Discussion
Discombobulate said:
1) No
2) No
In order of brilliance: 928 GTS, GT, S4
In order of coolness: the earliest one you can find, with pasha interior preferably.
Edited to add: ex GTS and S4 owner
Ta2) No
In order of brilliance: 928 GTS, GT, S4
In order of coolness: the earliest one you can find, with pasha interior preferably.
Edited to add: ex GTS and S4 owner
I see there is a manual GT on here at the minute which has caught the eye but the only manual GTS is mega bucks.
I thought a manual may add more of an experience - 3 of my current cars are pdk, one modernish manual and one old school with overdrive !
SFO said:
That does indeed like nice although I think I’d prefer a newer one
Strange choice or tyre to fit it with mind !
Castrol for a knave said:
928 S4 owner.
It's a model that seems to be coming in from the cold - much more chat about them in the Porsche forums and with classic 911's really rising (risen) in price, they're being re-evaluated. Really good owwnes' forums and support as well.
You'll do a lot of reading, you'll read god knows how many times that it was supposed to replace the 911 and plenty of people saying it's massively inferior to drive than the 911.
It was a car Porsche needed at that time, the 911 had hit a wall, it's core US market was making sounds about all sorts of legislation that could kill it and Porsche also realised they had no GT car, in market that increasingly wanted GT's. It does not drive like a 911, but it drives very well - I push mine as hard as my S7 with Sportdiff - there again, I'm not exactly Dicky Atwood.
I have posed this comment on other threads, but they are hitting the same mark at the DB7 - the unloved ones have fallen by the wayside and the ones that are left are generally well maintained and being reappraised. Personally, it is a far better car than the DB7, but other may of course differ.
It is a car that likes to be driven - the electrics like to be on not off, but that's not so differant from many other cars.
The engine is very understressed, so it has amazing longevity. Cambelt very 5 years (3 to 4 advised) or 60,000 miles (I'd swap it out at 40k). The rest of the oily stuff is pretty straight forward. Electrics can be a challenge, but there is good support, a number of specialists who can recon the ECU and up to around 1990, a lot of kit was vacuum controlled rather than electric, so again, analogue.
The auto in my S4 is fairly sporty - drop it in 3 and it will kick down early enough. It's not a docile old slush box, and being a Merc box from the 80's, is very well made and really only needs fluid for maintenance.
I also recommend speaking to Paul - he's an approachable, if very busy, chap. I wold also get a PPI - especially an auto to get the crankshaft end play checked, then get a Ritch clamp fitted to stop any slippage and your engine getting lunched.
I have found it draws more comments than any other classics I have owned or own.
And most importantly, unlike it's 80's contemporaries, you can do a tip run in a 928!!
Thanks for thisIt's a model that seems to be coming in from the cold - much more chat about them in the Porsche forums and with classic 911's really rising (risen) in price, they're being re-evaluated. Really good owwnes' forums and support as well.
You'll do a lot of reading, you'll read god knows how many times that it was supposed to replace the 911 and plenty of people saying it's massively inferior to drive than the 911.
It was a car Porsche needed at that time, the 911 had hit a wall, it's core US market was making sounds about all sorts of legislation that could kill it and Porsche also realised they had no GT car, in market that increasingly wanted GT's. It does not drive like a 911, but it drives very well - I push mine as hard as my S7 with Sportdiff - there again, I'm not exactly Dicky Atwood.
I have posed this comment on other threads, but they are hitting the same mark at the DB7 - the unloved ones have fallen by the wayside and the ones that are left are generally well maintained and being reappraised. Personally, it is a far better car than the DB7, but other may of course differ.
It is a car that likes to be driven - the electrics like to be on not off, but that's not so differant from many other cars.
The engine is very understressed, so it has amazing longevity. Cambelt very 5 years (3 to 4 advised) or 60,000 miles (I'd swap it out at 40k). The rest of the oily stuff is pretty straight forward. Electrics can be a challenge, but there is good support, a number of specialists who can recon the ECU and up to around 1990, a lot of kit was vacuum controlled rather than electric, so again, analogue.
The auto in my S4 is fairly sporty - drop it in 3 and it will kick down early enough. It's not a docile old slush box, and being a Merc box from the 80's, is very well made and really only needs fluid for maintenance.
I also recommend speaking to Paul - he's an approachable, if very busy, chap. I wold also get a PPI - especially an auto to get the crankshaft end play checked, then get a Ritch clamp fitted to stop any slippage and your engine getting lunched.
I have found it draws more comments than any other classics I have owned or own.
And most importantly, unlike it's 80's contemporaries, you can do a tip run in a 928!!
Is there a dedicated forum somewhere, I couldn’t find it easily when I started looking last night but by the same account didn’t look very hard
Given I enjoy driving more than tinkering, what is the sweet spot mode wise where most things are more reliable?
Bo_apex said:
Excellent. Love that The noise....
Cheburator mk2 said:
My GTS has had one from new and still required a full on bare metal/interior out/engine/chassis off restoration because despite looking after it, the PO hammered it on his Dorset-London and London-Zug commute.
My ex-German LHD GTS had 220k on the clock when I bought it and 9 owners and was super reliable. One fuse and one fuel pump was all went wrong in another 60k road miles before I built a race car out of it...
Buy on condition and recent maintenance, not on what has happened in 1990 and whether a lord was its first owner...
Fair points thank youMy ex-German LHD GTS had 220k on the clock when I bought it and 9 owners and was super reliable. One fuse and one fuel pump was all went wrong in another 60k road miles before I built a race car out of it...
Buy on condition and recent maintenance, not on what has happened in 1990 and whether a lord was its first owner...
Slightly concerned it doesn’t seem to have had the cambelt changed when it should have done but by the same account it has barely been used either.
Is that an issue if I just make it the first job that is done?
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