80-89 Porsche

[.RJ]

Good deal?

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Kill it with fire. No.

[Apoc]

Good deal?

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Kill it with fire. No.

Don't listen to him. All the cool kids are driving them.

[.RJ]

How's your motor? :lol:

[Apoc]

How's your motor? :lol:

You mean the one that lasted 3x longer than you raced before blowing up?

[JustinG]

OK, I need to get up to speed on the designations 964/993/996 niner niner 10-4....That black one is definitely sick. What year is it?

The budget isn't set in stone but I expect it to be around 15K, less if I can find a decent "driver" nick here, ding there, that I won't shoot kids in the face for accidently hitting with a basketball. So yeah, older for price and simplicity.

The black one is a 993 Carrera

964 - 1989 to Dec. 1993
993 - 1993 to 1998 (Turbo avail. 1995 on)
996 - 1999 to 2004

That kind of money should put you in a 964. 993's are often times more expensive than 996's. Low 20's would get you a higher mileage Carrera 2.

I know nothing about porsche pricing, but I feel like Steve might be sticking with the earlier ones b/c they may be cheaper and are probably also simpler than the newer P-cars.

Slippery road. The earlier cars might be cheaper, but what about cost of ownership? Ex. The 964's are cheaper than 993's, but they have a few major oil leaks, one needing all new lines at 3k+ dollars. Plus, all 3 generations I mentioned are air cooled, so its not like the 993 is really radically different or more complex than even a 930.

The 993's do pull a premium for their "last of" cred, styling, and musty Bavarian mystique, but I've hardly ever read of anything ever really being wrong with them, considering they represent the culmination of 30+ years of air cooled 911. Many will say their reliability is a part of that premium as well. Plus, they have unique features like Varioram and revised rear suspension that got rid of much of the lift off/power on oversteer that plagued ealier cars and made the 930 in particular a death trap. 996's can be picked up cheap as they've depreciated heavily since the 997, but early MY cars do have their issues as well.

Etc. etc. etc.

How the fuck do you know all this but cant even change your damn spark plugs? :mrgreen:

[Mike]

please don't get a 944. it's like a porsche accord.

[Goodspeed]

How the fuck do you know all this but cant even change your damn spark plugs? :mrgreen:

Changed 'em just fine, thank you.




Just a few thousand miles too late for a turbo car. And, I have an extensive bathroom reading collection. Poop at my place, you're learning something about a Porsche.

[JustinG]

love you goodspeed

[Steve85]

please don't get a 944. it's like a porsche accord.

No intention. It's basically a 4 cylinder version of what I have now. Nothing against the car in general, it's just not what I'm looking for.

[Steve85]

86 non widebody with 92K sold at $11K. I have to think barring any issues that weren't mentioned, that was a pretty good deal. I feel like if I could get a similar car at that price, I would be happy.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...K:MEWAX:IT

[Goodspeed]

Kinda OT, but this has got to be the coolest old school Porsche

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/209806..._sale.html

http://cars.uk.msn.com/Research/article....id=6557624

[REED]

this is outside your year range, but seems like it could be up your alley
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/c...94951.html

[Steve85]

^^ I would probably be OK with something in that year range if the price was right (and this one is!), but I just can't bring myself to like the Targa.

[REED]

ahh right, you wanted to track it right? I forgot about that - I can see how a targa wouldn't be ideal on track