Jakerx

besides normal maintenance, with clutch, engine rebuild and a few other goodies and tires...10,000

Yabo

Well, probably about 900 dollars since I got it, and in the next few months, 1.5-2grand in engine rebuild/tires/clutch.... im doing okay I guess..

iloveporsches

Probably around $1500. New tires, some new suspension stuff, regular maintanance like oil, etc.

Total life of the car, including purchase price, is probably around 8-9k.

schnellfahrer

$7.000.-
Not counting the cost of purchasing the car, insurance or gas.

hoffman912

august of 2003 to august 2004.

1128.76 work in solvang
107.25 starter
77.48 window cranks, headlight seals
1480.77 front pan, strut r&r, tighten head, make brackets for
driving lights, front wheel bearing r&r
249.85 leak down test, used j pipe to replaced cracked one
76.50 csp (classic and speed parts), for oil filters, misc seals, h4 bulbs, 050 cap & rotor
50.00 slightly used bursch exhuast
69.00 csp tune up parts
280.67 csp (parts for valve job)
700.00 p&c kit from NLA
300.00 labor for valve job (i supplied parts)
28.25 csp oil change stuff from
141.50 csp pertronix, cap, rotor, for 031 distributor
80.00 031 distributor
120.50 csp motor/trans mount, and muffler clamps
187.00 csp tune up stuff, oil change stuff, back up ignition stuff and luggage straps for trip.
924.82 clutch job, and tune up/check up for trip by mechanic
100.00 head lamps
90.00 struts
300.00 head lamp grills
50.00 paint and materials to restore headlamps
100.00 driving lights
30.00 fog light covers
25.00 paint from paint scratch for flog light covers
50.00 misc work.. done as a favor
375.00 talbot mirrors
40.00 2 years worth of oil
150.00 cleaning supplies and misc nuts bolts and crap (some stuff purchased from strasse too) as well as a job to braze my throttle cable back together in wyoming on the way home.. and the tow from the exit ramp to the garage (about 1 mile)
+ 0 seats
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$5682.72 (with in about $15 because obviously some are rounded)


this is not on gas, or any other expenses durring my travels.. this is parts, labor supplies alone. most things i did myself. some jobs were left to a mechanic. just think how much higher things would be if it were all done by a mechanic.

yes i save my recipts.. the last of which are not in my book yet so are rounded to the nearest dollar


if you would like i can tell you how much has been spent on my car since 1977 (not including being bought/sold etc.. but i have those too!)

btw........ im about to drop another 3000 on a spare running engine.

Matt H

I am a touch under 10K this year but that includes a ton of upgrade/rebuild parts.
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my87944s

I refuse to be a part of this thread... it will most definately throw me into a weeks long depression!

peterjcb

I needed a new waterpump, belts, rollers & tensioners, cam chain tensioner pad for the 16V, plus misc. tools for the job totaled about $750. Miscellaneous items added probably another $200-$300. I've spent roughly about $1000 on repairs & maintenance this year.

njwilser

Well I guess I'm the cheap ba$tard here.
Purchased 85/1 in 12/03 for $2K w/ 88k miles

Changed all belts
Replaced oil cooler seals
New plugs, wires and rotor
Refinished cookies
New alpine head unit
New tires
New batttery
Headlight, foglight and misc. bulbs
New hood struts
Cleaned nasty hood insul. and replaced w/ flea market foam ($5)
Changed tranny oil (Mob. 1)
Neoprene seat covers (Ebay nice quality, retail $130/paid $25 inc ship.)
Rebuilt noisy wiper motor w/ $5 replacement bearing
Acquired r12 for a/c recharge for the next month w/ no r

Maybe $700 total for parts in 04, labor is all my sweat and satisfaction. Pretty damn incredible for a twenty year old car that fired right up this morning at 12 degrees F. Certainly no concourse contender, but looking damn good considering her age. Put 12k miles on this year and just turned 100k today. Car is reliable as any I've owned and doesn't really owe me a dime.

M. Wilser

jmporsche944

Ive spent roughly 2 grand in upgrades/repairs since August when I bought it.

Henry964

Thank you all for your answers...
I am sure there is no such thing as a cheap Porsche or any old classic car for that matter

A friend of mine has an Alfetta GTV 2.0 1979 and he used to bragg about only spending in a full paint job since buying the italian coupé but now he has to rebuild his engine and will get even with my expenses.

7thStranger

I must be doing good.

I only had to buy a battery for my S.
I also installed IceSharks battery cables.

A total of $300.00
Not bad.

Fishey

In 2004 my car has cost $8423.77 in parts both maintance, upgrades, oil

RMills944

This year, it was only about $2000 - exhaust, shfit linkage, and all the fun extras. next year I expect more - especially if I get the paint job. This brings the running total up to... over $14000 total not including sale price since 1989.

109er, that is the most awesome avitar!

bloodraven

Master and slave cylinder, front seals, exhaust, radiator, coolant expansion tank, vacuum lines, turbo waterpump, timing belt, balance shaft belt, and rollers - $1010
Having all that installed - $1800
Having to buy and install a starter two week later - $150
Totalling the car the very next day - Priceless

Had to do it...

anyway, add all that up, then put another $4000 with it for my new one, and you get what i paid this year...which is just under $7000 *wowzers*