Adrian_

I'd say that's because the car is relativelly expensive to mantain and has little sale value.


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Alan

I won't bother to answer that - I don't see how its at all relevant. IP theft is clearly different to physical theft - harm must be measured in loss of potential revenue - which requires potential revenue...

If Porsche offered this information for sale in electronic form I'd say nobody should be selling unauthorizied copies.

They don't (until now maybe - but seems very fishy to me). Since they don't even offer paper versions anymore to enable owners of their cars to keep them runing they don't deserve much consideratrion under copyright protection in my book.

Legal or not - practicality says there must be other sources... then I'd like the better quality more comprehensive sources who will stick with it to continue to be around.... Quality is hard to determine because its a kind of 'under the table' deal... but there is a difference

Alan

Alan

Yes that is actually exactly what I was saying... think about it....

They bought it because it seemed so cheap - now they can't maintain right because they are so cheap (repeat, repeat a few times & you have a basket case 928). This is the recipe for most I believe.

Some realism is helpful with these cars - as an investment they are horrible - as are most cars (maybe worse) - but to enjoy one - its best if its in well maintained condition...

Alan

Adrian_

I see your point, but my guess is the truth is somewhere in the middle. It doesn't mean you're cheap if you're clueless about the thrust bearing issue when purchasing something that looks like a perfectly good S4, and two months later you end with a fubared engine. And the examples could go on and on.

Fact is the 928 is a car that requires either zero skills/time and ****load of money to maintain, or a lot of time plus decent to good skills plus a fair ammount of money. (by fair ammount meaning a lot higher then a common US V8 car)


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Alan

plus the information needed to fix it properly... (back on topic).

Alan

Mike Frye

At first I suspected this thread would be a waste of time for me.

I no longer suspect that...

hacker-pschorr

+1

Can I bum a smoke off you? This is getting gooood.......

waveflux

Got my $12 cd manual today. Don't know where it was copied from but it covers all years.
Took me 30 minutes just to scroll thru half of it.
The person who took the time,effort and patience to put the original together,
my hat's off to ya.

6mil928

Does it look OEM?

Adrian_

It's not the same product as the one on Amazon. That one is 30$.

waveflux

Scanned from the Porsche manuals with 928 logos and "printed in Germany" at the bottom of page. about 3000 pages in PDF. Cheapest thing I ever bought with a Porsche crest on it.

Ducman82

ya, my wife just got me one of the bay, total scan job. looks ok. but cheap.

Mrmerlin

Most of the mechanically inclined should be able to repair most of the systems with the less expensive copy of the CD.
That said what some people fail to see is the information that they dont know about.
This is where the true value of the JM CD set shines, the more info you have and the more time your willing to spend getting it will result in a better repair and understanding of your results.

Some are comfortable with the just the basics, I would suggest to get the supercharged version .

It comes to the statement, you dont know what you dont know, Keep Em Flying!

6mil928

I agree Jim's CD's are very valuable. They are on my short list to purchase.

Landseer

I couldn't operate with out them.