[GH85Carrera]

For pure bang for the buck, it is hard to beat a Corvette if all you want is horsepower. If you want the driving magic of a air cooled 911, well, it is just expensive. It helps a ton to do the work yourself. I do most of the work on my cars. Partly for the money savings, but mostly because it is a big part of the hobby. I have a lot of money invested in my garage. Heat, air conditioning, scissor lift, beer fridge, and a bathroom out there. My wife sometimes says she is a garage widow. I reply all she has to do is open the door, there I am. Not out wasting money whacking a little while ball, not out at the lake pouring money into a hole in the water. It is playing with my cars that are going UP in value.

It has taken me a lifetime to collect the tools I have. I have worked on my old 914 with nothing more than basic hand tools, and done it in the driveway outside. It is way better to have the tools and the dedicated workspace. And even more important, a second car for daily driving so the project can sit in place for a while.

With old cars there is always something that can be fixed or tweaked to make it better. It is a hobby that will always have "just one more thing" to do.