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Originally Posted by mpetry View Post
Also ask yourself how much maintenance / repair you can do yourself. Little things are easy to fix and you'll find lots of help on the PP boards. If you are not paying "a mechanic" to do simple things like oil changes a mid-year 911 can be fairly economical to own.
Sage advice. My '85 is due for tie rod ends, sway bar bushings, engine mounts, etc. Basically it needs the usual items that dry up and or get beat up over the years. I can and will do it all myself and in the process will save something like $500-600 in labor by giving up a few Saturday mornings.
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