Car & Driver 1985 review
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NICE READ, thanks for posting, never read that one before. The comments after the article were interesting also, never considered pulling the engine to change spark plugs though, I just used the factory tool.
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"engine needing to be pulled to change the damn spark plugs"
That is ridiculous, obviously he didn't do his homework. And he calls him self collector and restorer of special interest cars. He probably meant to say that he collects little hot wheel cars they sell at walmart.
That is ridiculous, obviously he didn't do his homework. And he calls him self collector and restorer of special interest cars. He probably meant to say that he collects little hot wheel cars they sell at walmart.
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"engine needing to be pulled to change the damn spark plugs"
That is ridiculous, obviously he didn't do his homework. And he calls him self collector and restorer of special interest cars. He probably meant to say that he collects little hot wheel cars they sell at walmart.
That is ridiculous, obviously he didn't do his homework. And he calls him self collector and restorer of special interest cars. He probably meant to say that he collects little hot wheel cars they sell at walmart.
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Great review. I think I read it originally. The parts by Don Sherman and Larry Griffin were very nice, but the opinion of David Davis was awesome and accurate. The best car of the 80's, period.
Most of those commenters were out to lunch, quality of materials, what a dope, the 928 had the best materials available whether it was the leather and carpet, or the silicon faced cylinder walls.
Most of those commenters were out to lunch, quality of materials, what a dope, the 928 had the best materials available whether it was the leather and carpet, or the silicon faced cylinder walls.
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Wistful for the days of 14.0 quarter/6 sec 0-60 being noteable, are we?
(Why yes, yes we are... )
This was in the sidebar: http://blog.caranddriver.com/three-d...928-successor/
(Why yes, yes we are... )
This was in the sidebar: http://blog.caranddriver.com/three-d...928-successor/
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Great Article. Not sure I've seen that one before, thanks for posting it. Nice to know that when new my car could out accelerate & out brake a Vette & Ferrari 308. Course at a base price of $50k(twice the Vette), I'd hope so. The guy posting below the article is a moron hater. Maybe he was confusing it with the 308 perhaps? I wonder where he got his misinformation on 928s. Bet he has never driven or even sat in one.
Idiotic Comments from "TheClassicCarFactory" on 06:37 PM on 12/23/2013:
"As a collector and restorer of special interest cars, I have often been bitten by the bug to take one of these on as a project....until two things talk me out of it:
(1) Labor is ridiculously expensive, with the engine needing to be pulled to change the damn spark plugs; Replacing the clutch in a manual version costs about the same as buying a used Honda Fit.
(2) Then once you start shopping around and look at these cars - even with low mileage - you realize how poor the quality of materials used were, and how bad the fit and finish was. Parts are literally disintergrating because someone looked at them; the colors fade in entirely different variations so eventually nothing matches and you're left with a 9 color interior.
These cars may be great to drive, and look cool - but they are a POS."
Some one here needs to post a Counter Point to him!
Idiotic Comments from "TheClassicCarFactory" on 06:37 PM on 12/23/2013:
"As a collector and restorer of special interest cars, I have often been bitten by the bug to take one of these on as a project....until two things talk me out of it:
(1) Labor is ridiculously expensive, with the engine needing to be pulled to change the damn spark plugs; Replacing the clutch in a manual version costs about the same as buying a used Honda Fit.
(2) Then once you start shopping around and look at these cars - even with low mileage - you realize how poor the quality of materials used were, and how bad the fit and finish was. Parts are literally disintergrating because someone looked at them; the colors fade in entirely different variations so eventually nothing matches and you're left with a 9 color interior.
These cars may be great to drive, and look cool - but they are a POS."
Some one here needs to post a Counter Point to him!
