Well, I'm pretty new to this board, but of all the 964 owners on the board right now, I'd guess that I'm having the most serious troubles - broken head stud (i.e. see my post Broken head bolt & in denial!), possible leaky head-to-cylinder seal, and now some cv "clunk" - I'll say this:
THIS IS THE COOLEST DAMN CAR I HAVE EVER HAD!!
While having some problems now, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind, whatsoever, that I will fix her - and fix her "right." I will make her better than she was before. After buying the car 2 years ago with about 26.5K miles, and putting on about 14K more trouble-free since then, most of which was in the past 6 months, I had zero troubles until a few months ago. Then... all hell broke loose! Believe me, I have agonized about the problems. But, I have been reading everything I can get my hands on, researching as many websites as I can find, and talking to as many experienced Porsche people - including many of the fine folks on the board here, though only virtually - parts counter guys, mechanics, machinists, etc. who didn't tell me to shut up. It's been great. I've learned tons. In my opinion, the 964 is simply nothing short of an awesome machine. Period. Yes, it may have some intrinsic shortcomings, but I would say they are only shortcomings as compared to later descendants whose design and manufacture benefited from the previous. For that, a little respect is due. I'm almost at the point where I don't want any other car - truck, maybe - in my driveway. It seems to me that picking a car is kind of like picking a woman - since you're going to be spending a lot of time with only that one, and it's going to cost you a lot more money than you expected anyway, you might as well try to get the best looking and performing one (matches your expectations) your wallet and Visa card can afford.
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Steve
'89 C4
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