Shark Attack

and when you scolded me a few months back to post more serious replys, I thought you were just a D(^k Head... I guess you did have a reason!

Randy V

Nah, I think your first impression was the correct one...








Kidding!

JEC_31

Nice catch!


The best part is the flushing sound of thousands of dollars of instant depreciation as you first drive it out of the dealership lot and into the street. It's an amazing feeling.

BC

Its because on the most part, those people drive their cars, enjoy them, and do not have an immediate need to rebuild engines, transmissions, and braking systems.... Yet. We do.

Shark Attack

oh yeah?

BC

And if they haven't yet, they will need to soon on thier 12-30 year old cars.

AO

For some around these parts it's more of an urge than a need. In my case... it was a need. What's your excuse?

BC

Well, continuing on the subject, on my first 928, the 89, I did the brake pads because they were at 30% needed it. Before that, back in Chicago I did the water pump and ended up doing the seals on the front of the motor - I think that was an urge.... And I ripped out the carpet because it was dirty. And I totally disassembled it and ended up selling off its parts because the LH/EZK brains died all at once. So that was a learning in itself. It needed shocks and some other stuff only at 75k, namely an entire clutch and flywheel set. Taking apart the engine, it was due for valve seals, rod bearings, the head gasket was looking just as bad as yours, and at only 75k, it had injested so much oil that the tops of the pistons had at least a 1/16th of an inch of coke in some places, and some of the rings were also stuck in this carbon-goop.

I replaced everything rearward of the engine on an 81 auto I had, and didn't do more than half of what that car needed. I chinced on a used trans instead of a rebuilt one because I wanted 4 spds instead of 3, and it blew up within 5k miles. Turns out it was a B2 band or something easy to fix, but the people I talked to at the time did not know this or choose to tell me because one of them I think wanted the used trans as a good (really) good rebuildable core.

A Euro 85 auto I had needed front bushings and ball joints, and it really changed the demeanor mid corner for the better. It needed a thurough cleaning and a brake job, and got it. It needed some other stuff, and got it with its new owner. I really liked that car. The new owner is a good guy that lurks here but doesn't post much.

86 5spd - needed everything imaginable that you can think of a 928 needed. But I loved it, getting back into a 5spd. It was at the point that I stripped it and its still in my garage, its parts all over the country, and its body may turn out to be a great experiment for me.

I think some people drive thier 928s without much real deep maintenance because they know the car is more like my 86 than my 85 - meaning they know if they bring it down, it will be DOWN for a LONG time (like my 86 stripper), and they just don't have the time or inclination - or money - and they just deal with the shortcommings instead of making the car its best. Some others have a car like my 85, and you can simply continue small corrections and enjoy the car nearly as issued, without many compromises.