GT6ixer

...built between 1980 and 2000

Dave's take on the 928 starts at the 5:30 mark.

gazfish

Thanks for sharing, not sure many here would agree that wrenching on the driveway isn't an option.

STRIKEMASTER

Wrenching it yourself is the primary option unless you have VERY deep pockets...

Speedtoys

why not. what part is hard?

ThetaTau87

It's a "complicated car." LOL, whatever that means. Anyone who can spin a wrench and knows how to use Google will find this place and have all the help they need. True the 928 was a bit ahead of the curve with it's technology, but it isn't alien technology.

IMO the 928 has always been saddled with a bad rep as an expensive car to maintain by people who have never owned or worked on one and are intimidated. All it takes to fix just about anything on a 928 is a basic understanding of the fundamentals of how a modern electronically controlled car works and taking the time to dig up the answers/help from others online who have BTDT.

Captain_Slow

I tell people at C&Cs the "it's complicated" rep started in the 1980s and just got repeated and repeated...meanwhile new cars evolved and became WAY more complicated (e.g. Chevy Volt). How complicated can 1980s technology be?

I find that experts in valuing cars are not necessarily experts in working on cars. They collect cars. If the value expert tells me my car is much more valuable today than it was 4 years ago, I am not one to argue.

hacker-pschorr

It's complicated for an 80's car and to modern mechanics without an ODBII port, they don't know how to do old school troubleshooting.

Time consuming to diagnose would be more accurate than complicated.

Catorce

Mechanically very easy car to work on, lacks many of the more complicated bits of newer Porsches (i.e. Variocam), doesn't need that many special tools compared to newer cars.

Downsides: Laborious to diagnose electrical issues and on the early cars CIS troubles. Lots of ancient black magic at work there.

docmirror

Whut he saided ^^

I was modestly intimidated by my first 928, mostly due to all the OWTs about it. But - for modern kids, anything without an ODB-II connector and a code lookup is voodoo.

Frex:

"What's a noid light?"

"You mean the injector duty cycle is set by the fuel pressure and the piston hooked to that big plate?" (there is no 'duty cycle')

"How does a hot wire determine the fuel flow?"

and others....

polecat702

When I retire in December, going to enroll in a electrical course at the Jr. collage. I'm lost, when it comes to anything other than replacing the battery, or light bulbs. I really need to know how to use a multi-meter.

Speedtoys

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Captain_Slow

This rings very true....then add how tight everything is packed into the engine bay.

SwayBar

Agree 100%.

I've found the toughest part is the electrical system, and learning how to read the electrical charts.

With that said, Alan here has an EXCELLENT electrical system primer on how to read and decode the charts - and it's free. And just like anything, once you learn it, it's a piece of cake.

Alan, PM me your PayPal and I'll send you money for a nice lunch! Your guide was extremely helpful.

deutschmick

True also. I heard someone describe the 928 as being "mechanically dense" in that everything is so tightly packaged.

Last week I had my LH computer rebuilt (kudos to Rich Andrade). I was amazed, and a little frustrated, removing and replacing it.

It's placement in the passenger footwell looked like an afterthought, but the metal cradle it's placed in took some significant engineering.

Kudos also to RL; I'm always grateful for the wealth of knowledge on this forum!

Red Flash

Well, I listened to it. But, rust? I think I have only seen 2 928s in the last 7 years of strong interest and looking that had rust.