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I have had an 81 coupe, 88 cab, and 90 cab. Loved all three for different reasons. 964s are pretty expensive to maintain and even one that has a clean PPI and seems well sorted may end up costing you $ 5k or so in the first year or two to keep in top condition. My preference was probably the G50 model as far as compromise between old and the new if you use it to commute or drive in traffic. I had looked for another 88 or 89 cab after I wrecked my 88. I could not find one I really liked and ended up going with my 90 cab which had modifications (Ruf suspension, turbo brakes, new 993 top, body mods, 10k in engine mods and etc.) I really liked.
After having owned my 964 for about 6 months or so and spending a whole lot, I would not trade this car for any other cab (993, 996 or G50) and I even passed on a sweetheart brother in law type of deal on a 996 turbo cab. One of the Porsche dealer guys wants my 964 cab and they had several individuals back out on the 04 TT cabs when the TT cabs started coming into the dealership.
My 964 passed the PPI I paid for and had a PPI that was done only 4,000 miles prior to my PPI where the prior owner put a 993 top on it, did oil return tubes and corrected several other very minor things listed on his PPI. Even after that, I have dropped about $ 15k (not counting $ 10k in stereo) on this car in 6 months for the following:
New rotors and brake pads
GHL Exhaust (blew a hole in the muffler about a month after I bought it)
clutch
top end rebuild (had 2 to 8 percent leak down when purchased)
New tires (good when purchased, but poped one and wanted to keep same size on all)
lots of little while we are in here type of engine stuff
red seat belts
carbon door sills
The list really gets long. The point is just even if you buy what seems to be a sorted 964, you can end up spending a whole lot of money really quick. In the end, it would probably be cheaper to do your rebuild/SC project and probably should keep the SC if money is the primary object. If money is not the pirmary object, I would say go with the 964.
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90 C2 Cab Ruf Red/Blk
03 Caynne S L.Blue/Grey
03 996 TT Blk/Blk
04 996 Atlas Grey/Blk
Last edited by D Hanson; 02-08-2004 at 11:28 AM..
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