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Perfectlap · 12-19-2013, 08:06 AM

Quick question, do you want a roadster or are you just interested in buying a Porsche?

Owning these cars is expensive. I just spent $6,500 this year, the third time I had a repair bill that was at least $4,000 (my car only recently crossed 90K miles). Don't get fooled by the purchase price. That's just the cost of getting you into the party. If you live where winters are rough the roads take a beating, which means your Porsche will have to work harder than owning one in Sunny Florida or So Cal. The harder it works the sooner repairs come and labor is not really the expensive side of the equation, it's the parts.

Point being make sure you want this Porsche model. Fixing and maintaining a non-GT/Turbo 996 or 997 Carrera is no more expensive than maintaing a Boxster/Cayman.
Drive all the Porsche models in what you can afford to spend when considering purchase price and approximately $2,000 a year maintenance and typical repairs -- these are two separate things.

12-19-2013, 08:06 AM	#2
Perfectlap Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,709	Quick question, do you want a roadster or are you just interested in buying a Porsche? Owning these cars is expensive. I just spent $6,500 this year, the third time I had a repair bill that was at least $4,000 (my car only recently crossed 90K miles). Don't get fooled by the purchase price. That's just the cost of getting you into the party. If you live where winters are rough the roads take a beating, which means your Porsche will have to work harder than owning one in Sunny Florida or So Cal. The harder it works the sooner repairs come and labor is not really the expensive side of the equation, it's the parts. Point being make sure you want this Porsche model. Fixing and maintaining a non-GT/Turbo 996 or 997 Carrera is no more expensive than maintaing a Boxster/Cayman. Drive all the Porsche models in what you can afford to spend when considering purchase price and approximately $2,000 a year maintenance and typical repairs -- these are two separate things. __________________ GT3 Recaro Seats - Boxster Red GT3 Aero / Carrera 18" 5 spoke / Potenza RE-11 Fabspeed Headers & Noise Maker BORN: March 2000 - FINLAND IMS#1 REPLACED: April 2010 - NEW JERSEY -- LNE DUAL ROW Last edited by Perfectlap; 12-19-2013 at 08:11 AM.