Intro to Porsche

[YellowS2000]

Here is the type of car you can expect for your money. This cost me £5100 2 years ago.

Its had 95k miles on it and the 6k Iv put on it has been a pleasure.

If it blew up tomorrow I sell it for £1000 as a breaker and have no regrets. Then go and buy another.

As you can see its more or less out of the box condition wise. Find one an enthusiast has owned and it will have lived on a bed of ostrich feathers.

Beware of very low mileage ones... they dont like sitting about.

My advice would be.... only and only listen to people who own them not the pub bores who's uncles sisters brothers cousins mate had one and the IMS bearing went first turn of the key.



Put away £1000 a year for maintenance and repairs then what you dont spend out of that spend on improving it how you see fit.

Realistically mine has only cost about £400 a year for maintenance and small repairs. Some years may be less that 1000 some maybe more.

Dont waste money by replacing things that dont need replacing, Tell your mechanic (and he DOESNT need to be Porsche specialist) to keep you informed when he services the car of jobs that he thinks will need doing in the future and budget for them, then get them done. There will usually always be something but it will be consumable things like tyres, brakes, exhaust, CV boots etc that any older car would need

bottom line if you want one and can afford it....do it! Life's to short to have regrets later on

[maytag]

Originally Posted by YellowS2000

Here is the type of car you can expect for your money. This cost me £5100 2 years ago.

Its had 95k miles on it and the 6k Iv put on it has been a pleasure.

If it blew up tomorrow I sell it for £1000 as a breaker and have no regrets. Then go and buy another.

As you can see its more or less out of the box condition wise. Find one an enthusiast has owned and it will have lived on a bed of ostrich feathers.

Beware of very low mileage ones... they dont like sitting about.

My advice would be.... only and only listen to people who own them not the pub bores who's uncles sisters brothers cousins mate had one and the IMS bearing went first turn of the key.



Put away £1000 a year for maintenance and repairs then what you dont spend out of that spend on improving it how you see fit.

Realistically mine has only cost about £400 a year for maintenance and small repairs. Some years may be less that 1000 some maybe more.

Dont waste money by replacing things that dont need replacing, Tell your mechanic (and he DOESNT need to be Porsche specialist) to keep you informed when he services the car of jobs that he thinks will need doing in the future and budget for them, then get them done. There will usually always be something but it will be consumable things like tyres, brakes, exhaust, CV boots etc that any older car would need

bottom line if you want one and can afford it....do it! Life's to short to have regrets later on

I think this is sound, sage advice. I'd have said exactly the same thing.
Like ANY used car: find the best example your budget allows.... and then enjoy the heck out of it.
And +2 on the "they don't need to be porsche trained". This is, after all, a car. When it comes to maintenance and repairs, there's a "purist" way, and then there's the way the factory assumed would occur when they designed it.

I've just completed two projects on mine this morning, in about an hour, that are making me eat my words from another post; on nearly any other car i'd have have spent closer to 3 hours. Initial access notwithstanding, these cars are pretty easy to work on.

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[Cunningr]

I am with maytag on this, no way $10K a year in maintenance. I have had my car going on 3 years. Total maint. Cost minus tires, $1000 including new battery another $1K on a set of tires. Everything else was things I did as modification so does not count as maintenance. Tires needed changing when I purchased the car otherwise was nice and tidy 2 previous owners enthusiast.

[jdlmodelt]

So, I purchased mine with 58k on the car and 25k on a factory Porsche replacement engine, 1999 with 5 speed manual, I replaced the brakes/rotors ($125), rear tires ($350), starter (making squawking noise $125), driver's seat belt ($125), Headlight bulbs ($50 each), shifter cable and shift assembly used ($125). I purchased 4 years ago, I currently have 120k miles on the car. Still tight, quiet, and super fun to drive. I even have to drive 1 mile on a gravel road to my house. So, just under $1k in 4 years of regular driving.