944 as an everyday sensible car???

[Fen]

This is from the top of my head, but for 21 months and 50,000 miles in my cab, which I did not modify, it cost: £1,500 48k service plus a pair of cams, chain, tensioner etc.£500 supply and fit new struts and 968 castor blocks, fit rear shocks (I already had) and alignment3 x 12k service at £200 each4 x 6k interim oil change at £60£240 clutch master and slave cylinder£200 tyres (bought 16" Boxster wheels for nearly new tyres), almost ready to be replaced again when I sold it£110 front seat foam base£120(?) oil level sender£260 tie rods and realignment£400 final 48k service I *think* that was it, so £2k to make it right when I bought it (top 2 items) and £2,170 to run it and keep on top of it for 50k miles once it was right. It was spot on apart from tyres when I sold it with only 1,000 miles or so on its belts as I recall. BTW my fettler likes round figures [] For the Turbo: nah, let's not go there...

 

[Guest]

I'm going to tell this anecdote wrong but you probably know it, and can substitute rods for any bits of car you like.

' When asked if he was afraid of dying, the man replied '
'That he wasn't afraid of dying, but his wife selling his fishing gear for what he had told her he had paid for it!'

You get my drift anyway.
I find it best to bury your head in the sand.
Ignorance is bliss[]

 

[Diver944]

ORIGINAL: John Sims

I loved the bit about the nit getting sucked into the turbo.

Doh !

Does this mean I don't need a rebuild, just a damned good shampooing []

 

[Fen]

Nah, you need to get in there with one of those special combs as well.

 

[944Turbo]

I have done over 60,000 miles in my turbo over 4.5 years my biggest single bill was just over a £1000.00 for a service and belts waterpump.
However I do a lot of work myself, and I used to keep a list of what I spent but I haven't updated it for a long time as I might be driving a 350Z or a supra if I had.
I think the gearbox may require a rebuild soon, I am using a fair amount of oil, and the bodywork needs some attention. I have swapped suspension twice and just put in a second set of discs. The clutch will need replacing soon, I was told it was worn on the pre-purchase inspection and I haven't changed it yet.
However it is still fantastic to drive, there are plenty of things I still want to do to it on top of what has already been done.
I quite fancy fixed headlights (924GTS but with modern lights), lightweigt seats, a larger capacity if the engine expires, standalone engine management with Map currently looking at http://www.msefi.com/msinfo/PWC/ , carbon sunroof, water spray on the IC using my redundant rear wiper electronics, a Variation of the FFD (Fen foglight delete), leds aimed on the centre console switches incorperated in the under radio cubby, rebuild of the rear suspension etc.
In addition to all the things I want to do keeping an old car on the road is environmentaly friendly, (even with a cat delete and neat hydrocarbons burning out the back []) It takes a lot of energy to turn raw materials into a car shaped item - remember that next time you pass a Prius.
It is also very satisfying passing much more modern and expensive machinery on track days thanks in part to the excellent original design but also the changes I have made to it (with the help of some of you). I certainly wouldn't have been passing TVR's, EVO7's, GT3's etc. with it in standard 15 year old form.
Tony

 

[NorthernBloke]

Have to agree that the 944 is an excellent everyday car (although I've now sold mine) mainly as I did 26,000 miles in 16 months (which started to take it's toll) I drove it through all weathers including the snow and ice. No problems and a lot more fun than some eurobox []

 

[Fen]

So how is the Eurobox after a couple of months, Andy [8D]

 

[danmason]

ORIGINAL: 944Turbo
keeping an old car on the road is environmentaly friendly... remember that next time you pass a Prius

Very true; I'm sure I read somewhere that, since the construction of each Prius takes the carbon equivalent of 1000 gallons of petrol, the 'break-even' point in environmental terms is 5 years / 50000 miles. Of course during those 5 years at 10k miles per year you would save £1500+ by filling up the Prius rather than the Porsche - but thanks to good old depreciation you'd also lose around £6k on the Prius (at least according to one estimate I've seen). You'd also miss out on a LOT of fun. []