911mhawk

I've usually kept my used cars for quite a while because when I buy one, I fix what's wrong and want to recoup the expense. Your list is pretty short for repairs over the last 2 years if you tale out the clutch.

A determining factor for me would be what other items do you need to fix ?

You've had the car for 2 years and know what you have

TT Surgeon

All in all, minor list.
There's no such thing as a cheap Porsche, you either pay up front or pay later.

breakfast

most of that as mentioned are wear items.

Welcome to the world of used german sports cars....or any used car for that matter. The pcar tax does hurt though.

Natethegreat

I could always get the cash that is the easy part. The hard part is living with the car and not being able to afford to take care of it.

Why you make me feel bad?

I feel bad for the guy

T10Chris

This would be key for me... Unless you are planning to jump to a different platform completely, I would stay with the devil I know vs the devil I don't..

fbgh2o

Thanks for all the feedback, guys.

I must confess I am really torn on this one. I do love the car, just these days I feel that I am always looking over my shoulder for what's next...

fbgh2o

Check out my signature.... there is a 951 i have owned twice. I knew going in that it be pricey

911 Rod

So what is wrong with your car?

If I sold every car my wife put scratches on I'd be walking to work!

I'm interested in your suspension if you want to sell it.

FRUNKenstein

My wife tears the crap out of our cars too. That's why she never drives any of the Porsches, except her Cayenne S. We had an E55 AMG several years ago. What she did to that car was criminal.

Turbodan

you make no sense. you ask opinions which members take the time to share about buying a pcar then you say if you had the money you would probably buy his car then you say getting the cash is the easy part? do you mean taking it out of the bank account, borrowing for it or making it? you make no sense?
if getting the money is the easy part then buy his car or another one. Any used car will require repairs at some time
and pcars cost more. Are you looking for a porsche and can you afford it?

Macster

Well, maybe then it is time to sell the car and move on.

My thinking is I don't want to own a car I live in fear of. I sold a pretty nice VW Golf TDi simply because I was unable to get good servicing. Every dealer I took the car to screwed up or screwed with me. A nearby dealer replaced the timing belt and re-used the engine mount bolts. These failed and the engine damn near fell out of the car.

Another dealer, this one in Albuquerque, when the V-belt snapped, told me it was going to add 40% to the parts cost to get the parts in sooner. I asked about the wait time if I elected to not pay the 40% fee and was told the parts should be in around spring.... It was the last part of December. I paid but left hating the dealer and VW.

I sold a nice GTO after getting tired of everytime I took the car in for service at either a local GM dealer -- since closed (Yay!) -- or to a Pontiac dealer where I bought the car -- and having a tech or the kid that shuttles cars around hot rod the car. The GM tech took the car out on his lunch break and thrashed the car up to 90mph in town. I had a tracking device in the car.

So, I have been known to get rid of cars that I feared for one reason or another.

You have to be sure you don't jump from the firing pan into the fire, though. I sold the VW. Not long afterwards I bought the GTO. In hindsight a mistake.

Ck986

I get that feeling from time to time. Then I go out for a drive and it goes away. My problem is I horde parts and upgrades so am spending money on the car. I have replaced or painted many plastic bits as I want the car to feel new. I also need a new windshield as I recently got a small crack.

Not considering finances, I would repaint the car. I hear it runs 5-7k for a good job. I just repainted my wheels and love the new look. Find a good shop and do something unique to it. I think most have a nice chunk of change into the car and at 75k miles I'm not surprised with your experience.

Then again I was without a porsche for two months and it felt a bit liberating (not worrying about the car). I haves owned a porsche for 16 years to me these cars are a hobby and not really a form of transport.

fbgh2o

Okay. Have been driving it. It is such a fun time. I guess it is time to figure out the repaint coat and decide what colour I am going to go with

rmc1148

If you plan on keeping longer term that sounds fine, if selling in the next few years it will be a big loss financially= that may not be a factor either? Good luck.

fpb111

That is better. Maybe just get it touched up/cleaned up in to a nice driver again, so you don't want to kill someone next time it gets scuffed.

If you had replaced it with a nice lower mileage cream puff think of how happy you would if that got scuffed up. And you would be less inclined to drive it in rain, snow, city traffic, moose country at dusk etc...