RyanPerrella

i am not sure what your trying to accomplish with this thread. You want to know what stuff costs, so we tell you, you want to plot a graph of potential ownership costs for your potential 928 based on what other people paid, what for, it will just talk you out of buying a car, that and requirement to find a car that for you is 1) cheap, 2) in a good color 3) has no sunroof 4) is in perfect condition 5) has a 10K coupon for future work to be done. 6) etc etc

Sounds like an awful lot of foreplay. I think your over analyzing this ALLOT. To the point that i will tune out as i dont get what the hell your asking for or b) am frusterated and not interested in trying to help you figure out what it is you want.

ZEUS+

A ford mechanic using mitchell, needing donut incentives for a brake squeak comeback ? Labor times are trivial. Alldata has more information. IATN and the WSM'S are essential for any shop you are considering. These are only tools that a technician uses.

RyanPerrella

oh and i wanted to mention, Those mitchell CD's are CRAP

I tried to use those and they are garbage in my opinion, try someone that has experience using metric tools at least.

Jerome Craig

I agree with you 100% You buy a 928 because that's what you want more than anything else. I have told a number of people that when it comes to the total cost of ownership.... pleasure has a price! There's nothing to justify, there's nothing to rationalize. You're either willing to pay the price or you're not... everything else is just mental ************!

danglerb

My Ford mechanic (who actually has a nasty leaning toward chevy) isn't where I would have work done on the 928 unless it was something clearly generic.

He owes me a squeak fix, but its totally unrelated to the brake job.

The donuts are a bribe to punch up a few 928 repairs and let me know what the computer costs the job at, not to actually do the work.

****** What am I trying to accomplish.
I want to make a 5 to 10 page guide to serve as the "first" step in becoming an informed consumer prior buying an old 928. Making something slightly more generic than I need for myself won't take that much more time, and I think would be a great help to potential buyers. I think you are fundamentally wrong if you believe high maintenance costs will scare away buyers or deter me, unknown unpredictable costs are what keep buyers away.

Once I kick out the first rough draft in maybe a week it will make more sense.

RyanPerrella

ok what you want, you can get in 911 porsche world 928 buyers guides, covers most everything, or here is a 100 or so page book that someone wrote, that i have thats a buyers guide as well for $15

these cars are old, these topics have been covered adnauseum before you.

and didnt you say you owned a 928 for awhile before, what did you grow 6 inches since then, why the doubts as to wether or not it will be comfortable?

RyanPerrella

buy the following

911 Porsche world #146 May 2006

"the essential buyers guide: Porsche 928" By David Hemmings, Veloce Publishing

RyanPerrella

if you need more then that, then i am sure we can give you more stuff to read.

the thought that you wat to research all this is funny, cause it must have been done 100 times already.

1slo928

You know Danglerb may seem **** about some of the questions he asks but he gets an A for doing his home work. To put together a good guide in one source is an awesome idea and I hope he pulls it off for all of us. There are many problems that are year specific and depending on what you are looking for in a 928 your going to chose one model apposed to another. There are many things I didn't know when buying my first one and many thing I learn with the different years I have. If you don't want to give advice just leave the discussion to someone who does.

Chris

danglerb

Porsche ownership in general is metal masturbation, but I've read Kinsley and it doesn't trouble me.

$25 to $50k really isn't a big issue to me, its getting what I want, and knowing what I am getting.

The 928 does have an emotional allure, but I also have practical reasons like the safety and comfort, and see no reason whatsoever why I should make anything less than the most informed decision that I can. I don't see finding out some typical repair costs for the common repairs as "overthinking" in a vehicle where maintenance is maybe 80% of the 5 year ownership cost either.

Bottom line to me isn't techy mumbo jumbo, its do I fit in the car, is it the most fun, can I buy one.

danglerb

Looking for that guide now.

I don't even know what OB means yet.

ZEUS+

If the thread was started properly, a game of semantics would have never began. Up front and honest would yeild better results.

JHowell37

What you're still asking is not really feasible because there's so much variation in what gets done depending on the nature of the service and what parts are changed. One could change a timing belt for $150 in parts and maybe 6 hours of labor if they do just the timing belt. That breaks down to a $40 belt, a $60 tensioner tool, and a $50 crank lock. Now if you want to do all of the stuff that's recommended by 928 Specialists you're going to spend close to $1000 in parts alone, and have a minimum of a 12 hour job. It doesn't take into consideration where you are having the work done. In NY or LA you're going to pay a lot more for a timing belt job then you would in Mississippi.

There are so many variables involved in every repair that is done on cars like these that it would be almost impossible to accurately plot anything even remotely useful to an owner.

Someone else pointed it out already, this isn't a car you buy for basic transportation. You buy these cars because you really want one and rational thoughts can't overcome the selfish desire to have it. There's nothing cheap about these things. If you're planning to buy one, all you need to know is you're probably going to spend more on parts and repairs then you ever thought possible.

1slo928

I was wondering what else should he have called the thread? Don't have a 928 but want one cheep and maintainance free?

ZEUS+

So you want to know if a car is right for you ? Not knowing this, you will write a manual to guide people about buying this type of car. The basis for this is a compilation of data you have no credible experience or knowledge concerning the subject. Are you into politics ?