"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
04/03/2016 at 19:51 • Filed to: None
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"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
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Really hope prices stay even until I can afford one. In a perfect world, I’d have a red 911 SC with the whale tail and a beige interior.
boredalways
> jkm7680
04/03/2016 at 20:01 |
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I just wondering why they would paint the Targa bar.
Also, the whale tail seems out of place.
Nevertheless, 10/10.
shop-teacher
> jkm7680
04/03/2016 at 20:16 |
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I dig it.
Chasaboo
> jkm7680
04/03/2016 at 21:14 |
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My dream car when I was younger, was a Porsche 911 Targa, 1976 in green. No wing. Pure magic.
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jkm7680
> Chasaboo
04/03/2016 at 21:18 |
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Like this?
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/549554…
Had that open in another tab, haha. Really like the green... Not a huge fan of the cookie cutter wheels though.
Flavien Vidal
> jkm7680
04/03/2016 at 21:42 |
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I would never buy a 911 2.7L online without a massive engine check before... Most poeple will keep on blindly telling you how reliable Porsche are, and well, it is mostly true, but not with this one... To learn more about what I mean:
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/08/porsch…
So basically, you’re better off with a 911SC if you can...
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jkm7680
> Flavien Vidal
04/03/2016 at 21:46 |
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I’ve hear about that a bit before. Cylinder walls were too thin IIRC, but I’ll give that link a read.
The 911SC is harder to find at a low price point though.
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Flavien Vidal
> jkm7680
04/03/2016 at 21:51 |
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Yeah but i think the 911SC is a better buy to enjoy... It’s got a torquier engine and LSDs can be found very easily and for a decent for it. It went a lot further than too thin cylinder walls... This engine was a complete failure really :)
If you want this car, get it, then get a 911SC engine, swap it, and bring it back to original specs when you sell the car haha
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jkm7680
> Flavien Vidal
04/03/2016 at 21:58 |
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No, I totally agree with you on that. My dream car has been a 911 ever since I was a child, it’s just a matter of what I can/can’t afford. :P
I do prefer to not have catastrophic engine failure either way though, haha.
John Norris (AngryDrifter)
> jkm7680
04/03/2016 at 22:10 |
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I approve. Go ahead and buy it.
Of course it has some shortfalls but that’s why you can pick it up for less than $30k.
It’s occasionally going to be a maintenance problem and a regular money pit, but you’ll have a blast in between.
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Flavien Vidal
> jkm7680
04/03/2016 at 22:10 |
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I MAY get a 911SC in the next upcomming months... It’s being restored right now. It will be “as cheap of a restoration as possible”. By that I mean that it won’t get a repaint, most likely won’t get a complete interior, but it will be mechanically perfect with a LSD installed :)
Here is how it looks right now... the whole body had to be changed and swapped due to the original one being crashed into. Chassis is perfect though and it only has 45000 miles on the clock with the original engine.
Here is how it looked a few months ago:
OPPOsaurus WRX
> jkm7680
04/03/2016 at 22:13 |
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i love the wheels and spoiler on those models
JasonStern911
> jkm7680
04/04/2016 at 00:12 |
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Pre-996 Porsche Carreras are in a bubble right now. I look back at some of the cars I could have bought and tried to convince my friends to buy and how much they’ve appreciated, and I kick myself - especially since I ended up owning a Mazda RX-8 expecting it to be more reliable.
That said, they aren’t making more of them, and just because prices are in a bubble doesn’t mean the bubble will pop. After all - the bubble exists because they are sought after cars.
If you are serious, find an independent Porsche mechanic with a good reputation and make sure to have an exhaustive pre-purchase inspection done on it. It may suck to spend $300 having a shop inspect a car that you may not buy, but it also might be the best $300 you ever spend.
Kanaric
> jkm7680
04/04/2016 at 15:53 |
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a few years ago you could still get them for 12k