1986 3.2 as a daily driver?
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I have an 88 turbo and could easily use it every day.
Cost and little things going wrong are the limiting factors, but find a good un and you'll be fine.
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Cost and little things going wrong are the limiting factors, but find a good un and you'll be fine.
Join the crew over here:
http://www.impactbumpers.com/
Plenty of daily drivers and info.
It is a good one, a friend spent months looking for one but it now moving flat in London and doesn't want to keep paying for the lock up garge he now uses. Trouble is I have three cars (Merc S-Class, 1977 MGB, and a VR6) now, so can't really warrant a fourth, so I was half thinking of selling the MG and the VR6 and just having the 911 and the Merc
If you are used to modern cars and havn't driven a 3.2 at all or recently - you may be surprised how crude they are comnpared to what you are used to.
We usually advise the 3.2 as ideal for "Sunday" motoring and the earliest "daily driver" as a 993, or 944.
But it depends upon you attitide to driving and what you are prepared to put up with. Young speed merchants may indeed enjoy that sheer driver feedbacl all the time but often older owners have owned relativley expensive and fast cars and find them too basic to drive regularly.
In terms of reliability and running costs - they are up to it as they don't have any real depreciation any more and so although it may cost more to keep them going than a newer car (and spend the occasional week off the road) they are reasonably reliable.
Baz
We usually advise the 3.2 as ideal for "Sunday" motoring and the earliest "daily driver" as a 993, or 944.
But it depends upon you attitide to driving and what you are prepared to put up with. Young speed merchants may indeed enjoy that sheer driver feedbacl all the time but often older owners have owned relativley expensive and fast cars and find them too basic to drive regularly.
In terms of reliability and running costs - they are up to it as they don't have any real depreciation any more and so although it may cost more to keep them going than a newer car (and spend the occasional week off the road) they are reasonably reliable.
Baz
911addict said:
Certainly does depend on your requirements for driving.
I have driven 3.2's for many years, and now a modified 965 daily. Every drive is an occasion.
spot on. I have driven 3.2's for many years, and now a modified 965 daily. Every drive is an occasion.
one of the most envolving Porsche's you can buy, more so than our 965's. She'll have off days and good days (which won't make much sense at this moment in time) and you will be an air head forever. They are the most refined of the crude basic 911's and that's why I fell in love.
I'm not sure about crude. Many modern sports cars with huge wheels and O-rings for tyres ride like crap on UK roads. Went out last weekend in my old '73 2.4S for the first time this summer and what a revelation it was! Comfortable ride, great seats, precise steering, engine note to make the hairs prick up on the back of your neck yet quiet when cruising, great visibility all round and seriously quick. Not crude at all. Even my wife thinks it rides nicely and doesn't give her a headache. In short I could easily live with this car as an everyday drive (not that I would due to its historical value). But a well kept sub £15K 3.2 would be absolutely fine providing you weren't thinking of using it as a repmobile! Just be realistic about running costs and don't skimp on the maintenance. Overall, with basically zero depreciation, it should be relatively cheap motoring. I'd run one myself if I wasn't doing 20K miles a year!
I run a 1987 3.2 Carrera Coupe as my everyday car and it's a great.
Went from a 3.2 to a 993 but missed the raw feel and I'm in my 2nd 3.2.
They are slightly heavier on the steering if you're around town but I spend most of my time on A/B roads or motorways which are fine.
Only real downside is the heating takes a little time to clear the screen on cold days but other than that recommended over a Euro box.
Went from a 3.2 to a 993 but missed the raw feel and I'm in my 2nd 3.2.
They are slightly heavier on the steering if you're around town but I spend most of my time on A/B roads or motorways which are fine.
Only real downside is the heating takes a little time to clear the screen on cold days but other than that recommended over a Euro box.
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