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Yeah I don't know about that. In the seven and half years I've had my SC I've spent $20k in maintenance that I flagged as "required", which included $6k for a top end rebuild for busted head studs and $5k for partial trans rebuild with some other bits done (sure wish those had been closer together...they were a year apart).
Then again, I have tracked the car so things like caliper rebuilds, a broken condenser (aggressive gator strip made the decklid condenser bounce off the fan housing since the ducktail didn't have a good hold-down for the condense) and extra sets of tires increase that value. Honestly I could have gone without the trans rebuild as well if I had a higher tolerance for mechanical faults.
So I guess total I could have lived with just $10k including the engine work if I treated it like a normal DD and didn't worry about the little things.
But I can't.
Then the options and upgrades side of the maintenance list...there's a reason the total line on the excel sheet is labeled "THE SHAME OF IT ALL".
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1982 911SC
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