Buying 1st car, Possibly 930 Need advice.
07-01-2010, 08:26 PM
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One consideration I haven't seen and wonder about. I see you're in New Jersey and also get the impression this will be a Daily Driver. The reason I bring this up is the consideration for winter driving, winter tires, etc. Are these a factor?
07-02-2010, 12:23 AM
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I appreciate the help but I'm going to put my Porsche dreams on hold for a while until I get financially situated a friend of mind found a few decent E30s I'm prob going to check out.
@Den
I wasn't planning on bringing the porsche out in the winter , I'd prob just try to manage borrowing the rents cars whenever I could.
@Den
I wasn't planning on bringing the porsche out in the winter , I'd prob just try to manage borrowing the rents cars whenever I could.
07-02-2010, 12:34 AM
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Well, you can't go wrong with an E30 and with decent winter rubber, should you decide to drive it in the cold months, quite capable.
Best of luck and for advice with BMW, unless they've changed, there's a decent bunch of guys at Bimmerforums.
Best of luck and for advice with BMW, unless they've changed, there's a decent bunch of guys at Bimmerforums.
07-04-2010, 03:12 AM
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if i were you i would get an e21. i miss mine dearly. it was the best car i ever owned. it was a blast to drive, cheap to insure, got great fuel milage, parts were cheap, and it was easy to work on.
if i still had mine i would have done full suspension, a turbo, and mega sqirt...
if i still had mine i would have done full suspension, a turbo, and mega sqirt...
07-04-2010, 08:42 AM
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Spend your first $30 on a copy of the 8th Edition of my book (my signature). Amazon.com has the book in stock. Read it. Study it. Learn it. Then buy more books, and read them. Six months from now you will know far more about P-cars than you ever dreamed you would, and the pause to study will be well-spent as you contemplate the other posts in this, your, thread.
Good luck with it.
07-04-2010, 08:50 AM
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An 86-89 M3 might fit in that category.
07-04-2010, 10:33 AM
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Stories like this are exactly why many of us have spent untold thousands fixing stuff that was "deferred maintenance" by people who aspired to own a Porsche- then had no money to keep them well maintained.
Buy the BEST 944 you can find- You'd still have $15K left over for maintenance- problem solved.
a $20K 996 is most likely a 99 model with $80K+, and you WILL have to have a decent warchest for repairs. My 2002 996 Cab was low miles, dead mint and had EVER SINGLE possible issue resolved at the dealer prior to my ownership- two years down the road and so far it's been reliable as hell...but it wasn't a $20K car.
Buy the BEST 944 you can find- You'd still have $15K left over for maintenance- problem solved.
a $20K 996 is most likely a 99 model with $80K+, and you WILL have to have a decent warchest for repairs. My 2002 996 Cab was low miles, dead mint and had EVER SINGLE possible issue resolved at the dealer prior to my ownership- two years down the road and so far it's been reliable as hell...but it wasn't a $20K car.
