Porsche 911 - Highly Overrated?

Sibze · 09-29-2011, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve

The 911. Then when I take it in for it's first service, I'll weep.

Ya I'm not arguing that the Porsche will cost more. Just saying if they both cost the same on every level. I'd have a Porsche right now lol

shadoquad · 09-29-2011, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Oil changes aren't that bad, and warranty is warranty. If it had CCB's, it would not need brakes done for quite a while.

Oil changes are hella expensive, but there are far less of them. And true that on Ceramic Brakes. However, if anything breaks that is not covered by warranty, whoa nelly.

And if you're planning to track, it may be too much. A local guy sold his 911 for that reason. The Z's not as fast, but it's relatively cheaper to maintain for track thrashing.

370Zsteve · 09-29-2011, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Oil changes are hella expensive, but there are far less of them. And true that on Ceramic Brakes. However, if anything breaks that is not covered by warranty, whoa nelly.

And if you're planning to track, it may be too much. A local guy sold his 911 for that reason. The Z's not as fast, but it's relatively cheaper to maintain for track thrashing.

Any parts coming from Europe are hella expensive. Anything. The $ to € conversion is a killer - parts for my Benz make me weep. It's the reason I went back to Japanese.

Sibze · 09-29-2011, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Everything but Z's are a waste of money

shadoquad · 09-29-2011, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Sibze

b1adesofcha0s · 09-29-2011, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve

Any parts coming from Europe are hella expensive. Anything. The $ to € conversion is a killer - parts for my Benz make me weep. It's the reason I went back to Japanese.

When you have to overnight parts from Japan, they fetch a premium a week before Race Wars

370Zsteve · 09-29-2011, 08:38 PM

Top Secret, baby!

ImportConvert · 09-30-2011, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Oil changes are hella expensive, but there are far less of them. And true that on Ceramic Brakes. However, if anything breaks that is not covered by warranty, whoa nelly.

And if you're planning to track, it may be too much. A local guy sold his 911 for that reason. The Z's not as fast, but it's relatively cheaper to maintain for track thrashing.

How often would you drive the 911? I wouldn't DD it. Oil changes on my car are $130 a piece. I would imagine the 911 is between 2 and 400, and includes a full going over by trained techs. If you can afford a $85K+ car, $200-400 on an oil change isn't the end of the world. It's more like 4-6 tanks of gas. Now when you consider that 3K mile oil changes are a thing of the past (My current DIC read-out estimates for my car that the next change is due at 16K miles based on driving conditions, etc. It has 3500 on it now.)

Basically, oil-changes happen once a year unless tracked. $500 a year price to play? Cheap.

Tracking a P-car, though, I agree with is expensive. Tracking ANY $85K+ car is expensive. If it weren't, a lot more of us would do it. Kindof like being in shape. It takes WORK, or everyone would have a 6-pack set of abs and squat 500+

shadoquad · 09-30-2011, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

How often would you drive the 911? I wouldn't DD it. Oil changes on my car are $130 a piece. I would imagine the 911 is between 2 and 400, and includes a full going over by trained techs. If you can afford a $85K+ car, $200-400 on an oil change isn't the end of the world. It's more like 4-6 tanks of gas. Now when you consider that 3K mile oil changes are a thing of the past (My current DIC read-out estimates for my car that the next change is due at 16K miles based on driving conditions, etc. It has 3500 on it now.)

Basically, oil-changes happen once a year unless tracked. $500 a year price to play? Cheap.

Tracking a P-car, though, I agree with is expensive. Tracking ANY $85K+ car is expensive. If it weren't, a lot more of us would do it. Kindof like being in shape. It takes WORK, or everyone would have a 6-pack set of abs and squat 500+

IC, I agree. I said Porsche oil changes are expensive, but far less frequent. Basically the same thing. It seems like a lot to pay for one, but when you're only getting one instead of 4-5 annually, it's not bad.

ImportConvert · 09-30-2011, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

IC, I agree. I said Porsche oil changes are expensive, but far less frequent. Basically the same thing. It seems like a lot to pay for one, but when you're only getting one instead of 4-5 annually, it's not bad.

Yep. Now tracking the car would definitely be expensive compared to tracking a 370Z.

Lug · 09-30-2011, 06:34 PM

3,075 lbs and 345 hp. 10 hp = about 100 lbs. so your mods would have to take you up to something around 365 hp to compete on raw acceleration with the bottom end 911.

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