Re: Quattro 4000 Mods list

[Linus Toy <linust@mindspring.com>]

At 09:06 PM 4/25/97 -0400, Pete Hamilton wrote:
>than it is.  Lucky me.  As far as Porsches go, I know they're fun, fast and
>good handling cars, but I'm looking for something that'll push 250k miles
>without any more substantial work on it.  944's are notoriously unreliable,
>and 924's are much worse (yes I know that the 924S is a 944 in 924's
>clothing).  And $5500 is the starting price for a car that probably needs
>some reasonable service, and has *really* expensive parts which are liable

Have you priced Porsche parts lately?  Price the brake disc and pads for a
mid-80s era Carrera; now price the same for my '91 200q.  Puts Audi to
shame, especially when you compare the price of the parts vs the value of
the car.  Granted, not all P-car parts are like this.  FWIW, about a year
ago, PCNA began a policy of bringing down the prices on "consumable" parts
for the cars they've brought over.  Wish AoA/VWoA would get the hint.  

--Linus
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