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That was apparently in 2010. My guess would be that lump has passed from his hands by now. One brake job would take the bloom from that rose.
 
Probably couldn't afford the taxes to take possession and the Income Tax burden to keep it.
 
I have a nephew who used to race Porsches. Had a beautiful GT3. He finally gave that up and went to Miatas instead. When I asked him why, he said "I can get another whole Miata for the price of one brake job on the Porsche."
 
Bayless said:
I have a nephew who used to race Porsches. Had a beautiful GT3. He finally gave that up and went to Miatas instead. When I asked him why, he said "I can get another whole Miata for the price of one brake job on the Porsche."
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Makes perfect sense. The Miata may take a bit longer to get around a track, but The adrenaline is the same either way! 👍
 
Yep. SCCA has a spec class for Miatas, and we used to have so many, had to do double starts. Fun is fun. Racing can be expensive, but there are ways around the expense, except for the safety items, like siuts, helmets and neck gear.
 
Bayless said:
I have a nephew who used to race Porsches. Had a beautiful GT3. He finally gave that up and went to Miatas instead. When I asked him why, he said "I can get another whole Miata for the price of one brake job on the Porsche."
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I owned a Porsche once and can attest to that as fact! Once my timing belt broke just as I was starting the car and took out several valves (it was NOT a non-interference engine). The sad part was, I had been planning to change the timing belt in the very near future to avoid that issue. To say that was a costly problem would be an understatement. :eek:
 
You musta had one a them Audi's with a Porsche badge on th' nose. REAL Porsches used CHAINS! :devilgrin:
 
Both the 924 and 944 were timing belt, water cooled engines. Strange for Porsche in that they were also front engine, rear wheel drive. As was the V8 928.
 
DrEntropy said:
Both the 924 and 944 were timing belt, water cooled engines. Strange for Porsche in that they were also front engine, rear wheel drive. As was the V8 928.
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I almost bought a 928 when I was TDY to Germany, but chicken out when I figured out how much it would cost to make it US spec
 
On a NAPA run a couple years back there was a red 928 in the lot. I've known most of the staff in that store for decades, wasn't likely any of them would be the owner... I stepped inside and asked: "Who's drivin' the German Camaro?"

The only other person in the place was a fella with a gold chain and I swear, a pair of Gucci loafers (no socks). He bristled over the query, began to tell me all about the wonderful engineering that went into the thing. One of the pals at the counter then told him I was a factory trained Porsche tech and likely one of the few in the county who had the knowledge and all the proper tools to maintain his car. We'd no idea what he'd gone in the store to get, he just left.

Sensitive bunch, those shark owners. 🤷
 
I must say I'd have a good 928 in a heartbeat - I like the looks more and more and I think it is one of the last 'bargain' porsches out there - haven't seen it in a while (covid) but there was an older guy at our cruise nights with a pristine black on black one with a 5 speed. gorgeous!
 
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