[morgal48]

Their time is book time, not actual time. At $150/hr labor is $3k. My guess is that your time - working on the car after reading up - will be the same or less as theirs. Folks here are very, very helpful and the Bentley and 101 books, with all those photos and parts lists will both save money and provide a series of "teaching moments". There are still no cheap Porsches, but one can reduce costs, learn, and pay that knowledge forward by maintaining one's own stuff. Good luck.