OT: Love my Porsche... but can't knock my Mustang Cobra
11-05-2005, 12:05 PM
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OT: Love my Porsche... but can't knock my Mustang Cobra
You folks all know how crazy I am about Rufus, and I'm not trying to comapre the two cars... but I sure can't knock the performance or reliability of my 1997 Mustang Cobra. I bought this car new almost 9 years ago, and it has over 95,000 miles on it. It has many track days under its belt, but has been retired from the track since I got interested in owning a Porsche again. In all this time, the only repair has been the IMRC (secondary throttle runner control) cable that broke about 4 years ago.
Ryan has the car up in Santa Cruz now, and the throw-out bearing started squealing. The entire clutch "kit" (King Cobra aftermarket... a bit stronger than std) was $169.00 shipped! The steering rack is also starting to squeak (probably my fault since the car is lowered, and the rack was never raised)... $120.00 for a rebuilt rack.
I've found that even putting AIR in the tires on a Porsche costs more than the clutch on the Ford. Criminey!
BTW, my 1997 Expedition (sold a few years back with 130,000 miles) was also very solid... the only repair was to a squeaky steering pittman arm.
My current cars are:
o 2005 Lexus ES330: 12,000 miles:solid as a rock.
o 2005 Scion xA: 17,000 miles: warranty repairs: rattle in sunroof and defective tachometer.
o Rufus: 100,000+ miles: a total money pit, mostly of my own choice.
Ryan has the car up in Santa Cruz now, and the throw-out bearing started squealing. The entire clutch "kit" (King Cobra aftermarket... a bit stronger than std) was $169.00 shipped! The steering rack is also starting to squeak (probably my fault since the car is lowered, and the rack was never raised)... $120.00 for a rebuilt rack.
I've found that even putting AIR in the tires on a Porsche costs more than the clutch on the Ford. Criminey!
BTW, my 1997 Expedition (sold a few years back with 130,000 miles) was also very solid... the only repair was to a squeaky steering pittman arm.
My current cars are:
o 2005 Lexus ES330: 12,000 miles:solid as a rock.
o 2005 Scion xA: 17,000 miles: warranty repairs: rattle in sunroof and defective tachometer.
o Rufus: 100,000+ miles: a total money pit, mostly of my own choice.
11-05-2005, 12:13 PM
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No intake manifold problems of the Mustang? We had that problem. Also, leaking gas tank, snapped rear sway bar, steering rack issues but that was it on the 97 GT we had for 8 years. Not bad considering it had 140K miles I believe
11-05-2005, 01:56 PM
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Ford has their act together. I've seen Expeditions running fine with over 300,000 miles.
Now, we won't talk about fuel cost for this beast it would probably equal any 993 ownership expence!
Now, we won't talk about fuel cost for this beast it would probably equal any 993 ownership expence!
11-05-2005, 03:10 PM
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Had a '96 GT supercharged and putting out around 500hp. Even with all the stress the doubling of the horse power caused I had no problems what so ever. Sold the car with 80k on the clock and just ran in to the guy I sold it to 3 years ago. Even though he beats the sh*t out of it, it has over a 110k and still run like a top. I love my 993 but I do have to admit I miss the sound of that meaty v8.
11-05-2005, 06:46 PM
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I'm thinking about getting in line to buy the GT500 -- I understand they have it up to about 470HP and plan to hit 500HP when the car is released to the public. It will go for under $40K -- should be fun.
