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Originally Posted by JFairman
NEVER buy a car thats been worked on and maintained by the unexperienced beginner mechanic owner. . . ONLY buy one thats been worked on and maintained by a professional mechanic.
you have to have the maintenance receipts before spending that kind of money on an expensive engine, etc. as a porsche. if the owner did his own work, learning along the way ... you just don't know what you're gonna get.
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OMG Mr. JFairman, what an intelligent comment and an intelligent person you are! You just bashed about 90% of the people reading this board, and at the same time recommended that no one buy a car from any of them! Since when does a majority of people reading a DIY board like this one pay mechanics to do ALL the work on their cars and keep the receipts?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the WHOLE PURPOSE of a DIY board like this one, is in large part, to help people who are NOT professional mechanics work on porsches in an economical way so they DON'T have to pay a professional mechanic to do the work.
I mean, come on, that's the whole way this entire board and website (in my humble opinion) is set up -- to sell parts to DIY'ers who have a project porsche they love to work on, but they are not necessarily trained "professional mechanics" themselves. Likewise, this BBS as well as the technical articles, do not appear to be primarily written by, or even targeted at "professional porsche mechanics" at all. In fact, it appears to be completely the opposite - they seem to be intended at primarily the DIY'er like myself and a large majority of eveyone else reading this BBS.
Also, I'm sure Wayne's books, "101 Projects for your Porsche" or "How to Rebuild and Modify a Porsche Engine" (both of which I own, by the way) were intended primarily for the "professional porsche mechanic", or ONLY the most "experienced mechanic owners" right? lol. Since when did this board become so prejudicial and hating of anyone just because they want to come here to learn?
I think you COMPLETELY MISS the point and spirit of this board as well as the reason why people come here to obtain tech tips and hints to help them do the work WITHOUT PAYING through their nose for a "professional mechanic" as you would put it.
People come here exactly BECAUSE they are not "professional" porsche mechanics, to learn and to share ideas and to become educated about the cars their own. Why do you see anything wrong with that as well as people discussing, asking questions, or trying to learn things that are of interest to them, even though they are NOT professional mechanics, but STILL want to work on their own cars?
Why not just make this board "excluslive and members only" so only "qualified home mechanics" can read it then?? I'm sure Wayne wouldn't like that, his business would probably drop considerably. If you are going to be open to the public then the members should be accomdating of discussion that the public has. If you want to be closed off to your own little "exclusive/experienced" community, then why is this board open to the public?
Besides, I think it is all relative. I'm sure the truly "professional/certified porsche mechanic" would look down on the "experienced home mechanic" or even the "expereinced, professional, non-porsche certified mechanic" who had no certification, just because he is not "certified" by porsche. And the "certified" porsche mechanic would also probably say something along the lines of -- don't by a car that was not worked on by a "CERTIFIED" porsche mechanic. And I'm sure 90% of this board is not "certified" by porsche or they wouldn't be here trying to discuss and learn stuff.
I'm glad you know so much more than me, in addition to knowing so much "about me" (that i'm a supposedly unexperienced beginner), but you are certainly entitled to your own opinions, sir....