Porsche 911 - Highly Overrated?

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+

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