On the Wisdom of Owning a Modern Porsche
09-05-2012, 01:31 PM
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Drifting
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Why not wait a year? Let the car get some history behind vis a vis maintenance cost, and then buy a low mileage used one. Let someone else take the depreciation hit if you are going to pay cash. Put the savings in a maintenance fund or really good extended warranty.
09-05-2012, 06:26 PM
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Drifting
Now if you are fully familiar with reading fault codes(the easy part) and able to work through a diagnostic with enough specific knowledge of the vehicle and then order and replace the right parts, more power to you and I respect it. I, however am not and I suspect the OP and the folks posting follow up questions are either.
09-05-2012, 07:51 PM
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Service interval for 991 specified in UK is 2 years or 20k miles. Also, there is an option to extend the warranty for up to 10 years. I think that's pretty amazing! I agree with others that if you buy from new (passion over fiscal prudence!) the main cost of ownership is depreciation. So use it, use it, use it!
09-05-2012, 09:24 PM
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Burning Brakes
My experience must be way out of the norm, because with the eight 911's I have owned, nothing has ever broken. This is not to say that I haven't spent loads of money on them, but they didn't break. The 997.2 and 991, I suppose shouldn't count, and my 993tt had a top end job done by the seller at 24,000 miles. I did spend $6,500 on parts while it was apart that, I was advised by the 993tt forum, were likely to fail. Do prophylactic repairs count as repairs? If they do then since 1989, when I bought my first 911, I have spent $6,500 on repairs. In 23 yrs that's under $300 per yr.in repairs. They were each daily drivers, except the 89' turbo cab which caused me to sweat a quart through my palms whenever I drove it. I still drove it 12,000 miles in the year and a half I owned it. So I think they are as dependable as anvils. The reason they are not cheap to own for most of us is because: you fall in love and want to spend money on "upgrades", some of which aren't. Or, even though these cars are fast as hell and handle beautifully, we need to make them faster and handle even
better. I do worry that these newer cars with their electronic controls could get really expensive if those electronics fail. With that said, I bought a stereo from radio shack 40 years ago that is still going strong out in the garage.
better. I do worry that these newer cars with their electronic controls could get really expensive if those electronics fail. With that said, I bought a stereo from radio shack 40 years ago that is still going strong out in the garage.
