $60k in repairs.

Hey Ed, can you please upload videos on your personal channel about this car? Please 🙏🏻

@EdBolian

2 жыл бұрын

I do want to do more content on that channel in 2022. Good idea!

God, I want this car.

A Toyota 86/BRZ dynos with more HP than your X51 996!!! Did that ever get sorted as to why so low?

Definitely the coolest, it’s got a free intake hole in the front!!!

@terrylessmann2274

2 жыл бұрын

It's a brake duct.

to be honest that car would be a cool barn find in 2040

It can't have the factory X51 option, that was first offered in 2002 in the USA with the switch to the 3.6 liter engine for the 996.2. The 3.4 liter X51 was only offered in Europe, and was extremely rare. I'd love a picture of the option sticker, and if possible, to see the transmission pan and front bumper. That would be the best way to tell if it really is an X51 (and goes against everything that has been known about the history of that option), or if you got lied to. EDIT: Just saw the build sticker on VINwiki, no X51 there.

@frankkomar1453

2 жыл бұрын

Watch Doug Tabbutt’s Switchcast….. it was done by Porsche NA once it arrived in the states in late 98.

@henryatkinson1479

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankkomar1453 So I'm right, its not factory X51.

@frankkomar1453

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Oddly 3.4 x51 kits installed post factory are even more rare than factory!!!

@henryatkinson1479

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankkomar1453 Actually no. They sold a whole lot of X51 retrofit kits, even some in North America (they're still available for about 7k USD if you find a dealer who knows how to pull the right strings for you). It was an incredibly rare factory option, and all factory cars had a unique engine number (M96/0xS), so in the case of 1999 cars thats M96/01S.

Chicken Farm - Samcrac?

Uhoh Chicken Farmer like Samcrac 🐥

Good Lord, if that guy managed his land deals the way he managed his car ownership, it's no wonder he lost his job.

Ed to his son... son a lot of these cars have had the roll bar removed due to children dieing... this is not 1 of those cars, so be careful dont hang on the roll bar, fair warning has been issued...

This is the roll cage that Porsche used to kill children..... Is that a selling point? #Legendary

@TamagoHead

2 жыл бұрын

That’s Ed! So funny.

he revealed the entire line up

Off road cayennes seem to be getting more and more popular

I would love that car.

When’s ep 2?

Cool sleeper. With mild insomnia.

Where is this car now?? Is it getting restored??