[jacks911]

Mike,
Good to get it all done now. Even if you invest $2000 in the car you are ahead from the looks of those great pictures. And after that the next maint is just a couple oil changes during the next 15,000 miles.

The distributor vent is a Porsche fix (non-recall but always done by dealers) on all early 964's. Make sure you ask for it (part cost about $10 & 1/2 hour labor) and if it has not been done you should also have them replace the distributor belt at the same time. The total cost here may be $250 but if this was never done you have a 100% chance the belt will fail soon (typical 30 to 60,000 miles) and if you don't catch is it could distroy the engine. This is one of those little things that is hard to detect (my wife would never notice the rough running & pinging the belt failure causes) till it is to late. But once this is fixed there is no reliability issue in the distributor. The fix was made to all '92 and later cars. I had mine fail at 36.000 miles just a few months after I bought the car. It has been fine ever since.

One other thought is to have the dealer check and lubricate the Cab top. I know you said it worked well- but here again this is 14 year old mechanics. And again it cost me $800 to have it repaired cause I did not know it was in need of service.

These are good cars - but as they get old and have not been driven and used as intended & serviced appropriately they can get very expensive.

Enjoy the Sunshine - that's what Cabriolet's are all about.
Regards, Jack in Seattle (wishing for more Sun)