Overheating 2000S...a cautionary tale.

[mikesz]

I frequently get asked by people about ownership. My standard answer is, either you need a lot of money to have it maintained or you need to do the work yourself and be very handy. They are complex cars, not difficult to work on but they are not a Chevy Impala. I usually try to talk people out of buying one, they are not for everyone.

[Need_for_speed]

Originally Posted by mikesz

I frequently get asked by people about ownership. My standard answer is, either you need a lot of money to have it maintained or you need to do the work yourself and be very handy. They are complex cars, not difficult to work on but they are not a Chevy Impala. I usually try to talk people out of buying one, they are not for everyone.

I told him that he would need to put at least another $8-10k into the car over the next couple of years. Then I related the IMS horror story. I told him the engine had five chains that twirl around four camshafts and grind across various metal and plastic parts that disintegrate with little warning. And so on.

Essentially, I told him this car would bankrupt him, destroy his marriage, wreck his career, and ruin his self-image. Nothing I said had any effect after the experience of driving one.

Such is the drug that is Porsche.

Instead of "There is No Substitute", maybe we should say "There is No Antidote"...