by the way, if this glowing endorsement of 944s gets you all atwitter, I
have my daughter's 87 "normal" for sale for $3600 - brand new tires, new
clutch, brakes, battery, recent valve job, new belts, bla bla bla -
located
near Los Angeles.
you could find me via my web site, www.wbnoble.com
meanwhile, a ****sche of any kind is not too expensive to operate IFF
(that's
math speak for IF and ONLY IF) you do the vast majority of the work
yourself. For example, a tuneup on my 993 costs $800 at the dealer, it
costs about $200 if I do it (and that's mostly for oil - it uses mobil 1).
Amplify this on older cars where there is more op****tunity for things to
need repair.
"E Brown" <three1983s@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:48aof3d0p3871stu51a4sjeqouhn4hr6fu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:40:28 -0700, "William Noble"
> <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>as for hte 944- I have a 993 and I keep several 944s running - I
actually
>>prefer the 944 as a driving around car, though the 993 is hugely faster
-
>>don't understimate the 944 - the 928 is a much bigger and heavier car,
not
>>to my liking.
>
> I agree with several of William's points. The 944 isn't to be
> overlooked. The way everyone raves about how the Boxster/Cayman is a
> superior driver to the 911, held back by ****sche, is history
> repeating; the 944 was the critic's choice back in the 80s, especially
> the turbo and S2, which are considerably cheaper to buy and no more
> expensive to own.
> Also, the 912 is a good choice if you can find one. It's seriously
> undervalued and very similar to the VWs you're used to; some people
> even swap in tuned VW engines. The 912 also handles better than the
> 911 due to better weight distribution, as the engine sits farther
> forward.
> And yeah, the '84 should be close in price have a couple fewer
> headaches, if you insist on going the 911 route. But you can
> definitely keep one running without a lot of specialist knowledge and
> tools. The Bentley manuals and Wayne Dempsey's "101 Projects for your
> 911" will get you through most things.
> epbrown
> --
> How can you know where I'm at if you haven't been where I been?
> Can you see where I'm coming from? "How I Could Just Kill A Man" Cypress
> Hill
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