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Old 03-10-2015, 10:43 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by Giller View Post
Run, don't walk away from this. You gotta ask yourself - do I feel luck? Well do ya, punk? You are opening up a big can of trouble if you don't have the financial abilities to afford to keep this running. From everything I've read - you want to be able to budget $2000/year for maintenance - would assume that's a lot higher on a high mileage car like you are looking at.
Randal gives good advice. Same your nickels and dimes and get something newer and lower in K's.
Especially in CA. I can't take mine (2000 S) into the shop for less than $1000. You will quickly, as has been pointed out, far exceed the value of the car in repair costs. They are fun to own and drive, but go by a miata rather than a 97 boxster...
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